-ThatGingerKid-@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 1 year agoI'm a noob I shucked a WD Elements 2TB external drive I bought a few years ago and found the base board has USB, not SATA. It's a WD20NMVW. I'm guessing there's no SATA beneath all of this?alien.topimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI'm a noob I shucked a WD Elements 2TB external drive I bought a few years ago and found the base board has USB, not SATA. It's a WD20NMVW. I'm guessing there's no SATA beneath all of this?alien.top-ThatGingerKid-@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareTADataHoarder@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago I’m guessing there’s no SATA beneath all of this? Correct, these are native USB drives. You are stuck with this so you might as well put it back in the case.
minus-squares00mika@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTechnically not native USB, they usually have a SATA to USB translator chip soldered
minus-square-ThatGingerKid-@alien.topOPBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m dumb and I broke the case 😬
Correct, these are native USB drives.
You are stuck with this so you might as well put it back in the case.
Technically not native USB, they usually have a SATA to USB translator chip soldered
I’m dumb and I broke the case 😬