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Question about hard drive adapter
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:59 am
by frostedflakes
Do these adapters have holes in the bottom so they can be mounted in a case that uses hard drive trays, such as the SLK3700-BQE?
http://www.directron.com/nbadapter.html
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:09 am
by Edward Ng
No; I used to use these and they just hang off the back of the drive.
-Ed
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:15 am
by frostedflakes
Thanks for the quick reply.
Do you know of 2.5" -> 3.5" that would allow me to mount the hard drive to the trays in my case?
I don't know why, I've just never really trusted suspension. Hopefully, though, I won't need it with a laptop drive mounted on grommets.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:20 am
by Edward Ng
Blah my bad; I thought you meant the converter itself...
When I get back home, I'll try to check if the rails that come with the adapter include the holes on the bottom. I can't recall offhand if they do or not, sorry...
The new adapter I use now doesn't come with mounting rails at all.
-Ed
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:38 am
by lenny
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 9:56 am
by frostedflakes
Cool, thanks for the help guys.
EDIT: Ended up purchasing the adapter kit from Buy.com. $6.79 with free "budget" shipping. We'll see how the service is. Their ResellerRatings is poor (~5), but a lot of the complaints sounded like n00bs bitching about stupid crap, like rebates they didn't receive.
Here's the link if anybody's interested.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?s ... c=101&sp=1
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:01 pm
by IsaacKuo
I have three of those adapters from Directron.com. I just checked the mounting adapters (which I've never used). There are no bottom holes. There are only the side holes.
As with others, I wouldn't bother using those adapters to hard mount a notebook drive in any case.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 8:39 pm
by frostedflakes
Unfortunately, I just don't feel comfortable suspending. I'll probably hard mount it for now, and purchase a 5.25" enclosure at a later time.
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:48 pm
by frostedflakes
Not too bad. Even with the free budget shipping, it was only three business days from the time I ordered to the time I received the adapter.
Props to Buy.com and FedEx. Would definitely recommend them.
EDIT: But it doesn't look like the bottom holes line up with the grommets in my SLK3700-BQE. I could line one set up at a time, but Antec's shoulder bolts don't seem to want to screw into the holes. So I guess I'll just drill and tap new holes that line up with those in the Antec HDD trays.