Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive screws

[Jack <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net>]

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  Whether they are spinning rust, SSD or the outdated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
>