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[74.188.244.109]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c16sm1366074qko.100.2020.06.05.19.06.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:06:31 -0700 (PDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Dale Subject: [gentoo-user] Hard drive screws Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=rdalek1967@gmail.com; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mQINBFxc7MgBEAC+zrgEdqJJiDe/UDAB+ScmferXWfJTVjbVT2T4DQ7jiLrgP9aNUo1HioNF mrU3JPOCR32gvZyTbY1+niO5+VSo/+pSqQ785h6ZDj1klMkrg6tEzGnf2MNBpBj4houZwxQ+ WDKKTg2M9F+lv8wTIdR/JQn+hSviktLMtrghQlyLhpapsLXWLA6gMFebpQYwxUwemvan8ddX lQvJe9FGyFYvBi0dp1gl10F2O+DVZJxvX8xkX+yImVlhVJiC31gXHRcj+Qlo7gprlU7TIieF Uow6/ZvYKJ26pztVdFCg5w0rMJkF/x8Zd4A6wnuptiAPmWaQ1+YKgYDonbDUgwqFSx5/lN5z DGZ4LlioxeUTTPVvZsqBIeDz6jNFA583OYbo1/S26dqrvTFf2DKlsvoDpVfAhNlwJPjoixs0 X3FNqPv+M10n4kq5Iz7Q9E3O4s/nfFIYGocEslVka7zZPkXSaHbsn+KJlY8XV6qxtCEdh0/V XX1+1aU2J74M0JikWhpwxTZ1dP5aOyWSPPEgFFIRW6xwwC02SoRH9a7mggfGYp/YjPlONNaT SCL8sgRfvmq3D0XTbLyTjSbExxkfKDmbePQagawDE3TlI/oivHf1JaAcbwMb3LZuU4TGcOIl 5D+x7q0MUIeCop0ZFOwAnqW3AVVNvsBkv2KN+IHJryWAf0/iMQARAQABtBtEYWxlIDxyZGFs ZWsxOTY3QGdtYWlsLmNvbT6JAk4EEwEIADgWIQTZ7suruPBaS60bCYXvEM/XWu+ZnAUCXFzs yAIbIwULCQgHAgYVCgkICwIEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRDvEM/XWu+ZnN+7D/4/1dNG4aCz0+v+ 0dcjV5tY1feYEWCdHKyDzxWBxlCpd/0NPRQeNY4VMjbCl/sq7GkXi/c2SbfWDQ5BQRkkExG1 pSwuXSIehGok/4fpTi3HDAguRvzdCqlKPt7me05FyiC/WnpY5GOlJ3ruGw2qABv/RmV2q5b/ tkq7h1y1f16DTNr3/nsj8HzHcrHdXdL4kaYChSOe/dbQR9Stqak7eMyR+iwvrJMNF/CGl70P 2x5ybsXMDzRVOqNcpa5ZdhEMTVh6+vC1SOmm1BFMF8XCqBEvBbcHWDQmGYTdNCsS/ADm8CBl gvjJgLdIsAzoMu4WHQDFnzXAoArqFWgAf53isOS4AWrv29tF9b8Aa1vb7h5JEa+ArcMsA6Gl X38+GY6WXXaxKI9n3PTCWu9tPGnRh7mABjnwEosDDqmzw8aTAYECb3avDuGY2rmcjgh4H6RE w08d63j1T4d5J9wlm4TGtW/VHgbUFkATEdH3Acl/EjFiyqTiX7p8kU6Reu5enIkogA93xoQh Rmy7ZiST/5LN+ZkaOdyjIw0L+5KalslN9SKt809YxgJ6kPo657LNTFPiFvFA46/SEWcBYrzq Xk0wEW0gBRWf+BqN0qRhU0/EQ+QfRdLLFg2xtUePwlheYLXxfyDLrdCCOLWYpkzbjCZHLS4u 69smbvR9S9KBDNzJybxEWrkCDQRcXOzIARAA5IGRWTqaM44IJgBYghZg2fGj0Am7KWPhE7V7 