The is a controller chip manufactured by Solid State System (SSS) but often rebranded or utilized heavily by Toshiba in their TransMemory U202 and U301 series. In the technical community, this controller is functionally identical to the SSS6698-BA .
Before downloading any software, confirm your drive's controller using a hardware identification tool like or Flash Drive Information Extractor . You are looking for: Controller: SSS6698-BA / TC58NC6623 Flash ID: (e.g., Toshiba, SanDisk, or Hynix NAND strings)
If you’ve encountered a USB flash drive that is suddenly "Write Protected," showing "No Media" in Disk Management, or refusing to format, you are likely dealing with a firmware corruption issue. For drives utilizing the (also known as the SSS6698-BA ) controller, the standard Windows formatting tools won't help.
The tool will begin erasing the bad blocks, scanning the NAND, and rewriting the firmware.
The "patched" versions of the often include: