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On 6/7/20 5:24 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> antlists wrote: |
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>> On 07/06/2020 10:50, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>> On 7 June 2020 09:41:16 CEST, antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>>>> On 06/06/2020 20:14, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>>>> One of my old cases had plastic strips with little sticks on them |
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>>>> that would fit into the screwholes. Those strips would then slot into |
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>>>> the mounting points for the disks. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> No messing around with screws and really easy to swap drives. They |
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>>>> would be perfectly mounted as well. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Too bad I don't see the same with most other cases. |
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>>>> I remember that. Compaqs with 75 MEGA Hz cpu's iirc. |
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>>>> Cheers, |
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>>>> Wol |
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>>> |
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>>> Not just Compaq. I think mine was a coolermaster case at the time. |
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>>> Toolless hotswap is a useful feature when regularly swapping drives. |
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>>> |
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>> These weren't hotswap (just ordinary IDE), but it's a damn sight |
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>> easier putting the rails on a drive on a desk, rather than putting the |
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>> screws in a drive in a case :-) |
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>> |
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>> Cheers, |
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>> Wol |
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>> |
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> My Cooler Master HAF-932 has no screws for drives either.� It has those |
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> plastic frames with these rubber and metal pins that take the place of |
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> screws.� Once the frame is inserted into the drive cage, those pins |
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> can't let go of the drive.� I might add, if the pins are inserted |
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> properly, the plastic frame won't go into the cage either. I like the |
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> design part but I hope the plastic part never breaks. They ain't cheap |
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> or easy to find at times. |
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> Oh, my mobo supports hot swap SATA so all are hot swappable too. I'm not |
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> sure if I have a IDE connector.� It might but I'm not sure. |
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> |
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> Dale |
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> :-)� :-) |
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Dale, |
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It's a bit late now, but here goes. When I spend money, I always request |
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the entire box of parts, for the mobo, drives, gpu cards, etc etc. Most |
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vendors will talk to direct, over email, chat etc. I then have plastic |
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organizer boxes with dozens or more small compartments and lids to these |
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boxes. So I save all sorts of screws, from 30 years back to now, always. |
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It's a bit of an extreme, but as an avid hardware hacker, I use those |
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collections, almost weekly to fix/enhance mounts, cases, antennas and |
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all sorts of custom rigs....... |
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Also, you can find collections of such for less than $50 on the net. |
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Great to have, but I have over 1,000 sq. ft. or more of all sorts of new |
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and old hardware I've collected up over the decades. Skycraft in Orlando |
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is just one of many great places to purchase inexpensive excess hardware. |
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https://skycraftsurplus.com/ |
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Also, local computer shops will sell you hordes of excess screws and |
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such; just talk to them. When you are spending money, it is real easy to |
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collect up excess screws and such from most vendors, for next to nothing. |
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But then, I hardware hack of hundreds/thousands of different hardware |
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systems. |
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hth, |
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James |
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