[geeks] Mounting adapters

[Lionel Peterson]

This might answer your criteria:

http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sata_hard_drives/mb882sp-1s2b.asp

The text talks about HD install, not floppy port install - a good sign?

You could probably call PC-pitstop.com and get your questions  
answered...

Lionel

On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:12 PM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>  
wrote:

> Hey folks,
> Does anyone know of a mounting adapter bracket to mount a 2.5" HDD or
> (in this case) SSD into a 3.5" bay, which (and this is the absolutely
> crucial part) mounts into the bay with #6-32 HDD mounting screws, NOT
> with M3-0.5 FDD/optical mounting screws?  I want to mount two 2.5"  
> SSDs
> in the 3.5" disk cage in a Thermaltake Element G case, and the case's
> vibration-isolation drive mounting system is such that I *MUST* use  
> the
> supplied shouldered/bushed screws, which - being intended to screw  
> into
> 3.5" HDDs - are threaded 6-32 to match the 6-32 threads used on all  
> 3.5"
> HDDs.  But so far, without exception, every damned mounting adapter  
> I've
> found is set up for M3-0.5 screws, and every adapter save one is  
> stamped
> sheet metal too thin to drill and retap 6-32.
>
> (The one exception, at $7 per bracket, is an aluminum extrusion thick
> enough to drill and re-tap, but lacking a proper drill press, that's  
> my
> last resort.)
>
>
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