I crashed my ssd yesterday

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I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostFri Jun 28, 2013 8:21 am

Hi.

It is probably user error but still.

I took out my ssd after some shooting and did put it on my computer dock.

It was corrupted.

Only thing i think i may have missed is the shutdown time.
May that be there needs to be some time to let cam do shut down properly ?
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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostFri Jun 28, 2013 9:25 am

Rule of thumb:

Shut down the camera, when you change SSD or Lens.
Put the SSD in your dock first - THAN plug in the dock.
Same goes in reverse.
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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostFri Jun 28, 2013 9:29 am

What do you mean ?

plug in power or plug in usb when in dock?

Maybe i just did connect cable to charge and this did put my cam in different state
that failed data setup on ssd?
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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostFri Jun 28, 2013 9:50 am

Both the USB and the power.
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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostSat Jun 29, 2013 3:42 am

Margus Voll wrote:Hi.

It is probably user error but still.

I took out my ssd after some shooting and did put it on my computer dock.

It was corrupted.

Only thing i think i may have missed is the shutdown time.
May that be there needs to be some time to let cam do shut down properly ?


Frank's advice is good. I think, with the SSD having complex operations going on related to the internal controller managing all data on the SSD, it is a good idea not to do anything quickly. Give it some seconds to finish its internal processes before shutting down the camera as well. An SSD wasn't really designed to be used in a removable device in the sense that the way we are using it in the BMD cameras, at any moment after recording something, you can instantly pull it out of one electronic device and stick it in another, format it and and then immediately put it back in the first device. Slowly might help. Like driving your car through a turn rather than on the straightaway.

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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostSat Jun 29, 2013 5:57 am

Yes i try to exercise counting to ten before i remove ssd.

Interesting experience still.
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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostSat Jun 29, 2013 2:25 pm

Frank, if you suggest to
Put the SSD in your dock first - THAN plug in the dock.
Same goes in reverse.
, then the MultiDock Thunderbolt would have to be unplugged from the AC and the TB connector every time I change a SSD?
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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostSun Jun 30, 2013 10:56 am

DOn't know about TB since I'm on PC, but that's what I do with USB3/eSATA

Maybe I'm paranoid and over-thinking it , but I haven't lost a single SSD since I do it that way.
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Re: I crashed my ssd yesterday

PostSun Jun 30, 2013 11:03 am

What i did i probably overloaded cam with commands. It seems reasonable not to press every button
10 in a row. it is not game console :D

so it may be that i just made a lot of button pushes and jerked out ssd before complete shutdown.

will go out and play some more after my long office shift ends in few days.

i have usb3 dock with separate power button so i use that at the moment instead of
cable removal as i see sometimes sparks when i connect usb and miss align the cable that
it goes against alu made mac box.
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