HI i wana warn Kingston data traveler user . ! i got a bad exprience using it ! when i brought a 2GB data traveler limited edition rat year pen drive is working file till today ! somthing happened when i take out ! and run from my college computer the usb dosent detect ! and starts to OVERHEAT !!! WAT CAN I DO NOW!!!!! ! PLS HELP ! !!!


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wat is all this ???? ISIT A HOAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by johnkor: Apr 2 2008, 11:06 PM

either the usb port shorted when inserting the pendrive or the PC 's usb port is faulty . If the front panel usb is connected to the motherboard and someone fix the cables incorrectly +5V go elsewhere and then a uSB device is plugged in, it will fry it

y the hell so many threads?for a pendrive...

i use that computer all the time ! !!! but normal data traveler LED is orange for Rat edtition but mine turned Green and the chip is still hot now !!!

yawn. expect some failures in hardware lar. what you expect? its hard losing data and all but this is silly. fyi i've used a pile of DT1 and DT100's and they havent failed me.

oh and try it on another comp first.

This post has been edited by zhinsara: Apr 2 2008, 11:19 PM

Since thumbdrive is so cheap now, throw it away and get a new one.

my pendrive accidently put in washing machine. After drying it works till now..

ur in perth rite? can buy new one..

http://www.netplus.com.au/products-detail....ubcat=&code=MY3

$15 only.. hehehe..

which datatraveler???/

kingston produce many types..

Owh for god's sake johnkor, you're a menace to the society.
Remove all those bold words and red fonts.
It's a sore to the eyes, you want people to read, type properly.

Sigh.

gosh

my eye is hurt reading it..can just edit it back to normal black font for easier reading?

useless thread. urs thumbdrive go faulty and u said data traveller recall

what so special? its just a RAM chip inside... can be burnt. defect then warranty loh...btw data wont comeback. RIP

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Added on April 3, 2008, 10:38 am

wanna get sue back by kingston

This post has been edited by cw_wang: Apr 3 2008, 10:38 AM

my pendrive accidently put in washing machine too
n still using till today

I'm planning to get a Kingston datatraveler this weekend at PC fair......

Reading from all the RED BOLDED words, I have no idea which part TS is trying to highlight.....

there will always be a defective unit for a product, thats what manufacturer warranty is for
this issue does not warrant something as huge as a recall unless its a design fault
just RMA it or get a new one

Click Me!

I think TS is using this model

use black colour words with the size of 12 as a standard lar, read words is for important notice or tittle only lar.

BTW, i hv 2 thumbdrive, kingston 2GB and 1GB, 1GB i hv already give it to my mother, and now i'm using 2GB, both pendrive i dropped be4, and i always swing here swing there, so far no problem, only some scratch at the smooth surface there, u're just the unlucky one, dont blame the company, so many ppl hv use it be4, and didnt seems to hv much complains.

and wat's with the "recalls" word that u put in the thread tittle? means kingston want us to take/send our data traveler(assume all the models) back to their factory/service center for repair?

This post has been edited by amduser: Apr 3 2008, 11:32 AM

somehow my mom is kingston lover.. she has more than 10 thumbdrives and only 1 is pendrive.. others all kingston..

never have problem eventhough they always get infected by viruses.. haha

Plenty of my friends are using the same Rat Edition PenDrive and non of them complaints about any problem with it. Probably a bad apple within tones of them.

Just RMA it back to Kingston. Nothing you can except complain.