Recent content by Jimmernick

Perfect, installed it and the drive works fine now. Thank you! Now i dont mean to ask again but i just want to make sure I get this clear. If i continue to use this drive like normal for years to come, is there a chance something goes wrong relating to this issue of me using the wrong sata to...

View: https://imgur.com/a/YEyRrmj fuse just came in. from this image do you know what side the input and output pins are on? pins are on the left and right sides from the angle this picture was taken at.

ok cool i will try it out. and just to make sure im understanding properly, if it does work, does it serve as a long term fix for the drive meaning im good to use it like normal for years to come? I am not just replacing the fuse to recover the data, then stop using the drive afterwards right...

got it, so i guess ill order a STEF4S. if is ends up not being compatible , will any further damage occur? or will it just simply not work, so then I will have to resort to the wire bypass

I actually may just replace the fuse then. Can you confirm its the STEF4S fuse that im looking to replace the current one with right? there are no others that can be used as the replacement?

Is that because there would be risk of something getting damaged ? Or it might just not work in general if it’s not soldered?

thanks. i already have the sata to usb so i can try this out right now. is there a way to attach the wire without soldering? are there clips small enough for this job/ would electrical tape work etc. ?

The fuse is not hot at all. I would definitely prefer running the wire without removing the IC. When you say USB enclosure, you are not reffering to a normal sata to usb adapter correct? instead are you referring to something like this -...

5vin - 5V 5vout - 0.27 V

took the reading again, got 2.5m then after holding it in place it moves all the way to 130k (again not sure if that normal behavior), i must have jotted it incorrectly when i put 400m. if any others look way off or don't make sense, ill buy thinner probes as the ones im using now may not be the...

took some readings let me know if any are way off/ need to be retested. i noticed some resistances would keep fluctuating in one direction as long as i held the probes in place , which made some of these hard to get. first image V1 - 222.6k V2 - 500 V3 - 133 V4 - 2430 V5 - 400m V6 - 2540 V7 -...

vout to ground - 17.23m vin to ground - 17.5m verified continuity between vin and vout. so that means nothings wrong with the fuse? is the issue downstream or is there something im missing? if the fuse has power, should i now try to connect the safe mode pins . or try recovery software...

ok cool so those probes should be fine. anything in specific i should be careful of so i dont break anything? i will check for continuity between the in and out pins. then also check if vout shorts to ground. what should i probe for "ground" ? also in the image i sent the vin and vout are the...

View: https://imgur.com/a/YyVBClY ok so I finally ended up cracking the thing open. Images attached, I suspect the eFuse is the black square in the top left of the second image in this link (let me know if im wrong). in the third image, i am showing my multimeter probe next to the board, im...

im purposely trying to get microcenter to open if for me so that im following the rules to keep my warranty in a way that samsung allows.