I have a little warning for all of you who use the USB stick to transfer your designs from your computer to your embroidery machine. Be sure that the embroidery machine is moved far enough away from the edge of the table that no one can walk by and bump the USB stick by mistake!
But on the other hand, it is interesting to see what is inside that little stick. :)
16302
255054glad to read no further damage done,
how about using an usb extention.my extention is a multi-whatsitname-one, one end in the machine and other end for the usb stick and a mouse too lies flat on the sewing table..
my dustcover goes on the machine with usb and mouse still connected.
20463very valid point. Just love that you had to give it an "autopsy"
16529I washed and tumbledried mine last week. Had put it in my pocket to use and forgot about it. Luckily it was not my Bernina stick (Bernina machines only take bernina sticks and they are expensive to replace) The amazing thing was that it still worked after a wash. A clean USB stick!
Hope you did no lose any designs.
4 comments
by ethan
19 Aug 2014
I have a SanDisk Cruzer blade 32GB and it works, It's a case of trying them to see which would work. G
57492Need to remember to remove usb stick before putting in your transfer case. I left mine in when I took it to be serviced, it was in pieces but still useable. This is the second time I have done this. the first time it just bent it a little. Glad everything was OK.
535Wow! They warned me about removing the usb stick while in a design. Good thing there is no permanent damage to your machine!
1 comment
by justonlyme
19 Aug 2014
Can you imagine the message that might have come up if the machine would have been on? :) Machine is good. It survived this one. This time.
173693Poor little critter, hope you weren't using it at the time and have no damage to the port or your machine.
2 comments
by justonlyme
19 Aug 2014
I wasn't using it. It was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. THIS time my machine survived. Whew!
35301Wow hope the machine is OK. Thanks for the heads up!!
1 comment
111380Wow. My concern would be "is the machine OK?'
I use USB sticks only to transport. Would not count on them to keep my info safe.
1 comment
109774Funny that .... I had a stick that just fell apart. So i know whats inside. It's all gobbly gook to me :((
1 comment
by justonlyme
18 Aug 2014
I recently got my amateur radio operator's license. I had to learn what all of those components were and what they do. It is actually quite fascinating that they can be so small nowadays!
42046Thank you for the info. Hope your machine is okay and not in for service.
2 comments
by justonlyme
18 Aug 2014
I think that the repair guy would resign if I brought my machine in for service on more time. My machine survived this one fine. Fortunately!!
9792
360644I always wondered what was inside those little things. Really, you did not have to ruin your day to show me. I do use them to back up designs as a secondary backup. They don't stay in the machine any longer than it takes to put the designs in. I use another one to only transfer the designs and take it out of the machine when the design I want is loaded.
1 comment
by justonlyme
18 Aug 2014
How funny. :) This was purely unintentional, but since it happened.... I'm always curious about the inner workings of everything.
169064Mmmm interesting, I put one through the wash once
2 comments
by justonlyme
18 Aug 2014
Did it work afterward? Or did you dare try it? I've heard that if you get electrics wet, immediately put them in dry rice to help pull out the moisture as soon as possible. This one was well beyond "help". :)
by asterixsew
19 Aug 2014
Yes it still works fine but I dl all that was on it to another storage source. I didn't realise I had washed until a couple of hours later.
11575821543Uh oh!!! Hopefully it still works?
3 comments
by justonlyme
18 Aug 2014
Nope. It is dead. I have a thing about NOT using a USB stick to back up anything though. It is just a mode of transport.
26116341781
11329