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I purchased a new 4 GB Travel drive from memorex for $79and installed it in my computer. 20 min later I smell this weird vinyl smell....a burning vinyl smell and trace it back to under my desk where I'm feeling everthing for heat-I notice that the new Memorex traveldrive is RED HOT so pull it out of the USB slot and notice that it's MELTED DOWN and still smoking. Then I feel the Ipod that was plugged into the next USB slot and that too was red hot, although not smoking like the Memorex. I let everything cool, then try to turn on the IPOD and no luck. I do a reset, everything and it's fried.

I took the travel drive to Office depot where I purchased it and the manager was very concerned, but said he had to have it in order to give me a full refund (I wanted to send it to Memorex). So in the store I took pictures of the melted down travel drive that could have set my house on fire had I not been home. I also took a photo of the sales receipt. When I got home I called Memorex and the gentleman said for me to email him the photos, and gave him the number of the manager of the Office Depot who he did speak with. Memorex said their insurance dept will contact me. I HEARD NOTHING BACK FROM MEMOREX. Not even an apology for wrecking my newer Ipod Mini 6GB. I had done a GOOGLE search on that model Travel drive and there were around 6 listings for this Memorex product melting down. MELTING DOWN. That is a fire threat! Is it me or is this really a safety concern?