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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #30 on: November 16, 2010, 09:10:33 pm »
Quote from: MRide on November 16, 2010, 08:58:38 pm
Quote from: Netham45 on November 16, 2010, 07:39:37 pm
The easiest way to tell if it's mini-a or mini-b is look at the shape on it. I wanna say that mini-A has a rounded little square thingey, whereas mini-b has a square little square thingey.
That's so descriptive. :P
But I know what you mean.

Lol, but here it is:



Mini-A on the right, mini-B on the left.
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #31 on: November 17, 2010, 12:33:06 am »
Quote from: thepenguin77 on November 16, 2010, 07:30:29 pm
Haha, I can't believe that I just did this. I made a usb mini A with a piece of aluminum foil. It doesn't fit all the way in the calculator (I probably used too much), but the calculator sees it as a mini A (bit 4 of port ($4D) is set).

1. Take a piece of aluminum foil 1 cm x 1 cm and smash it into a tiny ball.
2. Shove it into your mini B adapter.
3. Use something sharp (thumb tack) to smash it to the right side so that it connect the right most 2 pins.
4. Shove it in your calculator to smash it backwards.

Done!! To see if it really is a mini usb A, plug it in, turn the calc off, turn it back on. If there is a mega lag, You just made a mini usb A adapter!

This obviously isn't the best way to get an A adapter, but it works.
Thank you for the description.  I will try it when I can.

Edit: It WORKS!!!!
For the record, I used the adapter from this kit.
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #32 on: November 20, 2010, 11:23:33 am »
Quote from: thepenguin77 on November 16, 2010, 07:30:29 pm
Haha, I can't believe that I just did this. I made a usb mini A with a piece of aluminum foil. It doesn't fit all the way in the calculator (I probably used too much), but the calculator sees it as a mini A (bit 4 of port ($4D) is set).

1. Take a piece of aluminum foil 1 cm x 1 cm and smash it into a tiny ball.
2. Shove it into your mini B adapter.
3. Use something sharp (thumb tack) to smash it to the right side so that it connect the right most 2 pins.
4. Shove it in your calculator to smash it backwards.

Done!! To see if it really is a mini usb A, plug it in, turn the calc off, turn it back on. If there is a mega lag, You just made a mini usb A adapter!

This obviously isn't the best way to get an A adapter, but it works.

could you connect that to a female usb standard a for usb8x and msd8x  ?? ??
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #33 on: November 20, 2010, 11:58:13 am »
Yes, If the other end of that cable ends in a female standard A, even if there are several other wires to make the transition, you could use it.
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #34 on: November 20, 2010, 12:02:24 pm »
ok. i was going to sodder together ;)

I was wondering if the difference between mini a and b was also in the standard a and b
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #35 on: November 20, 2010, 12:06:02 pm »
Soldering's the best way to do it, but not that many people can solder. Actually, if you are going to solder, you might want to solder the pins behind the mini usb B male part because that way it's more permanent and it fits all the way into your calc.

Standard USB B looks way different. It is that square type usb thing that goes into printers. You couldn't possibly confuse them if you saw one.
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #36 on: November 20, 2010, 12:08:34 pm »
i know the shape is differt (usb standard b)  I was just wondering if i had to do some wacky stuff to make the usb a only recieve.
better safe than sorry.

the pin 4 and pin 5.   are you saying they apear in the back so i can solder them together?
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #37 on: November 20, 2010, 12:17:02 pm »
Yes, if you cut off all the plastic revealing only the metal, but if you are going to go that route, you probably need to reinforce the plug somehow. I would encase it in hot glue or epoxy.
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #38 on: November 20, 2010, 08:45:43 pm »
ok, so i was soldering.  i touched the hottest part of the tip twice.....
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #39 on: November 21, 2010, 01:07:27 am »
Ouch X.x
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2011, 10:33:20 am »
Ok, I keep losing the smaller adapter I have so I made one that's a bit larger. :P
Trouble is, I keep getting error 0E0D with it..does anybody know what this is?  I've been looking at this but they're only two-digit numbers :\
EDIT: So it's two codes in one thing, "FindDescriptor" and "BadClass"
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2011, 11:33:20 am »
BadClass implies that you aren't using a standard USB flash drive -- what is it? Is it a media player or something (like an iPod) that claims to double as a storage device? Some of those devices (like cameras) use very fancy (storage) interfaces that msd8x doesn't support.
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Re: MSD8x/USB8x
« Reply #42 on: November 15, 2011, 02:26:19 pm »
It's a flash drive that's worked fine for a couple months now.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/SanDisk-Cruzer-2GB-USB-Flash-Drive/15042272

I keep losing the pre-made adapter I have x.x so I made a backup adapter, but the homemade one is giving me problems.

EDIT: I just tried it with an older drive and it worked ???

USBTools → Tools → Descriptors → Device
Spoiler For stuffs:
SUB Ver:
Class:
Sub Class:
Protocol:
Max Packet:
Vendor ID:
Prod ID:
Release:
Configs:		1.10
09
00
00
08
058F
9254
03.12
01
Both have the same results..but it'll run for one and not the other :\

EDIT2: can't find a page with data etc about it...but it's a 'Sandisk Cruzer Micro 128mb"
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