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Semi-broken SATA power connector

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Was swapping my ST45SF-G for a SF600 when I took a closer look at the 850 EVO I had pulled out and realized that a plastic bit had chipped off of the power connector portion. I drew something in paint to illustrate this:

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The part highlighted in red in the lower half of the drawing is what broke off. It's a ways away from the last gold contact on that side (obviously there aren't actually that many contacts on the drive, I was just approximating), and so far my rig is completely normal. Should I be worried?

If I were to try and RMA the drive would Sammy accept it? It's still well within warranty otherwise.
 
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rma it if you want plastic breaks they cant say anything.

the red part has happened to me as well
 
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If it's just the plastic that's broken then you should still be able to attach the cable. But I was just wondering, if it's still on warranty, why not claim it just to be on the safer side?
 

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If it's just the plastic that's broken then you should still be able to attach the cable. But I was just wondering, if it's still on warranty, why not claim it just to be on the safer side?

I was thinking of RMA-ing but wanted to hear some opinions first. Samsung isn't one of the most lenient when it comes to RMA policies, and I know of other drive manufacturers such as Seagate that explicitly refuse RMAs if there is any damage on the power connector, even if it does not impact functionality such as in my case.

That, and it's also a single drive system for the next 2 weeks and I have a lot of stuff on there. I have it all on Dropbox, but I'd like to be certain that my RMA will be free and accepted if I'm to go through the hassle.

The power connector fits fine as is and works fine.
 
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Just be carful you don't try to put it on backwards. It wont work that way
 

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I had the whole of that plastic "guide" come off and get stuck inside the power connector. I cut up a ziptie to bridge the gap and superglued the whole thing together knowing that it would be a very permanent fix ....i.e. the hdd was never coming back out of the pc.

The fingers lined up fine and it worked as normal.
 
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