[Discuss] How do I determine what hard drive screws I need?

[Scott Ehrlich]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Mark Woodward <markw at mohawksoft.com> writes:
>
>> On 09/29/2011 02:34 AM, John Abreau wrote:
>>> I've got an HP ProLiant DL360 G5 server, which uses 2.5-inch SAS or
>>> SATA drives.
>>> The machine had no drives in it, so I ordered a couple of drives,
>>> along with some
>>> drive trays.
>>>
>>> Neither the hard drives nor the trays came with mounting screws. How do I
>>> figure out what size screws I need?
>>>
>>> The drives are Seagate Momentus 750gb 2.5-inch SATA drives.
>>
>> Chances are that they are one of two screw sizes. Take a look:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_case_screws
>>
>> Hard drives typcally use the same screws. If you've had computers
>> through the years, you probably have a bunch of them.
>
> Worst case you could mail-order from someplace like
> http://laptopscrews.com/ which have pretty much any computer screw you
> could want.  They are pretty standardized nowadays.
>
> -derek
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I'd ask where you got the drives then contact where they came from and
tell them you also need the screws - go back to the source first and
have them try to fix the problem.

Scott