Question PCIe M.2 SSD Card help

[KLund1]

I found this SSD in a PCIe adapter card.
It is difficult to post picture in here so here is a link that I think will work for anyone. If not please post that.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/oZhR48PuGALBKSKn9
I have tried this card in a ASrock Z870e and a supermicro C7X99-OCE-F motherboards with Win 11 and Linux Mint 22. The OS's and the MB BIOS's can't see this drive.
I tried the drive by its self in a USB m.2 adapter I use to clean 'regular' M.2 SSD's, and Win 11 can;t see it.
Can some of you smarter then me people out these shed some light about hot to use this? Thanks

 

[evermorex76]

Can you take a picture with better focus on the text of the label and the metal controller heatplate?

Given all the jumpers and other components, I'm kind of thinking that's a very specific SSD that might actually require a card like that. The manual for a similar card from Serial Cables shows the jumpers control things like the voltage to apply to the SSD, SMBus access, and a bunch of other stuff that I don't understand.

 

[evermorex76]

I was able to make out the controller model, which led to this article about a Microsoft datacenter drive using it. And this is the only mention of it (except other sites reporting on the same Twitter post).

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-com...uncovered-points-to-wider-portfolio-of-drives

Not a very up to date controller if it was only NVMe 1.2 in 2024 when it was "discovered", but that sample was from 2020. Sounds like it got abandoned and somebody just ran across one of the drives. Did you try using it in that PCIe adapter to start with, to see if it's even functional?