Some routine maintenence and losing your balance while holding a hard drive and ripping the cord out breaking the retainer for the connectors… 4tb Samsung ssd RIP

  • mom@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Having all pins present, I wouldn’t be surprised if the drive still gets detected while bending a SATA cable back juuuuuust right so its connector makes contact with the pins.

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Considering this is the data portion of the SATA connector I’d be worried about data integrity all the time 😬

    • SenorBolsa@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I’ve used computers for years like that, also these card edge connectors are pretty standard and can be easily replaced by anyone who can do basic soldering.