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<blockquote data-quote="RobNorthcott" data-source="post: 547454" data-attributes="member: 57999">(Sorry - my last post sounded like a bit of a rant didn't it!&nbsp; Nothing personal folks...)The stick I'm using is a Freecom Databar.&nbsp; I bought it because it was the cheapest 4GB stick I could find at the time, mostly as an experiment.&nbsp; Dabs still have them listed <a href="http://www.dabs.com/products/freecom-databar-4gb-usb-2-0-4NWS.html" target="_blank">here</a>, but weirdly for electronic kit the price seems to have gone up (I paid about £5 for it a year ago, now they want £8).I did have a bit of stuttering when I first tried it, but since I formatted it NTFS instead of FAT it's been absolutely rock solid.&nbsp; No idea why the NTFS format helps - apparently NTFS should be worse for throughput in theory.&nbsp; I've got the drive set up as &quot;optimised for speed&quot; (rather than quick removal), which I assume turns on the write cache - but I think it defaults to that with NTFS anyway (I think the quick removal thing only works with FAT).I don't know why I've been so lucky with this when most other people seem to reckon it's not possible <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Perhaps I just got lucky with the batch of chips, or my motherboard has really efficient USB handling - I don't know...&nbsp; Do nvidia's chipsets handle things differently from Intel/AMD/VIA et al?Rob</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobNorthcott, post: 547454, member: 57999"] (Sorry - my last post sounded like a bit of a rant didn't it! Nothing personal folks...) The stick I'm using is a Freecom Databar. I bought it because it was the cheapest 4GB stick I could find at the time, mostly as an experiment. Dabs still have them listed [url="http://www.dabs.com/products/freecom-databar-4gb-usb-2-0-4NWS.html"]here[/url], but weirdly for electronic kit the price seems to have gone up (I paid about £5 for it a year ago, now they want £8). I did have a bit of stuttering when I first tried it, but since I formatted it NTFS instead of FAT it's been absolutely rock solid. No idea why the NTFS format helps - apparently NTFS should be worse for throughput in theory. I've got the drive set up as "optimised for speed" (rather than quick removal), which I assume turns on the write cache - but I think it defaults to that with NTFS anyway (I think the quick removal thing only works with FAT). I don't know why I've been so lucky with this when most other people seem to reckon it's not possible :) Perhaps I just got lucky with the batch of chips, or my motherboard has really efficient USB handling - I don't know... Do nvidia's chipsets handle things differently from Intel/AMD/VIA et al? Rob [/QUOTE]

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