Question 2.5" SSD screws

[jriker1]

I recently bought some Samsung 883 DCT SSD drives for my server to install in some drive sleds. I had to spend about a half hour finding four screws that would fit into the threading on the hard drives. Didn't seem like any of my screws would fit. These don't seem like standard 2.5" hard drive screw openings, for laptops or otherwise. I want to buy a bunch more but will never have enough of the required screws to make this work. Anyone know exactly what kind of screw these drives take?

Thanks

JR

 

[Grobe]

In my experience that is in fact another screw threadings for 2.5' hdd.

Btw : an google search find this relevant information:
https://superuser.com/questions/793905/hdd-mounting-screws-size

 

[jriker1]

Yeah I've googled all over the place and the indecision between M2, M3, and some other fractional number makes it hard to know what to get. I have a hundred screws that came with my mounting rails and they work fine for the 2.5" drives I have, standard drives, but they do not screw into the SSD's.

JR

 

[kerberos_20]

its usualy that slim version pictured on bottom (M3 - thread pitch of 0.5 millimetres), but either way, if u push hard, fat one (#6-32 UNC pitch 0.7938 mm) will fit too

 

[popatim]

The holes m3, 0.5 pitch , 3mm depth (bottom)/3.5mm (sides)

Pg 11 of the specs

 

[jriker1]

OK thank you all. Very helpful. So does this look like what I need? Zooming into an example sled that shows the screws, looks like it's tapered from the head to the thread as well.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yswAAOSw8JZbkflA/s-l1600.jpg

So thinking maybe this?

https://www.amazon.com/25-M3-0-5-5m...lat+head&qid=1565961000&s=gateway&sr=8-7&th=1

Thanks.

JR