That's quite strange... Why should end users be expected to have proper equipment and required skills to do some soldering? That could also easily void the warranty.

Are the mounting studs in the picture you've provided supposed to be soldered by end users? I'm finding it rather hard to believe that's the case; those studs are more likely supposed to be fastened to the PCB using another set of screws just as it's the case on, for example, computer motherboards o...

Hm, everything points to using M2 screws for the RB14e as well. Thank you for all your input, I'll try again with some other M2 screws and report back.

Thank you so much for the picture! Please have a look at a picture of the RB14e boards I've bought, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/RouterBOARD_RB14e%2C_top_view.jpg , which shows some weird-looking covers/caps placed over the mounting studs. I really wonder why those caps are th...

True that, but no screws were included with the RB14e boards, which have Mini PCIe slots on them. I'd really need to know what screws are required so I can order them on eBay or somewhere else online, as the somewhat standard-for-that-purpose M2 screws don't seem to fit the RB14e boards.

Each forced shutdown (due to a power outage or yanking out a power cord) introduces chances for the router's file system to be currupted. Thus, graceful shutdowns should be performed whenever possible.

Perhaps the router's serial port could be used for that purpose; see http://www.papouch.com/en/shop/product/ ... -mikrotik/ , which is a product that allows monitoring of an external switch, confirming that serial ports are usable for such purposes.

Anyone, pretty please?

Hello everyone! I've received no mounting screws either with the RB14e adapter boards or R11e-2HPnD Mini PCIe cards I've recently purchased, so I wonder what size are the screws for securing Mini PCIe cards to RB14e? I've tried some M2 screws I had around, but they didn't fit. Out of curiosity, why ...