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<blockquote data-quote="Skywizard" data-source="post: 1143016" data-attributes="member: 153079">I wrote of using a USB stick for time shifting - I have now had two malfunctioning (Patriot USB 3&nbsp; quad channel) USB sticks. The first one lasted about 3 weeks - it died by locking the stick to read only and nothing could be done to recover from that.The second one died after less than a week - It is not recognised when I plug it in unless I go to device manager and search for new hardware - then I can see it in explorer but cannot do anything with it - I hope I can get this one replaced or refunded under warranty too as I did the first.I used a Patriot USB stick as a live TV buffer on windows MC and did not have a problem.I am now thinking of using a RAM disk for the TImeShifting buffer - I need to get some more RAM to add to the PC I hope I do not bugger up the RAM by using a RAM drive/disk. Has anybody had any experience with using a USB stick or RAM disk for a Timeshifting buffer?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Skywizard, post: 1143016, member: 153079"] I wrote of using a USB stick for time shifting - I have now had two malfunctioning (Patriot USB 3 quad channel) USB sticks. The first one lasted about 3 weeks - it died by locking the stick to read only and nothing could be done to recover from that. The second one died after less than a week - It is not recognised when I plug it in unless I go to device manager and search for new hardware - then I can see it in explorer but cannot do anything with it - I hope I can get this one replaced or refunded under warranty too as I did the first. I used a Patriot USB stick as a live TV buffer on windows MC and did not have a problem. I am now thinking of using a RAM disk for the TImeShifting buffer - I need to get some more RAM to add to the PC I hope I do not bugger up the RAM by using a RAM drive/disk. Has anybody had any experience with using a USB stick or RAM disk for a Timeshifting buffer? [/QUOTE]

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