From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72B621382C5 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2020 12:43:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 30016E0950; Sat, 6 Jun 2020 12:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from turkos.aspodata.se (turkos.aspodata.se [185.140.117.226]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EA18E0885 for ; Sat, 6 Jun 2020 12:42:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from turkos.aspodata.se (localhost.aspodata.se [127.0.0.1]) by turkos.aspodata.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id B31FA8197E95; Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:42:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: by turkos.aspodata.se (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9C8D58266B3D; Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:42:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.7+dev X-Exmh-Isig-CompType: repl X-Exmh-Isig-Folder: inbox From: karl@aspodata.se To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org cc: karl@aspodata.se Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive screws In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Dale message dated "Fri, 05 Jun 2020 21:06:30 -0500." Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <20200606124250.9C8D58266B3D@turkos.aspodata.se> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:42:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Archives-Salt: 71fdfa6b-7720-4077-a57e-d310550a06a9 X-Archives-Hash: b0a1914dac2d0e985e7e1d66ada02f2b Dale: ... > Is there not a standard sized screw that should fit all 3.5" and even > 2.5" drives?? ... The threads used is UNC 6-32 [1] and M3 [2], where the UNC ones are used for 3.5" hard drives and M3 for CD and 2.5" drives. There might be others also, but I havn't seen thoose. The above just tells us how the thread is done, but not how long it is. Regards, /Karl Hammar [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Thread_Standard [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_metric_screw_thread