How to fix a USB port?

Master's answer:

When using a computer, USB ports often break down. First of all, the elements that are located on the front panel of the system unit fail.

To establish the fact of a breakdown in your computer, you need to connect several devices of various types to it, for example, a phone, a flash drive, a camera, and so on. Turn them on one by one, because it often happens that the breakdown lies precisely in some equipment connected through this interface, and not in the computer.

If, nevertheless, a malfunction is detected in the computer’s USB, then you need to check whether such a malfunction is only in one port or in several. If all ports do not work, then reinstall the USB driver. To do this, you need to download the latest version of USB 2.0 or 3.0, and then install this software on your computer. If necessary, remove the old version of your driver.

If you find out that only some USB ports do not work, or after reinstalling the driver the problem remains, then you need to take the computer to a service center. You can only install a new PCI controller or splitters yourself, and it is impossible to make a good repair at home.

Once you have installed new ports on your computer, you should take the necessary measures to ensure that they remain in working condition for as long as possible. Purchase special extension cords, splitters, and adapters for USB ports. Try to use only original, undamaged USB cables when connecting the device to your computer.

Try not to use damaged cables, or those that show signs of mechanical stress or poor quality products. Check occasionally for new available updates for your USB driver. Never try to connect damaged devices to your computer.

If you often use removable drives, then use special adapters. They will help you avoid damaging the ports. You should never try to carry out repairs yourself, and you should also not ask advice from people incompetent in this matter. It is better to immediately take the computer to service centers that specialize in this issue.

Various problems with USB drives or flash drives are something that probably every owner faces. The computer does not see the flash drive, files are not deleted or written, Windows writes that the disk is write-protected, the amount of memory is displayed incorrectly - this is not a complete list of such problems. Perhaps, if the computer simply does not detect the drive, this guide will also help you: (3 ways to solve the problem). If the flash drive is detected and works, but you need to restore files from it, first I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the material.

If various ways to fix USB drive errors by manipulating drivers, actions in Windows Disk Management or using the command line (diskpart, format, etc.) did not lead to a positive result, you can try utilities and programs for repairing flash drives provided by both manufacturers , for example, Kingston, Silicon Power and Transcend, and third-party developers.

On the official website of Silicon Power, in the “Support” section, a program for repairing flash drives from this manufacturer is presented - USB Flash Drive Recovery. To download, you will need to enter your email address (not verified), then the UFD_Recover_Tool ZIP archive is downloaded, which contains the SP Recovery Utility (requires .NET Framework 3.5 components for operation, will download automatically if necessary).

Similar to the previous program, SP Flash Drive Recovery requires an Internet connection to work and restoration of work occurs in several stages - determining the parameters of the USB drive, downloading and unpacking a suitable utility for it, then automatically performing the necessary actions.

You can download the program for repairing flash drives Silicon Power SP Flash Drive Recovery Software for free from the official website http://www.silicon-power.com/web/download-USBrecovery

If you are the owner of a Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0 drive, then on the official Kingston website you can find a utility for repairing this line of flash drives, which will help format the drive and bring it to the condition it had when purchased.

You can download Kingston Format Utility for free from https://www.kingston.com/ru/support/technical/downloads/111247

ADATA USB Flash Drive Online Recovery

The manufacturer Adata also has its own utility that will help fix flash drive errors if you cannot read the contents of the flash drive, Windows reports that the disk is not formatted, or you see other errors related to the drive. To download the program, you will need to enter the serial number of the flash drive (so that exactly what is required is downloaded) as in the screenshot below.

After downloading, run the downloaded utility and follow a few simple steps to restore the operation of the USB device.

Official page where you can download ADATA USB Flash Drive Online Recovery and read about using the program - http://www.adata.com/ru/ss/usbdiy/

Apacer Repair Utility, Apacer Flash Drive Repair Tool

Several programs are available for Apacer flash drives - different versions of Apacer Repair Utility (which, however, cannot be found on the official website), as well as Apacer Flash Drive Repair Tool, available for download on the official pages of some of the Apacer flash drives (look specifically on the official website your USB drive model and look at the downloads section at the bottom of the page).

