-ThatGingerKid-@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 1 year agoI'm a noob I shucked a WD Elements 2TB external drive I bought a few years ago and found the base board has USB, not SATA. It's a WD20NMVW. I'm guessing there's no SATA beneath all of this?alien.topimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI'm a noob I shucked a WD Elements 2TB external drive I bought a few years ago and found the base board has USB, not SATA. It's a WD20NMVW. I'm guessing there's no SATA beneath all of this?alien.top-ThatGingerKid-@alien.topB to Data Hoarder@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareHTWingNut@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWD and Toshiba portable drives have USB soldered on. Seagate portables still have a SATA interface.
minus-square-ThatGingerKid-@alien.topOPBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGood to know, thank you
minus-squareBusiness-Error6835@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agosome Samsung drives also do have USB soldered on, I have one (Seagate drive, Samsung enclosure).
WD and Toshiba portable drives have USB soldered on. Seagate portables still have a SATA interface.
Good to know, thank you
some Samsung drives also do have USB soldered on, I have one (Seagate drive, Samsung enclosure).