Mistakenly bought a SAS Drive (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Valmond@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Hello,

Bought a spare super cheap used 3TB drive a year ago, and just figured out it's not a SATA but a SAS drive.

How fucked am I? What can I do more than using it as a paperweight?

Cheers!

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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks! Yeah looks like it's only the other way around.

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Just sell it on or cancel.

this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2024

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