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will this m.2 screw work

MiszS
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Hello everyone, so i recently lost the m.2 screw in my pc, and i am looking to buy this 500 screws kit, but im not sure will any of those work for me, seems like the safest option because they are in nearly all sizes here, but from what i know, i need an m2x2.5 screw, and it doesnt seem to have one, so if it is ok pls tell me, and if it isnt then tell me which one will work.

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1 hour ago, MiszS said:

Hello everyone, so i recently lost the m.2 screw in my pc, and i am looking to buy this 500 screws kit, but im not sure will any of those work for me, seems like the safest option because they are in nearly all sizes here, but from what i know, i need an m2x2.5 screw, and it doesnt seem to have one, so if it is ok pls tell me, and if it isnt then tell me which one will work.

more than likely it will have what you need but that is a lot of screws for the 1 you need. i would spend a little more time looking for it before spending the money. depending on where and when you lost it, its probably still inside the case under the motherboard.

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7 hours ago, tdkid said:

more than likely it will have what you need but that is a lot of screws for the 1 you need. i would spend a little more time looking for it before spending the money. depending on where and when you lost it, its probably still inside the case under the motherboard.

I mean I spent like 30 minutes searching, if anything it fell into the cable management side of the case, and I'm not taking it all apart, so ill buy that, pretty cheap anyway, so thx

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5 hours ago, MiszS said:

I mean I spent like 30 minutes searching, if anything it fell into the cable management side of the case, and I'm not taking it all apart, so ill buy that, pretty cheap anyway, so thx

it is a good idea to verify that it is not in the case and depending on the case, it should have a "back panel" panel behind the motherboard that can be removed and seen if the screw is there. a screw that size can get into places you do not want it and cause your system to fry itself because of a short. so if you are ok with the 30 minutes you spent looking then ok, I would just make sure that it wasn't in the case. plus you don't have to undo all your cable management, either one at a time or knowing when you stood the case up it would fall to the bottom of the case.

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On 6/14/2023 at 12:45 PM, tdkid said:

it is a good idea to verify that it is not in the case and depending on the case, it should have a "back panel" panel behind the motherboard that can be removed and seen if the screw is there. a screw that size can get into places you do not want it and cause your system to fry itself because of a short. so if you are ok with the 30 minutes you spent looking then ok, I would just make sure that it wasn't in the case. plus you don't have to undo all your cable management, either one at a time or knowing when you stood the case up it would fall to the bottom of the case.

I mean it probably is lol, there is like a hole for some of the cables, and it could fall there, tho it looks very unlikely, anyway a screw came with the ssd I bought so it's fine, and I have no idea how to take off the back panel since it was a prebuilt

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Any decent hardware store will sell M2 metric screws- that's all that these screws are, just usually with a wider head. I'm not sure how things are in your area but out here they all have these little drawers with all the sizes.

 

It's usually a simple metric M2 screw, 3mm length.

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53 minutes ago, MiszS said:

I mean it probably is lol, there is like a hole for some of the cables, and it could fall there, tho it looks very unlikely, anyway a screw came with the ssd I bought so it's fine, and I have no idea how to take off the back panel since it was a prebuilt

what is the prebuilt exactly? most of the time its the same screws you would take for the one panel to work on it. other times it's riveted to the frame so you cant. and good to hear it came with one, that is kind of surprising as most dont.

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19 hours ago, tdkid said:

what is the prebuilt exactly? most of the time its the same screws you would take for the one panel to work on it. other times it's riveted to the frame so you cant. and good to hear it came with one, that is kind of surprising as most dont.

i dont know know the name of it, but its hp omen with i7 8700 and a 1050ti, bought in 2019, i tried but couldnt find the model of it, since hp doesnt have it on their site, and if anyone is selling they dont show the name of it

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On 6/21/2023 at 7:06 AM, MiszS said:

i dont know know the name of it, but its hp omen with i7 8700 and a 1050ti, bought in 2019, i tried but couldnt find the model of it, since hp doesnt have it on their site, and if anyone is selling they dont show the name of it

so its a laptop? the model number should be on the bottom of it. 

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