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Can I replace the SATA port inside a Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre M900 Tiny (10FL) which has been working fine. Recently, I had an HDD failure, and replaced it with an SSD. This time, I decided to go with ZFS (single drive, kinda pointless, but I get scrubbing). Every once in a while, I'm getting errors while scrubbing. It's always 1-2 read or write errors. And it never reappears if I clear the error and run another scrub.

The data isn't important, and it's backed up, so I'm not too worried about it. But, the symptoms make me think that it's an issue of the SATA port inside. Is it possible to replace the SATA port inside this device? I wasn't able to find anything like part number etc. online and it looks like I need to replace the whole board. Any help is appreciated.

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you do replace it you’d need to solder. I don’t know how to source that sata connector, that would be the hardest part.

Imho, if that's the culprit (I would still suspect the drive(s) at this point) it could be much simpler to replace then entire motherboard as one will probably need to source one in order to get that spare connector.

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

My own experience fixing laptops and consoles is generally this; unless it’s something crazy popular like a nintendo switch or m1 macbook youre best off getting a donor board to both figure out values of discrete components (good luck getting a schematic) and more importantly scavenge parts like this, custom ICs, asics, and connectors, etc.

Even if it is a macbook or switch a donor board means you have guaranteed quality parts (assuming they’re not dead on the donor board ha) and you don’t have to wait 12 weeks for shipping from Shenzen