Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Subject: Re: Silicon Power 32 GB USB flash drive gets hot and has speed problems? Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:43:50 +1100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <031020150153355132%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ZTMZP850x2szYCjtg8vqugKS8XlRD4ui2SYjyu7yThdDTnsj0= Cancel-Lock: sha1:Tm3p7Lpri1/5SV5Q7KuGsd/gIlI= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1043 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:6497 Computer Nerd Kev wrote > Computer Nerd Kev wrote >> Ant wrote >>>>> Does anyone know if there is a good USB flash drive >>>>> checker that does more than Mac OS X's Disk Utility >>>>> verifications and repairs? Maybe surface scans or >>>>> something? >>>> flash drives don't have surfaces to scan >>> So, memtest86 type to test? >> There's a fairly well written program for Windows that does >> that. Can't remember the name and I had some trouble >> finding it, but it's on my Windows machine, so I'll try to >> post from there later. > USB Flash Drive Tester: > http://www.vconsole.com/client/?page=page&id=13 Very decent little ute. Pity about the truly memorable name |-( Some speed data would be useful tho.