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Re:Mars Helicopter Lands Safely After Serious In-Flight Anomaly by imhoguy on Friday May 28, 2021 @04:57AM (#27313166)
I pray it won't go dead after software flashing like my new laptop with a recent BIOS update ;)
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Re:Mars Helicopter Lands Safely After Serious In-Flight Anomaly by jve on Friday May 28, 2021 @09:34AM (#27315130)
Don't throw your laptop out, yet. Flash it directly. Well, depends on the laptop/chip ofcourse, but do your research: https://youtu.be/Gdehz26lYWM?t=173
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Re:Mars Helicopter Lands Safely After Serious In-Flight Anomaly by ethbr0 on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:56AM (#27314814)
When you've got redundant memory, you can do a lot safer flashes.

Sacrifice redundance, to maintain rollback capability, and flash one bank. Power on, test, and if test fails, restore to previous configuration.

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