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. > >> > >> Is it possible to replace the SATA connection without replacing the > >> whole motherboard? > > Not for mere mortals like us. Yeah, kinda figured that would be so, which is again why I can build my own desktops, but don't bother with laptops. > > >> 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. 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 ____________________________________________________ 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
