Subj : Re: Old Geek Thoughts...
To   : Jeff
From : beardy
Date : Sun Jan 09 2022 03:38:56


On 2022-01-06 15:57 Jeff said...
 Je> I'm not poo-pooing the Pi by any means; I have several and absolutely 
 Je> love them! The SD card just a known weakness and it's happened to me.

Same here, I have a bunch, the latest being a Pi3 running RetroPie and Kodi for my TV.
But indeed, SD cards are their weakness, and I've had most of the use-cases
die on me when the SD card dies. What you said about the power loss and power
issues is probably the cause indeed, I thought it had to do with overclocking,
but the root cause is probably the power indeed.

When overclocking more power is needed, so I guess that has been the cause of mine dying mostly.

There is one sitting in a closet at work that has been powered on since 2012, on the same SD card, but the thing is that it is not overclocked - I now realize.

Best regards
//beardy

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