Just wanted to chime in to share my experience, doing the same hack on the CM3 as a result of the same TE connector, in case it's helpful to anyone. More details here of my solution https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=98&t=190048. I modded a pi module the same way, by cutting the key ...

Thanks for the reply aBUGSworstnightmare!

And thanks to Briarios for the generous sharing of his project BOM which lead me to find that vertical pi module connector from JST (http://www.jst-mfg.com/product/detail_e.php?series=520). Seriously, much appreciated!

Thanks aBUGSworstnightmare for the reply! Yes, I did exhaustively search the forum, including that thread, but unfortunately red_mamba's fix on that connector isn't reliable, in my experience, because I tried the same thing with the same connector. It might sort of work for a one-off prototype, but ...

I know this thread is old, but I'm desperate to find a compatible vertical style sodimm connector for the CM3. @Briarios could you provide the info on your vertical connector? Or do you possibly have a few samples that I could (at a premium price, if necessary) from you? I've looked the world over a...

Hey all, I'd really appreciate the community's help on this, so thanks in advance! I'm in desperate need of a few samples of a vertical (not right angle) DDR2 sodimm connector for the CM3. I just got proto boards back and realized that I sourced a DDR style, instead of the slightly different DDR2, w...