On 12/4/16, Christopher Havel <laserhaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Have not fully read the rest of the thread (quickly skimmed -- I'm on a > time budget, forgive me) -- but -- > > An external SSD is essentially a conglomerate of three separate parts. The > SSD proper (always just a standard drive), the enclosure in which it is > placed (with a USB/FireWire/eSATA host controller PCB), and the power brick > or wall wart. Some (typically cheaper) enclosures substitute a second USB > lead for the power supply. > > Luke, have you opened your external SSD and verified that it is indeed the > SSD itself which is at fault, and not the enclosure's controller board?
yep, that's the first thing i did. a little computer store at the back of one of the big supermarket buildings here had a USB3-to-SATA converter. > If it *is* the enclosure, the SSD will at least read, when paired with an > adapter as described. yep. it's not even visible. i then checked with a (lower-capacity 120GB) SSD and that came up fine. l. _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk
