Problem = NVMe SSD is larger than the VIM3 board form factor 
Electronics Engineer solution = make an expensive carrier board!
Mechanical Engineer solution = make a cheap case that provides the capitve points needed to hold the board and the āoverhangingā NVMe SSD ā¦ and also solves the problem that board + SSD needs a new case design anyway (as the current Khadas plastic-kids-toy case is too small).
IMHO the low-tech solution is often better then the high-tech solution.
Well, the two pictures clearly answer the following questions:
Edit: just realized that itās not even mPCIe but M.2 Key A to ensure that close to nothing can be inserted into this slot.
Hello @meprateek,
I went with the guys to the SMT factory on Saturday, and production is chugging along smoothly.
We will be meeting the 10th August deadline, and shipping out will commence this coming Monday (not today, next Monday).
@hyphop can post his factory video, when heās ready. 
Great News Guys !!!
Excited for the Vim3
Yep, the 4 pin cooling fan header design with PWM control, and the 2PIN as voltage drive for 3004 cooling fan.
Itās not just POE, that port can also just be used as a second ethernet port for a router setup on your network. in terms of the m.2x expansion adapter most others donāt have the rigid cable they just have a flimsy ribbon cable quite frankly Iād get this for some of my RockPi 4 boards just for the far superior build quality. The speed of the m.2 port isnāt great but itās also just a 1x land so the speeds are what they are, again youāll need the RK3399 chip for the faster gex3x speeds. Hopefully the board will just support m.2 non NVME drives as well, but as I donāt have one canāt test that yet. may some that does will chime in. I do agree that the mobile card slot could be gotten rid of or have two different versions
Impossible. This would require an additional PCIe SATA controller and there is none. Anyway, the fact that the VIM form factor is too small for a M.2 2280 SSD doesnāt explain Khadasā obsession to create rather expensive add-ons instead of simple and cheap solutions as @chewitt already said.
Well it is a dev board after all so feel free to create your own solution for an m.2 NVME card holder slot. Iām pretty sure you could use the one that Radxa has for the Rock Pi 4. hole might not line up but Iām wiling to bet at least 2 of them do.
Motivating video for those who have ordered a vim3
Any shipping uupdates? Kindly share.
Thanks!
We began to arrange shipment from this Monday, and we will complete all the packages(~1K) before 15th August.
You should get the tracking number soon.
Thanks for the order and have fun!
love the video - the geek in me loves watching these kind of production lines!
Cant wait to get my hands on them - really pleased with the evaluation board i already have!
Mmm Iāll let @hyphop know that we need to make more geeky videos. And Iāll tone down the marketing spunk. 
Good Idea more Videos, I can live with Pink outfits 
yes i have many ideas about geeks video , we will try to do something lil later )
and we wait yours interesting ideas about this )
