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That is not possible since the Tiny4 series does not have those extra 4 lanes that we can use for the NVMs in the Tiny5 series. It would only have the x8 PCIe lanes for the graphics cards. Also, there are other parts needed if you plan to populate that slot.
There is a conversion kit available to turn the 710Q to an 910x but have not tried it myself. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005442152013.html
Update:
The TinyRisers worked great but the issue I was having with some of my Lenovos was that some of the expansion cards added to the WiFi/Bluetooth adapter had higher connectors and would not allow me to fit any NVMEs.
So I completely redesigned the board and made this: PowerRiser by nandFarm by NandFarm on Tindie
It works with 2230 and 2242 form factor SSDs and you would have to remove the front metal bracket that holds the Bluetooth antenna and some optional speaker.
The designs, tooling, assembly, solder masks and everything are already made and paid for so I can order more of them if there is interest.
The TinyRisers worked great but the issue I was having with some of my Lenovos was that some of the expansion cards added to the WiFi/Bluetooth adapter had higher connectors and would not allow me to fit any NVMEs.
So I completely redesigned the board and made this: PowerRiser by nandFarm by NandFarm on Tindie
It works with 2230 and 2242 form factor SSDs and you would have to remove the front metal bracket that holds the Bluetooth antenna and some optional speaker.
The designs, tooling, assembly, solder masks and everything are already made and paid for so I can order more of them if there is interest.
Unfortunately no. For the Tiny6 devices this would not work as the connections on the motherboard connector are not the same.
Yeah I wasn't talking about an x8 slot and the extra M.2
I only meant wiring an x8 slot directly up to the board directly instead of having to source the expensive proprietary connector AND a riser card.
I know there are passive components required to use the slot on an *10q board.
I've also seen that aliexpress listing. As I understand it there are missing/wrong components, because the seller was just fulfilling an external TaoBao request for a customer and doesn't actually know what was required?
I just haven't had time to work on my end of this project in a while.
My soldering stuff is all packed away because I'm in the SLOW process of rebuilding my workshop...in the middle of about a dozen other higher priority projects and multiple renovations...bleh.
Uh, I know how you feel with the renovations and lack of time for cool projects. I had a mind-numbing 3 year pause on personal projects until we got everything in order on the home front.
Regarding the Tiny4 series. I did not know the story with the TaoBao request. I have on my desk a 910X and its schematics. If you (or anyone else) can send me hi res images of the top and bottom of a mother board of a x10q device I may be able to figure out what is actually missing between the two.
Not sure I can do anything about that proprietary connector though. The connector footprint would also be proprietary I think.
Yeah I should have posted a link.
The Github discussion from Badger707s project to get the second NVMe slot working on the m920q
I asked if they were interested on doing m*10q stuff as well, and there's a whole thread of stuff at this point.
Interest in working on the M710q/M910Q series as well? · Issue #2 · badger707/m920q-dual-NVME
Late to the party, but interested definitely.
Bought 2 of the previous desing and works like a charm, but this re-design of yours frees the wifi module, so an adapter for another nvme (although at x1 speed) is possible.
Already in the wait list of Tindie...
