james wrote: > On 6/7/20 5:24 PM, Dale wrote: >> antlists wrote: >>> On 07/06/2020 10:50, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>>> On 7 June 2020 09:41:16 CEST, antlists >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 06/06/2020 20:14, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>>>>> One of my old cases had plastic strips with little sticks on them >>>>> that would fit into the screwholes. Those strips would then slot into >>>>> the mounting points for the disks. >>>>>> >>>>>> No messing around with screws and really easy to swap drives. They >>>>> would be perfectly mounted as well. >>>>>> >>>>>> Too bad I don't see the same with most other cases. >>>>> >>>>> I remember that. Compaqs with 75 MEGA Hz cpu's iirc. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Wol >>>> >>>> Not just Compaq. I think mine was a coolermaster case at the time. >>>> >>>> Toolless hotswap is a useful feature when regularly swapping drives. >>>> >>> These weren't hotswap (just ordinary IDE), but it's a damn sight >>> easier putting the rails on a drive on a desk, rather than putting >>> the screws in a drive in a case :-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Wol >>> >>> >> >> >> My Cooler Master HAF-932 has no screws for drives either.� It has >> those plastic frames with these rubber and metal pins that take the >> place of screws.� Once the frame is inserted into the drive cage, >> those pins can't let go of the drive.� I might add, if the pins are >> inserted properly, the plastic frame won't go into the cage either. I >> like the design part but I hope the plastic part never breaks. They >> ain't cheap or easy to find at times. >> >> Oh, my mobo supports hot swap SATA so all are hot swappable too. I'm >> not sure if I have a IDE connector.� It might but I'm not sure. >> >> Dale >> >> :-)� :-) > > Dale, > > It's a bit late now, but here goes. When I spend money, I always > request the entire box of parts, for the mobo, drives, gpu cards, etc > etc. Most vendors will talk to direct, over email, chat etc. I then > have plastic organizer boxes with dozens or more small compartments > and lids to these boxes. So I save all sorts of screws, from 30 years > back to now, always. It's a bit of an extreme, but as an avid hardware > hacker, I use those collections, almost weekly to fix/enhance mounts, > cases, antennas and all sorts of custom rigs....... > > Also, you can find collections of such for less than $50 on the net. > Great to have, but I have over 1,000 sq. ft. or more of all sorts of > new and old hardware I've collected up over the decades. Skycraft in > Orlando is just one of many great places to purchase inexpensive > excess hardware. > > https://skycraftsurplus.com/ > > Also, local computer shops will sell you hordes of excess screws and > such; just talk to them. When you are spending money, it is real easy > to collect up excess screws and such from most vendors, for next to > nothing. > > But then, I hardware hack of hundreds/thousands of different hardware > systems. > > > hth, > James > > I have a small toolbox that I take if I go work on someone else's computer somewhere.  It has a small plastic compartment box in it along with a few other common things.  I have a lot of screws, bolts, nuts and washers that I've pulled from puters over the years.  Hard drives, floppys, cases, fans and no telling what else.  Thing is, when I was trying to install that drive, not one of the thousands of screws I have would fit.  I have them sorted somewhat by size and thread.  Still, none seemed to fit right.  The one thing I didn't want to do was mess up the threads.  Worse yet, the hard drive come lose and start flopping around in the enclosure doing who knows what damage wise.  That's not to include all the stuff I have in a 20x40' shop.  Then I have another 10x10' building that I keep quite a bit of electronic gear in.  Still, couldn't find a screw to fit. It would seem to me that there would be some sort of standard for this sort of thing.  They have a standard width and even length.  Heck, most are the same thickness as well.  Why not use the same type of screws??  lol  I guess I need to put the word out that I need newer junked puters to tear apart.  I may not be able to use the cases or anything but at least maybe I can get some hard drive screws out of it.  Be my luck, I'd get all the same brand and them be some weird size no one else uses.  :/ I'll check out that link tho.  I just may have to invest in larger bins.  Dale :-)  :-)