PistolsAtDawn wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:21 pm
Micro SD cards have not ever proven to be reliable in the long term for an OS in my experience. I would pop it out and check it for errors if you can. Or maybe setup a spare card and test this there.
Is your MiSTer cooled? Could it be overheating?
That's half true. With Modern OS yes such as Windows 10/11, you don't want to run off a SD card.
Older OS. like Win 98, you should be fine.
With the MiSTer, as it uses such a stripped down and minimalized version of Linux as the back end, and cores seldom do any writes (mostly with game saves or updates), your SD card should be fine for YEARS.
And reads shouldn't be a problem its writes that there a fix limit. With modern SD cards you have to Write and Erase data daily on that SD card for decades before you wear it out.
The Cyclone V don't really need that much cooling, it pretty tolerant with temps.
You have the a Mister in a close case with no ventilation in a room with high ambient temperatures before you see temperature issues
The All Aluminum case from Mister Addons is the exception as the whole case acts as a heat sink.
With how most people slap on a heat sink and a 40mm 5v fan, the MiSTer shouldn't over heat over long periods of use.
Still I wouldn't run the intro of a game on a MiSTer Core for that long.
It is my great regret that we live in an age that is proud of machines that think and suspicious of people who try to.