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Penny drops. Yes this jives much better with the observed data -- that Rpi break SD cards orders of magnitude more than anything else that uses SD cards no matter how crappy said cards are.

Problem could have been solved by adding a decent sized capacitor on the 5v supply rail.



> that Rpi break SD cards orders of magnitude more than anything else that uses SD cards

I think if you take into account how often they're powered on you'd find cameras destroy flash memory cards comparably to Raspberry Pis.

> Problem could have been solved by adding a decent sized capacitor on the 5v supply rail.

Or you could just buy the Raspberry Pi branded power supply.




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