Anno domini 2024 Sun, 8 Sep 10:53:42 -0700 William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > 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. It's not that bad, actually there' me guy having the same problem here (T570, so a bit older than yout ideapad): https://thinkpad-forum.de/threads/welches-l%C3%B6tzinn-um-ssd-connector-zu-l%C3%B6ten-t570.241051/ it helps to have a hotair station and not to use the trustworthy 100W irons :) Nik > > >> 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 > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ 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
