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Laptop only boots when no internal drive is connected

TLDR: Laptop will not even boot to the BIOS menu when an internal SSD or HDD is connected, there is no visible damage on the motherboard. When booting from a sometimes working and long time taking USB ...
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12v from Notebook Mainboard to attach 3.5 inch HDD

I plan to build a low-budget low-power home server, mainly as a NAS. My first Idea was to simply use a RPI 4, it has USB 3.0 and Gbit Ethernet, but I think the hardware is too slow to be fun. For ...
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Using 3.5“ internal HDD connector for a internal 2.5” HDD

I had a 3.5 inch internal HDD, and to connect it externally, I bought a 3.5 inch connector (as 3.5" HDD requires 12V power), which had a chip and external power adaptor - as 3.5 inch HDD can't ...
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HDD is very slow after voltage drop

The HDD is Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160 Gbytes Model ST3160023A. Of course it is not SATA. I once connected it to the USB via special adapter IDE-to-USB, and a separate power unit. The voltage drop ...
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