So I went stupid

[Oakmeal]

I removed it and put in the screw but then I realized it’s what prop need do I need it in there or not? 

[nick name]

You wanna tell us what you're trying to do?

[Oakmeal]

Trying to put a ssd but I dont know if i need that standoff or not or if I can just take it out and put in a screw instead because I don’t have any screws that for into that 

[nick name]

Take the screw out and leave the standoff there if that is where the end of the m.2 SSD is after it's installed.  Then put the screw back in to hold down the end of the SSD.  

[Oakmeal]

1 minute ago, nick name said:

Take the screw out and leave the standoff there if that is where the end of the m.2 SSD is after it's installed.  Then put the screw back in to hold down the end of the SSD.  

But I don’t have any screws that fit into that standoff I was wondering If I really need that specific standoff or can I just put a screw in and replace it because it basically never touched the motherboard with the screw in 

[nick name]

That looks like a screw in there to me.  And the standoff is there to make the SSD sit parallel to the board so if you have something else that can accomplish that then use it.  If you have a longer screw then you could probably just use that without a standoff if you only screw it down enough to make the SSD sit parallel to the board as it would had it been sitting on a standoff.