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From: Bob Willard on 6 May 2010 06:06
Grant wrote:
> On 5 May 2010 21:53:40 GMT, Arno <me(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> me <noemail(a)nothere.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 05 May 2010 16:48:54 +1000, Grant <omg(a)grrr.id.au> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 04 May 2010 12:27:32 -0400, me <noemail(a)nothere.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 04 May 2010 13:32:15 +1000, Grant <omg(a)grrr.id.au> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, 03 May 2010 21:02:24 -0400, me <noemail(a)nothere.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ah.... ignore my question. I did some more research and discovered
>>>>>>> what you all already knew - 3.5 and 2.5 SATA is the same.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> He, he, he... like I said, I'm old school :-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very! :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You still need some form of mounting the drive?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Grant.
>>>>> Yes... I still need some 2.5 to 3.5 brackets. Any favorite sources?
>>>> Local shop had them with the IDE 44pin to 40 pin adaptor, I've not
>>>> seen them for some years. You could tape or Velcro the things
>>>> somewhere? Very light. There used to be a 5-1/4" CD size adapter
>>>> box to mount several 2.5 HDDs as a RAID array, dunno if that is
>>>> still around.
>>>>
>>>> Grant.
>>> Thanks, just found some on Ebay, but only as a complete kit with the
>>> mentioned electrical adapters that I don't really need. Cheap enough
>>> even as a kit when purchased on-line.
>>
>> If you have mounting holes, you can also mount 2.5" notebook
>> drives just on one side, using 6 mm or 8 mm long M3 screws. I
>> drilled a few holes into my drive cages for the purpose and
>> of course M3 (Metric 3mm) is a standard screw here.
>
> Mounting 2.5" drive on one side o9nly seems to ask for trouble as the
> drive might then flex? I know they're light, but any vibration would
> be amplified if not properly mounted.
>
> Grant.
>> Arno

I have had very good luck (and I know it is luck) running HDs that are
not physically mounted, just laying on a non-conductive support with
power & signal cables connected. I do not recommend that for any
long-term use, but I've done it several times with both IDE and SATA
HDs to copy files from good HDs that were in dead PCs, and to erase
HDs before disposal, and I didn't even see any performance loss
(using read-only HDtach). You do need to watch the HD temp, but my
lab/SOHO has a window AC.

Also, I've done this with both 3.5" and 2.5" HDs; obviously, the
2.5" IDE HD needed a converter to cable to the tower designed
for standard IDE cabling.
--
Cheers, Bob
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