Missing M.2 spacer

Hardware HDD's & SSD's
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Hello,

I find myself in a bit of a pickle. I recently bought a second M.2 SSD but while my motherboard (ASRock x370 Taichi) has a second slot, this slot is missing a spacer.

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As you can see, not only is it missing a spacer but also the copper-colored nuts which are present in slot 1. The board did come with a second m.2 screw, for whatever good that does me.

According to the Manual, both slots should be equipped with the same nuts & spacer.

The board is already over 2 years old, so I don’t know if there is any use in trying to contact ASRock support, so does anyone here have any advice on how to work around this issue?

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They can’t do more than say “no”, contact them.

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Go to a local computer store or something and ask them if they can help. Here every store have it’s own repair shop and they usually have a lot of spare parts, stuff like that they don’t even charge for.
You can try if nothing else…

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Worst case there is kits with a number of standoffs and screws for fairly cheap. Assuming you are in the US.

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