this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2023
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Based on an r210 II I'm currently doing up

random info I thought may be useful to others

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[–] Blaster_M 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just use double stick tape, or a loop of packing tape...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm suddenly reminded of a mate who suspended his hdd on a rubber band. It went very well until the PC environs destroyed the rubber. damned thing snapped half his DIMMs on the way down

[–] Blaster_M 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well, a hard drive is a bad idea to just band in, those are heavy bois, a ssd though...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

...is still a bad idea because the issue is an unstable mount ill suited to the environs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

As a practical matter, the only real need is to make sure there isn't too much stress on the cables. Tape, Velcro, a bit of cardboard, etc are all valid approaches. Temperature could be a concern, but probably not