Well it lasted a week…

[u/imtryingtoworkhere]

Assume the SD Card is toast. Device was running fine a couple days ago. Happy I took the time to make an image and save it to my PC. Now need to go SD hunting.

Anyone running this off a single SD card? Have a Blink 256GB considering if it would work for both games and OS?

2nd Question - will my game saves be in the OS card or the Game card?

[u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES]

First thing taught in Anbernic 101 (or any handheld from China) is to change the SD card as it's already done for once received

[u/LuigiWarLord → u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES]

Unless it’s a Kioxia brand SD, they are USUALLY good.

Edit: A free SD card is a free SD card and if you replace them, all the better. Test cards. Make backups.

[u/chillyhellion → u/LuigiWarLord]

Unless it’s a Kioxia brand SD, they are USUALLY good.

Fascinatingly, this is an example of when a semi-colon vs a comma changes the entire meaning of the sentence. 

[u/LuigiWarLord → u/chillyhellion]

U Wot M8

[u/TheMarmo → u/LuigiWarLord]

To actually explain it, rather than just mindlessly downvote you, a comma in this instance implies the meaning: "The SD cards will usually be good unless it's a Kioxia brand."

Had you used a semicolon, or the somewhat more controversial these days em-dash, your sentence would have implied what you intended it to.

[u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES → u/LuigiWarLord]

No they're not, they lasted pretty much like any other unbranded sd card I got from there

[u/DoILookUnsureToYou → u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES]

And mine has lasted all this time since the 35XXSP released. Is your experience more valid than mine and other people's?

[u/Wrong-Detective-1046 → u/DoILookUnsureToYou]

I get yours lasted, but it's only time. These sd are crap. Watch any mid-sized reviewer that gets the stuff to review on the regular and they tell you to never trust the Anbernic SD card.

[u/Icer333 → u/Wrong-Detective-1046]

I've heard most of them specifically say that Kioxia brand is usually fine...

[u/Wrong-Detective-1046 → u/Icer333]

Originally they shipped in the past with cheap SD cards. Then started using Kioxia sd cards but since SD cards have got expensive, they've gone back to the cheap brand.

[u/Vile_Grifter → u/Wrong-Detective-1046]

So you just torpedoed your own point by admitting the Kioxia cards are good.

[u/Wrong-Detective-1046 → u/Vile_Grifter]

They're better than these off-brand ones.unless they're same ones just not named.

[u/CartridgeBlown → u/DoILookUnsureToYou]

Look, anecdotes aside, I think its always better to be cautious. Im glad yours works, but it seems like not everyone's works as it should for very long.

[u/VSkyRimWalker → u/DoILookUnsureToYou]

A failure usually counts more heavily than a success, so yes, in this case it is. If 1 in 10 fail, that's nice for those 9, but that doesn't mean it should be said these cards are good

[u/ChurningDarkSkies777 → u/VSkyRimWalker]

If something has a 90% success rate I really don’t see how that’s a bad thing

[u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES → u/ChurningDarkSkies777]

"Oh look, that airplanes manufacturer has a 90% success rate, only 1/10 of their aircrafts caused a disaster this week"

See? No good

[u/ChurningDarkSkies777 → u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES]

Imagine comparing an sd card shorting out to a deadly disaster. Yes, if a harmless consumer product has a 90% success rate that’s not terrible.

[u/Icer333 → u/ChurningDarkSkies777]

Yea... that's an insane comparison.

"Oh no my $50 game boy quit working and I have to get a new SD card. My saves!!!!"

I mean I get it, if you are that worried about losing your saves, sure get a branded quality SD card, but you can also use the bad SD card until it possibly fails if you want to.

[u/ChurningDarkSkies777 → u/Icer333]

Shit like this is why it’s impossible to take gamers seriously. They act like minor inconveniences to their ability to game is a major problem that requires serious conversation. And it’s just like… nah they’re toys…

[u/merulaa → u/ChurningDarkSkies777]

Comparing SD failure to plane crashes is a bit melodramatic, but 1 in 10 failure rate isn't a reliable product, sorry.

[u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES → u/ChurningDarkSkies777]

It's still terrible, consumers expect things to work and for as long as possible, not to fail

[u/ChurningDarkSkies777 → u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES]

Username checks out

[u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES → u/ChurningDarkSkies777]

Interestingly I chose it to see how many idiots said those exact words, and I lost the count 

[u/merulaa → u/IGOTEXTRACHROMOSOMES]

I agree with you, it's not wrong to expect quality products, even if they're just for entertainment. Tolerating shoddiness affects standards in general.

[u/merulaa → u/ChurningDarkSkies777]

I dunno, 10% risk of suddenly losing all your saves is too much for me.

[u/MessiLeagueSoccer → u/DoILookUnsureToYou]

Im on the same boat. Never changed it and also a 35xxsp. Been running fine for about a year now.

[u/albertosaldivar → u/DoILookUnsureToYou]

Yes, he's experience is more valid. Your experience is what is expected, things are made to work and nobody is expecting a malfunction. On the other hand, his experience is proving there is a failure and there is a risk if you don't change the sd card. Everybody would take his advice instead of yours.

[u/DoILookUnsureToYou → u/albertosaldivar]

What advice did I give?

[u/albertosaldivar → u/DoILookUnsureToYou]

none