Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | | Subject | Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage | | Date | Fri, 8 Dec 2006 12:01:36 +0100 |
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Am Freitag, 8. Dezember 2006 11:39 schrieb Matthias Schniedermeyer: > > I.e. it's nearly impossible for noisy hardware to _silently_ cause data > > corruption. I would suppose USB has similar CRC checks.
It has.
> > Also, you mentioned that the corruption occurs systematically on certain > > byte patterns. Therefore it's certainly not related to the cables. > > It'd guess that too, but who can that say for sure. :-|
You may have a bit pattern that stresses the controllers and suddenly a marginal cable may matter.
Regards Oliver
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