Hi folks,
I have a SATA SSD with my FLAC's connected to one of the front console USB ports. I'm finding with the colder, damper weather in winter, it is tending to lose its connection and not be recognized by the car upon startup. It will begin working again for a few days if I pull the cable and reseat it, but this is a somewhat fraught and annoying operation to undertake while driving, and I worry that the car's connector will degrade over time after repeatedly doing this. Additionally, doing so will cause the car to rescan the entire drive; and scanning a half TB of FLAC's can take a good portion of the drive...
I thought to lightly coat the USB cable end with dielectric grease to inhibit this, but looking for any advice from people who've also experienced this and mitigated it in some way. Thanks for any help!
ianc
I have a SATA SSD with my FLAC's connected to one of the front console USB ports. I'm finding with the colder, damper weather in winter, it is tending to lose its connection and not be recognized by the car upon startup. It will begin working again for a few days if I pull the cable and reseat it, but this is a somewhat fraught and annoying operation to undertake while driving, and I worry that the car's connector will degrade over time after repeatedly doing this. Additionally, doing so will cause the car to rescan the entire drive; and scanning a half TB of FLAC's can take a good portion of the drive...
I thought to lightly coat the USB cable end with dielectric grease to inhibit this, but looking for any advice from people who've also experienced this and mitigated it in some way. Thanks for any help!
ianc