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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: RFC: Q73 Recorder crashes during copyRe: RFC: Q73 Recorder crashes during copy
From: Mike Holden <rockbox_at_mikeholden.uklinux.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 11:32:32 +0100 (BST) Johan Vromans said: > Comments welcome. > > Q73: Help! My recorder crashes when I copy files to it! > > A73: Yes, the recorder can crash when you copy several gigabytes of > files to it. The explanation is simple: Copying several gigabytes > of files through USB requires a long period of sustained disk > activity and drains more power than the batteries of the recorder > can store. A long copy will eventually drain the batteries to the > point where the recorder can no longer function and it halts. This > even happens when connected to the charger, since the power drain > is more than the charger can provide! If the recorder halts while > connecter to the charger, the batteries will recover and after a > short while it will reboot the Archos firmware in charger mode. To > make it worse, depending on the USD drivers of your Do you mean USB? ;-) > system it can cause your system to crash as well, or confuse it to > the point it needs a reboot. > > There is no solution, just some tips. > > * Connect to the charger when copying lots of files. This will > not prevent the problem, but it will take longer to happen. > * Use USB 2.0. Transfers will be much faster. > * Copy incrementally. With fully charged standard batteries it > should be capable of sustained copying for 2 - 2.5 hours. This sounds fine, pending my patch of course! -- Mike HoldenReceived on 2003-04-30 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |