On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 15:05:09 -0600, Dale wrote: > I'll add this just to show how confusing this is. My old DVD burner and > new Blu-ray burner uses a different screw than the hard drives. Luckily > my case has slots for hard drives but my external enclosures require > screws which is how I know they are different. Some will work fine with > what looks like a bolt head while others, like yours, require a counter > sunk screw head that sits flat. Generally, the local home type stores > don't have any of this either. I checked my local Lowes once. They > have tiny screws but either the head is wrong, the threads, length or > something. > > It is annoying. I ended up getting two types of screws. One that fits > my DVD/Blu-ray drive and one that fits a hard drive, so far at least. I > mostly have WD and Seagate. Some other brand may have something > different. The one I have that seems to work best is this: 6/32 6-32 > 6#-32 I put all the combinations of that just in case. The most common > is 6-32 but could vary by website. Your mileage may vary tho. > > My advice, buy a grab bag of hardware for puters. Then pray. Or, find > what should fit, even if it is more than one type, order them all. I > have collected a storage bin full of screws over the years. I got case > type screws covered but drives seem to be different. > > Why can't they pick one screw type and make it the standard???
Why have one standard when you can have many? ;-) Seriously thought, there is a standard size for hard drives and a standard size for optical/floppy drives. I've got plenty of each that have accumulated over the years, so if Peter lives in my neck of the woods he can come and help himself :) Otherwise, I've found Amazon a good source of fastener selection boxes. -- Neil Bothwick "Bad dog! Leave that wire alone.....click.....###@*##....NO TERRIER
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