Need NVME Screws

[Nickel996]

My motherboard has an NVME slot with a cover. Here there is a pad that the nvme sits on. This pad is high and prevents the screw from going in. Is this just a screwless mechanism? I will put my specs in comments 

[Nickel996]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor	$450.00
CPU Cooler	NZXT Kraken X53 73.11 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$129.61 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$209.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$245.69 @ Amazon
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$69.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$55.49 @ Newegg
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Founders Edition Video Card	$700.00
Case	Phanteks Eclipse P400A Digital ATX Mid Tower Case	$94.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$144.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$2100.73
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-02-11 18:03 EST-0500

 

[Nickel996]

I have the wrong ram in there but that is irrelevant for this question

[Guest]

There should be a standoff that goes in first, then the drive goes in, screw secures drive and threads into standoff.

[minibois]

Page 2-6 and 2-7 of your motherboard explain the M.2 installation: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM4/ROG_STRIX_B550-F_GAMING/E16610_ROG_STRIX_B550-F_GAMING_WI-FI_UM_WEB.pdf

 

You need a screw and standoff, which ASUS usually includes in the box in a little baggy.

[Guest]

Be advised about about M.2 drives sharing PCIe lanes, one of them will severely limit the gpu

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The longer M.2 Key-M 22110 slot is easier to access and should naturally be the primary M.2 slot due to these reasons, but you may want to avoid using this slot as your first choice if you have a graphics card. Asus configured this slot to use PCI Express 3.0 lanes from the CPU, which will effectively lock the primary PCIe x16 slot to a PCIe 3.0 x8 connection whenever an M.2 storage device is placed in the M.2 Key-M 22110 slot.

https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/asus-rog-strix-b450-f-gaming