My Intel 330 SSD w/ 120GB not recognized. Help?

[Th0m3v]

Hello, I have this SSD that has not worked in a while, and I'd like to use it on my laptop which I just fixed. The SSD stopped working after using it through a USB docking station a few years ago. I think I tried to install windows onto it and restoring the partitions and allocating the space.

My concern is that I somehow bricked the SSD while using it through USB - SATA docking, and somehow it was converted to only work through USB, since I was editing the partition and file system through USB to a PC.

I have opened the SSD to expose the circuit board, and everything looks fine exept one component on the board which I don't know what is. I will add a image and point to the component that looks damaged. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Unedited image:
https://imgur.com/a/79W6PyL

Showing where the component is:
https://imgur.com/a/YqJoWOz

Anyone know what this component is, and if it might be causing the SSD to not work?

 

[USAFRet]

Not sure what that component was, but that is probably the cause of it not working.

 

[InvalidError]

The silkscreen next to the broken component is L5 and 'L' is the standard designator for inductors. A cracked (or outright broken in this case) inductor/transformer core will have significantly lower inductance than it is intended to have. In a power supply output filter circuit, this can lead to excessive output noise and that excess noise can cause circuits to malfunction.

If you are lucky, replacing the broken inductor might revive the SSD. If you aren't, excess voltage spike let-through from the broken inductor may have damaged it.