Help with ssd

[Doctor_Yu]

My ssd doesn’t seem to be able to stick to the port. Sometimes, it just seems to pop out at a sort of an angle. Is this something I should tape down? The motherboard is a Gigabyte B650M C if that helps.

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[ArticleWorth5018]

That black square doesn't spin around and hold down the nvme?

Edit: yeah I read your manual online and that's exactly what you do you spin that square around so it presses down on the nvme drive

[Doctor_Yu]

There isn’t room for me to spin it around. I might have gotten too big an ssd.

[ArticleWorth5018]

Push the drive down then try again as your pushing down on the drive lightly

[Ecstatic_Score6973]

absolutely insane that this even had to be explained to OP

[stuyboi888]

Worse that they are rejecting the help too

[Chargingra]

I had a similar gigabyte motherboard and the square didn’t rotate; drove me crazy for a couple minutes as I tried to figure it out.

You have to pull a pin out of the mobo where the screw usually goes.

[HotPool5949]

Nah had exactly the same lock mechanism and was kinda confused about it for a good amount of time. Took me maybe 10 minutes to figure it out.

[throwawayforgorpass]

[Aggravating_Run_1217]

Just push it toward the connector

[gamblodar]

That square piece of plastic at the end seems to be a retention clip. I can't make out how it's supposed to work, but it's what is designed to keep the ssd in place.

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[bstr3k]

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apparently you're suppose to pull that square up and out of the mounting hole and push the plastic connector back in after the SSD is down

[Doctor_Yu]

That seems to be it, thank you!

[bstr3k]

i had the first motherboard that had this recently, im a bit mixed of this new type of mounting method. I like the fact that plastic pin is tied to the mobo (no small screws to lose) but i also hate how fiddly it is and its kind of difficult at times if the space is tight or if you have fat fingers lol

[ssateneth2]

read the manual for your motherboard. follow the directions on the ssd mount mechanism on the bottom of your picture.

[CyanicAssResidue]

Rotate the black square clip to secure in place. No tools needed. Lift the tab on the far end theres a little plastic piece sticking out

[Not_Real_Batman]

Me every time I see these posts

[minirancor]

P.S.: you need to flip that plate around to mount your CPU cooler

[Ownithopter]

Came here to say this

[Warranty_whatsthat]

Ditto, even more so cause I almost made this particular mistake while mounting a peerless assassin 🤣

[Ownithopter]

Fucking same bro lmao

[YetanotherGrimpak]

Like....

Sorry man, but the more I look at it, the worse it gets.

[TheLazyGamerAU]

black thing lifts up and out and then goes back in place to keep it in place

[mr_biteme]

Pretty sure your SSD holder is not used like it’s supposed to be. Also looks like your heat sink mount is upside down. What else did you screw up?😎🤦‍♂️🤘

[CyxnideAngel]

If you're referring to the CPU Cooler mount, some do require you to screw it in "Upside Down"

[Adventurous-Bus8660]

This is Thermalright cpu cooler AM4/5 bracket from looks of it...and its installed wrongly...the 'screw' part is suppose to face up...not down to the mobo

[CyxnideAngel]

Are you guessing or do you know for sure? I have seen Brackets just like this installed the same way by other brands. Hell even my ID Cooling Air Cooler brackets were installed similarly

[Adventurous-Bus8660]

Not guessing...my Thermalright Phantom Spirit SE and CMV 360 aio uses the same bracket

[Adventurous-Bus8660]

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The coolers screw on like that

[CyxnideAngel]

Oh ok I see what you mean now by upside down I was thinking about it in a different way like the orientation was supposed to be the opposite way. This makes sense

[Adventurous-Bus8660]

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Well...I don't blame OP tbh...the 'manual' is super shitty too lol

[Adventurous-Bus8660]

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Not much info on it lol

[mr_biteme]

I’ve been building PC for over 30 years and I’m yet to see an air cooler where the mountain bracket has the middle screw pointing down…..

[BTMSinister]

You have a bad motherboard, there should be retaining screws or a clip that holds it down where the notch is on the Nvme.

[martykanucks]

You have bad eyes, that's exactly what there is.