The hardware is dying. Back up any data immediately (if it even mounts) and toss the drive. A $10 USB stick isn't worth frying your computer's motherboard port. To help you find the exact recovery tool , let me know: Did this happen after a firmware update or suddenly ? Do you need to save the data , or just fix the drive ? What is the VID and PID from ChipGenius?
If that device is a or no-name card reader and it’s physically hot : alcor micro unknown fa00 fw fa04 hot
If the Flash ID (FID) comes back as 898989898989 or similar nonsense, the memory chip is physically dead. The hardware is dying
When these tools report "Unknown" or specific hex codes followed by "Hot," it typically points to one of the following hardware or firmware failures: To help you find the exact recovery tool