snif the drive..

if you smell char grill.. her hopes are cremated..


have had a number of the cpeap jump drives die as a result of the main regulator failing.. this inturn cooks the mem chip.. the damage have been caused by a badly wired USB port.. But then Lexar has a very bad reputation for it reliability of its memory devices.. .. your only hope is component level fiddling around .. but if the Memory device is dead..IT IS DEAD..

YOU DID WARN HER..

Advice: Keep a Backups on at least 2 different TYPES of Media, and keep copies in seperat locations .. that is Optical (CD, DVD), solidstate (jump drives, media cards etc), magnetic (HDD, FDD, tape), ..

Advice to her on this situation.. SHE IS SCREWED... 95% certain.. she could spend a reasonable sum on a electronics tech to attempt to get the drive working electricly.. but is she willing to pay the cost especially if the RAM chip is stuffed..