On Saturday 07 September 2024 23:37:10 Mike Howard via tde-users wrote:
Hi Bill,
It does sound like a faulty laptop motherboard, i.e. the sata connection.
When running from your usb install, what does 'dmesg' report after you have plugged in either of the problematic ssd drives?
If you get some new output from 'dmesg' you should be able to determine the drive letter/assignment and use 'fdisk' to re-partition.
It's unlikely that both ssd drives and both adapters are faulty so the laptop loooks like the culprit and a faulty internal sata connection may have messed with the drives format but accessing via usb should enable some sort of recovery. Having said that, we have no idea _exactly_ what has happened to cuase your issues.
Cheers, Mike.
Hi Mike,
Is it possible to replace the SATA connection without replacing the whole motherboard?
As I mentioned in another response, first I will find another machine or way of testing these SSDs, and if it seems that they can be used, then I might think about buying replacement parts for the laptop.
It's only 2+ years old! I can afford to keep buying new machines every couple years. That's why I started building my own machines. But building desktops, and scrounging for old parts, or finding suppliers of low-cost replacement parts, used to be easy.
Doing the same thing with laptops is harder for me; mainly because they are small, and I have big clumsy hands, and also my near-vision eyesight is gradually getting worse. Bifocals are hard to use for close work; I would almost have to get special reading glasses.
Bill