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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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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Thank you!

Mine is suspiciously looking like yours ๐Ÿ˜ but Dell, and without the sticker...

Is it just a Dell rebranded Seagate? I mean Dell doesn't make drives right? And the serial takes me right to segate drives who are compatible s-ata.

Guess I'll gamble a couple of โ‚ฌ to see ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dell drives are rebranded Seagates, however the firmware is slightly modified so the bios recognizes it as a Dell branded drive. Openmanage will throw an error if you use a different drive (though aside from that everything will work fine)

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks! Crossing my fingers ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] y0din@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No worries, however I cannot see the SATA marking on yours, just the SAS, or perhaps I am blind, changed contact model today..but please double check before ordering.

And yes, Dell does not manufacture hard drives, so it's almost 100% a OEM rebranding.

if however, it is this drive it should support SATA

https://www.minitool.com/backup-tips/sas-hard-drive.html?amp

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll get the converter, I'll let you know how it pans out, and a huge thank you!!

[โ€“] y0din@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

no worries! ๐Ÿ™‚

crossing my fingers for you while we wait ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago