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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Hard drive screws
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:09:06
Message-Id: reus92$8sj$1@ciao.gmane.io
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive screws by Dale
1 On 2020-07-18, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Thing is, the first bag of screws I ordered didn't have any size
4 > info only that they should fit a hard drive, SDD and possibly a
5 > laptop, if there is any difference between a hard drive/SDD going in
6 > a laptop as opposed to a desktop.
7
8 "Laptop" drives are traditionally 2.5" platters and use metric (M3) screws.
9
10 "Desktop" drives are traditionally 3.6" platters and use SAE (6-32) screws.
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13 Grant

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