31 Jan
2006
31 Jan
'06
2:04 p.m.
Josef Chessor wrote:
I'm going out on a limb on this one, but if the
VS3100 M76 uses the
same chassis as my M38 ( A slim, desktop affair made of solid metal),
then it's just screw-on bosses, and no additional chassis needed. In
essence, it's just a phillips-head screw/bolt with a rubber-like pad
a short distance under the screw head that screws directly into my
drives.
I think you are right. I've never seen a sled for the VS 3100s
(or the uV 3100s). The drives have rubber bosses screwed on as
you say. The drive mounting plate, which covers the entire
mainboard and could not reasonably be called a sled, has
springy metal tabs that hold the drive in position.
If the original querant's machine has a visible mainboard,
then he is missing a reasonably large piece of metal (or
two IIRC, in the case of the M48 etc.) Not impossible to
manufacture a work-alike, but probably tough to make
a reasonable copy.
Antonio
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