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Stacker 810: Please identify these screws

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Lawrence_Chiu

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I bought a Cooler Master CM Stacker 810 in silver.
It comes with 6 different kinds of screws and the manual does not tell me which screws is for what purpose.

I recognize a couple of them. The number refers to the number in the picture.

#2 - screws with a round disc behind the head. used to mount floppy and CD-ROM drives
#4 - motherboard standoffs. These screw into the case and the motherboard sits on top of them
#5 - fan screws used to install a) grills on fans and b) fans to case.
#6 - screws with a hex head. These are pretty common. I've seen them used to assemble cases, hold the PCI/AGP cards down, and hard drives

That leaves #1 and #3.
#1 - tiny black screws, no idea what they are for
#3 - screws with a fat head. no idea what they are for

My question is what are #1 and #3 for? Another question is which screw to screw the motherboard into the standoffs, it seems that #1, #2 and #6 would work for this purpose.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,
Lawrence

Please see the attached picture. click for full size.
 
i believe its 2 that screws into the standoffs :) i think 3 might be for holding cards in place
 
I believe the #3 screw is used to screw in HDD's as they use wider threads (even though they are the same width as the case screw). Im not sure about #1 but I know #2 is used for 5 1/4 drives (CDROM etc..) #4 are the mounting spacers for the board to attach to the case #5 are fan screws (in your case (lol case...) 120mm) and #6 are for case screws and to mount the board to the spacers/standoff's (I know, they should be different screws, but I guess cooler master wanted to save money :p)
 
1). Not sure.

2). For FDDs mainly.

3). Not sure.

4). Mobo spacer.

5). For case fans.

6). For HDDs mainly.
 
1) Good for any 5 1/4 bay device such as a Areogate.
2) Good for same as 1, but also FDD
3) Good for HDD
4) MB spacer
5) Fan Screw
6 HDD screw
 
#3 are the screws for the wheel assemblies...you should have 16 of 'em.

#1's are used on the subpanels of the motherboard tray/backplane assembly.
They hold the panels to the cast aluminum frame. AFAIK, they are just extras.
 
The manual for the Stacker 810 does not say, but I found a manual for the old Stacker STC-T01 on the web (thanks to CM customer service).

http://www.coolermaster.com/installation_manual/CMstacker_manul_en.pdf

on page 3 of this manual, it tells what the screws are for.

#1 is M3*4 screw, and is for "Side fixing plate". What the heck is that?
#2 is M3*6 screw, and is for "CD-ROM, FDD".
#3 is M5*8 screw, and is for "wheels".
#4 is stand-off, and is for "support motherboard".
#5 is psi c5*10, and is for "fan".
#6 is #6-32*5.4 and is "motherboard, power supply, and HDD".

I'm going to proceed assuming that these did not change for Stacker 810. So there you have it. Thanks for your help!

Regards,
Lawrence
 
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