Any Help for a Dead Thumbdrive?

Sorry but it's highly doubtful.

This might be a good time for a reminder to never trust a single media/copy and to always have backups of critical files.

3-2-1 Backup Plan: 3 copies of files, on 2 different types of media, with 1 copy off site

possible.....depending on the failure, if the controller died, or the PCB/traces were physically broken, a person could unsolder the NAND and resolder it to another compatible controller and recover the data.

Generally not for the faint of heart, YMMV depending on your SMD soldering skills.

Unfortunately, it probably won't be easy to fix, even with a soldering iron. You can probably pull the memory chips off of the USB interface and solder them to another USB interface (or re-solder the connections to the current USB interface). A high school kid might find that a fun project.

You're not getting power, which could be (I think) a burned connection on two of the USB "circuits" which provide power. Gotta solve the power problem (as indicated by the LED) first. Type A has four "fingers" of connectivity, and one or two of those have their connection broken.

It could also be your host machine (I'm assuming your Linux boxes are virtual on VirtualBox or Docker, etc.) I have an AMD x570 chipset, and without updated drivers, half of my USB A/C ports didn't even show up, didn't charge anything, etc.

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I use it to transfers files from my scanner to pc. I had one invoice I needed to submit.

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So no valuable files were stored on it, great.

So you have two options

1. Crack it open, bust out the soldering iron and spend an hour trying to repair it

2. Get off the 6 bucks and buy a new one