Identifies fake upgraded USB drives and restores their true capacity. Flushes and updates corrupted firmware variants. System Requirements and Safety Precautions
: Compatible with a wide range of controllers, including FC1178 3D , FC1178 BC , FC1179 , FC1179S , FC1179AB , FC2279S , and FC2279AA .
Manually adjust ECC (Error Correction Code) settings if the drive fails on standard passes. firstchip fc1178 fc1179 mptools v1052
Completely overwrites the drive structure, ignoring Windows write protection flags.
This indicates that the NAND flash memory inside your USB drive has physically degraded beyond repair. The controller cannot find enough healthy sectors to construct a stable storage partition. Identifies fake upgraded USB drives and restores their
Download the package from a trusted firmware archive. Extract the compressed archive using WinRAR or 7-Zip to a dedicated folder on your desktop. Step 2: Launch the Application
Plug the drive directly into a motherboard USB port on the back of the PC. Manually adjust ECC (Error Correction Code) settings if
is widely regarded as the most stable and "universal" release. While newer versions exist (supporting newer controllers like FC8408), v1052 is famous because it successfully covers the most common FirstChip controllers found in cheap, generic, and promotional flash drives:
Solution: This indicates the underlying NAND flash is degraded. Navigate back into the Settings panel and lower the Target Capacity manually, or increase the allowed ECC Strength to permit the software to bypass a higher threshold of defective sectors.
For six minutes, a progress bar crawled forward. One wrong move—a power flicker or an accidental unplug—and the chip would "brick" forever. 🎉 The Resurrection