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Bare Drive?
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Posted by: billru44

Hey,

I ordered 2 HD's and noticed they are 'bare drives'. are these bad items to order?

should i return it? if i keep it, anything i should know about it (in terms of what it comes with or without)

Posted by: Ste

Prehaps you mean OEM?

All OEM means is that you get only the drive. In most cases, wraped in bubble wrap with no cables, screws or documentation.

The waranty may also be less on OEM parts.

But theres nothing wrong or bad about them.

Posted by: billru44

Ste,

My mobo comes w/ SATA signal cables and SATA power cables.... do i need to buy anything? mounting screws? if so, are mounting screws standard size? (ie... i can go into any store and buy them)

Posted by: Ste

You should have extra screws that came with your case or motherboard.

Im sure you could walk into a computer store and ask for Case screws.

The S-ATA cables provided with the Motherboard should be fine.

Posted by: DJ-CHRIS

These drives are fine to buy, infact I only buy oem "bare" drives. They usually also come with the same warranty.

Posted by: mike4realz

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by billru44 [/i]
[B]Ste,

My mobo comes w/ SATA signal cables and SATA power cables.... do i need to buy anything? mounting screws? if so, are mounting screws standard size? (ie... i can go into any store and buy them) [/B][/QUOTE]
i bought my screws at OSH and Home Depot

Posted by: billru44

are mounting screws a standard size?

Posted by: mike4realz

i really don't know bout sizes but i just took one screw off my hard drive. took it to OSH and asked...BAM!! got some sets of scews.

Posted by: TheMajor

[color=darkred]They are all same size.[/color]