8 Sep
2024
8 Sep
'24
5:53 p.m.
On Sunday 08 September 2024 05:46:39 Mike Howard via tde-users wrote:
correction:
I *can't* afford to keep buying new machines every couple
years.
But you probably figured out what I meant. For some reason, when writing on a
computer keyboard nowadays, I tend to drop the negative; don't know why. It
is a sloppy habit that has only slipped into my emails and posts in the past
ten years or so. And due to my eyesight getting worse for near vision, I
don't catch the mistakes.
Yeah, kinda figured that would be so, which is again why I can build my own
desktops, but don't bother with laptops.
I was wondering about power. On SATAs, inside a desktop, there are special
power cords just for that, and I have a whole box of them ... in storage ...
the other place, far, far away.
I have a big, powered USB hub, and it may be better to plug into that. I have
been plugging the adapter straight into the laptop's 3.0 ports, but I was
wondering about power.
At present my machine sees nothing, and the adapters' lights show that they
are working. I don't have anything else here to test. (I mean, SATAs, etc.;
as my desktop is in that storage place far, far away from here.)
If I can test these drives somehow, before buying an enclosure, that would be
a good thing. I don't want to keep buying more stuff that I may never use.
Bill
>
> Is it possible to replace the SATA connection without replacing the
> whole motherboard?
Not for mere mortals like us. > 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.
If you have booted from usb than there shouldn't be a need for another
machine. That is _if_ the adapters you are using can provide enough
power for the ssd drives. If they can, just plug in and see what 'dmesg'
reports. If they don't provide enough power, you'll need an external
enclosure.