Help removing standoff from Motherboard

[Kanna]

So idk how to remove this standoff in short. The motherboard is a gigabyte aorus x570 elite

[Dreckssackblase]

im guessing you mean the 110 mm one for the NVME slot. It does have a cross cut into it for a philips head screwdriver so if its tough to turn with your thumbs, i'd try that ?

[Valentin17]

Grab s set od pliers, grab the standoff and turn counter counter clockwise. Be very gentle, give your self time to do this.

[Kanna]

5 minutes ago, Dreckssackblase said:

im guessing you mean the 110 mm one for the NVME slot. It does have a cross cut into it for a philips head screwdriver so if its tough to turn with your thumbs, i'd try that ?

Its just the screw for the SSD. Still stuck

[Kanna]

3 minutes ago, Valentin17 said:

Grab s set od pliers, grab the standoff and turn counter counter clockwise. Be very gentle, give your self time to do this.

Not sure what that is

[tkitch]

you're not sure what pliers are?

[Valentin17]

2 minutes ago, Kanna said:

Not sure what that is

Or you could use a phillips screw driver, unscrew the screw and then unscrew the standoff.

[Valentin17]

 

[Kanna]

22 minutes ago, Valentin17 said:

Or you could use a phillips screw driver, unscrew the screw and then unscrew the standoff.

I managed to get it loose with a flathead. Was just very tightened

[Valentin17]

This type od M5 wrentch is used to unscrew this kind of screws (standoffs).

[Kanna]

11 minutes ago, Valentin17 said:

This type od M5 wrentch is used to unscrew this kind of screws (standoffs).

Good to know

[sageOwexford]

Had the same issue with my new Gigabyte B550 motherboard and trying to loosen the NVMe M.2 drive hold down standoffs.  A flathead screwdriver or Phillips did not work because the indentations at the top of the post are way too shallow to get a good grip.  Used a small, adjustable set of pliers with vise teeth to grip the post vertically from the top even though the posts have vertical grooves and the pliers teeth are then at a right angle to them.  King Kong grip on the plier handles, and rotated the standard counter-clockwise and the posts rotated out of the board holes.  Whew, I was afraid they were soldered in place, but King Kong must work on the Gigabyte assembly line.  Doable, just be careful when you do it.