mounting drives in a case

mounting drives in a case

[Gregory Nowak]

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Hi all.

I have an old Del case, that I'd like to mount 2 drives in. The way
you mount drives in this box is to screw the long flat plastic
brackets onto a 5.25I drive, one bracket per side, take off the front
part of the case, and slide in the drive with the attached brackets
from the outside forward, until the drive slides all the way in, and
the brackets snap in, holding the drive in place.

My problem is that I don't have extra brackets, and don't want to have
to order them from Del, or to go out and get them anyway. A friend of
mine told me that sometimes Del supplies extra brackets on the inside
of their cases of this type, but short of unscrewing the motherboard to see if there
is anything between it and the case back, I've been over the inside of
the case 4 times, with no extra brackets.

So, does anyone have any ingenious ideas for how I can mount 2 5.25I
drives in the case without having the extra brackets to mount them
with? Anyway to attach screws to this type of case that isn't obvious?

I also noticed that the metal covers that cover the unused bays on
this case are held on by 2 screws, one on either side, screwed into
the front edges of the case on each side. Any creative way of screwing
the drives in somehow that way? Any suggestions would be much
appreciated. If any part of my description doesn't make sense, please
let me know, and I'll try to clarify. Thanks in advance.

Greg
 
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Re: mounting drives in a case

[Tyler Littlefield]

Hay greg.
How about using some of those styrophome pads. You can cut them to any
length and width you want, and it will let you compensate for the space
between the drive and the bay, or am I missing it altogether. If you want to
make brackets, you could just possibly rig some kind of wire that would hold
each side of the drive the front and the back, and come together at a v so,
it would look like a sorta messed up sphere, but the top and bottom of the
sphere would be attached to the bay to hold the drive in place. you could do
the same over the top of the drive.
HTH,
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 1:41 PM
Subject: mounting drives in a case


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> Hi all.
>
> I have an old Del case, that I'd like to mount 2 drives in. The way
> you mount drives in this box is to screw the long flat plastic
> brackets onto a 5.25I drive, one bracket per side, take off the front
> part of the case, and slide in the drive with the attached brackets
> from the outside forward, until the drive slides all the way in, and
> the brackets snap in, holding the drive in place.
>
> My problem is that I don't have extra brackets, and don't want to have
> to order them from Del, or to go out and get them anyway. A friend of
> mine told me that sometimes Del supplies extra brackets on the inside
> of their cases of this type, but short of unscrewing the motherboard to
see if there
> is anything between it and the case back, I've been over the inside of
> the case 4 times, with no extra brackets.
>
> So, does anyone have any ingenious ideas for how I can mount 2 5.25I
> drives in the case without having the extra brackets to mount them
> with? Anyway to attach screws to this type of case that isn't obvious?
>
> I also noticed that the metal covers that cover the unused bays on
> this case are held on by 2 screws, one on either side, screwed into
> the front edges of the case on each side. Any creative way of screwing
> the drives in somehow that way? Any suggestions would be much
> appreciated. If any part of my description doesn't make sense, please
> let me know, and I'll try to clarify. Thanks in advance.
>
> Greg
>
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Re: mounting drives in a case

[Gregory Nowak]

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The pad idea wouldn't work, since even though it would fill the space
between the drive and the bay, it still wouldn't snap in, so it
wouldn't hold the drive in the system. The actual plastic brackets
aren't there to fill the space between the drive and the bay, they're
there to actually snap into slots on the bay itself. Same goes for the
wire idea, though maybe that could be done so it snaps in some how, I
don't know. Thanks for the ideas though.

Greg


On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 10:34:35PM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> Hay greg.
> How about using some of those styrophome pads. You can cut them to any
> length and width you want, and it will let you compensate for the space
> between the drive and the bay, or am I missing it altogether. If you want to
> make brackets, you could just possibly rig some kind of wire that would hold
> each side of the drive the front and the back, and come together at a v so,
> it would look like a sorta messed up sphere, but the top and bottom of the
> sphere would be attached to the bay to hold the drive in place. you could do
> the same over the top of the drive.
> HTH,
> ~~TheCreator~~
> website:
> http://tysplace.shaned.net
> msn:
> compgeek134@hotmail.com
> aim:
> st8amnd2005
> skype:
> st8amnd127
> moo coder/wizard and administrator
> 

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Re: mounting drives in a case

[Tyler Littlefield]

You could use a quarter, and sorta fold the wire around the quarter if you
have strong fingers, or pliers, so that it will create a groove to slide
into the slot.
~~TheCreator~~
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: mounting drives in a case


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> The pad idea wouldn't work, since even though it would fill the space
> between the drive and the bay, it still wouldn't snap in, so it
> wouldn't hold the drive in the system. The actual plastic brackets
> aren't there to fill the space between the drive and the bay, they're
> there to actually snap into slots on the bay itself. Same goes for the
> wire idea, though maybe that could be done so it snaps in some how, I
> don't know. Thanks for the ideas though.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 10:34:35PM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> > Hay greg.
> > How about using some of those styrophome pads. You can cut them to any
> > length and width you want, and it will let you compensate for the space
> > between the drive and the bay, or am I missing it altogether. If you
want to
> > make brackets, you could just possibly rig some kind of wire that would
hold
> > each side of the drive the front and the back, and come together at a v
so,
> > it would look like a sorta messed up sphere, but the top and bottom of
the
> > sphere would be attached to the bay to hold the drive in place. you
could do
> > the same over the top of the drive.
> > HTH,
> > ~~TheCreator~~
> > website:
> > http://tysplace.shaned.net
> > msn:
> > compgeek134@hotmail.com
> > aim:
> > st8amnd2005
> > skype:
> > st8amnd127
> > moo coder/wizard and administrator
> >
>
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