Using M.2 SSD without screw.

[cameronsteltzlen82]

Any dangers to using a M.2 without a screw, just kinda springed up like that?
I don't want to continue to use it if it could damage itself or the motherboard.
I know it could move just a little out of place and lose data, but besides that.

 

[popatim]

Look in your case & motherbd baggies for one or Buy a screw if one isn't already screwed into one of the holes for it.

 

[USAFRet]

Any dangers to using a M.2 without a screw, just kinda springed up like that?
I don't want to continue to use it if it could damage itself or the motherboard.
I know it could move just a little out of place and lose data, but besides that.

It's going to vibrate ever so slightly, and fall out of the slot.
Hitting something else and shorting it out.

 

[BFG-9000]

It's not just vibration that does it but thermal cycling will push it out of the slot too, and SSDs can run really hot.

Computers back when dinosaurs roamed the earth used SIPP and DIPP memory that just pressed in via friction. Those would work themselves out of their sockets and have to be pressed back in occasionally.