Cellar servers replacement project thread

[BigV]

Dell customer support technician online now looking for that part.

do you have a part number I could send him to fetch?

[BigV]

Originally Posted by BigV

Dell customer support technician online now looking for that part.

do you have a part number I could send him to fetch?

chat session finished.

I discovered that the part number for the screw is R9445. They cost two bucks each. How many do you need? The fellow sent me this picture of the screw.

I said, what about the washer/grommet? He said the screws would work without them. UT, what do you think?

[cobeal]

The screw you picture is most likely the one for POWEREDGE servers.
Looks like the ones in our poweredge. Those are described by Dell on the delivery receipt as 6-32X0.225 philips head screws.

During the THAILAND FLOODS and resulting DRIVE SHORTAGE we had a member of a RAID fail and Dell could only offer 90 day warranty "refurbished" used drives for something in the neighborhood of $600.00 each. I went outside and found some RE4 drives for <$150 but needed extra screws to mount to perform the procedures of imaging to new array instead of subbing in different type to existing.

I ended up buying some HOT SWAP drive caddies from eBay for $12.00 that included those screws. Looks like I only paid $4.00 for the caddy that does not fit my server to get the $8.00 worth of screws I needed.

Originally Posted by BigV

chat session finished.

I discovered that the part number for the screw is R9445. They cost two bucks each. How many do you need? The fellow sent me this picture of the screw. Attachment 43804

I said, what about the washer/grommet? He said the screws would work without them. UT, what do you think?