HDD bays are too big for normal 3.5 inch HDD

Guest · Mar 8, 2015

Hi Girls and Boys, here again with my problems. As part of my on going attempt to build my 1st PC,
I bought a Zalman 11 plus PC case. Everything was going fine until it came to slotting in my hard drives into the bays, the bays are slightly too large. Also I don't think they are fixed by screws, it looks like the drive slides in and locks.
Obviously I think I need an adaptor but I have searched high and low through Amazon and the internet trying to find an adaptor for a 3.5 inch HDD that is 4 1/4 inches wide.
Please can anyone help with the name and perhaps a link to such a beast, many thanks in anticipation, Vince.

pauls3743 · Mar 8, 2015

Check through the bag of screws, it should have a selection of odd looking screws with a half length tread and "rubber washers" with a groove around the edge.

Not too dissimilar to this

backoffmanImascientist · Mar 8, 2015

You are supposed to have these things included with the case: " 3-in-1 Bracket Provided for installing FDD / 3.5" HDD / 2.5" HDD/SSD. "

Their customer support is 1-888-925-6266

ThatVietGuy · Mar 8, 2015

Explained in this review: http://www.pcgameware.co.uk/reviews/cases/zalman-z11-plus-review/

"Now it was time to install my Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD. There are twenty anti-vibration rubber plugs provided of which four need to be fastened to the side of any 3.5″ HDD using the supplied screws. Installation involved attaching the four anti-vibration rubber plugs to my HDD then slotting the HDD into the tool-free HDD mounting tray (quiet a clever idea and not one I have seen before!). A bolt is then screwed into the side of the HDD to keep it in place. Then it was just a case of attaching the power cable and the SATA cable to one of the SATA-3 6Gb/s ports on my motherboard."

And this: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Zalman-Z11-Plus-Case-Review/1504/5

Guest · Mar 8, 2015

pauls3743 :

Thanks pauls3743, I have found them, never seen this method before, feel a right idiot now, cheers.

Guest · Mar 8, 2015

backoffmanImascientist :

Thanks backoffmanImascientist, Yes I have found them, thanks a lot from a old git who feels a bit stupid right now, cheers.

Guest · Mar 8, 2015

ThatVietGuy :

Explained in this review: http://www.pcgameware.co.uk/reviews/cases/zalman-z11-plus-review/

"Now it was time to install my Western Digital Caviar Blue HDD. There are twenty anti-vibration rubber plugs provided of which four need to be fastened to the side of any 3.5″ HDD using the supplied screws. Installation involved attaching the four anti-vibration rubber plugs to my HDD then slotting the HDD into the tool-free HDD mounting tray (quiet a clever idea and not one I have seen before!). A bolt is then screwed into the side of the HDD to keep it in place. Then it was just a case of attaching the power cable and the SATA cable to one of the SATA-3 6Gb/s ports on my motherboard."

And this: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Zalman-Z11-Plus-Case-Review/1504/5

Thank you too ThatVietGuy, you been brilliant helped a old man out, cheers buddy.

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