Drive Rails?

[Digital Oxide]

I was going to buy a new HDD, but then I came to realise that I don't have any extra drive rails. I've looked around places like NCIX, and asked a couple people around my area.. But they can't say they know where to get them.

Can you even buy them?

 

[defakto]

You can buy em online for like 3 bucks a pair. Local computer stores usually have them too.

 

[EquaLiZr]

well drives are meant to fit into 3 1/2" bays, so the rails just screw to the drive to make them fit into 5 1/4 bays

 

[coolrunnings]

If you can't find em, let me know and I'll see if I can dig my box of them out.

 

[Ice Czar]

i dont mean to thread steal, but i figured this would be a prime time to learn, what are drive rails?

well drives are meant to fit into 3 1/2" bays, so the rails just screw to the drive to make them fit into 5 1/4 bays

unless of course the case employs a direct connection or a removable drive cage
there are a few systems of drive rails as well, all depends on the case

http://www.directron.com/rail.html

 

[NulloModo]

Wow, I haven't played around with a case that required drive rails in a while. What case did you buy? Let us know so we make sure we don't pick it up...

 

[Digital Oxide]

I don't think the case really has a name, got it from my first computer which was from a Seanix sub-company called Cicero.