[ale] Where to get some Hard Drive mounting screws?

Scott Castaline skotchman at gmail.com
Sun Mar 13 20:15:23 EDT 2011


On 03/13/2011 07:09 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hey alers,
>
> When my 3.5" HDDs arrived the other day and I went to mount them into my
> drive trays I noticed that the trays only had 2 screws each.  Obviously
> the drives would be more secure with 4 screws each.  All my supplies are
> in boxes at the moment, so.. does anyone know where I can acquire 4 HDD
> mounting screws in the next few days?  (I certainly wouldn't mind paying
> a few dollars for them, or even mail-ordering them).
>
> The screws I have appear to be the "flat head" variety, ~3/16" long, with
> a very thin head.
>
> -derek
You may want to check out Fry's or Microcenter, they both have stores in 
the Duluth area. I seem to remember seeing common hardware for system 
building such as screws and rails etc at both places.


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