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On 23/04/2026 in message <xn0povjvq2zhqbv006@news.individual.net> Jeff
Gaines wrote:

I am looking for some hard drive screws for my HP Proliant Microserver
Gen8. They are described as 6-32, HP doesn't list them as they are only >available with the hard drive carriers. They need to be countersunk but
with larger heads than standard or they just slip through the carrier
holes.

I don't know what either the "6" or the "32" means and would appreciate
some guidance. If anybody knows of a source of slightly odd screws it
would be appreciated, otherwise I think I will try and find small washers
to stop the heads slipping through the holes but I need to know the size I >am looking for!

In case anybody is interested in a solution this is what I got:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DH24HR17

M3 Nylon Flat Washers 3mm ID 7mm OD 1mm Thick Plain Washer.

Standard countersunk drive screws screw into them and then they hold the
drive in the carrier and have enough flexibility to pull into the countersinking in the carrier.
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On 23/04/2026 in message
<20260423192814.41fa470c@jrenewsid.jretrading.com> Joe wrote:

On 23 Apr 2026 18:12:08 GMT
"Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:

Great minds "You last purchased this item on 3 Apr 2026" :-)

The heads are too small, they slip through the carriers.

It may have to be small washers...

That's odd, the countersink angle is 90 degrees as usual, so you won't >generally find larger heads.

This one's not countersunk but might do the job:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DSLRKIT-6-32-16-Phillips-50/dp/B016OCJSE6

Just to say I ordered these but they have been stuck in the bends of
Hormuz so just arrived.

Spot on, tuck in the countersinking nicely without slipping through.

Many thanks :-)
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Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
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It has a non-binary number on the door.
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