Where can I buy extra riser screws and retaining screws for M2 format drives?

LazyLion

LazyLion

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I need to buy a whole bunch of these screws for a big project.
And please don't say they come with the motherboard or the M2 drives - because they very often don't.
I don't want to be scrambling around for these things.
Just want to have them on hand.
 
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I battled with this sort of thing. Not for m.2 drives though, the screws for normal hard drives.

What I eventually succeeded with was going to all the little computer repair shops in town and offering to buy their spares. I've got a handy little stock now. Couldn't find any for sale formally.
 
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newby_investor said:
I battled with this sort of thing. Not for m.2 drives though, the screws for normal hard drives.

What I eventually succeeded with was going to all the little computer repair shops in town and offering to buy their spares. I've got a handy little stock now. Couldn't find any for sale formally.
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Ja, I have an ice cream box filled with all those little screws.

But for these M2 drives.... nada... can't find anything that works.
They are really tiny screws.

I've asked at the Computer Shops... they don't sell them separately... and they all say... "use the ones that came with your motherboard" / Facepalm.
 
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LazyLion said:
Ja, I have an ice cream box filled with all those little screws.

But for these M2 drives.... nada... can't find anything that works.
They are really tiny screws.

I've asked at the Computer Shops... they don't sell them separately... and they all say... "use the ones that came with your motherboard" / Facepalm.
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Yeah it took me a while to even find someone that had hard drive screws that they were willing to sell. I literally bought the spares that they had lying around in their lab.
 
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M.2 SSD screw

I've just built a new custom PC with 2 M.2 slots. I'm about to add another M.2 SSD but am missing the screw. I guess it's one of these: https://www.amazon.com/ZRM-Motherboard-Mounting-Accessories-Screwdriver/dp/B07BVRGVWY . Any idea where I can buy one of these screws (or a couple) in Cape Town?
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