Apparently, the program performs one of two actions - simple formatting of the drive (Format item) or low-level formatting (Restore item).

Formatter Silicon Power

Formatter Silicon Power is a free utility for low-level formatting of flash drives, which, according to reviews (including in the comments to the current article), works for many other drives (but use it at your own peril and risk), allowing you to restore their functionality when no other methods don't help.

The utility is no longer available on the official SP website, so you will have to use Google to download it (I do not provide links to unofficial locations within this site) and do not forget to check the downloaded file, for example, on VirusTotal before launching it.

SD Memory Card Formatter for repairing and formatting SD, SDHC and SDXC memory cards (including Micro SD)

The SD Memory Card Manufacturers Association offers its own universal utility for formatting the corresponding memory cards if problems arise with them. Moreover, judging by the available information, it is compatible with almost all such drives.

The program itself is available in versions for Windows (Windows 10 is also supported) and MacOS and is quite easy to use (but you will need a card reader).

You can download SD Memory Card Formatter from the official website https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/

D-Soft Flash Doctor program

The free D-Soft Flash Doctor program is not tied to any specific manufacturer and, judging by reviews, can help fix problems with a flash drive through low-level formatting.

In addition, the program allows you to create an image of a flash drive for subsequent work not on a physical drive (to avoid further malfunctions) - this can be useful if you need to get data from a Flash drive. Unfortunately, the official website of the utility could not be found, but it is available on many resources with free programs.

How to find a program to repair a flash drive

In fact, there are much more such free utilities for repairing flash drives than are listed here: I tried to take into account only relatively “universal” tools for USB drives from different manufacturers.

It is quite possible that none of the above utilities are suitable for restoring the functionality of your USB drive. In this case, you can use the following steps to find the program you need.

Additionally: if all the described methods for repairing a USB drive did not help, try.

Greetings, dear blog visitors. Dmitry Smirnov is in touch with you as always, and in this article I want to tell you about what to do if a flash drive breaks and what repairing a usb flash drive is. Read and understand.

As you know, computers have taken over our world. Nowadays, almost every home has a computer or laptop. Each PC user uses the computer in his own way: some for entertainment, some for business. The computer itself is a machine for processing and storing information. As you know, many office workers work in the office at the computer. But it happens that office workers and others have to work at the computer and at home. Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, you can send everything by email. But there is information that is impossible to send by email, because the volume is simply enormous. And all email servers are limited in transmitting information. Therefore, to bring information from one person to another, they most often use portable storage devices, simply put, disks, flash drives, floppy disks (although they are already a thing of the past and it is almost impossible to find them) and even HDDs.
The greatest demand, of course, is flash drives and CDs. But most often people use flash drives. Flash drives or flash drives are used because they have a larger amount of free space, that is, if a CD has a capacity of only 800 MB, a DVD has a capacity of 4.7 GB, then a flash drive can have a capacity of 5 GB or 6 GB or even 10 GB.
Like all electronics, a flash drive is also susceptible to various malfunctions. There the memory drive (main chip) may burn out, the tracks may be damaged, and the USB plug may be torn off. Flash drive malfunctions are a very rare occurrence, since they are used very rarely. I connected the flash drive to the computer, copied the information and pulled it out. Therefore, burnout of a memory chip and damage to tracks is a very rare occurrence. But, for example, when you left a flash drive in the USB slot of the system unit, then walked past the system unit, touched the flash drive, and the connector from it remained in the system unit, and the flash drive itself fell to the floor, then this is very possible. It also happens that the flash drive immediately breaks in half.

In this article we will tell you how to troubleshoot a disconnected connector on a flash drive, namely, how to repair a USB flash drive with your own hands!