T/EEe7vVSUEFqHtlHzI4ZK6Q0AZ9uAEjE8IJIQ7KoTjzNqAtabP0vp3s0szgtJlsZ+8vGKlQ my7fvzSrdoQL0Xn7CEwJYFXJ1EMUcYIQeoHG1cUAaXx73k9BFbjwjnUeMrqlV/ZovQlg7duW nESfQ7HZu5NrtYyY3jPMUouxiO9WQPh+IHxZbt1absF2VcvRAymD32RxGvMPbw6ChMRD/p9O 4PH7M5rXaxr78NXQX9E48vrI00f1cYb9NSN1HnSV8cW3jKObVjdBk6jPQwrMvdpgdQhUB9aZ HS/9mC9mmAgiXKyCpzXe7FPB6QznSfn4GIaC/luy1e6SLUkJhRK/niB+gq+Mfxg2zXNuDUTI cMGmpDCp3kgUoorkaltk8RW09io95BkXrGhcDNuSGZfAParBc7RXyYpbIcax8St7tEAd2oFh 4seYOPUlzuhGrPpqR/91wrFc4E1260GKauSr4UhMJv6tygBwyC0mmBMKi+ZXw6ZdZxA5fg7y 35P3TILjznCXXTDgRHq9A3NknKRMcgFacX6eIhANkMFo6oJVjuEgy1dvu1wFfDq7c+i8GAHu L4pYzyXYu6PporlNNU0xSwdVgzM/uuK0lt+UxCimgC+YR3IezgDcbfudb7h9dGIwL+bbPL0A EQEAAYkCNgQYAQgAIBYhBNnuy6u48FpLrRsJhe8Qz9da75mcBQJcXOzIAhsMAAoJEO8Qz9da 75mcXZ4P/1YXgWDZek7mhzrf6uaQzMxa92P89HeWz4PlgB/32symeEFAV04WazzBZffI8AYY rGA1Xmu/2VaB9+FOODyKhUWBc2UL0NRWBk6POwboyTdKlclmpixaN9zLcBt0YLejoRfN1B/5 aQf9/lUDZMnAiCyz0FgeqEMUshldmwWC35RqnjrCbbuk2vIqSH6BLDIXU6jQrLHE1DF0ai41 wLtQFAFXPhn45n0ZwYhVs4Z32z4sjXrIvgBgCaXa4HM+L1Klne0KiNM8ReFTTpTE0SgyDOSZ O3MOa2n77i6JbVtsbiFYnNeP3J9S/l3jevGpZEtNQOKrIm1MW8jGuHWtsDeMkT/mCcSodlkt PxIo+mMK9GpGvG2hW80LiohqNfUbNwAmr3blOYY4URPXPRnEnPs4pmTmL5owjw2dkg145i9I D42Tq+XZ6YtWt3SGzGbAYow6XwTwZ5NFAzV9UQuCGrDw4KWan6O6Z+VIYWsn0UMZlu1Obxna aocofkaUCbISK26kImuD1aA8juSHC18Qv1xUage6/UakbSxyDtACqt6hOVFKX3IA59ApdNRT +2x3iCmlvF9MJsGgFq6IpqL+Fk7iWV8Kjbz0wQOId6N9+JdQh3LrLaS7a1PowUm1z9DK5/O0 Yg+gpDnEOOFI7WM5u7a7FSM2Z/LXGVwel/0eWvLk9tN6 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 21:06:30 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.2 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------80F50B8C4303FCAD05609C41" X-Archives-Salt: 8ffaf53a-890a-4100-9788-b9045c327527 X-Archives-Hash: 962f0fc80cdc911d351fee9905114271 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------80F50B8C4303FCAD05609C41 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 --------------80F50B8C4303FCAD05609C41 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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
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