[atlas] repeating v2 probe usb failure

Hey Randy, 

Typically these sticks have a wear levelling algorithm. My best guess would be that filling the stick with garbage would cause it to reallocate any failed blocks on the flash memory and substitute them with working blocks. How well/long that will last depends on the amount of writes to disk, the amount of ‘good’ sectors available and the quality of the wear levelling algorithm.

But as said, its a guess.

Cheers,

Michel

> On 14 Aug 2023, at 16:48, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> 
> michel,
> 
>> You should be able to order a stick from the net. I would also check
>> the USB power cable (the USB A - Mini-B cable), and the power
>> supply. If the unit doesn’t get enough power a similar problem may
>> occur.
> 
> power measures as good.  will order a usb replacement.  but, in the
> meantime, jaap suggested reformatting the current stick to something
> silly so the software would fully reformat it to atlas friendly.  for
> the moment, that seems to have worked.
> 
> all clues appreciated.
> 
> randy