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.

Thanks all.

Once again I must apologise for polluting a software list with common 
hardware. <sniff>

-- 
Regards,
Peter.




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