[atlas] USB drive issues

as  a probe 1 user we dont see these problems as not memory card based but i do use usb power from homehub.

if there is a spare probe3 is avail i am happy to test usb power use

colin

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> On 21 May 2016, at 10:14, Geert Jan de Groot <GeertJan.deGroot at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> At the first hint of trouble, it may actually have been premature,
> I swapped the USB drive on my probe with a brandname replacement.
> Note that there is a lot of poor quality stuff, especially in
> "giveaway" drives, and the fact that the disc is encrypted
> of course does not help heuristics in the USB drive controller
> to lengthen the drive life.
> 
> The replacement was painless: power down, insert blank disk,
> powerup, did the dishes, when I was done the probe was done
> initializing and everything was working fine.
> 
> I've added "replaced-broken-sandisk-usb-stick" to the probe.
> Perhaps this is a useful heuristic to monitor how prevalent
> the problem really is.
> 
> Geert Jan
>