ASRock Z97 Extreme6 M.2 support question.

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   It appears as though my motherboard may have only come with just 1 set, of screws... for the m.2 mounting.

Going through my box now which I kept with all the extra spare parts and such, and I have found 3 little tiny plastic bags.

Each bag contains 1 screw, though neither of them are labeled.

2 of the screws appear to be identical, while the third looks smaller.

I am presuming these are the 3 needed to secure the M.2 cards, but is my board supposed to come with more then just 3, and are they supposed to be different sizes?

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Naz75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 Dec 2015 Location: Atlanta, GA Status: Offline Points: 292	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naz75 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 1:30am
	It appears as though my motherboard may have only come with just 1 set, of screws... for the m.2 mounting. Going through my box now which I kept with all the extra spare parts and such, and I have found 3 little tiny plastic bags. Each bag contains 1 screw, though neither of them are labeled. 2 of the screws appear to be identical, while the third looks smaller. I am presuming these are the 3 needed to secure the M.2 cards, but is my board supposed to come with more then just 3, and are they supposed to be different sizes?

DooRules Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Nov 2015 Location: Newfoundland Status: Offline Points: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote DooRules Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 1:40am
	on my board only one screw needed per M2 drive, or slot... the drive you have linked also requires only one screw per drive, at the end, drive slots in on one end and you screw the other end down to mobo You can see the 950 mounted here... Edited by DooRules - 13 Dec 2015 at 1:50am

parsec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 May 2015 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 4996	Post Options Post Reply Quote parsec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 2:37am
	I have a Z97 Extreme6 too. It has two M.2 ports, so only two small screws are needed, one for each of the two threaded standoffs, as DooRules pointed out. M.2 drives come in different lengths, which is why there are multiple nuts mounted in to the board to accept the threaded standoff that I mentioned. Each nut is covered by a tiny yellow plastic cap disk, which you remove and move the standoff into for different length M.2 cards. On your board if you look between the PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots, there is an mSATA port. There is another nut mounted in the board with the yellow cap that is offset from the nuts in a straight line for the M.2 card. The third different screw is used to secure an mSATA card mounted in the mSATA port, with the offset nut mounted in the board.


Naz75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 Dec 2015 Location: Atlanta, GA Status: Offline Points: 292	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naz75 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 4:02am
	I appreciate the responses guys! I picked up one of the 850 EVO 500GB m.2's this afternoon to try it out. If all goes well, and I can get my existing Plextor imaged over to it, to use as the boot drive, then I may go buy a second one in a day or two. One more question though, well hopefully last one. At present I am on UEFI v1.7 Naturally I plan to update it; but will I lose all my custom settings or will or remember those after the update? Edited by Naz75 - 13 Dec 2015 at 4:03am

DooRules Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Nov 2015 Location: Newfoundland Status: Offline Points: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote DooRules Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 4:10am
	on my board there is a setting in the bios to save all settings to hard drive, i have tried it and it works well, not sure if you have the same

Naz75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 Dec 2015 Location: Atlanta, GA Status: Offline Points: 292	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naz75 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 4:19am
	I do, and I did that already just to be prepared! Thanks again!

Naz75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 Dec 2015 Location: Atlanta, GA Status: Offline Points: 292	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naz75 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 4:56am
	Well so far so good! UEFI update went flawless. Samsung 850 EVO M.2 installed, no problems there; detected in the UEFI so awesome. Booted to Windows which saw the drive immediately and allowed me to format it and I am now using Samsung's data cloning software to clone my existing Plextor SSD on to the new Evo which looks like it will be about a 15min process. Soon as its done I plan to set the M.2 as the bootable drive. Edit for just a quick side note: I did not install into the Ultra M.2 slot, yet... just installed in the second one cause it was easily accessible without removing my GPU and Sound Blaster. According to Samsung's software, it is cloning at a rate of about 205MB/S. Edited by Naz75 - 13 Dec 2015 at 5:00am

Naz75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 12 Dec 2015 Location: Atlanta, GA Status: Offline Points: 292	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naz75 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 5:19am
	Absolutely flawless! Windows up and running very fast!

DooRules Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Nov 2015 Location: Newfoundland Status: Offline Points: 122	Post Options Post Reply Quote DooRules Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Dec 2015 at 5:46am
	Great news and a great job done there.