Yes definitely, cheap card readers can cause harm, though not always. Thus for the matter of fact, why to take risk!
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It might have got corrupted. After some time pen drives suddenly stops working. .................. Computer Accessories
I too agree with @Ghostman 1, this might help. Any other alternative is not coming in mind, other than this. .......................................
One easy method is to replace damaged PCB(printed circuit board) with a matching PCB ------------------------------- computer peripherals online
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