Thanks Les, I got few micron drives recently, not from retail market, all 3 of them have the similar connector, 2×4600 in 2280(1tb+2tb) and a 2650 in 2242(1tb), all have the similar port, counted its 12 pins.

These are found in many early sample SSDs and not in the final sales samples, as reviewers sometimes discover peculliarities that are missed by the engineers. This data connector allows for such things as firmware upgrades before final release.

Can you throw some light on what looks like a ribbon cable connector at the bottom. I have never seen that in any NVME’s. Any specific reason on what it might be used for and any usable benefits as a consumer/enterprise?

I tried to google , couldn’t find anything concrete.

Thanks