Question Emtec b250 don't work

Mar 22, 2019
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Hello,
I bought an Emtec b250 64gb USB key 3 years ago, but it often stayed in a drawer because I did not use it. I came out yesterday, and I connected to my pc. First the key was not recognized ... after many minutes of investigation, I discovered that this key "saying 3.0" was only working in 2.0. then, when I went to the file explorer, it was not displayed. I finally discovered that it was only recognized as a 0-byte disk. I tried everything under windows and ubuntu, but I could not access it. in the end, I left this key connected to the pc for about 15 minutes, and when I came back, it was hot, but it was still recognized by windows. then I disconnected it and now it is no longer recognized, but still warm. before it stopped working, I still tried to use the software provided by the brand: "restore", but it was not recognized as key Emtec.
I do not know if you can help me, but anyway it does not matter if nobody gets there.
Thank you in advance and good day.
 

Lutfij

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You may want to take the pen drive and plug it into a donor system to see if it works there. You might consequently want to see if you're on the latest BIOS update for your platform as well as the latest chipset/USB drivers on said platform.
 

popatim

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Throw it out. Emtec has been the worst flash drives I've ever had. I refuse to buy another one ever again which is a shame because I really liked the character ones. I've had batman, joker, wonderwoman, vader, white storm trooper... all in the trash - junk.