Types of screws in Supermicro and the force of pressure (N-m / lbf-in)

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Types of Screws

  • Intel Xeon Scalable: T-20 Torx
  • Intel Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen: T-30 Torx
  • Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen: T-30 Torx
  • Intel Xeon W-3400/W-2400: T-30 Torx
  • AMD Epyc SP3: T-20 Torx
  • AMD Epyc SP5: T-20 Torx
  • 3.5" HDD: PH2
  • 2.5" HDD: PH2
  • Motherboard: PH2
  • Riser card: PH2
  • Backplane: PH2
  • PDB: PH2
  • PWS: PH2
  • Expansion cards: PH2

Force of Pressure (N-m / lbf-in)

  • Intel Xeon Scalable: 1.3558N-m (12 lbf-in)
  • Intel Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen: 8 lbf-in
  • Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen: 12 lbf-in
  • Intel Xeon W-3400/W-2400: 8 lbf-in
  • AMD Epyc SP3: 1.58 N-m (14 lbf-in)
  • AMD Epyc SP5: 1.46 N-m (10.85~13.01 lbf-in)
  • Motherboards (MBD): 0.903878 N-m (8 lbf-in)
  • Hard drives (HDD): 0.49 N-m (4.3369 lbf-in)