![Be advised - some 2.5" external drive boxes now come with USB3 circuit boards attached straight to the drive. You can't take these apart and connect them to SATA. : r/computertechs Be advised - some 2.5" external drive boxes now come with USB3 circuit boards attached straight to the drive. You can't take these apart and connect them to SATA. : r/computertechs](https://external-preview.redd.it/deTNqOzCR-0XX51BPb0zwmgviDNVUpTO2MQMf7WTDK8.jpg?auto=webp&s=248854ba9f41a16216b8f812b413fcbd30ed100b)
Be advised - some 2.5" external drive boxes now come with USB3 circuit boards attached straight to the drive. You can't take these apart and connect them to SATA. : r/computertechs
![close-up view of an internal hard disk of a notebook connected to an external usb box Stock Photo - Alamy close-up view of an internal hard disk of a notebook connected to an external usb box Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2B87B0X/close-up-view-of-an-internal-hard-disk-of-a-notebook-connected-to-an-external-usb-box-2B87B0X.jpg)
close-up view of an internal hard disk of a notebook connected to an external usb box Stock Photo - Alamy
![So I dropped my external HDD today an decided to do a post-mortem. Is the dark line the damage that was done in the drop? Details in comments : r/LinusTechTips So I dropped my external HDD today an decided to do a post-mortem. Is the dark line the damage that was done in the drop? Details in comments : r/LinusTechTips](https://preview.redd.it/so-i-dropped-my-external-hdd-today-an-decided-to-do-a-post-v0-2xt7r5aii9ca1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=cfc63e3a6035aeb8e69f622dbde3a1c25c798f27)