USB doesn't connect on my computer

Nevans13

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Feb 20, 2017
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I was working on a school project on my mac mini today when without warning my USB said it was disconnecting from my computer, then the project I was working on closed by itself and my USB did not show up in Finder. I checked the USB and it was still plugged in securely to my computer. I checked and I don't think it's a problem with the ports as I have a USB mouse and keyboard and they still worked on all the other port. I've also tried plugging my USB into a computer running with Linux, but it didn't connect there either. When I go to About This Mac --> System Report --> Hardware --> USB it shows:

2307 Boot ROM:
Product ID: 0x5500
Vendor ID: 0x13fe (Phison Electronics Corp.)
Version: 1.10
Speed: Up to 5 Gb/sec
Manufacturer: Phison
Location ID: 0x14900000 / 9
Current Available (mA): 900
Current Required (mA): 96
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

and that's only when this USB is connected so I'm sure it's the USB.
The USB is a Kingston 32gb Data Traveler G4
And my mac is running Sierra version 10.12.3
Processor: 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel Iris 1536 MB
Is there any way to get my USB working and connecting to my computer again?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Solution
If the drive did not work on either system, the drive is bad. If you are seeing the drive connected, that tends to mean that the memory chip and the drive electronics are no longer connected.