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Re:We Need a Better PC by ekianjo on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @12:27AM (#11115542)
> It was a piece of proprietary SanDisk crap.

you mean it was not a standard SSD ?

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Re:We Need a Better PC by scrollaway on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @12:37AM (#11115587)
It wasn't, no. The UX is too thin for 2.5in SSDs. I had to find a special adapter to attempt reading it when it died.

This is what it looks like:

http://www.pcper.com/files/news/2012-03-12/SSDR_Sandisk-SSD....

FWIU they went with a different brand on their newer models, might be better.

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Re:We Need a Better PC by khedoros on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @12:44AM (#11115611)
That looks like an M.2 PCIe connection. Is it something less standard than that?
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