If the Mass Production Tool throws an error or fails to find your device, your flash drive might be suffering from structural physical failures:
I tried to analyze the hardware, but the casing opened like a secret and revealed only a set of impossible things: a glass bead the size of a seed that contained a desert at dusk, a spool of hair-thin wire that thrummed like a street in July. The etched numbers—VID FFFF PID 1201—matched a spec sheet that didn’t exist. Someone, somewhere, had made a device to collect what people forgot to put into words.
Set the to "Standard Scan" or "Factory Scan" depending on the tool version.
FirstChip FC1178BC MpTools V1.0.2.10 2018-04 ... - USBDev.ru
is a "default" or "dummy" vendor ID. It is often assigned when a device's microcontroller fails to load its custom firmware. PID 1201 is frequently paired with this, indicating that the device has entered a "fail-safe" or "bootloader" mode rather than its normal operating mode. Common Characteristics of this Error: Manufacturer: Usually shows as "NAND" or "Generic". Controller Vendor: Often FirstChip (e.g., FC1178BC). Device Revision: Frequently "0000".
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