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kipper2k · 02 June 2013, 17:59

I was thinking how to find a way to secure the new board to the motherboard for those boards that don't sit too well for whatever reason. The problem is trying to find a screw/ nut & bolt that is long enough and thin enough to go through the hole for the HDD cradle which is only 0.065" wide

I came up with the following idea, if anyone has better/alternate suggestions that are easy to implement i'd love to hear from you.

here's my pictures of my suggested fix..

First of all use a M3 nylon stand off and grind down the nylon flat on both sides of the external threaded portion to fit through the HDD cradle hole

shown sliding through the hole...

shown looking from the bottom...

Option 1, use a metal nut.. ok, but possibility of shorts and height clearance unless you do a bit more modding...

Option 2... melt the bottom to flatten the plastic, the easiest option...

Here's view of the now secure nylon stand off...

Now it is just a case of feeding a screw through the fastmem board and tightening it down. The board does not to be tightened too tightly, just held in place.

02 June 2013, 17:59	#319
kipper2k Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Thunder Bay, Canada Posts: 4,323	I was thinking how to find a way to secure the new board to the motherboard for those boards that don't sit too well for whatever reason. The problem is trying to find a screw/ nut & bolt that is long enough and thin enough to go through the hole for the HDD cradle which is only 0.065" wide I came up with the following idea, if anyone has better/alternate suggestions that are easy to implement i'd love to hear from you. here's my pictures of my suggested fix.. First of all use a M3 nylon stand off and grind down the nylon flat on both sides of the external threaded portion to fit through the HDD cradle hole shown sliding through the hole... shown looking from the bottom... Option 1, use a metal nut.. ok, but possibility of shorts and height clearance unless you do a bit more modding... Option 2... melt the bottom to flatten the plastic, the easiest option... Here's view of the now secure nylon stand off... Now it is just a case of feeding a screw through the fastmem board and tightening it down. The board does not to be tightened too tightly, just held in place. Last edited by kipper2k; 02 June 2013 at 18:20.