As an atheist, I ask for prayers that the backup’s good.
E: Your solidarity has worked. The backup is good and not too old. Note for myself and you - install your OS on a snapshotting filesystem so that live backups are possible.
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This is a whole new side of the DRAM vs DRAMless SSD debate.
U know, in my panic before remembering I have a backup, I actually considered trying to power it on like that. Maybe the controller could run DRAMless, I thought. Then I came to my senses that running an SSD with potentially shorted traces in a new board is prolly gonna make a bad situation worse.
Insert “I will never financially recover from this” pic
I’ve done this. I don’t remember the retailer but they let me RMA it when I told them their website had recommended the particular SSD and external enclosure combo being bought together but they wouldn’t fit together without first removing that part.
I will never attempt to do this again. Fucking stupid.
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This needs to be marked NSFT (Not Safe For Techies).
Note to self, make new backup when I get up in the morning.
You don’t already have automatic backups?
Any drive can fail at any time. Eventually, every drive will fail. If you’re not prepared for that, you deserve to lose your data.
Kiwi on a rock
Did you film it so you at least have footage for a teardown video?
Have you tried soldering it back on?
Looks like some pads ripped off with it, not impossible but definitely would be a bitch to fix. Though, in this economy, it may be worth it
I wish I had the skill to solder BGA. 😅
why would you even
Because on the latest ASRock boards it’s damn near impossible to remove their metal heatsink bullshit for installing M2 drives. It’s easier to strip naked the drive and use their bullshit. Except when it isn’t. 🥹
That’s an expensive oops.
You could maybe reflow it in a toaster oven.
Maybe…
Yes. This is possible to fix with some skill and some flux.
Maybe
Bit hard to tell due to the resolution of the image, but it looks like some traces may have come up with the IC.
Sometimes, pads can still be left behind on the PCB while no longer being connected to the vias underneath them.
Yeah, good point. I’d take a shot at it with the right setup. Nothing to lose.
Worst case scenario is everything else melting off, definitely worth a try
What am I looking at? That doesn’t…oh … Oh my lord… Brb going to double check my backups in solidarity
Did you just pry it apart?
I did uh… very carefully… separate it… WD used fucking adhesive pads. I thought it was just a bit stuck thin thermal tape.
That’s expensive in today’s economy
