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I just had a new computer experience. I have a 1.5TB Seagate drive to which the SATA data connector plastic guide broke. The connector to my knowledge has not been under any stress! The SATA cable isn't even bent at a strong angle or anything. I was plugging in another drive and the cable fell off the drive and I thought it just must not have been connected properly to begin with. I tried to push it back on and it wouldn't stay. I realized that the darn thing had broke and I had bent a pin trying to put it on there without the little plastic guide! I managed to straighten out the pin, carefully reconnect the SATA cable, and (thank God) boot up successfully to pull my data off the drive. The plastic guide is stuck in the SATA cable! I guess I'll send it in for warranty repair after I pull my data off! Seagate ought to warrany this issue because I never put any distress on that connector!
I have no understanding of how this occurrred, without undo stress on the cable and SATA plastic! Has anyone else had this happen? I was quite surprised by the issue! The case I have has plenty of room - It is a Cosmos 1000 case! The two photos are the issue with the drive and the area of the case where the sata cables plug into the drives!!!
Drive issue - see plastic guide broke off!
Case fit - I drew a red arrow above the drives home location. That's the original SATA cable - see how it isn't even bent!?!?
I have no understanding of how this occurrred, without undo stress on the cable and SATA plastic! Has anyone else had this happen? I was quite surprised by the issue! The case I have has plenty of room - It is a Cosmos 1000 case! The two photos are the issue with the drive and the area of the case where the sata cables plug into the drives!!!
Drive issue - see plastic guide broke off!
Case fit - I drew a red arrow above the drives home location. That's the original SATA cable - see how it isn't even bent!?!?