It's been more than six years of error free use of the SD card. I've not encountered any errors at all with my SB except when the power fluctuates and that's not very often. I've run jobs that have taken literally days without any issues at all. Have I been lucky? Does my dinky Windows 7 computer have something special? Does using a fast SD card eliminate this potential error? Does having a PRS Alpha mitigate issues like this?
I'm a "Don't fix it if it ain't broke" guy so until I have a problem, I'm going to continue using my SD card to run files.
Frankly, a lot of the advice I've seen on this forum for solving comm errors border on superstition and old wives tales.
For instance, the idea of running a physical wire down the dust collection hose. That's actually ludicrous. If you have the proper hose that's rated for dust collection, the wire that keeps the hose from collapsing is perfectly suitable for collecting static electricity if that wire itself is grounded. That's what I do. Did I mention I've gone six years without a comm error?
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