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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 x |
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5 countersunk", taking a guess at the M3, and found a specialist supplier. |
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They should arrive today, so fingers crossed. |
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Thanks all. |
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Once again I must apologise for polluting a software list with common |
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hardware. <sniff> |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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