22-09-2015, 08:31 PM
(22-09-2015, 08:16 PM)Terry Wrote:(22-09-2015, 07:56 PM)Mark Hennessy Wrote: You forgot the special screws that you attach to the new drive. These are provided by HP - screwed in to the chassis, often behind the front panel molding. There are two types - M3, which are black, and 3-32 types, which are natural in colour. The former are for optical drives; the latter for hard drives. They take a flat blade screwdriver, or a T15 driver.
Ah, yes! My drive already had them fitted so I didn't need to bother.
To save any confusion, note that these screws do not actually hold anything together - the heads simply locate in slots in the drive bay and the green clip at the rear automatically clicks into place when the drive is correctly located.
Yes, I wondered if that was the case for yours.
A simple, yet clever scheme. They've done that for at least 15 years - perhaps more - on the business machines. Makes for quick and easy maintenance
