Is Your Hard Drive Missing a Few Screws?


Dell Optiplex, Precision, and “non hot-plug” standalone server models have a flexible blue plastic 3.5 inch hard drive frame – with no screws required. The rest of the Dell PowerEdge server models require screws to attach the hard drive to the hard drive frame, which makes life a little more difficult for us. It might sound ridiculous, but one of the most common problems we see is missing mounting screws, or screws that are simply thewrong size. And, obviously, without the proper screws, you can’t install your hard drive. CONTINUE READING....

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