How should I secure a free-floating HDD

Cowgoesmoo2

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My stupid bracket does not fit the HDD, or either my HDD has the SATA oriented wrong.

In any case,

https://ibb.co/eDwB1w

I MUST insert the hard drive blue-side up. This stupid bracket is upside down relative to proper HDD orientation, and even if it didn't, the 1mm of thickness it has seems to make the HDD sit too high to properly fit the mobo.

Anyway so I broke it off.
https://ibb.co/hr2Jgw
A screw was just too tight and was just completely unremovable.

I now have a free-floating HDD which can be easily slid out of place.
https://ibb.co/g9b0uG


Two concerns: How do I not have the hole covered.....?

And how can I keep this hard drive secured...?
 
Solution


That's 2.5" (laptop) and 3.5" (desktop)
In the 2.5" size there is also the thickness. 7mm, 9.5mm, and very large capacity multi-platter 15mm drives.

Return the drive and get the right one. If indeed it is too thick, it will never fit right.

USAFRet

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That's 2.5" (laptop) and 3.5" (desktop)
In the 2.5" size there is also the thickness. 7mm, 9.5mm, and very large capacity multi-platter 15mm drives.

Return the drive and get the right one. If indeed it is too thick, it will never fit right.
 
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Cowgoesmoo2

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Ahh I've now found out that after securing the mobo the hard drive is at least a milimeter or two high, which puts lots of bending pressure on the connection. I will be installing the bracket and getting a new hdd