Due to SATA connectors on disks being fabricated completely of cheese I had to effect a repair.
Lessons learned:
- When fitting disks do so with their connectors nearest to the outer case
- When removing disks do not put even the slightest pressure on the cable connectors.
- When soldering very small and close connectors a solder-sucker can help immensely.
- Buy a machine that has no user serviceable parts.
When the disk connector broke it left the connector pins poking out of the case. It is possible to strip the end of a SATA cable to reveal the other connector pins, and with some care, and plenty of gaffa tape, the connectors can be lined up.
Then solder the connectors together. Ha ha ha.
Easier said than done, they are so small and closely aligned that neighbouring pins all end up soldered as a lump. However, melting the solder and using a solder sucker to remove excess actually left enough on each connector for them to stay intact. What a stroke of luck. Due to great fortune this worked across all seven connectors.
And the disk worked.
In the picture below the disk is sitting nicely in position on the right.
And on the left there's an SSD gaffa taped to the desk.
Here's a closer view of the repaired connector.
Take that Trump you racist, misogynist, fascist, disk breaker.
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