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

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

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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