The first step is to solder the connectors of the flash drive plug. They are usually located on the sides. In my case, the flash drive was made in China, and it’s very good that the Chinese did not spare solder on the inputs for the plug connectors. Therefore they are soldered easily. To do this, you need to take more tin, and accordingly solder the flash drive plug on the sides. There are no contacts in the area where the connectors are located. Therefore, you can solder freely and even “climb” onto the PCB. It is worth noting that before soldering the plug connectors, you must make sure that the pads on the positive and negative contacts are clear of tin. And it may be that first it will be necessary to solder the contacts first, and then the connectors. This depends on the flash drive board itself.

Next, you need to solder the negative contact. The area for the negative contact is also very large, so soldering will not be particularly difficult.
The problem occurs with the “DATA+” and “DATA-” contacts. The main problem is the conductors of these contacts. The contact conductors are so thin that they can be compared to human hair. Therefore, when the plug comes off, these conductors come out with the “meat”. What to do in this case?
The first thing to do is to find a very thin copper wire. In my case, I took it from a Soviet transformer. Unfortunately, the make and model could not be determined. Any thin copper wire will do, no matter where it comes from. The most important thing at this point is that it is very thin. Next, the ends of the wire must be cleaned of varnish (the wire in the transformer was covered in varnish). This can be done either with a regular sharp tool or with a lighter. Next, you need to reduce the ends, that is, make them even thinner and solder a small amount of tin to the “DATA+” and “DATA-” contacts of the flash drive plug itself.
Next, the wire must be pulled to the inside of the flash drive, and soldered to the resistors that are on the data bus. Resistors are also “DATA+” and “DATA-”. Next, you need to put the thinnest tip you have on the soldering iron and, using tweezers (hold and guide the wire with tweezers), solder the wire to the resistors. This is jewelry work, so you need to be extremely careful. It is also necessary not to mix up the contacts.
Next, there is the power contact of the plug. Usually his solder is more serious and therefore he does not break out with the meat. It will be enough to solder it back to the pad where it is located, and that’s it.
It is also worth noting that if you put the flash drive with the microcircuit up and turn the plug in the direction “you”, then the “minus” contact will be on the left, the “DATA+” and “DATA-” contacts will be in the center, and the power contact will be on the right.
If the power contact comes off with the “meat”, then you need to take another copper wire, but thicker, and drill a small hole on the right, with the thinnest drill available, after making sure that there are no contact tracks anywhere nearby, and pass this wire through and solder to a film resistor, which acts as a fuse. Also, if there are contact tracks at the drilling site, then the wire must be passed so that it does not close with the wire of the “DATA+” and “DATA-” contacts.
Next, you need to lubricate all solder points, power supply solder, “DATA+” and “DATA-” contacts, and the negative contact with radio varnish. You can also use thermal glue or thermal pencil, but they are thick and the drops in them are large, in a word, varnish would be more preferable. After this, you need to let the varnish cool down, that is, you need to dry the flash drive.
If the board in the flash drive breaks in half, but the data is needed, then the flash memory chips and the internal microcircuit must be soldered onto another flash drive board that matches the parameters. The USB flash drive repair is complete.
If the microcircuits fly apart, then that’s the end of it.
After repairing the flash drive, it needs to be inserted into the case.
This completes the repair of the flash drive.
There is nothing wrong with repairing a flash drive. And the main thing in this matter is accuracy and precision.
I hope it helped everyone who needs it.
Happy repairs.

In the previous article, we talked about what to do if the computer does not see the flash drive and discussed several effective methods. By the way, here it is. This time we will touch on programs that can also solve some of the problems. Therefore, if you have messages that, or the computer does not see the USB drive at all, and other similar problems that you could not solve, then you can try using free flash drive repair programs.

So, you have carried out various manipulations with flash drives in order to make them workable, but neither the command line nor working with the utility "Disk Management", did not lead to a positive outcome. Then, as I already said, we will use special utilities that will help us. They are provided by well-known manufacturers Kingston, Transcend and others.

