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> SanDisk/WD... noticed that they were sensitive to brownouts

Damn, I had a hit on this but this test made it clear.

I have few SBCs with SanDisk TF cards as their data storage. Those were powered with a cheap USB power adapter, and as a result, these SBCs completely locks themselves up after just few days and become inoperable. I even contacted the manufacturer of the SBCs for repair.

But before actually sending the boards out, I brought a new power adapter, replaced the old one with it, and the problem is completely gone. The SBCs are all good, the problem is the power supply.

Though, I still hope that those SBC manufacturers could switch to other storage device. SSDs, even the basic ones are much more reliable that whatever TF card listed on the test.




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