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anticapitalista
Is it normal that it takes 2 minutes to save changes when all I did is change to JWM and install pcmanfm ?
No it isn’t
Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.
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ModdIt
My feeling is that you are finding the same issues with USB sticks as many other users have. Majority of sticks are high speed
read and slow speed write once the controller cache is full. The only stick I know at present with a reasonable write speed is
Transcend JetFlash 790.My older USB sticks are faster writing than many claimed USB 3 models, they are also reliable up to now, newer sticks from big
brand names are in many cases suspect, maybe some are fake, have a terrible failure rate.I am considering buying an M2 to USB adapter in the hopes of getting decent reliability and speed. Using an external adapter and SSD
I have way faster sequential and large data chunk write. One Nikon Raw photo chokes most USB sticks and takes an age to write, sems a
pretty good test tool to me.Also please check your USB sticks with F3, many are faked capacity with crappy internals. Fakes are common no matter where you buy !.
Is your BIOS up to date. Older BIOS may affect USB write performance badly along with not having other fixes.
Are you connecting directly to board, some front panel adapters are notoriously slow on write speed, worst are non powered or have
faulty cable shielding or missing ground wire. Not all need that, some do.
On older devices PSU and board input power supply capacitors may be failing. that leaves the 5 Volt you need for USB unstable, the
computer may still work fine u8ntil the electrolyte spews out or capacity drops below a critical level, result no boot.
Replacing caps with swollen tops is a common job. Easy and safe on board. PSU is a job for an old tube amp or TV Technician, the big
caps on high voltage side will kill in an instant. I have a number of older boards without this issue, good quality components and they
run cooler so aging is less prononounced.This post is somewhat extensive and hoped to be of use to others who have similar or same issue.
- This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by ModdIt.
4L1V3
Thanks for the assurance that something is wrong and also the added explanation that – as I suspected – USB sticks are like the writable CDs were in the early 00s: completely ‘touch and go’ as to whether they work or are sheer w*nk.
The recommended model is cheap enough. I will get one very soon and try again.
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