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2023/11/09 19:26:25 (permalink)
Anyone know where to get the SSD standoff screws that would normally screw into the 80mm or smaller length SSD m.2 securing holes? For some reason, I thought that such things would be installed on the board already, with the ability to be moved to other length hole spots, but they, apparently, come in the tiny bag of screws that came with the motherboard. I recently RMA'd a faulty motherboard (a Z790 Dark Kingpin), and the SSD standoff screws for those shorter lengths went off to EVGA with the old board because I thought they were originally preinstalled and forgot to go back to P. 33 of the motherboard manual to find that one tiny bullet point that mentioned that they came in the accessories/screws bag. Rather frustrated now, as I can't just grab SSD standoff screws off of my backup board because it's Gigabyte, and they use SSD standoff screws that have a larger diameter screw base (the threads that screw into the board). These things really should be standardized.
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Re: Missing SSD Standoff Screws 2023/11/10 00:24:01 (permalink)
Most motherboards use the same size M.2 screws. You can find these sold in such online stores like amazon. 

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Re: Missing SSD Standoff Screws 2023/11/10 06:41:08 (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby Cool GTX 2023/11/11 08:28:16
You should put in a support ticket. They will likely help you with that.

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Re: Missing SSD Standoff Screws 2023/11/11 03:50:37 (permalink)
I'm kind of surprised that the Gigabyte board didn't use a standard size m.2 screw. I have used a screw from an ASUS board on my EVGA board since I was moving the SSD over and it was easier than finding the screw bag.

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Re: Missing SSD Standoff Screws 2023/11/11 03:53:35 (permalink)
Because these screws are so tiny I ordered some extra ones. 

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Re: Missing SSD Standoff Screws 2023/11/11 04:55:12 (permalink)
Contacting EVGA was the right way to go. While Amazon does have universal standoff screws, etc. pretty much all of them are labeled as being compatible with Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte boards yet never mention EVGA. In entering a support ticket with EVGA, I was able to explain the issue, and even to request a call to verify that I was explaining the issue/need correctly, resulting in EVGA sending me a replacement set of M.2 standoff screws and securing screws (come as a set) for all 3 of the M.2 slots, since I needed 3x new standoff screws. They were supposed to be sent as part of the replacement board originally, so the screw sets are being sent to me free of charge, thankfully.
 
It's still REALLY weird that no products out there on the internet actually are labeled as being EVGA compatible for standoff screws for the M.2 drives. Probably just another case of Google messing with the search results to provide the results that will give them the greatest revenue rather than what we actually search.
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Re: Missing SSD Standoff Screws 2023/11/11 08:28:07 (permalink)
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Contacting EVGA was the right way to go. While Amazon does have universal standoff screws, etc. pretty much all of them are labeled as being compatible with Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte boards yet never mention EVGA. In entering a support ticket with EVGA, I was able to explain the issue, and even to request a call to verify that I was explaining the issue/need correctly, resulting in EVGA sending me a replacement set of M.2 standoff screws and securing screws (come as a set) for all 3 of the M.2 slots, since I needed 3x new standoff screws. They were supposed to be sent as part of the replacement board originally, so the screw sets are being sent to me free of charge, thankfully.
 
It's still REALLY weird that no products out there on the internet actually are labeled as being EVGA compatible for standoff screws for the M.2 drives. Probably just another case of Google messing with the search results to provide the results that will give them the greatest revenue rather than what we actually search.


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