I could just tell Spinrite to ignore the temperature reading. I did so briefly yesterday but go nervous when it hit 72 or 73C.
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I've run into a number of flash drives that overheat pretty quick if put to heavy use. I know flash drives are not the primary use for SR, but since I do rely on them for part of my backups they matter some. I've also noticed they seem to have more 'marginal' areas than other media. Before I realized why flash drives would suddenly disappear from Windows I thought my laptop was the issue, but come to find out some of the flash drives would heat up and eventually drop out, and in some cases cook to death. Now I've been using a small fan to keep temps down.
It may not be worth the effort, but I had thought if it might be useful to have a SR setting to slow it down to help keep the heat in check, or possibly have it auto-throttle. I know speeding up SR for larger drives is a good thing, but figured I would post this just in case others thought it might be a worth while feature.
It may not be worth the effort, but I had thought if it might be useful to have a SR setting to slow it down to help keep the heat in check, or possibly have it auto-throttle. I know speeding up SR for larger drives is a good thing, but figured I would post this just in case others thought it might be a worth while feature.
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