Hi, thanks everyone for responding.
re: "pride" ... I try very hard not to do monetary transactions over
the internet, and have been this way for years, it is not a recent
political decision. Although, it means I don't have to change my
life due to recent political events : -)
Here are some pictures of the rails I'm seeking. The rails are for
holding the hard disks in a Coolermaster case - I have found the
serial number for the case but I don't have the case model number
handy. Working on that. Hopefully Coolermaster can get back to
me on a business day, if they still have that old info available
and are willing to tell me.
Here are some pictures. I have reduced the size of the pictures,
both the resolution (from 5184x3888 to 640x480) and the "quality"
(10%) so, sorry about the picture background. It really suffered
in the quality downgrade.
This is a single broken rail (the springy part that snaps into place
broke off). I need 2 more pairs.
I'd most prefer to have parts made by Coolermaster - or some
third-party maker - apparently if you don't hold the disks in nice
and tight, they might suffer from vibrations and die a lot sooner.
But, 3d-printing is an option if I cannot find any original parts.
Thanks for the direct link to a design for the part. It looks like
the right kind of rail.
bjb
On Sun, Mar 02, 2025 at 01:24:17PM -0500, Allan Fields via linux wrote:
> It's not uncommon to 3d print a part for this type of bracket for older
> hard to order stuff.
>
> The question is do you have a more specific meassurement or part number
> to go on.
>
> Purely for fun, I dug up my spare drive brackets and found something
> similar, but there is no guarantee any of those will fit. I rember
> back in the day that there were differnet types for different bays
> or enclosures but some worked universally. I shall pm you link.
>
> I'd hate to have to see you file down, or worse force fit a part
> that doesn't match. BTW, that's good national pride about using
> what already exists in Canada first.. but for $7.89 it shows your
> dedication in current times... :-)
>
> - Allan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda J. Butler via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
> To: Linux-Ottawa <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
> Sent: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:11:30 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [linux] Looking for CoolerMaster HDD rails
>
>
> I need some extra CoolerMaster HDD rails - does anyone have any
> extras lying around?
>
> I inquired at RBComputing - they don't have any. They say they
> don't need them any more and (sob) threw them out.
> I don't buy from online sources, they do have them at Amazon,
> NewEgg etc. But ... I'd rather not get them from those places.
>
> Plan C is to somehow make something. But first, Plan B: ask
> around.
>
> bjb
>
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