[clug] USB memory stick

Jepri jepri at webone.com.au
Mon Apr 12 03:51:13 GMT 2004


David Gibson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 11:02:02AM +0800, Simon Cousins wrote:
> 
>>IANAHE, but I understand that Flash memory allows for a finite number of
>>writes.  Perhaps lower-quality Flash reduces the possible number of writes
>>even further.
> 
> 
> That may be true, but the error looks much more likely to be in the
> USB glue logic than in the flash itself.  More likely it's just poor
> quality construction that hasn't survived being bounced around on a
> keychain for a month or two.
> 
> 

I blamed mine on pocket lint, but yeah, the Yum Cha brand should have 
been a hint.


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