So i bought an ssd to add some additional, cheap, and fast storage to my system. I've realized that I don't have any HDD/SSD screws available (not sure if it came with any PC components I bought) when it arrived & was wondering if I need to them at all considering that it contains no moving parts. If important, I have the S340 computer case, which thumbscrews are used to secure the SSD cage/drive bay itself. Also, I heard that you can have it sit anywhere in your computer without screws and it will still be fine as long as its not dangling, is that also true? M.2 Drives don’t really need to be screwed down flat onto the motherboard, they temporarily (!) work perfectly fine just hovering at an angle of 30°.

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Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown As the name implies, they’re screws designated to screw in M.2 drives into your motherboard. And they can be a right nuisance at times because they have a tendency to magically disappear when you actually need them.

After that, you can simply unscrew it, install your M.2 drive ( as long as it’s the proper size), and then screw it in.Just make sure you don’t destroy anything by trying to jam in a screw that’s way too big. Tape the M.2 Drive Down Plex: Ryzen 5 5600 - Gigabyte B550M AORUS Elite AX - G. Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200Mhz - MSI 1050Ti 4GB - Crucial P3 Plus 500GB + WD Red NAS 4TBx2 - TP-Link AC1200 PCIe Wifi - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - ASUS Prime AP201 - Spectre 24"

you said your disk was a 120gb ssd, that's a 1tb drive and by the looks of those performance numbers it's a hard drive also, the 500MB/s sequential read speed compared to the 150MB/s sequential read speed from the hard drive won't make a big difference to windows, it's the random read/write performance that's going to make the biggest difference. It’ll have a table of contents that’ll most likely tell you where the M.2 screw is and show you what it looks like. I’ve built a multitude of Computers, Workstations and Renderfarms and love to optimize them as much as possible. Hopefully, that explained everything you wanted to know about what you can do if you lose an M.2 screw!Yes, this is a possibility, but one that should be done with utmost care, if you don’t want to loose your data or fry you parts mid-session. So you don’t need to screw them in, but it’s such a simple and easy safety measure, there’s no point not doing it. This is certainly not recommended for any serious or long-term use, but can be done for short sessions of data copying or if your screw is arriving the next day. FAQ Do You Need a Standoff for M.2 SSDs?