Question Broken SSD pin but the drive still works !

[aa1991aa]

Hello everyone, so I have a Corsair MP600 LPX pro SSD and I broke part of the connector where it goes into the M.2 slot. Surprisingly the drive is still recognized and says 100% health. I'm planning to use this SSD on my PS5 . Just wanted to know if nothing will happen ? Do I lose on performance ?

https://imgur.com/V230D9E

 

[SkyNetRising]

Those broken off pins are mainly 3.3V and ground.
And some module type definition pins.
3.3V and ground gets supplied through different pins also.

This is surprising, it works at all after such damage.

https://pinoutguide.com/visual/gen/M.2_NGFF_connector.jpg

I'd replace it.

 

[kerberos_20]

there is chance that your ps5 wont recognize it, two configurations pins are missing, atm your pc detects it as pcie device with usb support, but who knows what will ps5 do with incorrect device plugged in
and is that drive writing correctly?

 

[Eximo]

Yeah, that would mean power to the drive is now across far fewer pins.

Depending on how robust the pins are in the Playstation or a Motherboard they may overheat when heavy writing is done.

I would use this for an external drive or something for less important stuff.

 

[fzabkar]

Most of those missing pins are +3.3V power and Ground. These also appear at the other end of the edge connector.

Pin 69 is PEDET and is not connected for NVMe SSDs.

Pin 68 is SUSCLK.

"32.768 kHz clock supply input that is provided by the platform chipset to reduce power and cost for the module."

I don't know if pin 68 is necessary, but you appear to have discovered that it is isn't. Perhaps your SSD produces its own clock?

 

[hotaru.hino]

SUSCLK is short for suspend clock. It's probably used for a real-time clock considering 32KHz and some change is a very common clock frequency for those.

 

[fzabkar]

These Micron SSDs don't use the SUSCLK pin:

https://www.micron.com/-/media/clie...ucts/data-sheet/ssd/m600_m2_2260_2280_ssd.pdf

... nor do these SSDs:

https://www.glynshop.com/erp/owweb/Daten/IMS/ATP/Products/Specifications/Datasheet/SSD SATA C-Die_09_2021/ATP I-Temp NVMe PCIe Gen3 M.2 2280 SSD (non-PLP) Datasheet_8B_V3.0_20210923.pdf

https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/858/VSFAN8CI480G_V11_H_1_2-3077959.pdf

 

[aa1991aa]

there is chance that your ps5 wont recognize it, two configurations pins are missing, atm your pc detects it as pcie device with usb support, but who knows what will ps5 do with incorrect device plugged in
and is that drive writing correctly?

I tried it on my PC and it did work fine, Both write and read. I won't be able to test it on my PS5 until about a week. I'll let you know if it works or not.

 

[aa1991aa]

Yeah, that would mean power to the drive is now across far fewer pins.

Depending on how robust the pins are in the Playstation or a Motherboard they may overheat when heavy writing is done.

I would use this for an external drive or something for less important stuff.

Hopefully they won't overheat. I'll give it a try and if it did then I'll have to replace it.

 

[Eximo]

Hopefully they won't overheat. I'll give it a try and if it did then I'll have to replace it.

It would be damage to the motherboard or playstation that would be the concern, not necessarily the drive.