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    Caddy Screws

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Elitevaz, May 21, 2007.

  1. Elitevaz

    Elitevaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently bought 2 hard drive caddys for my e1705. Only problem is there is no mounting screws. The hardrives didn't come with mounting screws. The bag of screws I get with a typical computer case didn't contain any screws that small. I checked with home depot, they had nothing even remotely close. I checked a hobby store, same deal. Best buy....lol. I can't seem to find a place that has screws this small. I don't want to order online because I think the cost of shipping would be way more than I should be paying, but at this rate the expense of gas and time going all over the place is going to cost more than that! I didn't have much time before the end of the night here to check some local computer shops (I'm in the Ft. Lauderdale area). I have some leads to try tomarrow, but nothing solid.
     
  2. Sykotic

    Sykotic Notebook Evangelist

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    try ebay.. I saw some "baggies" of various laptop screws from case to HDD. GL
     
  3. Elitevaz

    Elitevaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I found a little shop that was willing to take some screws off other laptops for a dollar.
     
  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Wait, are you trying to install two drives? That laptop can only hold one.