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September 21st, 2017 08:00

Dell OptiPlex 7040 SFF screw for M.2?

I have purchased Samsung EVO 960 NVMe M.2 for my OptiPlex 7040 SFF, its working fine but the problem is I cant seem to find the screw that will secure the SSD card to the system board. Is it placed somewhere else? Where can I get it? Is it not really included and it should be purchased?

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September 21st, 2017 08:00

It won't be there if the system was ordered without an M.2 drive -- it's an M2 X 2.5 screw that most computer shops should have for sale.

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September 22nd, 2017 09:00

Is that really the size? The hole is very small. Smaller than the diameter of toothpick. If you remove half centimeter of the toothpick tip, I think that's the size of it. Perhaps 1mm or smaller. Actually I already tried smallest screw I can see on my old laptop but none of them fit.

Here's the pic --> tinypic.com/view.php

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September 23rd, 2017 22:00

It's a laptop screw. You can buy one on eBay, like I did for mine.

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September 24th, 2017 10:00

thanks for your feedback. can you send me the link of the exact item you bought in eBay. so that will be able to know the exact size. Thanks!

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