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You can get m.2 screws in kits of laptop screws.. amazon is full of them. 

There's usually a standoff preinstalled on motherboards, which can be moved between holes to accomodate various sizes of m.2 ssd. 

The screw is metric 2, standard screw that can be bought easily. 

 

Alternatively see picture below ... basically you could get some string or a bit of insulated wire and make a loop around the end of the SSD and insert the wires through the m.2 hole and then use something on the back of the motherboard to prevent the wires from going back out (for example cut a cm or so from the lead of a ball point pen or a wood toothpick) 

You basically want just enough tightness in the wires to keep the m.2 close to where it would normally be screwed.

 

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My friend's motherboard is a TUF b-365m-plus gaming. It came in my prebuilt without any extra screws or cables. We were wondering if we could use electrical tape or double sided foam tape to hold it in. Or maybe if asus could just send an m.2 screw

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Yes, SSD's have no moving parts so it isn't a big deal. 

 

Just make sure it is secure so it doesn't like fall into a fan or something.

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I was going to say yes until you mentioned M.2.

 

Technically you could use electrical tape or possibly double-sided foam tape but both in the long term would leave unremovable residue.

 

I can't immediately think of any around the house solution. Those drives don't leave many DIY mounting options. You might be able to rig a paperclip somehow but I'd only use the ones with a plastic coating.

 

Outside of this I'd opt to do it right and source M.2 screws. Unfortunately there's no universal standard so you have to find the ones appropriate for that motherboard.

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2 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

I was going to say yes until you mentioned M.2.

Depending on the board and the weight of the drive it might be possible to use it without a screw and without taping it down. I had a spare M.2 SSD in my main machine for about a year before I realized that I'd forgotten to screw it down. 

 

But of course, that would be the lazy option in this case. 

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24 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Outside of this I'd opt to do it right and source M.2 screws.

Could I get them for free from asus?

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7 minutes ago, CovidCid said:

Could I get them for free from asus?

can't hurt to ask.  Worst is they say no.

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Yeah I missed that this was m.2

 

A few bucks on Amazon will get you enough m.2 screws to last you until m.2 isn't a thing probably.

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48 minutes ago, CovidCid said:

Could I get them for free from asus?

You can try but it's definitely up to the manufacturers discretion. Given its from a pre-build you might have trouble doing so. If they ask they might want you to go to the company who built it.

 

Honestly that's quite dumb if it didn't include the M.2 screws. Someone messed up. They probably get the motherboards in bulk which just include the I/O shield and sometimes a SATA cable but nothing else. The screw aught to come pre-installed.

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Try a local PC shop.

 

Or if you like me, check if there's M2 screw from old laptops (they have a lot, usually you can find these screws in Network card. Stand off is a bit difficult to get, though.

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You can get m.2 screws in kits of laptop screws.. amazon is full of them. 

There's usually a standoff preinstalled on motherboards, which can be moved between holes to accomodate various sizes of m.2 ssd. 

The screw is metric 2, standard screw that can be bought easily. 

 

Alternatively see picture below ... basically you could get some string or a bit of insulated wire and make a loop around the end of the SSD and insert the wires through the m.2 hole and then use something on the back of the motherboard to prevent the wires from going back out (for example cut a cm or so from the lead of a ball point pen or a wood toothpick) 

You basically want just enough tightness in the wires to keep the m.2 close to where it would normally be screwed.

 

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12 hours ago, CovidCid said:

My friend's motherboard is a TUF b-365m-plus gaming. It came in my prebuilt

So I am the only one wondering why is OP's friends' motherboard in OP's computer?

Why try to be a hack? Just go buy a screw from a PC shop.

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On 1/3/2022 at 1:06 AM, Just that Mario said:

So I am the only one wondering why is OP's friends' motherboard in OP's computer?

I gave my old motherboard to my friend. It came in a prebuilt without an m.2 screw. He got an m.2 ssd and has no screw.

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Why try to be a hack? Just go buy a screw from a PC shop.

Because an m.2 screw should have come with the motherboard, I shouldn't have to go buy one.

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So my issue is that the screw to hold the ssd in place is super super tight and i dont wanna risk stripping it since i just recently had any issue with a stripped screw earlier today. So i just wanna know if using electrical tape is fine since i play a lot of games on my laptop and it gets pretty hot sometimes and id rather not have melted electrical tape on my ssd

 

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