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On Monday, 21 February 2022 10:20:42 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> On Sunday, 20 February 2022 22:53:02 GMT Miles Malone wrote: |
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> > The standard is #6-32 UNC for 3.5" harddrives, and most case-related |
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> > stuff including motherboard standoffs. It's M3 standard for 2.5" |
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> > harddrives, 5.25" optical drives, etc, etc. |
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> Useful info - thanks. |
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> > The lengths arent standard in general, though I imagine there's a |
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> > fairly standard harddrive length. |
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> > So you presumably want countersunk phillips head #6-32UNC screws of |
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> > appropriate length |
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> Countersunk - that's the operative word here, so I ended up googling for "M3 |
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> x 5 countersunk", taking a guess at the M3, and found a specialist |
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> supplier. |
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> They should arrive today, so fingers crossed. |
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They did. They have hex socket heads - but I have an Allen Key! |
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Nope - these stand proud as well. So I followed Mark K's link and found an |
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equivalent at Amazon UK. They should arrive tomorrow. (Another tomorrow.) |
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Last time this happened, two or three years ago, I asked the system builder |
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where I could buy these screws - he just bunged a few in the post. If all else |
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fails I'll have to do the same again. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |