Question What can I do with this internal SSD card

[RandySea]

This was originally slated to be a replacement 2 TB ssd drive for a Lenovo X1 Thinkpad. It was never used, although Lenovo may have put a copy of Windows 10 or 11 on it.

On the drive: Model # MZ-VL22TD0 PCIe Gen 4x4
approx 25mm x 80mm
I can't tell what thos numbers might mean. The model # doesn't correspond to anything I can find online.
I can't see how to attach a jpg showing the drive with other numbers on it.

Can this be used as an external drive? If so, I'd like to find a reasonably priced housing with USB-C or Thunderbolt cable connection but I don't know which one.

I had years of experience with hard drives but I'm clueless about these ssd drives. I'd appreciate help!

 

[Lafong]

Appears to be a standard NVMe gen 4 drive?

I'd expect it to work in a USB enclosure, BUT............

Enclosures can vary in what drives they will support.....regarding max capacity and I'd expect the NVMe/SATA distinction. If you dig deeply enough into the spec sheet of the enclosure, you might be able to find that detail.

I'm successfully using a 500 gb WD SN550 NVMe in a TDBT enclosure, without issues. But I do recall that the enclosure had some drive support limitations...which my WD drive did not exceed.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

I can't see how to attach a jpg showing the drive with other numbers on it.
You will need to host the image on a site like Imgur or their ilk and then pass on a link to the image in this thread.

If I were you, I'd drop it into a donor system, regardless of desktop or a laptop. Other options would be to sell it or to have in an external encloure.

 

[fzabkar]

If that is an OEM version of the 980 Pro, I would make sure the firmware is up to date.

 

[RandySea]

Thank you all for your comments.

Since most of this is beyond me, I'm just thinking a buying what looks like a pretty universal external enclosure and just trying it out. It's only $18.
The drive looks like it has an M connector, which the enclosure accepts.
I don't have any idea about the firmware.