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Thread ID: 88982	2008-04-16 10:09:00	Exploding USB Drive (is that why they're called a 'flash' drive?)	Oggy (5399)	Press F1

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659538	2008-04-16 10:09:00	Had an SOS from my mother-in-law tonight. She plugged in her new SILICCON ULTIMA II USB DRIVE and copied a photo onto it at which point it blew up! Here are her actual words. " when i put a photo on it flashed red then blew and it actually threw out a flash and a bang. I was in the bedroom and Arthur heard it in the lounge" I got her to check the port still worked by plugging in a USB mouse and that is fine. So ... are exploding flash drives something that anyone else has struck? The drive was bought new off a dealer on Trade Me. The flash drive was plugged into a newish HP laptop running Vista. After she plugged it in she did notice the dialogue box which reported that the drive was connected and working.	Oggy (5399)
659539	2008-04-16 10:55:00	Sounds like a faulty drive . :eek: Just lucky no one got hurt . Almost sounds like its wired up incorrectly . Personally I have fried drives myself but they just died, with an error message saying words to the effect that the device had failed . Without wanting to risk another explosion - has there been any other USB drive plugged into the same port and that work OK ? ( dont mean the mouse)	wainuitech (129)
659540	2008-04-16 10:57:00	I would advise against using it again. Contact the seller, tell them what happened. Get your money back if you can. Then go into a reputable store and get a (hopefully) better quality stick	bob_doe_nz (92)
659541	2008-04-16 11:01:00	Sounds like a faulty drive . :eek: Just lucky no one got hurt . Almost sounds like its wired up incorrectly . Personally I have fried drives myself but they just died, with an error message saying words to the effect that the device had failed . Without wanting to risk another explosion - has there been any other USB drive plugged into the same port and that work OK ? ( dont mean the mouse) Thanks for that . I was pretty sure that it was a faulty unit . The only other thing plugged into that port before or after was the mouse . This was the first time she'd used a flash drive . I'll send her down one of my old ones and see if that goes . Interesting for sure . I could find nothing on the net about these drives behaving that way . Cheers	Oggy (5399)
659542	2008-04-16 11:04:00	I would advise against using it again. Contact the seller, tell them what happened. Get your money back if you can. Then go into a reputable store and get a (hopefully) better quality stick Yeah. She's got the guys e-mail address and is going to drop him a polite note.	Oggy (5399)
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