Were you thinking about this? https://xkcd.com/927/
On 2020.06.05 22:24, William Kenworthy wrote:
No, there are a lot of different sizes used across brands - and there
are metric and imperial threads which is likely the cause of your
almost
fitting ones.
What standard? - if don't like it, wait a few minutes and another will
come along ...
:)
BillK
On 6/6/20 10:06 am, Dale wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I know this sounds like a silly question and I never thought I would
> have to ask such a basic question like this. I bought a external
hard
> drive enclosure and was trying to install a hard drive I had laying
> around. The screws that come with the enclosure doesn't fit. The
> screws have a coarse thread and it seems the drive case has fine
> threads. It's the only screws that come with it so it has to be for
> that purpose. Anyway, I dug around my screw bin and found a few
> screws that fit better but still not quite right. I went to ebay
and
> typed in 100 hard drive screws. I want to buy a bag of them to have
> around when I need them. It's amazing what I got for results. Some
> list a brand they fit. Some say laptop, few mention a desktop
> system. Looking at pics, some seem to be coarse thread, some sort
of
> fine thread. Some standard, some metric. Some are phillips head
and
> some look like allen type or star type heads. I'm sitting here
> wondering, is this nuts or what? Pardon the pun there. It's just
> crazy. lol
>
> Is there not a standard sized screw that should fit all 3.5" and
even
> 2.5" drives?? Whether they are spinning rust, SSD or the outdated
> floppy drives. Are they THAT different or are the pictures
> misleading? If there is a standard or does WD take one size screw
> while Seagate takes another and Toshiba yet another? If someone has
> found a size that fits them all, could you please share the sizes
or a
> link so I can have something to go by? I already have a few hundred
> screws that don't fit. I really don't need yet another 100 to add
to
> the don't fit anything pile.
>
> What happened to the simple days where things would just fit like
they
> should?? ^_O
>
> Thanks for any hints.
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
> P. S. The enclosure I got is a eSATA or USB type. I use the eSATA
> connector. Found it on Amazon and it's a Rosewill. The enclosure
not
> long ago was about $60 each. I got two for $54 with free shipping.
> It has a temp controlled fan too. I bought other USB only
enclosures
> that wasn't worth the shipping much less the cost of the item. I
> think I had one that worked fairly well but was really slow. Maybe
it
> was USB2 but I suspect it was defaulting to USB1. A few others
failed
> after a short time, I suspect USB issues myself. I still need to
run
> up on a good deal on a PMR type 8TB drive, designed for 24/7 use. I
> need to expand /home. It's at 70% right now. o_O
