Chip reading
How to use monoUFD 6×6 & 3×7 adapter
Monolithic USB drives and memory cards are widely used in various devices, but data recovery from these media can be more challenging than from standard BGA NAND chips. In such cases, specialized adapters play a crucial role, allowing safe ...
NAND Memory Protocols: The Difference Between SDR and DDR
Everyone who works in NAND data recovery knows that reading NAND requires using a protocol. The most popular protocols are Async and WL. Almost all protocols have two versions: SDR and DDR. 1. Protocols in reader configuration What is SDR and DDR and ...
Samsung microSD
SAMSUNG microSD ADAPTER Lately, a considerable number of Samsung microSD devices have been received by our customers. In response, our innovative engineering team has designed an adapter capable of reading these memory chips. DEVICE MODELS SUPPORTED ...
MonoSD 4×10
MonoSD 4x10 pads adapter Recently, our customers began receiving many devices from MonoSD cards with columns of pads on the sides. So we did research on all known similar devices and made an adapter to read these memory chips. ADAPTER SPECIFICATIONS ...
BGA272/316
BGA272/316 adapter Increasingly, manufacturers have begun to use BGA272/316 chips in their devices, especially SSDs. Soldering such chips takes a lot of time due to the complexity of the pinout. Therefore, our engineers created adapters for reading ...
Missing data planes in TSOP48, LGA52, BGA132 and BGA152 Sandisk chips.
This article shows the way how to extract all data from TSOP48, LGA52, and BGA132/152 Sandisk memory chips when the configuration and dump size are correct, but half of the dump is still empty. Usually, if a NAND memory chip has 2 or 4 crystals, ...
LGA - 60 (for TH58TFT1DFKLAVH and alike)
LGA - 60 ADAPTER Recently, we got an interesting request about the Toshiba chip TH58TFT1DFKLAVH from a MacBook motherboard. The chip looked like a standard LGA-60 (for which we have an LGA-52 adapter and it fits), but in fact, it wasn't. Our R&D team ...
Why should you throw away your hot air station for unsoldering
There’s one long-lasting debate about memory chip unsoldering – what’s the best technique? Our users constantly ask us about using a hot air station to unsolder memory chips. We'd like to explain in 'simple terms' why using a tool like this can ...
Sandisk monoUFD 3x11
SANDISK monoUFD 3x11 pads ADAPTER Recently, our customers began receiving many devices from Sandisk with USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interfaces. Our creative engineering team has developed an adapter to read these memory chips. ADAPTER SPECIFICATIONS The ...
Inter-page shifts
Inter-page shifts The shifted pages during memory chip reading isn’t a regular situation, but sometimes in some cases with specific devices, this problem may appear. In this article, we will show you why exactly this problem occurs and how to easily ...
Reading BGA132/152
High capacity BGA 132/152 chips have complex pinout which includes 2 lines of data buses and two groups of 4 CE (Crystal) signals which are connected separately to the first and the second data bus. This solution guarantees high speed of read/write ...
Analysis of bit errors in NAND and power adjustment
During the NAND chip reading process, there are internal noise and interference occur, which results in bit errors and data corruption. This problem is particularly critical for TLC flash chips. If a physical image extracted with a high number of bit ...
Chip reading
Reading dumps from chips Visual inspection of memory chip should precede plugging it to the Reader and adapters. Checking pins and pads is a mandatory process. Bent pins should be adjusted properly. In case of severe damage (e.g. broken pins ...
ECC in NAND flash memory
All modern flash storage devices have a problem with data integrity caused by a poor quality of the NAND chips. This problem is well known as “Bit errors”. When bit errors appear within the area where file is stored, it gets corrupted and unreadable. ...