Firstchip Mptools V1.0.4.3 Fc1178 Fc1179 -

Key takeaways

Look at the line. It must explicitly read FC1178 or FC1179 . Firstchip Mptools V1.0.4.3 Fc1178 Fc1179

High-Level Scanning (Fast, leaves deep sector errors unaddressed). High. Fixes drives showing as "No Media" or "0 Bytes". Key takeaways Look at the line

If MPTools does not see your drive, verify the chip identity using ChipGenius. If it is confirmed as an FC1178/FC1179 but still unrecognized, you may need to put the flash drive into Test Mode by carefully short-circuiting the data pins on the NAND memory chip before plugging it into the USB port. a 16GB drive advertised as 512GB).

It can identify the true physical flash memory size, often crucial for drives that were falsified (e.g., a 16GB drive advertised as 512GB).