When I was ordering my new Desktop PC from Newegg, they suggestive sold a 64-GB USB thumb drive to me. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was really buying it from a third-party seller in China, not straight from Newegg, and it was a seller that got trashed in the ratings. I was worried I may not even get it. However, I did receive it and it runs. However, I worked on some stuff in my Windows PC, properly ejected it, only to find the files had vanished once I tried to use it on my Kubuntu PC. They were not there back on the Windows PC either. Annoying. Turns out, the company that made this thing had made a 64-gig USB drive formatted with FAT32. Not smart. I reformatted it to exFAT, which solved the problem.
I thought of using this to hold movies and TV shows since my TV can play media files. However, the thing doesn't go into the USB port on my TV that well. Unlike my other USB thumb drives, it resists. It does go into my USB ports on all my computers just fine. With the TV it worries me a bit, and that device has only one USB port that I don't want to **** up.
So my question: Is it safe to put a smidgen of WD-40 onto the metal tip of the thumb drive so that it goes into my TV's USB port more easily? Or is this a really bad idea that could trash the USB port? I'm not too worried about ruining this thumb drive. It didn't cost me that much money, but the TV did. The TV is under a 3-year warranty, but I would prefer to never have to use that.
Would I trash my TV if I try this? If it's too risky I might as well buy another 64-gig thumb drive, this time from a more reputable company. This thing is generic. It doesn't even have a brand name on it.
I thought of using this to hold movies and TV shows since my TV can play media files. However, the thing doesn't go into the USB port on my TV that well. Unlike my other USB thumb drives, it resists. It does go into my USB ports on all my computers just fine. With the TV it worries me a bit, and that device has only one USB port that I don't want to **** up.
So my question: Is it safe to put a smidgen of WD-40 onto the metal tip of the thumb drive so that it goes into my TV's USB port more easily? Or is this a really bad idea that could trash the USB port? I'm not too worried about ruining this thumb drive. It didn't cost me that much money, but the TV did. The TV is under a 3-year warranty, but I would prefer to never have to use that.
Would I trash my TV if I try this? If it's too risky I might as well buy another 64-gig thumb drive, this time from a more reputable company. This thing is generic. It doesn't even have a brand name on it.
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