*fucks off in search of 6-32 wafer-head screws*
One participant in another discussion, on IRC, stated the other night that he had some strange 3,5mm screws he could not place in the normal metric system.
I countered with the observation that yes, M3,5 does exist, in several pitches, but the Occam's Razor guess, given that he works with computers, would be UNC #6-32. This he had not considered, at all.
Yup. The button-head screws that came with the coolers are too thick; they hold the magnetic filter screen up.
Used to be used all over the place to attach hard drives & mainboards; back in the day, before they started making
every PC case using those bastard standoffs with 6-32 thread on the stud and m3 screw holes.
I probably have a hunnert' of 'em in muh
Coffee can o' PC screws in storage. Two hardware stores and a computer repair/store today and couldn't even find anything "close enough".
And now I need them for my son's build and my own, as the new case has magnetic filter screens for both radiators.
I'm probably going to wind up grinding the button-head screws I have down with a Dremel... even if all I wind up with is a couple for each rad for the time being.
mnem
*drops back & punts*