Hello,
Bought a spare super cheap used 3TB drive a year ago, and just figured out it’s not a SATA but a SAS drive.
How fucked am I? What can I do more than using it as a paperweight?
Cheers!
Hello,
Bought a spare super cheap used 3TB drive a year ago, and just figured out it’s not a SATA but a SAS drive.
How fucked am I? What can I do more than using it as a paperweight?
Cheers!
you can, if you read my edited post, as long as the SATA logo is present on the label of the sas drive
as mentioned in the description of the product
Thank you!
Mine is suspiciously looking like yours 😁 but Dell, and without the sticker…
Is it just a Dell rebranded Seagate? I mean Dell doesn’t make drives right? And the serial takes me right to segate drives who are compatible s-ata.
Guess I’ll gamble a couple of € to see 😁
No worries, however I cannot see the SATA marking on yours, just the SAS, or perhaps I am blind, changed contact model today…but please double check before ordering.
And yes, Dell does not manufacture hard drives, so it’s almost 100% a OEM rebranding.
if however, it is this drive it should support SATA
https://www.minitool.com/backup-tips/sas-hard-drive.html?amp
I’ll get the converter, I’ll let you know how it pans out, and a huge thank you!!
no worries! 🙂
crossing my fingers for you while we wait 😄
Ha ha thanks!