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