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rip game storage harddrive (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Some routine maintenence and losing your balance while holding a hard drive and ripping the cord out breaking the retainer for the connectors..... 4tb Samsung ssd RIP

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (8 children)

Steady hand with a soldering iron and that could be salvaged, good luck!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Hey Alexa, how 2 soldier

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

It's really easy. I have be soldering to repair my own guitars since I was like 12. Watch an instructional video on the internet, practice with some spare wires and circuit boards. You can learn in an hour or two.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Problem for most people isn't going to be the act of soldering. It's going to be acquiring a soldering station and some solder to work with. If you intend to use it multiple times it's not bad at all. For a one-and-done situation it's best to just pay someone else to do it with their equipment or buy a new SSD entirely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, maybe. When I moved out of my parents house and didn't have access to their set up, I paid like $50 for a decent soldering iron with an on/off switch, a stand, and a heat dial. And $5 for some solder. I feel like it will pay for itself in just one use. And once you have one, you'll realize all things you can fix on our own instead of replacing it or paying someone to fix it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Like I said, it comes down to if you're doing it once or if you intend to use the soldering iron again in the future. $55 is a lot for a once-off use.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, but how much does paying someone for the repair cost? I can't imagine it's less than that.

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