i have an external flash drive and I use it to run video games. It gets a little warm sometimes and I was wondering if it was bad to run programs off it.
2007-02-09 17:30:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
You may wear the memory card out faster but it should survive. If you do kill it, write up the manufacturer to complain and they may replace it free of charge.
2007-02-09 17:35:14 · answer #1 · answered by C J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might eventually degrade the performance especially if it is getting hot. Heat is the enemy here as is repeated use. The flash drive is much slower than RAM or a Hard drive so the game must suffer some performance unless all you do is copy it to a had drive to run it.
Flash drive is really for storage and transfer not for executing programs.
2007-02-10 03:03:18 · answer #2 · answered by rico898 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is normal, the drive warms up due to continuous use.
Normally the flash drives/pen drives are used for data storage/transfer/backup. It is not meant for programs to run through it, U can copy the same in ur harddisk and enjoy the same, I hope this will also increase the performance of ur system.
2007-02-10 04:18:16 · answer #3 · answered by AVANISH JI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flash drives have a limited number of writes before they start to deteriorate.
"Like all flash memory devices, flash drives can sustain only a limited number of write and erase cycles before failure. Mid-range flash drives under normal conditions will support several hundred thousand cycles, although write operations will gradually slow as the device ages. This should be a consideration when using a flash drive to run application software or an operating system."
2007-02-10 01:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