“Does this drive and all other USB flash drives get hot when in use, and if it does what to do about it . Would a bigger size USB flash drive help or a regular external drive like the Seagate or a WD.”
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USB flash drives can get sometimes get warm or hot depending on type of use. This PNY - Elite Turbo Attache 4 128GB shouldnt get too hot. Most USBs will just feel warm but microUSBs dont have a lot of surface area to dissipate heat and may feel too hot. I did have one fail that got hot under constant use, so i would always recommend you have that data backed up somewhere else. For very important files like family photos, i bought 2 identical USBs and i always back up photos to both in case one fails.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No. However, the USB 3.0 connection would presumably slow down data transfer so much that the flash memory would never switch fast enough to build up any heat.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.My experience is that they get slightly warm but not hot by any means. I bought a 512 GB portable flash drive that had a record of getting hot but it only got warm when transferring about 200 gig.
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