Hi,
I went to pull some photos off a memory card using one of these dinky "5,976-in-1" (memory) card readers. Windows machine kept complaining about a hardware failure. And, the little idiot lights kept misbehaving in the device.
At first, I suspected a fault in the cable as it *seemed* that the way in which I mated the cable with the PC affected how the device (mis)performed.
But, on closer inspection, it appeared that some of the *foil* in the connector may have been worn away (!). As such, the "mating event" might appear to the PC to be dubious -- as if the cable was being inserted and withdrawn multiple times and in quick succession.
To test this, I put a short "extension cable" on the device and tried to mate *this* with the PC. No problems.
This device doesn't see much use -- or abuse. Certainly far less than a thumbdrive! So, should I attribute this to someone using
0.00000000001 oz copper in the connector? Anyone else see something similar?
[I'll disassemble the device to see if I can swap out the entire cord and salvage it]