dell hard drive bay

[ng12345]

i really like how the internals of dell's cases are organized with the tracks on the hard drives that slide into the hard drive enclosure

have a dell dim 8400 ... only has an enclosure for 2 hds, but 4 sata ports

was wondering if anyone knew wehre i could find another drive bay enclosure for another 2hds ... the ones for the floppy drives is a just a tad too small for the hard disk.

i dont know if my terminology is correct... but by enclosure i mean the piece of metal that is formed into a rectangular prism, and it holds the hard drives inside the case

i hope this post makes a bit of sense... i'm looking for another similar "rectangular prism" with the green tracks so i can slide 2 more hds into my case.

thanks

 

[JEDIYoda]

did ya do a google search for harddrive bays..after market??

 

[ng12345]

i don't really know what you mean... would those still be the same as the dell one? ... i searched ebay ... and googled for dimension 8400 case and dimension 8400 hard drive enclosure

 

[Zepper]

You can order add-on drive racks for their 42x2 series of cases. It consists of a mounting plate that mounts with only two drilled holes and a 2-drive bracket that clips to the plate with a lever - should easily mount into any case that has the room. Not very expensive. Here is a link: http://www.evercase.com/newsite/2product/gc4292.htm Look at the inside view picture and you'll see one of the racks hanging under the floppy bays.
. You can also order vibe damper bushings for the drive rack while you are on the phone. No e-commerce on their web site, you have to order by phone. The rack and the vibe dampers are the second and third optional parts on the list.

.bh.

 

[ng12345]

thanks for the link, but does this allow the hard drive to slide into the bracket on rails? the dell bays have a rail system, where the hard drives and optical drives can slide in and out of the brackets with ease and without the need to screw/unscrew the hard drives to add/remove them.