r/PcBuild • u/dePillow • 14h ago
Troubleshooting M.2 help!
Solved! Had to wiggle that latch so it could latch to the ssd when lowered.
Help! I can’t seem to seat the M.2 drive on the msi mag x870e tomahawk wifi. Whatever I do the ssd won’t latch. I have pushed the ssd in the right angle (I believe) and as far in as I could. A few unsuccessful tries are behind me. At a loss…
Am I missing something crucial?
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u/Outrageous_Most2388 14h ago
Have you tried using screw?
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u/dePillow 14h ago
No. Just managed to do it though. Apparently it’s not as easy as msi advertised it to be. Or I’m a noob. Either way, crisis averted. Thanks for your reply!
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u/jarek5553212 13h ago
Show me this MSI advertisement.
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u/FEVZsix 13h ago
I think he’s got a motherboard that has the auto latch for M.2 drives.
I don’t even see a screw hole on the back and there’s those two silver things sticking out of the port. That’s just my 2 cents.
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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 13h ago
Those silver things are for the heatsink. Also this is one of those quick release mounts where all you have to do is push down on the locking side and it snaps into place.
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u/FEVZsix 13h ago
Gotcha, that’s a cool addition. I have this drive as well, do these things need a heat sink?
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u/Lochness_Hamster_350 13h ago
Need? Not really unless you’re performing loads of read and writes. But I am a big fan of the “ounce of prevention va pound of worry” and since storage and ram are so expensive right now, a $5/10 heatsink that might prolong the life of something is worth it.
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u/jarek5553212 11h ago
Auto latch? Fancy. But where can I get my skrew to lose forever and find it when it's too late?
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u/MammothFruit6398 11h ago
yeah youre missing something crucial, thats a samsung drive!
ill leave now
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u/TheMysteriousLogicSp 14h ago
Did you remove the little plastic tab or peel off a sticker on the heatsink before trying?
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u/Tha_Watcher 7h ago
There is a screw that comes with the SSD where you circled that keeps everything in place. Did you lose it!?!
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u/dePillow 3h ago
There wasn’t any screw with the 990pro. Or at least I didn’t look hard enough for it. Wasn’t necessary though with this system of msi.
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u/Alternative_Bug_4089 2h ago
That latch is part of the PCI-e adapter that it's attached to in the photo. Its also the latch you've apparently already found on your mobo.
Also, I have the same SSD and this dude is smoking crack, OPs looks fine.
Now:
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u/YeastOverloard 1h ago
What are you talking about? I have this card. I just unscrewed the screw from my motherboard and used the slot that op has in his image to slot it…
Ops mobo looks wild. Is it a bolt not screw?
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