DarkStar02
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If this forum didn't have a minimum post requirement I'd create a throwaway to make this listing out of embarrassment. So, I bought a Dell XPS 15 (9550) a couple weeks ago that only had a 128gb ssd in it. I wanted to upgrade the hard drive and when I googled it to research how to do it, I saw an xps with a regular 2.5" ssd in it. I went to Best Buy and bought a brand new 1tb Samsung 850 EVO drive, brought it home, and took my laptop apart to find that mine didn't look like the picture (because my laptop has a bigger battery that takes up the space where a 2.5" drive would fit). My laptop only has a pcie slot. It's getting late so I decide to put the project on pause and go get some dinner. After a burger and a few beers, I resume trying to replace the drive. I search "samsung 850 evo 1tb ssd" on Google Images and see the PCIe version of the drive as well as pictures like this. Like a total moron, I come to the conclusion that I need to remove the chip from inside the drive's case (lol) so I grab my trusty set of torx bits and start to unscrew the 1 screw on the top.. but I strip it. "Not to worry! I have a drill, I'll just drill the stripped screw out!" I think to myself as I bring the drive to my garage. I start drilling away at the stripped screw and 15 minutes later it doesn't seem like I'm any closer to drilling the screw out, so I switch to a bigger drill bit. Another 15 minutes later and no longer caring about ruining the "case" of the drive, I finish drilling it out, only to realize the giant mistake I'd just made... There is no pcie version of the drive inside the 2.5" drive case. As the knot quickly forms in my stomach, I run inside and connect the drive to my desktop to make sure it still works because remnants of the screw I drilled out are partially melted onto the PCB. Luckily it still works but I have no way of returning it now.
Does anyone need a brand new albeit cosmetically defective 1tb Samsung 850 EVO SSD? Asking $280 shipped OBO (I paid $330+ tax at Best Buy).
Does anyone need a brand new albeit cosmetically defective 1tb Samsung 850 EVO SSD? Asking $280 shipped OBO (I paid $330+ tax at Best Buy).
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