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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I ordered one of these: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T8JGX7T">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T8JGX7T</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>as my SSD is 2280 M.2 B<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will report back on what I find out.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---> Paul<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Scott Hall <scottghall1@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 10, 2021 10:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> paulmacd@acm.org<br><b>Cc:</b> triembed@triembed.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TriEmbed] Laptop crash<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Paul,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>You might try an adapter to check it in another computer. I use an external SATA-to-USB cable when doing things like checking drives on my Linux PC. You can get one of these adapters from Amazon for $6.35 + $2 ship to adapt the Dell form factor to SATA: <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Adapter-2-5in-Converter-Solid-Drives/dp/B098JNTMYL/">https://smile.amazon.com/Adapter-2-5in-Converter-Solid-Drives/dp/B098JNTMYL/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p>- sgh<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/10/21 18:05, The MacDougals via TriEmbed wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>My laptop crashed. It says no hard drive detected. This is a Dell Inspiron 7370 laptop with an internal SSD.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sata M.2 256GB. Here is a listing on Ebay for a used one:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/333979414069">https://www.ebay.com/itm/333979414069</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Does anyone have one of these (or compatible form factor) that I could try putting into my machine to try</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>to determine if it is the drive or the motherboard that has failed? Any other ideas?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>---> Paul</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Scott G. Hall<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Raleigh, NC, USA<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:ScottGHall1@GMail.Com">ScottGHall1@GMail.Com</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><i>Never say "How stupid can that person be?" Some people take that as a challenge!</i><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>