[Swlug] Swlug Digest, Vol 346, Issue 2

[Jonathan Marsden]

Rhys,

The Sandisk DF4064 is a 64GB EMMC drive.  So not exactly SSD, not exactly SDcard.  I suspect that to run useful hardware diagnostics on it, you will have to use software that is specifically designed to test EMMC drives.

Jonathan
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2024, at 17:36, Rhys Sage via Swlug wrote:

> My built-in SSD comes up as a DF4064 and is listed somewhat curiously 
> under SD Card reader in the Disks utility. 
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> I understood SSDs would automatically bar bad blocks from being used. 
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> Rhys Sage
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> 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?
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> 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
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> 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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