StarTech.com METAL 5.25 TO 3.5IN DRIVE-ADPT BRACKET
Dec 16, 2009 in
Computers & Software
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Product Description
The StarTech.com 3.5 inch to 5.25 inch adapter brackets allow 3.5 inch drives hard drives to be mounted in standard 5.25 inch drive bays. It works with 3.5″ IDE, SATA, SCSI, or SCA drives and includes screws to mount the drive…. More >>
StarTech.com METAL 5.25 TO 3.5IN DRIVE-ADPT BRACKET
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5 comments
Completely Wound on December 16, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Took a couple minutes to figure out, but solid.
Tip: make sure you know how many drives your computer will handle.
My HP xw9400 has 8 ports on the motherboard, but will crash if you plug in more than 5.
Now I know.
It took 2 months, 2 service calls and everything switched out (motherboard, processors, power supply and system drive) to figure out we had to pull one of the 2 drives in the spare optical bays.
Marvin M. on December 17, 2009 at 12:52 am
All I can say about this set of mounts is that they didn’t cost me much.
They are cheaply made, lightweight, and didn’t fit my drive bay very well.
C. Stallings on December 17, 2009 at 2:06 am
There drive rails nothing more and nothing less, if you need to mount a 3.5in HDD into a 5.25in bay, and your computer case is not tooless, then this is how ya do it. I can remember using these type of rails years back on cases, when HDD drives went from 5.25in to 3.5in, but as the years go on the rails for me have gotten harder to find, and glad i did find them here.
They helped me fix my Junky Ultra XBlaster case,(came as part of a TigerDirect barebones kit) and let me take out the silly HDD cage, and mount my 2 HDD in the unused 5.25 bays. They helped make better air flow for the case, moving the drives up away from the intake fan. If you need them, and can’t find them anyplace else cheaper, then get these, they will do the job. One small tip they also work on some cases for 3.5in Media card readers, for the ones that have 5.25in bays, and 5.25in covers, with 3.5in punch outs in the centers.
sudopeople on December 17, 2009 at 3:56 am
Not much to say except that they do their job. Compare to NewEgg (whom I love.) I couldn’t tell you why, but they go for over double the price there.
Philip Kohler on December 17, 2009 at 4:55 am
these brackets are good. I thought they would be made from a different material as they look a bit different in the picture than they do in real life (picture looks more like brass or something) but, these brackets holes line up perfectly with my case whereas other brackets I’ve used would have up to a 2mm displacement from the slots in the 5.25″ expansion bay.