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RND4000 NV+ and Drive Caddy Screw Information/Help
So I came to acquire a old RND4000 and after learning, coming up to speed and getting it running, which it is now working, only item that I'd like to see if I can get from maybe 3rd party sources is the screw head type and size of the screws that is needed for the drive caddy's that slide into the NAS unit. From the looks the screw head maybe tappered with a flat head as it seems the screws need to be flat with the caddy metal case plate. I presume the screw size would be somewhat default for the HDD bottom mounting standard screw size.
Since this unit didn't come with HDD screws, I was able to install the drives by putting the NAS unit on its right side and then slide in some 500Gb drives carefully, I had laying around and was not using. Got me into learning what I needed and with the use of the RAIDar client SW and NAS Web UI in a old version of FireFox, it's up and running and working well. I just did a couple of image backups from my PC to this NAS successfully.
I'll leave it on it's side for now. Hoping there maybe some screw info and where to check to find these if possible some wheres.
Thank you for your time.
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FURRYe38 wrote:
only item that I'd like to see if I can get from maybe 3rd party sources is the screw head type and size of the screws that is needed for the drive caddy's that slide into the NAS unit.
You need 6-32 4mm pan head screws.
Easiest to get supermicro screws for 3.5" drives. Sandshark uses them, hopefully he will confirm.
Yes, a packet of screws for SuperMicro caddies work fine. They are just slightly longer, but the drives' holes are deep enough that they fully seat, and they have the proper shallow pitch heads. They are available on Amazon and elsewhere. Just be sure to get the ones for 3.5" drives, as the ones for 2.5" are a different size. But the price has gone up quite a bit. These also work and are a cheaper, but you may have difficulty getting them if you are outside the USA: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N3ZG8QX.
Ok kewl. Thank you both.
I happend to find a bag of screws from my PC building days and found some screws that will be temporary until I can find the real flat pan head ones. The head on these are not flat so they work in a pinch. Had to move the far right drive screws to the front as the head on these sticks out too much on the side of the inside case wall. Will wait for more exact information. For now the NAS is back upright and drives are Ok.
I'll get these ordered. Thankl you much.
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