Threaded Standoffs are more commonly used in electronics, they are used to raise printed circuit boards above a surface. The insulating parts of a Standoff prevent electrical shorts by acting as a spacer and ensuring that the two components do not touch each other. Types of Standoff

M.2 screws, a relatively new addition to the menagerie of things that you have to screw into your motherboard.As the name implies, they’re screws designated to screw in M.2 drives into your motherboard. And they can be a right nuisance at times because they have a tendency to magically disappear when you actually need them. If you’re handy at all in any way, you most likely have an assortment of screws you’ve collected over the years. If you just want to make sure the drive stays where you put it and want something that’s lowkey. This is an option. These are some tips to make it work (temporarily), but I don’t recommend doing them if at all possible, and if you do, make sure that you don’t just leave it like that.

This is baffling since—if what you are saying is true—the M.2 mounting screw being fused makes no sense; it should simply be a standoff with a small screw in it. This is certainly not recommended for any serious or long-term use, but can be done for short sessions of data copying or if your screw is arriving the next day. FAQ Do You Need a Standoff for M.2 SSDs? Female-Female - Standoffs are available in both standard and swaged configurations. Swaged standoffs have one end that has been swaged (shaped by a device known as a swage) which looks like the male end of a female-male standoff. The main difference between the swaged female-female standoff and female-male standoffs is that the former has internal threads. Get some actual M.2 screws and do it right. But in the meantime… Look for Old Small Screws in Your HomeScrewing it in is just a precaution to make sure that the drive doesn’t get dislodged if you accidentally bump into your PC or something. Some motherboards don’t have standoffs. Some do, and you need to install them. Some come with them pre-installed. And so on. Your point-of-view on the cost of these screws is understandable in broad terms. But I am pretty sure that kind of “89 cent per-bag” pricing is for very commonly available screws; not for odd-ball parts like this.