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james wrote: |
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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> |
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>>>> 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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>>>>>> Too bad I don't see the same with most other cases. |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> I remember that. Compaqs with 75 MEGA Hz cpu's iirc. |
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>>>>> |
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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 |
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>>> the screws in a drive in a case :-) |
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>>> Cheers, |
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>>> Wol |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>> My Cooler Master HAF-932 has no screws for drives either.� It has |
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>> those plastic frames with these rubber and metal pins that take the |
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>> place of screws.� Once the frame is inserted into the drive cage, |
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>> those pins can't let go of the drive.� I might add, if the pins are |
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>> inserted properly, the plastic frame won't go into the cage either. I |
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>> like the design part but I hope the plastic part never breaks. They |
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>> ain't cheap 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 |
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>> not sure if I have a IDE connector.� It might but I'm not sure. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-)� :-) |
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> |
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> Dale, |
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> |
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> It's a bit late now, but here goes. When I spend money, I always |
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> request the entire box of parts, for the mobo, drives, gpu cards, etc |
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> etc. Most vendors will talk to direct, over email, chat etc. I then |
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> have plastic organizer boxes with dozens or more small compartments |
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> and lids to these boxes. So I save all sorts of screws, from 30 years |
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> back to now, always. It's a bit of an extreme, but as an avid hardware |
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> hacker, I use those collections, almost weekly to fix/enhance mounts, |
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> cases, antennas and 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 |
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> new and old hardware I've collected up over the decades. Skycraft in |
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> Orlando is just one of many great places to purchase inexpensive |
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> 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 |
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> to collect up excess screws and such from most vendors, for next to |
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> 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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I have a small toolbox that I take if I go work on someone else's |
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computer somewhere. It has a small plastic compartment box in it along |
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with a few other common things. I have a lot of screws, bolts, nuts and |
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washers that I've pulled from puters over the years. Hard drives, |
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floppys, cases, fans and no telling what else. Thing is, when I was |
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trying to install that drive, not one of the thousands of screws I have |
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would fit. I have them sorted somewhat by size and thread. Still, none |
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seemed to fit right. The one thing I didn't want to do was mess up the |
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threads. Worse yet, the hard drive come lose and start flopping around |
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in the enclosure doing who knows what damage wise. That's not to |
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include all the stuff I have in a 20x40' shop. Then I have another |
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10x10' building that I keep quite a bit of electronic gear in. Still, |
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couldn't find a screw to fit. |
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It would seem to me that there would be some sort of standard for this |
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sort of thing. They have a standard width and even length. Heck, most |
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are the same thickness as well. Why not use the same type of screws?? |
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lol |
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I guess I need to put the word out that I need newer junked puters to |
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tear apart. I may not be able to use the cases or anything but at least |
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maybe I can get some hard drive screws out of it. Be my luck, I'd get |
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all the same brand and them be some weird size no one else uses. :/ |
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I'll check out that link tho. I just may have to invest in larger bins. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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