Sata SSD Broken

[MathiasVO]

Hey all!

 

so, earlier today the plastic part of my sata connector on my C: ssd, and one of the pins recessed into the casing of the ssd.

buttom line is that it doesnt work anymore, and i dont have the right screwdriver to open it.

 

any suggestions would be much appreciated

 

[bcguru9384]

3 minutes ago, MathiasVO said:

Hey all!

 

so, earlier today the plastic part of my sata connector on my C: ssd, and one of the pins recessed into the casing of the ssd.

buttom line is that it doesnt work anymore, and i dont have the right screwdriver to open it.

 

any suggestions would be much appreciated

 

do you have the broken pieces still?

id super glue the plastic back in place(plastiweld cement) but broken pin is issue though

be best to find another sata drive and desoldier and swap the pin headers out

[MathiasVO]

11 minutes ago, bcguru9384 said:

do you have the broken pieces still?

id super glue the plastic back in place(plastiweld cement) but broken pin is issue though

be best to find another sata drive and desoldier and swap the pin headers out

The pin didnt break, its just stuffed into the casing, and the plastic piece is stuck in my sata cable

[NelizMastr]

Get the right type of screwdriver and take a look inside  

 

Yeah I know you mentioned you didn't have the correct one, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't go out and buy it  

 

Nothing you can do at this point without getting that 7th pin back into place, the SSD is SOL without it.

[wojtepanik]

i had the same problem with hdd, leave the piece inside the cable, put the cable on the connector, tape it down, maybe some epoxy and leave till you can afford new one

[MathiasVO]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

Get the right type of screwdriver and take a look inside  

 

Yeah I know you mentioned you didn't have the correct one, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't go out and buy it  

 

Nothing you can do at this point without getting that 7th pin back into place, the SSD is SOL without it.

The thing is that i have no idea where i can buy a small penta screwdriver in denmark

[MathiasVO]

1 minute ago, wojtepanik said:

i had the same problem with hdd, leave the piece inside the cable, put the cable on the connector, tape it down, maybe some epoxy and leave till you can afford new one

One of the pins isnt making contact anymore, trust me. I tried it

[wojtepanik]

4 minutes ago, MathiasVO said:

One of the pins isnt making contact anymore, trust me. I tried it

maybe try using diffrent cable, with diffrent depth od pins inside

[MathiasVO]

Just now, wojtepanik said:

maybe try using diffrent cable, with diffrent depth od pins inside

Sure, ill try that.

 

i dont have acces to my pc right now, but ill try in a few hours when i can.

[wojtepanik]

ouhhh now i see last pin that is broken completly xdd i quess only soldering new pins is the solution...

[wojtepanik]

it is possible, some nice specialist could solder directly to pcb, 

 

[NelizMastr]

20 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

it is possible, some nice specialist could solder directly to pcb, 

 

Not really worth it for a 120GB Samsung SSD that was about $50 new lol.

[whoisit1118]

It might be worth just sending it to samsung for repairs, warranty is voided as soon as you open the casing.

[MathiasVO]

26 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Not really worth it for a 120GB Samsung SSD that was about $50 new lol.

Well, i would need new windows as well. Since i bought windows 8 back in 2014 and i cant stand using it. I therefore upgraded to windows 10, i would be stuck on windows 8 if i had to reinstall it.

[MathiasVO]

24 minutes ago, whoisit1118 said:

It might be worth just sending it to samsung for repairs, warranty is voided as soon as you open the casing.

Idk if its still under warrenty anymore, i think i bought it at the end of 2015. But i dont quite remember. + i dont think they’d give me a new copy of windows

[NelizMastr]

10 minutes ago, MathiasVO said:

Well, i would need new windows as well. Since i bought windows 8 back in 2014 and i cant stand using it. I therefore upgraded to windows 10, i would be stuck on windows 8 if i had to reinstall it.

Actually no. If you upgraded from 8 to 10, your key is registered to the motherboard, not the SSD. No need to even type in the serial during setup, just ignore and it'll activate automatically.

[wojtepanik]

5 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Actually no. If you upgraded from 8 to 10, your key is registered to the motherboard, not the SSD. No need to even type in the serial during setup, just ignore and it'll activate automatically.

yep that actually true

[MathiasVO]

3 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Actually no. If you upgraded from 8 to 10, your key is registered to the motherboard, not the SSD. No need to even type in the serial during setup, just ignore and it'll activate automatically.

But i would still be installing windows 8, wouldnt i?

 

i tried installing windows 8 on an old hardisk(on the same pc) and it wasnt windows 10, i couldnt see any way to upgrade it(i installed it from dvd)

[NelizMastr]

5 minutes ago, MathiasVO said:

But i would still be installing windows 8, wouldnt i?

 

i tried installing windows 8 on an old hardisk(on the same pc) and it wasnt windows 10, i couldnt see any way to upgrade it(i installed it from dvd)

No, you need to create a Windows 10 install medium. This can be done from any Windows PC not running Winblows Pissta or older. 

 

https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows10

[MathiasVO]

3 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

No, you need to create a Windows 10 install medium. This can be done from any Windows PC not running Winblows Pissta or older. 

 

https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows10

You mean a bootable USB?

 

Do you know how much space I'd need?

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, MathiasVO said:

You mean a bootable USB?

 

Do you know how much space I'd need?

a 4gig or 8gig flash drive should be good.

[MathiasVO]

3 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

a 4gig or 8gig flash drive should be good.

Thank god ? idk if I've ever owned a usb larger than that, and they're not that common in stores where I live anymore. I'd probably have to order a new online.

[whoisit1118]

4gig does NOT work for win 10 64bit, minimum is 8 gig and 32 gig is recommended.