Quote Originally Posted by dr.zin View Post
usb sticks crap out.
I had one that went readonly raw,I couldn't even format or partition.
I used a hex editor to copy the 1st 512bytes from an identical stick to the bad one and all was fine.
There are hex editors that let you edit anything,even a hardrive.Dangerous for rookies to play with.
You can wreck anything rapidly.
With my s10 I spent more money on hardrives and cases than the receiver.
Not very likely a usb stick killed a receiver.
I had a 1GB USB I loaned to a friend. He lost it and gave me a 16GB, back in the day when none of them was cheap by today's standards. It turned out to be a 4GB and with some FW flashing (hours of study) I got it to work correctly as a 4GB. It was an Ebay special.

I'll try some stuff...but it did go completly stupid! Makes Jethro look like a genius.