Corsair 256 GB GTX not detected or failed

[vissim]

Hello,

I've bought GTX 256 GB drive a month ago.
It worked perfectly, under 2 and 3.0 USB port.

Suddenly, today, this pendrive (bootdrive with Linux installed) stopped being recognized. Os froze, so I rebooted it, and when pendrive is inserted, it cannot get pass through BIOS phase - freezes booting phase.
When I connect USB once some other operaating system is already working, then I get messages below.
Does it mean my drive froze for good ? Just like with Sandforce chipsets ?
FYI - i tried connecting it with USB hub and without.

Device get little warm when plugged in, but nothing happens after displaying these messages (dmesg):

Please help or suggest some further steps.
fdisk doesnt see this drive of course.

[ 83.475539] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using ehci-pci
[ 83.629848] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=1b1c, idProduct=1a0e
[ 83.629854] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1
[ 83.629858] usb 2-1.2: Product: Voyager GTX
[ 83.629861] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Corsair
[ 83.629864] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: ###hidden###
[ 83.630115] usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 83.630199] scsi8 : usb-storage 2-1.2:1.0
[ 84.629254] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access Corsair Voyager GTX 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[ 84.629519] sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 84.635587] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Spinning up disk...
[ 85.637187] .................................................................................................... not responding...
[ 206.106619] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 206.106623] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 206.106625] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 206.106626] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 206.106627] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 206.106630] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 206.106632] Add. Sense: Logical unit is in process of becoming ready
[ 213.062740] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[ 220.018856] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[ 220.018861] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 220.026415] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Spinning up disk...
[ 221.028269] .................................................................................................... not responding...
[ 341.476641] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 341.476646] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 341.476648] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 341.476649] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 341.476650] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 341.476653] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 341.476654] Add. Sense: Logical unit is in process of becoming ready
[ 348.432902] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[ 355.389046] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[ 355.389052] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 355.389055] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 476.652732] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 5
[ 482.078440] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
[ 482.171003] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=1a40, idProduct=0101
[ 482.171010] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=1, SerialNumber=0
[ 482.171023] usb 2-1.2: Product: USB 2.0 Hub
[ 482.171424] hub 2-1.2:1.0: USB hub found
[ 482.171599] hub 2-1.2:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 489.704876] usb 2-1.2.3: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[ 489.859499] usb 2-1.2.3: New USB device found, idVendor=1b1c, idProduct=1a0e
[ 489.859507] usb 2-1.2.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=1
[ 489.859511] usb 2-1.2.3: Product: Voyager GTX
[ 489.859514] usb 2-1.2.3: Manufacturer: Corsair
[ 489.859517] usb 2-1.2.3: SerialNumber: ###hidden###
[ 489.859912] usb-storage 2-1.2.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 489.860064] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-1.2.3:1.0
[ 490.858495] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access Corsair Voyager GTX 0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 6
[ 490.858726] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 490.863312] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Spinning up disk...
[ 491.866564] .................................................................................................... not responding...
[ 612.318950] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 612.318955] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 612.318957] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 612.318958] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 612.318960] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 612.318962] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 612.318964] Add. Sense: Logical unit is in process of becoming ready
[ 619.275088] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[ 626.231338] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[ 626.231344] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 626.237907] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Spinning up disk...
[ 627.241572] .................................................................................................... not responding...
[ 747.689289] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] READ CAPACITY failed
[ 747.689294] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 747.689296] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 747.689297] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 747.689299] Sense Key : Not Ready [current]
[ 747.689301] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb]
[ 747.689303] Add. Sense: Logical unit is in process of becoming ready
[ 754.645388] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[ 761.601670] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Asking for cache data failed
[ 761.601676] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 761.601679] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk

[Toasted]

Contact your seller and ask if they can replace the drive for you. If not, request an RMA to replace the USB drive.

[vissim]

Originally Posted by Toasted

Contact your seller and ask if they can replace the drive for you. If not, request an RMA to replace the USB drive.

Please...I'm not a blondie. What else do you think I will do ?
I just hoped someone else had similar problem, because this is the first pendrive I had among 100+ within 15 years that...tried to spin up (plates?).
I hoped I could save it somehow, but now I see there's no solution and my one-month work had gone to trash. Will never trust Corsair again. Period.
It's sad but I will not recommend it to anyone and will warn most HW related websites/forums I use daily, about it, since it might contain Sandforce "bomb" inside. You know what I mean. The symptoms are identical...
My personal opinion - do NOT BUY IT, Sad, but true.