Question What is this HDD connector?

[MeeLee]

On my Gigabyte brix, there are 2 pcie slots, one for ssd, and one for the wifi card.
But I located another HDD connector, and wondered what it is, and if it can be used to attach a secondary drive?

It appears to be a small black multipin connector that is not zif, located just next to the pcie slot (at around 5 o'clock).

Also, what is the white connector on the left of the picture? It appears some sort of USB connector, but I'm not familiar with the socket.

 

[white.a.drew]

Thats not a hdd connector it's a bluetooth/wifi port
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[MeeLee]

It says HDD, with an arrow pointing to it...

 

[popatim]

It's a connector for a cable that routes to the HDD
See HERE at 2:04

 

[AllanGH]

M.2 socket.....
You've also got a SATA ribbon cable connector, and what appears to be a program / diagnostic connector (white 10-pin terminal housing).

Upon further consideration, that white connector could actually be an incarnation of the ever-worthless TPM connector.

 

[onespeedbiker]

It is a PCIe mini-card. They were used in laptops for pcie minicard ssd hard drives, and are now commonly used in desktops to install a WIFI WLAN card. The PCIe minicard supports PCIe x1 and USB ll and there are a variety of cards available such a RAID controller, video/audio capture card, Ethernet card, LAN etc

 

[MeeLee]

ok,
I think it's misunderstood.

I meant, the slot in the red circle:

 

[AllanGH]

SATA ribbon cable connector

 

[onespeedbiker]

Oh that. AlanGH had it right, it is an m.2 connector for a m.2 sata/ pcie ssd

 

[MeeLee]

I can't find such a cable online.
This slot has 19 or 20 pins, uninterrupted (like an msata cable has).

 

[onespeedbiker]

It is not for a cable, the drive plugs into the socket. https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S500B/dp/B07M7Q21N7/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3DO6YDU2K5NTW&keywords=m.2+ssd&qid=1558315729&s=gateway&sprefix=m.2,aps,218&sr=8-3

Your Gigabyte Brix would describe it as; 1 x M.2 SSD (2280) slot

 

[AllanGH]

Read through the review here: https://techreport.com/review/26166/gigabyte-brix-pro-reviewed/2

I can't find my original source for it, so this will have to do; but the cable attached to the port in question is identified as a SATA cable....in this review, the cable is of a round cross-section, instead of ribbon.

 

[Christian Levesque]

That should work I beleive. Yeah its sais HP on the amazon page but should be the same cable.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0744GWLMD/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1