MP 1,1-5,1 m.2 nvme ssd broken chip

[joot]

I have a 4,1 --->5,1 Mac Pro with HS installed onto a HP EX 920 1TB m.2 nvme ssd sandwiched inside an Aqua Computer Kryo m.2 evo adaptor. I recently bought an I/O Crest si-pex40129 to replace the Kryo m.2 evo adaptor. However, upon taking off the heatsink of the Kryo adaptor, the square chip on top of the HP EX920 blade came off with it. Anyone experienced something similar to this? First of all, I dont know if this square piece is a ram chip or a heatsink chip. Anyways, I tried putting it all back together but the MacPro will not boot anymore. This blade has all my documents, apps, etc on it. Anyone has any idea how to fix this problem? Here's a link to the HP EX 920 blade with a silver square chip Im talking about:

HP EX920 M.2 1TB PCIe 3.1 X4 Nvme 3D TLC NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Max 3200 Mbps 2Yy47Aa#ABC

Model Brand: HP Series: EX920 M.2 model: 2yy47aa#abc device Type: internal Solid State Drive (SSD) used for: consumer Details form factor: M.2 2280 Capacity: 1TB memory components: 3D TLC NAND interface: PCI-Express 3(8gb/s) x4, NVMe 1.3 compliant with PCI-Express 3.1 performance MAX sequential r...

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Here's a link to the Aqua Computer Kryto m.2 evo adaptor:

Aquacomputer kryoM.2 evo PCIe 3.0 x4 adapter for M.2 Ngff Ssd

PCIe 3.0x 4adapter card for M.2SSD. Passive cooler for optimal performance. Adjustable LED lighting. Gold-plated contacts.

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[Ludacrisvp]

I’m 99% sure you have 100% data loss here.
It sounds like you destroyed the nvme drive equivalent of the T2 chip (drive controller).

Photos of what actually happened would be significantly more useful vs your description.

A data recovery vendor like Kroll on-track might be able to recover it depending on if they do nvme recoveries and how much physical damage you’ve caused and if you don’t cause more.

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[minifridge1138]

All sarcasm aside, the way to recover your data is to restore from a backup.

I don’t know what the odds are of recovering data from an M2 SSD, but I doubt they’re very high.