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Reply With QuoteThere probably won't be any external damage you can see on the flash chip, it'll be hidden internal electronic failure similar to what any other flash storage device might suffer. Just like media cards and thumb drives sometimes fail fatally with similar symptoms too (unable to reformat, files and folders that can't be deleted and nonsense naming corruption).
By 'physically damaged' i really just mean it's not able to be fixed by any software methods as we've tried, i.e. it has 'hard' rather than 'soft' failure.
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Today, 02:30 AM #31Member
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so, when you say 'physically damaged' - do you mean i will see something when i open it up?
appreciated for the help - i learned alot and enjoys it. at least now, if i encounter a similar situation i can hopefully be able to help explain to someone else how to get help...
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Today, 03:41 AM #32Garmin/GPS Systems GMod.
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