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On 2022.02.20 16:05, Dale wrote: |
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> Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > Hello list, |
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> > |
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> > This has nothing to do with Gentoo, but I don't know where else to |
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> ask. |
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> > |
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> > I have a couple of vertically mounted easy-swap disk caddies in the |
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> back of my |
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> > workstation, and I'm having trouble finding screws to mount the |
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> disk in the |
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> > caddy. Clearance is nil, so the screws must be countersunk so they |
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> aren't |
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> > proud of the surface. They seem to be m3 perhaps 5mm long. |
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> > |
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> > I just can't find any via Google. Can anyone in UK please help out? |
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> I'll add this just to show how confusing this is. My old DVD burner |
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> and |
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> new Blu-ray burner uses a different screw than the hard drives. |
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> Luckily |
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> my case has slots for hard drives but my external enclosures require |
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> screws which is how I know they are different. Some will work fine |
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> with |
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> what looks like a bolt head while others, like yours, require a |
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> counter |
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> sunk screw head that sits flat. Generally, the local home type stores |
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> don't have any of this either. I checked my local Lowes once. They |
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> have tiny screws but either the head is wrong, the threads, length or |
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> something. |
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> It is annoying. I ended up getting two types of screws. One that |
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> fits |
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> my DVD/Blu-ray drive and one that fits a hard drive, so far at |
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> least. I |
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> mostly have WD and Seagate. Some other brand may have something |
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> different. The one I have that seems to work best is this: 6/32 6-32 |
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> 6#-32 I put all the combinations of that just in case. The most |
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> common |
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> is 6-32 but could vary by website. Your mileage may vary tho. |
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> My advice, buy a grab bag of hardware for puters. Then pray. Or, |
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> find |
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> what should fit, even if it is more than one type, order them all. I |
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> have collected a storage bin full of screws over the years. I got |
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> case |
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> type screws covered but drives seem to be different. |
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> Why can't they pick one screw type and make it the standard??? |
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But that's the great thing about standards - there are so many of |
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them. (https://xkcd.com/927/ which I think has been posted here before) |
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> Hope that helps. |
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> Dale |
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Have you tried asking at a local PC shop? They might just hand you a |
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few from the piles on their workbench. |
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