pc screws, quick question
29-01-2007, 01:11 PM
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pc screws, quick question
What size are the screws used inside pc cases??
I need to re-secure the 2 hard drives inside my atx case and I seem to have lost the 8 screws. I have stocks of screws at work in most sizes, but ant figure out what size I need, they don’t look like standard metric m3.m4 etc?
Anyone shed some light??
I need to re-secure the 2 hard drives inside my atx case and I seem to have lost the 8 screws. I have stocks of screws at work in most sizes, but ant figure out what size I need, they don’t look like standard metric m3.m4 etc?
Anyone shed some light??
29-01-2007, 01:18 PM
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They aren't metric usually.
Normally the same size as the external case screws, they loook more like self tappers! (the ones with hexagon heads and with philips screw driver slot)
Normally the same size as the external case screws, they loook more like self tappers! (the ones with hexagon heads and with philips screw driver slot)
29-01-2007, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by SafeChav
They aren't metric usually.
Normally the same size as the external case screws, they loook more like self tappers! (the ones with hexagon heads and with philips screw driver slot)
Normally the same size as the external case screws, they loook more like self tappers! (the ones with hexagon heads and with philips screw driver slot)
will have to get some from ebay then i feel
cheers
29-01-2007, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SafeChav
Where have you lost 8 screws? lol
I've got no less than about a million here
I've got no less than about a million here
used to have loads but when you need em you cant find any......
gotta take my pc apart and clean all the dust out, and improve the air circulation.....for some reason it only works on its side.......(full size atx case) and if you stad it up it crashes every five mins.
my housemate (pc geek) said its probably cooling thing, and to get some more fans in there and tidy up the cables etc
29-01-2007, 04:39 PM
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Could be the motherboard breaking down, when on its side the heatsink etc creates stress on the board from gravity etc.
I run mine without the side on ever since it broke in the summer (2 days solid in the blistering heat) and then it packed up again 2 weeks later
- although in hind sight it probably would of helped to have the side on it when i spilt 7up the other day
I run mine without the side on ever since it broke in the summer (2 days solid in the blistering heat) and then it packed up again 2 weeks later
- although in hind sight it probably would of helped to have the side on it when i spilt 7up the other day
29-01-2007, 05:17 PM
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Ginge,
I have a bunch here i can stick in the post if you like........left overs for the day when i could be arsed fiddling with PCs....
u want em??? PM me
Iain
I have a bunch here i can stick in the post if you like........left overs for the day when i could be arsed fiddling with PCs....
u want em??? PM me
Iain
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