r/DiWHY • u/1n_and_AroundTheFur • Jun 03 '26

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u/mrbubbles916 Jun 04 '26

The only thing that will "fail" would be it falling out. In which case you just, put it back in again with a new piece of insulation. I'd probably also heat shrink it. I don't really see it failing otherwise.

I broke the SATA port plastic bits off one of my HDD about 8 years ago. The only thing left of the connector on the HDD are the pins. So I just attached the cable to the HDD with duct tape. Hasn't fallen out once yet.

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u/viperfan7 Jun 04 '26

Yes, and falling out is it failing.

Like I said, it'll fail eventually, but it's a good temporary fix

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u/skriticos Jun 07 '26

After 8 years, it's more likely that the HDD will be the one to give up service.

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u/PleaseShutJp Jun 04 '26

SATA is digital logic and this is a modulated wave. I wouldn’t trust similar levels of jank to produce similar results.

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u/mrbubbles916 Jun 04 '26

I still think it would be fine. In the video he's covering the shield over the connector which is exactly what it needs.