USB thumb drive stopped working

[Tyler Aviss]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Thomas Milne
<tbrucemilne-TcoXwbchSccMMYnvST3LeUB+6BGkLq7r at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I last used the drive to plug into my PS3 with some videos to watch.
> The next day I plugged it into my computer and nothing. I took it to
> work tonight, and it works fine on my Ubuntu machine there.
>
> When I plug it into my computer at home, /var/log/messages shows this:
>
> Mar 17 00:32:24 node1 kernel: [301499.628077] usb 1-5: new high speed
> USB device using ehci_hcd and address 66
> Mar 17 00:32:25 node1 kernel: [301500.196030] usb 1-5: new high speed
> USB device using ehci_hcd and address 67
> Mar 17 00:32:25 node1 kernel: [301500.764025] usb 1-5: new high speed
> USB device using ehci_hcd and address 68
> Mar 17 00:32:26 node1 kernel: [301501.292026] usb 1-5: new high speed
> USB device using ehci_hcd and address 69
> Mar 17 00:32:27 node1 kernel: [301501.828028] usb 4-1: new full speed
> USB device using uhci_hcd and address 23
> Mar 17 00:32:57 node1 kernel: [301532.372026] usb 4-1: new full speed
> USB device using uhci_hcd and address 24
> Mar 17 00:33:28 node1 kernel: [301562.916022] usb 4-1: new full speed
> USB device using uhci_hcd and address 25
>
> ...but nothing is mounted, and it cannot be seen even by gparted.
>
> What else can I check on here?
>
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Sounds like it can't initialize the device. GParted etc won't work
because it can't even get to a point where it creates a device entry
such as /dev/sdc etc
My experience is that the device (or the port) may be hooped. Does it
still work in the PS3 or another PC?
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