EPOS FlashExtractor User Manual

EPOS FlashExtractor

User’s guide

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EPOS LLC

44, Verkhniy Val str., Kiev, 04071, Ukraine

www.epos.ua

April 2011

Ver. 1.0

Sales and support

EPOS Data Recovery Center

34, Verkhniy Val str., Kiev, 04071, Ukraine

www.epos.ua/recovery

Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

e-mail: [e-mail]

© 2011. EPOS LLC.

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Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3

1.1. Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 3

1.2. What in the box............................................................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена.

1.3. About this guide ......................................................................................................................... 4

2. Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 5

2.1. Physical layout and controls ............................................................................................... 5

2.2. System specification ................................................................................................................ 5

2.3. System requirements ............................................................................................................. 6

2.4. Hardware and software installation ................................................................................ 7

2.5. Firmware update ....................................................................................................................... 8

3. Quick start guide ............................................................................................................................... 11

4. Operation ............................................................................................................................................... 13

4.1. Software features ................................................................................................................... 13

4.1.1. Reading flash chips......................................................................................................... 13

4.1.2. Chips database management ................................................................................... 15

4.1.3. Merging databases .......................................................................................................... 18

4.1.4. Software settings ............................................................................................................ 19

4.1.5. Using several units simultaneously ....................................................................... 20

4.2. Software menu reference ................................................................................................... 21

4.2.1. TASK menu ......................................................................................................................... 21

4.2.2. READER menu ................................................................................................................... 21

4.2.3. DATABASE menu ............................................................................................................. 22

4.2.4. VIEW menu ......................................................................................................................... 22

4.2.5. HELP menu .......................................................................................................................... 22

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1. Introduction

1.1. Overview

Thank you for purchasing the EPOS FlashExtractor reader kit. EPOS
FlashExtractor is a professional tool for reading NAND flash memory chips.

EPOS FlashExtractor

1.2. Package contents

Your EPOS FlashExtractor comes in a complete kit which includes cables,
adapters, and a power supply. Inside the box, you will find the following
components:

Table 1. Supplied parts list

EPOS Model #

Description

FE-001

FlashExtractor main unit

FE-005

CD containing software and user’s guide

FE-006

еSATA cable

FE-007

Power supply

FE-011

ZIF WSOP48 adapter

FE-012

TSOP48/WSOP48 adapter for soldering

FE-013

ZIF TSOP48 adapter

FE-014

xD Card adapter

FE-015

BGA adapter for soldering

FE-016

ZIF BGA adapter. Currently under
development

FE-016

ZIF TSOP56 adapter. Currently under
development

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1.3. About this guide

This guide is divided into four main sections:

Introduction
Installation
Quick start guide
Operation

Please read Installation and Quick Start Setup sections before attempting a
flash memory chip reading. It is recommended that you practice with a scratch
chip to fully appreciate the procedures.

The FlashExtractor User’s Guide will be updated as needed to reflect hardware

and software modifications. Descriptions of features may be subject to change.

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2. Installation

2.1. Physical layout and controls

The following picture illustrates the location of controls on the FlashExtractor.

a) e-SATA Port.
b) 3-Color Mode Led.

GREEN. Unit is powered on, connected to PC and ready to operate.

YELLOW. Memory chip reading is in progress.

RED. Unit is not connected to PC or not-supported data transfer mode
(other than UltraDMA) is set; operation is not possible.

c) Adapter Socket.
d) DC Power In.
e) On/Off Power Switch.

2.2. System specification

Supply voltage: 100 - 230V / 50 - 60 Hz

Input voltage: 4.5 – 5V 1.2A

Power consumption: 5W

Operating temperature: 5 degrees - 40 degrees C

Relative humidity: 20% - 60% non-condensing

Net weight: 100 grams without adapters

Overall dimensions: 102 x 75 x 26 mm without adapters

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

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2.3. System requirements

EPOS FlashExtractor require certain hardware and software specifications in order to
operate. The following list of requirements applies to the current version of EPOS
FlashExtractor. These are basic requirements, though you may want to use our
recommended suggestions to improve performance.

Software

Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista

Please note that only 32-bit (x86) builds of operating systems are
supported at this time.

NTFS formatted partition.

Recommended hardware

2+ GHz processor.
2+ GB RAM.
e-SATA port.
10 MB of available storage space for FlashReader software.
160 GB of available storage space for saving data dumps.

Minimum hardware

1 GHz processor.
512 MB RAM.
SATA port. In this case hot-plugging is not supported. You will need

appropriate SATA-to-eSATA adapter (cable).

10 MB of available storage space for FlashReader software.
10 GB of available storage space for saving data dumps.

Unsupported environments

Only 32-bit (x86) operating systems listed in Software module of this section
are currently supported. As such, FlashExtractor doesn't support Microsoft
Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server and 64-bit (x86-64) builds of operating
systems.

Linux and Mac OS versions of FlashExtractor aren't available at this time.

At this time, FlashExtractor doesn't support operation in a virtual environments
(VMWare, VirtualBox etc.).

Recommendations

FlashExtractor's performance relies heavily on the storage subsystem. Modern
NAND flash memory chips feature higher data rate than most stand-alone hard
drives. For higher performance we recommend using RAID0 and SSD
configurations for saving data dumps.

It is recommended to disable antivirus or hard drive monitoring software
during reading process.