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J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> 
> In message <52ADADAA.12DB@mindspring.com>, Ron Hardin
> <rhhardin@mindspring.com> writes:
> >The SSDs on our I910s failed slowly.  The system would crash on this or
> >that spot
> >sometimes, but it would come up and you could read data for a few hours
> >or days.
> 
> Interesting to know, thanks. (Not that it'll affect me for some years
> yet, but it might be of interest to others, so - what makes/models?)
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
> 
> You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to stop thinking. - Dr. Gregory
> House (TV character), quoted in Radio Times 1-7/3/2008

I think it corresponded to the SSD wearing out from writes, as SSDs are reported to do.

The spot may read correctly or it may not, but the SSD as a whole is otherwise sane.
-- 
rhhardin@mindspring.com

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