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| From | "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage |
| Subject | Re: Is it me or are there many unreliable USB flash drives? |
| Date | 2016-10-24 13:51 +1100 |
| Message-ID | <e75bg4FtsbgU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (9 earlier) <nue22s$bg9$1@gioia.aioe.org> <211020161746161588%nospam@nospam.invalid> <nuglb2$us$1@gioia.aioe.org> <e753plFsb81U1@mid.individual.net> <nujo8u$9to$1@gioia.aioe.org> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote > Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote >> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote >>> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote >>>> Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote >>>>> There are USB voltage meters sold cheaply on Ebay to >>>>> show if the USB voltage from a computer is too high/low. >>>>> If the USB voltage was far too high, the extra energy >>>>> would cause excessive heating of the drive. >>>> if the voltage was too high, not only would it not >>>> be usb compliant, but it would likely fry anything >>>> plugged into it, which is expecting a regulated 5v. >>> I don't mean by design (although anything's possible >>> with Chinese knock-off stuff, if that's involved), I mean >>> due to a failure of the computer hardware. >>> Now the 5V at the USB ports being high would often only make sense >>> if they were supplied by a separate line from the power supply. >> They are in desktops. That's the whole point of the +5V standby line. > No it isn't. Yes it is. > The 5V Standby line is to enable the motherboard hardware > to detect when the power switch is pressed, and on many > motherboards it is used to power additional functions > while the computer is off as well. Like the USB so moving the mouse will wake the system if you have set it up like that. >>> If the internal computer components and the USB ports were >>> both subjected to a failure of the 5V voltage regulation, it >>> would be very likely to destroy the computer without the >>> user having any time to worry about their USB accessories. >> Depends on how much its out by. Certainly if its out by enough >> to see what normally stays at room temp get very hot when >> doing nothing with just the USB stick plugged in, doing nothing. > The maximum voltage ratings would probably only be known > by the memory stick IC manufacturers and their clients, Wrong again, its obviously in the specs of the ics. But again, irrelevant, because even if that was say 7V, that isnt going to be enough so the memory sticks that don’t even get warm when supplied with 5V when not doing anything get very hot when they are supplied with 7V. Basic physics. > however 5.5V is a common design maximum. Not with the absolute maximum above which you get damage. > 5.25V is the maximum PSU output under the ATX specification. Irrelevant to a potential fault situation. >>> Most desktop PCs have standard power supplies that >>> provide the USB 5V from the same lines as everything else, >> >> That is just plain wrong. Its usually supplied by the +5V standby >> line, so you can wake the system by moving the mouse etc. >> >>> so it is unlikely that an over-voltage situation >>> would only affect the USB ports. >> >> You have that completely backwards. >> >>> A laptop, however, may have a separate power supply circuit >>> for the USB 5V. If this failed, and supplied too high a voltage, it >>> may not sevierely affect the normal operation of the computer. >> >> In fact laptops are more likely to have a >> separate +5V line for the same reason. >> >>> A power-boosted USB hub with a faulty or incorrectly >>> specified mains adapter powering it could also be a culprit. >> >>>> the amount of current sourced is limited by >>>> what the device negotiates from the host. >> >>> Current limiting only protects against an over-voltage situation >>> if the device requires more than the minimum current limit (500mA) >>> to be damaged. If an IC in the memory stick normally draws 20mA >>> at 5V, it may draw 28mA at 7V (this based on rough calculations: >>> 5V / 0.02A = 250R 7V / 250R = 0.028A, but it proves the point), >>> however the IC may only be rated to sustain 5.5V, so it may be >>> damaged while only consuming 28mA. The rest of the components >>> in the memory stick will also be drawing additional power, but >>> you see that the total power draw is not increased enough to >>> hit the 500mA maximum if the stick normally draws, say, 100mA? >> >>>>> Another possibility, if you only ever use one USB port (or a group >>>>> of similarly affected ones) for testing these memory sticks, is >>>>> that a high resistance in the computer's USB socket is causing >>>>> the _socket_ to heat up, and the heat is being transferred >>>>> to the drives themselves via the USB connector. Here, not only >>>>> the heat, but also the coresponding reduced power to the memory >>>>> stick, may induce irrecoverable write errors or other failures. >> >>>> unlikely. >> >>> Such failures are known to occour due to strain on solder joints >>> causing them to break, or joints that weren't correctly soldered >>> in the first place. It is a less common failure, but it's also >>> uncommon to consume large quantities of memory sticks. >> >> But doesn?t explain why all the sticks get hot. > > "a high resistance in the computer's USB socket is causing > the _socket_ to heat up, and the heat is being transferred > to the drives themselves via the USB connector." Even sillier than you usually manage. That would see the connector much hotter than the body of the stick itself. > The socket is the bit in the computer. Duh. > If the same socket/s are used, It isnt. He gets the same problem with more than one computer. > all the USB memory sticks drawing the same, or similar, currents They don’t. > will get hotter than normal. Even sillier than you usually manage. > They will also receive less voltage than otherwise > due to the voltage drop over the resistance of the > failed solder joint - which is waht causes the heat. Even sillier than you usually manage with the minimal current that USB sticks use when doing nothing.
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