I'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?
I'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?
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looks like it. you can still use it in a nas. just connect it to a usb port instead of sata, it should be fine except possibly limited SMART Info.
Good to know. I was dumb and broke the case, though 😬
What do you mean be SMART info?
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).
Upload more pictures. Some of those were removable. Not sure about this model.
I'm guessing there's no SATA beneath all of this?
Correct, these are native USB drives.
You are stuck with this so you might as well put it back in the case.I'm dumb and I broke the case 😬
Technically not native USB, they usually have a SATA to USB translator chip soldered
Most external 2.5" drives do not have sata connections. Only the 3.5" drives are a reasonable safe bet, and it's still not a sure thing. Best to look up the drive before purchasing.