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M2 plastic film removal

TheBlahBlah
Level 9

Hi

Going to install 990 Pro 2TB which is single sided onto Z590-E M2_1 slot

As I see on the M2_1 slot both sides have plastic film?

 

So should I remove both upper and lower plastic film from M2_1 slot?

Or upper side only to match 990 Pro single sided?

Thanks

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Nate152
Moderator

You're correct, I deleted my post.

It would go here.

The manual says to remove both film on the thermal pads, the lower one and the one on the heatsink.

m.2 latch.png

 

 

 

TheBlahBlah
Level 9

Yep, the included:

https://www.sparepartworld.com/laptop-spare-parts/product/product-13020-00096300-91442949

Screw is smaller than the one on the board and won't tight inside

So the only way is the existing screw on the board which is shown on the first post?

Thanks 🙂

 

Nate152
Moderator

It looks like you can remove the black screw and the screw stand to use it at the 2280 length.

M.2 screw.png

m.2 latch.png

 

 

 

 

TheBlahBlah
Level 9

Hi

Seems no need to play with the black screw

First see the whole image please

P_20250114_193841_vHDR_Auto~2.jpg

See the difference between m2 slot 1 and 3?

M2_1 does not have a Q Latch at all

All mobo copies are the same or mine is defected?

Anyway finally I've come up with this setup, correct?

P_20250114_194333_vHDR_Auto~2.jpg

Thanks a lot 🙂

Nate152
Moderator

I'm not sure why the Q-Latch screws are too small, you have installed a screw stand correct?

As long as the heatsink can make contact with the ssd, this will be ok.

You can try that, when you get it up and running, you can install HWinfo and check your drive temperature.

I'm using the motherboard heatsinks as well, here is my ssd temperature at idle.

Click the pic to make it bigger.

drive temp.png

 

 

 

TheBlahBlah
Level 9

This latest picture is what was present on the mobo.

There was a single extra Q Latch in the box which was smaller in size of screw.

Seems M2_1 does not have a Q-Latch like M2_3, seems shall confirm with support, but thanks for all the kind advise 🙂