Alcor | Micro Unknown Fa00 - F W 3613 !!install!!

FA00 is not a normal operational PID. A healthy Alcor flash drive would show something like AU6989 or SC908AN . FA00 signals that the controller is in a firmware recovery mode , manufacturing test mode , or has lost its NAND mapping table.

If the tool doesn't see your drive, go to "Setup" and ensure the VID/PID matches what you found in Step 1. alcor micro unknown fa00 - f w 3613

Flash drives are tiny computers. They have an OS (firmware). If a drive is unplugged during a write operation, or suffers a static shock, the firmware table can become corrupted. The controller is essentially "amnesiac"—it has the engine (F W 3613) but has forgotten the map (FA00) for the data stored on the chip. FA00 is not a normal operational PID

Download a tool like ChipGenius . It will give you a 4-digit Vendor ID (VID) and Product ID (PID). If the tool doesn't see your drive, go