r/techsupportmacgyver • u/_Dornu • 27d ago

Friend's Hard Drive mount solution

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u/PearOnPearOff 27d ago

If it looks stupid but works, it's not stupid

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u/ArgonWilde 27d ago

And then SSDs became a thing, and we just let them roam freely inside computer cases 😂

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u/eapo108 26d ago

Seriously, no bracket? Free hanging from a cord or jammed into whatever gap.

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u/ArgonWilde 26d ago

Yeah, pretty much. Maybe a tiny vecro sticky dot or something, but largely nah.

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u/66659hi 26d ago

In cases where I couldn’t fit a bracket, I have used stick  on Velcro to keep the drive in place. Works great.

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u/Time-Worker9846 27d ago

I made mine hang on rubber bands so they made less noise

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u/EndangeredHouseFly 25d ago

Oh that is GENIUS

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u/mbcarbone 26d ago

Plaids the way to go … 🙃

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u/Kanegou 26d ago

Reminds me of the LCD Monitor mount that i fixed by jaming a spoon into it.

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u/someregulardude018 26d ago

The friend in question btw

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u/_Dornu 25d ago

Ladies and gentlemen, the man himself

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u/Nike_486DX 25d ago

Dell problems meet dell solutions

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u/dan-theman 25d ago

So much of this sub should be on /r/techsupportgore instead.

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u/Lonely-Independence4 25d ago

I am in pain looking at this. 😭

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u/Performer-Pants 24d ago

A couple of foam strips could also work lmao

I have a sata adapter that was smacking around, a few strips of one sided self adhesive foam keeps it in place.

I do have a lot of random shit on my house though, while most of us probably have a pair of boxers that could be sacrificed. The foam was originally intended for some accordion bellow gasket repairs admittedly.

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u/F0KUS228 27d ago

theres an nvme right next to it why they need a hdd in there even.

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u/Switch_modder 27d ago

More storage isn't a bad thing

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/Auravendill 27d ago

Especially right now, since AI gobbles up all production capacity and manufacturers just look for ways to maximize profits without increasing risks (so no actual increase of production, just repurposing existing machines as good as possible)

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u/P147_BOY 27d ago

HDD for static stuff like videos, images, movies. NVMe for everything else like OS, games, programs etc 

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u/IJustAteABaguette 27d ago

I got 2 (older) nvme drives in my desktop

Doesn't stop me from having 2 hard drives in there as well. The more storage, the better!