Whoops?

[Woe]

I unplugged my 120GB Hyper X drive today and the plastic that surrounds the SATA data pins detached from my SSD. Should I RMA, or can I repair this myself?

 

[matt_to_the_max]

I would RMA it unless you feel that you can repair it well, maybe with epoxy?

 

[hotcrandel]

I had this happen. I (lightly) super-glued it back on, knowing the risk of losing my warranty, and have been using it to this day without issues. I am unreasonable, in that I would rather just buy another one than deal with an RMA, so I knew the risk and was ready to eat the $120 (at the time).

If you can "re-assemble" it and have it work, then gingerly disassemble it again and glue it, you might be able to get past the RMA.

 

[Aesma]

There is no real risk of losing the warranty since it's probably already lost.

 

[Woe]

I successfully repaired the drive by breaking another L connector off of a 20GB SATA HDD and sliding the pins into the SATA cable with L pin inserted.

It's ghetto, but it works.