mounting an extra hard drive

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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.
 
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.
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Rarely. But I've seen 1 or 2 cases like that. IIRC, it was the CD bays
that had a plate that needed broken.
 
Do you sometimes have to break off pieces of
metal on a case to mount an extra hard drive?
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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.
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Its only there to minimise the EFI for legal purposes, wont do any harm otherwise.
 
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.


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


Its only there to minimise the EFI for legal purposes, wont do any harm
otherwise.
EFI:-
http://www.efi.org/
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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.
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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.
 
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.
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Rarely
 
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