If the MPTool cannot read the Flash ID , the memory chip itself may be physically dead, and software recovery will not be possible.
I should have tossed it, or taken it to a lab. Instead I plugged it into the old laptop on my kitchen table—habit more than curiosity. The machine hummed, recognized the device, and displayed a single line in the corner of the log: usb device id vid ffff pid 1201. The text blinked once and the laptop went still, like someone had exhaled on it. usb device id vid ffff pid 1201
Often appears in Device Manager or system logs as USB\VID_FFFF&PID_1201 . Common Use Cases and Reliability If the MPTool cannot read the Flash ID