Hi guys.
I would kindly ask for your help in recovering USB Flashdrive (with its data intact if possible)
It is a Corsair Voyager Mini 8GB drive. At first I tired to pop it open, so I can see what type of controller and flash memory are inside, possibly solving the problem with a simple xtal change. But life is never that simple. As I took it apart the final piece of the drive was a completely potted small plastic card, that has only some exposed gold plating for usb connection and two small contact at the back under an insulating tape.
I can try to remove the potting compound, but it is unlikely to do it without damaging the components inside. So I will do that as a last resort. Because of that I was forced to find a complete software solution for Id'ing the chips, so I found with ChipGenius. (It is a program that give me a more detailed information on the usb device for recovery)
Here is the output:
Description: [E:]USB Mass Storage Device(XXXXXXXX U167CONTROLLER)
Device Type: Mass Storage Device
Protocal Version: USB 2.00
Current Speed: High Speed
Max Current: 98mA
USB Device ID: VID = 048D PID = 1167
Device Revision: 0100
Manufacturer: XXXXXXXX
Product Model: U167CONTROLLER
Product Revision: 0.00
Chip Vendor: iTE
Chip Part-Number: IT1167 B0AA
Flash ID Code: 2C88044B - Micron - 1CE/Single Channel [MLC-8K] -> Total Capacity = 8GB
Tools on web: http://dl.mydigit.net/special/up/ite.html
If I decipher this right. This flash drive forgot it's firmware hence no manufacturer information or anything other than chip id and manufacturer (iTE if we can believe the program). I’m inclined to believe this is the real chip inside but I’m unsure. When I searched for the VID and PID numbers on
http://flashboot.ru/iflash/ but none of the results where fit this drive. Than I tired it in reverse (searching the right PID an VID numbers for this brand of device) and I was lucky enough to find it:
http://usbspeed.nirsoft.net/?pdesc=Corsair+Voyager+Flash+Mini+8GB&vid=6940&pid=2857But sadly even that was not enough. With the revised VID PID numbers I was unable to find useful information about its recovery. So now I turn to you guys. Please advise me on how to proceed in this matter.