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 ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
