<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Thanks Martin,<br> don't know if I'm up to that but I'll try to give it a go. John.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Martin McGrath <mcgrath.martin@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion list for the Electron Club <members@electronclub.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 8 December 2013, 10:08<br> <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ELECTRON] Bent USB.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On 8 December 2013 09:46, JOHN COUZIN <<a ymailto="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com" href="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com">john.c.at95@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>> Hi,<br>> all you clever geeky guys, I have a wee problem. I have been saving<br>> lots of important information on to a pen drive, but while it was plugged<br>> into my device, one of my grandkids accidentally banged against it and<br>> slightly bent the USB connection. Now it will not register on any of my<br>> devices and I can't access the information which I need disparately and<br>> quickly. Any ideas?<br>><br><br>Don't brute force it back into place, this could damage the<br>board/connections to the board.<br><br>I'm not sure what equipment you have available. Remove the outer casing<br>(usually
plastic)<br>With a magnifying glass inspect the solder joints between the USB connector<br>and the wee board. Inspect the board for damage/cracks.<br><br>If you notice any damage to the solder joints, clean them up. If not<br>consider taking some high resolution photos, stick them online somewhere<br>(flickr?) and post the link here.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Martin<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <<a href="http://www.electronclub.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20131208/0cfe7487/attachment.html" target="_blank">http://www.electronclub.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20131208/0cfe7487/attachment.html</a>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Electron Club Members mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:members@electronclub.org" href="mailto:members@electronclub.org">members@electronclub.org</a><br><a href="http://www.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members"
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