Which Screw Goes Where?
Anonymous Coward writes "I saw this link over at HardOCP. Finally, a definitive (well, they hedge a bit at the end) guide that explains
where to use each one of those little screws that come packed with new PC cases. All that and a 'test your knowledge' quiz in the bargain. Definitely bookmark-worthy."
"As you can tell, PC innards are pretty much a machinist's nightmare. Case screws and hard drive screws are made according to English units of measure (or more correctly United States Customary Units) whereas CD-Rom and floppy drive mounting hardware are made to metric standards. Whose brilliant idea was this?" Well - er... When the rest of the world went for a logical standard of measurements, the USA clings to obsolescence in the name of traditionality. And then complain when people who use metric standards (like the Japanese) make things better than the americans (like CD-ROMS) and complain when they buy and install them them. Kudos to the case manufacturers for providing the right screws.
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