On 12/4/16, Christopher Havel laserhawk64@gmail.com wrote:
Have not fully read the rest of the thread (quickly skimmed -- I'm on a time budget, forgive me) -- but --
An external SSD is essentially a conglomerate of three separate parts. The SSD proper (always just a standard drive), the enclosure in which it is placed (with a USB/FireWire/eSATA host controller PCB), and the power brick or wall wart. Some (typically cheaper) enclosures substitute a second USB lead for the power supply.
Luke, have you opened your external SSD and verified that it is indeed the SSD itself which is at fault, and not the enclosure's controller board?
yep, that's the first thing i did. a little computer store at the back of one of the big supermarket buildings here had a USB3-to-SATA converter.
If it *is* the enclosure, the SSD will at least read, when paired with an adapter as described.
yep. it's not even visible. i then checked with a (lower-capacity 120GB) SSD and that came up fine.
l.