[Swlug] Swlug Digest, Vol 346, Issue 2

[Rhys Sage]

My built-in SSD comes up as a DF4064 and is listed somewhat curiously under SD Card reader in the Disks utility. 

I understood SSDs would automatically bar bad blocks from being used. 

I just looked at a video of some guy replacing the SSD on his e203M. It seems a simple process. The trouble is that the battery is also not much good any more and the letters are rubbing off the keyboard. All of those are replaceable but at $40 for a SSD, goodness knows how much for the battery and for the keyboard, I'd be well on the way toward the price of a brand new Asus with up to date equipment (CPU etc).

Maybe I just need to get a pretty big memory stick, assign it to backup for my E203MA (I have another Asus that is used solely for writing books, video processing and programming. Then when the E203MA finally falls on its face, just get a new laptop to replace it.

Rhys Sage






On Monday, 8 January 2024 at 07:00:05 GMT-5, swlug-request at mailman.lug.org.uk <swlug-request at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: 





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  1. Re: Mysterious errors (Alan Gray)
Hello Rhys,
I took a quick look online which seems to suggest this model was fitted with a Sandisk DA4064  64GB eMMC. There was a suggestion it might be soldered in place. When you say it has SSD did you mean it is a removable SATA SSD?

These things can vary over the life of the machine. It seems likely, having regard to age, that the storage 'drive' is failing. Can you change it?
Regards
Alan Gray


On 8 January 2024 00:52:12 GMT, Rhys Sage via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>  Matt, it's running off an SSD. The e203MA which I'm using has an onboard 60GB SSD. There is an SD slot but I don't have SD currently inserted.Rhys Sage
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