mounting an extra hard drive

Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of metal on a case to mount
an extra hard drive? I just want to make sure I don't break anything
I'm not supposed to.

Thanks.

bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
> Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of metal on a case to mount
> an extra hard drive? I just want to make sure I don't break anything
> I'm not supposed to.
>
> Thanks.

Rarely. But I've seen 1 or 2 cases like that. IIRC, it was the CD bays
that had a plate that needed broken.

bob@coolgroups.com wrote:

> Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of
> metal on a case to mount an extra hard drive?

Yes, particularly with the 5.25" drive bays usually used for optical drives.

You dont always need to break that metal plate out with a hard drive
that doesnt need front access tho, its usually possible to mount the
hard drive in a 5.25"/3.5" adapter and leave the metal plate in place.

> I just want to make sure I don't break anything I'm not supposed to.

Its only there to minimise the EFI for legal purposes, wont do any harm otherwise.

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:04:49 +1100, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
>
>> Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of
>> metal on a case to mount an extra hard drive?
>
>Yes, particularly with the 5.25" drive bays usually used for optical drives.
>
>You dont always need to break that metal plate out with a hard drive
>that doesnt need front access tho, its usually possible to mount the
>hard drive in a 5.25"/3.5" adapter and leave the metal plate in place.
>
>> I just want to make sure I don't break anything I'm not supposed to.
>
>Its only there to minimise the EFI for legal purposes, wont do any harm otherwise.
>


Unless EFI is a major concern, he's better off removing such
bay blanks because it will improve the passive airflow past
the drive, cool it better.

"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
>
>> Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of
>> metal on a case to mount an extra hard drive?
>
> Yes, particularly with the 5.25" drive bays usually used for optical
> drives.
>
> You dont always need to break that metal plate out with a hard drive
> that doesnt need front access tho, its usually possible to mount the
> hard drive in a 5.25"/3.5" adapter and leave the metal plate in place.
>
>> I just want to make sure I don't break anything I'm not supposed to.
>
> Its only there to minimise the EFI for legal purposes, wont do any harm
> otherwise.

EFI:-
http://www.efi.org/
>
>

<bob@coolgroups.com> wrote in message
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> Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of metal on a case to mount
> an extra hard drive? I just want to make sure I don't break anything
> I'm not supposed to.
>
> Thanks.


I have had to do this on all the computers I have had. There is usually
a metal plate at the front of the bay, held in place (quite firmly) at four
points by
a few millimeters of metal. Basically use a screw driver to waggle the plate
untill
metal fatigue causes the points where it is held to fracture.
>

bob@coolgroups.com wrote:
>
> Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of metal on a case to mount
> an extra hard drive? I just want to make sure I don't break anything
> I'm not supposed to.

Rarely

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