Toshiba 2tb usb portable drive sata conversion

[wksk]

This is how i converted a Toshiba MQ01UBB200 USB board to sata. I located the sata points on the backside of the board but they appear after the pull-ups unlike WD which are before. Therefor i could not use the back side. I had to use monolithic wire to solder to the points on the bottom side and then wrap them around. I used usb for power/ground.

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[fzabkar]

This is how i converted a Toshiba MQ01UBB200 USB board to sata. I located the sata points on the backside of the board but they appear after the pull-ups unlike WD which are before.

Pull-ups? Do you mean capacitors?

[eng.mas]

This is how i converted a Toshiba MQ01UBB200 USB board to sata. I located the sata points on the backside of the board but they appear after the pull-ups unlike WD which are before.

Good work!

But How you identify the TX , RX?

[sourcerer]

I would say you identify RX, TX by their characteristic 2-paired length-matched differential routing on the mainboard. When you see 2 pairs of LVDS lines on a HDD/SSD PCB, then it's most likely SATA RX/TX. I would suggest you take a look at some of the YouTube videos on differential routing, then you will learn to identify them.

[Nick_CT]

Why not just find a compatible SATA board and move ROM?

[fzabkar]

Assuming this is the USB PCB ...

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB11WQkHVXXXXbGXXXXq6xXFXXXX/USB-3-0-HDD-PCB-Logic-Board-for-TOSHIBA-PCB-Board-Number-G003309A.jpg

... then here is a SATA PCB which uses the same MCU (88i9317-RA12):

http://ep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-14437584971410/91405271-7.gif

Just follow the SATA Tx/Rx signal pairs from the MCU to the SATA connector ...

[cheadledatarecovery]

Yes, I'd be looking for a G003235C SATA version - should do the job for you .