It is worth noting that sometimes such programs can only aggravate the situation and the USB drive will be in a faulty state, so if you decide to use such programs, you take full responsibility. But I don't want to scare you in any way.

First, we will look at programs from popular manufacturers, and only then will we find out which memory controller is on your flash drive and find a suitable utility for it.

Repairing a flash drive using a utility from Transcend

If you have a USB drive from Transcend, then to restore its operation you should use the utility JetFlash Online Recovery. The use is very simple. Connect the USB drive to your computer, launch the program and follow the instructions. Moreover, there are only two functions: erase data and restore it. If the flash drive does not act up again, then try cleaning it. You can download it from here.

Repairing a flash drive using a utility from Silicon Power

Go to the official website of the manufacturer, go to the section "Support" and look for a utility there called USB Flash Drive Recovery. Download from here. It is as easy to use as the first one.

Repairing a flash drive using a utility from Adata

If you have a flash drive from Adata, then this company also has its own repair utility. It will help you correct some errors. You can download it by following this link. By the way, it's called USB Flash Drive Online Recovery.

Kingston flash drive repair

Popular company Kingston, I think at least one user who visited this page has a USB drive Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0, then you can get it into working condition using the DTHX30 utility, which can be downloaded from here.

Fixing problems with D-Soft Flash Doctor

Utility D-Soft Flash Doctor is free and does not belong to any known USB flash drive manufacturer. Based on reviews, it is known that this program corrects problems using low-level formatting.

In addition, using the program you can create an image of the flash drive itself in order to avoid malfunctions later. Download from here.

Program to repair your flash drive

Let's assume that all the programs described above did not suit you, then we will use the following method.

If you download the Chip Genius utility, you can find out the memory controller of your flash drive, and with the help of the data PID And VID find the program we need.

Looking at the column Chip Model, which drives there use the same controller, and in the column Utils look at the utilities offered.

That's all, I hope this article helped you fix problems with your USB drive.

Step-by-step instructions for USB flash drive recovery in which I will try to answer the question in an accessible language How to recover a flash drive independently and without much effort.

Sometimes you help a person, and then he will tell everyone that you are so good and there are already crowds of people thirsty for help. This is roughly what happened when I restored several flash drives colleagues.

Now the people bear not only their own flash drives, but also flash drives your friends, acquaintances and relatives. Well, at least someone else would bring a bottle of beer or a cookie.

It’s not difficult for me to help, but when I suggest you learn how to do all this yourself, you refuse. Next time I’ll just sew them off. If you don't want to study, pass by.

I’ll finish with the lyrics here and move directly to the topic of the post..

If your flash drive stopped be determined like a disk, doesn't want to formatted, does not allow you to write down information or something else happened to it, BUT it has no mechanical damage, then you know that all is not lost. Most likely a glitch controller and you will have to tinker with it a little. This procedure takes approximately 5 minutes.

I’ll say right away that there is no universal programs For recovery all varieties flash drives. You will need to find exactly the one that can work with your controller. flash drives.

First we need to define VID And PID non-working flash drives.

Determine VID and PID for flash drive recovery

Stick it in flash drive into your computer and run device Manager. Start – Execute - mmc devmgmt.msc.

Then go to the section Universal Serial Bus Controllers.

We find ours in the list flash drive. Usually, everything flash drives have a name USB storage device.

Press the right button on the device and open Properties.

Go to the tab Intelligence.

Select the item from the drop-down list Instance code devices or Equipment IDs.

In this window we see PID And VID.

Finding a flash drive recovery program

We go to the website FlashBoot.ru and enter the received VID And PID.

Click on the button Search.

In the results we look for your manufacturer and model of the flash drive. I have Kingston DataTraveler 2.0.

The right column will contain the name of the program we need or a link to it.

All. Now search Google for the program by name or download it from the link provided. Launch and follow the instructions. Usually, in such programs for recovery There’s only one button, so you shouldn’t have any questions.

That's all!

If you have any questions, ask in the comments.