Can you take an old Lacie Porsche Drive and yank the SATA HD out of it and put in a new one?

[honeycombz]

Hey, I've got an old Lacie Porsche external USB drive, looks nice, the HD croaked years ago but I've got a new SATA I'd like to toss in it, looks like there is just a simple SATA connector inside, plug and play, problem is I tried it and it didn't work. Wondering if this is doable? Do I need those old school drive jumper clips that designate the drive as slave or master type of thing?

 

[Fishrrman]

I'm wondering if the ENCLOSURE is what "went bad" on you, and not the original HDD that was inside.

What I'd suggest:
Buy a USB3/SATA docking station.
These are cheap and plentiful -- many different ones available.

Use that to connect the new SATA drive to the Mac.
And while you're at it, try the OLD HDD "that croaked" -- it may suddenly come back alive.

 

[honeycombz]

Ha! Never thought about this before!

 

[rjtiedeman]

I have a OWC enclosure that the USB 3.0 connector went bad. It still works connected to Firewire 800. So yes connectors can go bad.