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		PrivateButts on Sept 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Raspberry Pi 5 I am aware of the write endurance problems of sd cards, but I've had numerous cards that are cooked fresh out of the box, even from 'good' manufactures like Samsung. I don't like having to do binning for the manufacturer.

znpy on Sept 29, 2023 [–]

My experience so far is that cheap small storage (usb thumb drives and sd cards, essentially) should be bought in person from a reputable store.

Those I’ve acquired this way worked well, those I’ve brought off online stores almost always had problems or short lives (or both).

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