Article 5E1BZ Asus is killing off tiny easy-to-lose M.2 screws with this handy Q-Latch

Asus is killing off tiny easy-to-lose M.2 screws with this handy Q-Latch

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Sean Hollister
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Is there anything worse than repeatedly dropping the super tiny screw that lets you install an M.2 solid-state drive in your PC? Yes, but it's definitely up there on the list - and now, Asus has a solution.

It's called the Q-Latch, and it's about as simple as it gets: a plastic retaining lever that you can rotate into place with the single swipe of your thumb. You can get one in several of Asus' new Z590 and B560 motherboards, though it hasn't rolled out to the company's most expensive boards yet, as PCGamesN notes.

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- ROG Global (@ASUS_ROG) February 8, 2021

This isn't a brand-new idea, as the kind of business-oriented laptops and desktops that your sysadmin might have procured have sometimes featured...

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