safety Using velcro in my gaming pc to hold up an ssd a safety/fire hazard?

[Poinkachu]

11 minutes ago, Luneh said:

Thought about that just gotta find a place i can use them

either directly using zip tie on the SSD

or

mount the velcro to the case using zip tie so you don't have to worry about adhesive failing due to prolonged exposure to heat.

 

Example where I'd try to mount it if going non velcro

 

Or you know,

2. place it at where drive bays supposed to be at and find anchor point for zip tie there.

3. Place and zip tie on top of the PSU cover, since there's holes on it.

[Needfuldoer]

21 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

Just use zip tie man

Or go whole-hog with VHB tape. Make @AlexTheGreatish proud!

[Poinkachu]

1 minute ago, Needfuldoer said:

Or go whole-hog with VHB tape. Make @AlexTheGreatish proud!

Ah yeah, I thought about recommending that too. I use them a lot irl for various things.
But it can be kinda hard to remove sometimes, especially for the "untrained"

[Needfuldoer]

Just now, Poinkachu said:

Ah yeah, I thought about recommending that too. I use them a lot irl for various things.
But it can be kinda hard to remove sometimes, especially for the "untrained"

Command strips and plain old mounting tape work too.

 

(Not a paid 3M shill I swear.)

[Milesqqw2]

Yeah you can use velcro. The worst things that might happen is either. A) it falls because the adhesive gets to hot,is unlikely though. B) It gets the inside of the case sticky. If you deem it worth the ABSOLUTELY TINY risk of these problems occurring, and the non existent problems that these would cause, go for it, otherwise don’t. It’s that simple.

[Luneh]

22 hours ago, Poinkachu said:

either directly using zip tie on the SSD

or

mount the velcro to the case using zip tie so you don't have to worry about adhesive failing due to prolonged exposure to heat.

 

Example where I'd try to mount it if going non velcro

 

Or you know,

2. place it at where drive bays supposed to be at and find anchor point for zip tie there.

3. Place and zip tie on top of the PSU cover, since there's holes on it.

Hey quick question if i place the ssd on the upper part where the hhd bay was and zip tie it on the roof of it using the holes above would that work? 

[Poinkachu]

24 minutes ago, Luneh said:

Hey quick question if i place the ssd on the upper part where the hhd bay was and zip tie it on the roof of it using the holes above would that work? 

I don't see why it wouldn't.

Pretty much any place where there's an anchor point for the zip tie will work.

 

yer talking to a man who once :

Use duct tape to mount his ssd somewhere in his pc case (I don't recommend this, the adhesive residue was kinda annoying to remove after awhile)

Hot glued reusable zip ties to places in his pc case to use it as cable management & ssd mount

Use craft foam to mount a 120mm fan in front of the case, in 5.25" bay. (Proof below)

 

so.... yep. Be creative, XD

 

 

There's foam on both sides of the fan, holding it in place. Nowhere to screw the fan into, really.

[Luneh]

1 hour ago, Poinkachu said:

I don't see why it wouldn't.

Pretty much any place where there's an anchor point for the zip tie will work.

 

yer talking to a man who once :

Use duct tape to mount his ssd somewhere in his pc case (I don't recommend this, the adhesive residue was kinda annoying to remove after awhile)

Hot glued reusable zip ties to places in his pc case to use it as cable management & ssd mount

Use craft foam to mount a 120mm fan in front of the case, in 5.25" bay. (Proof below)

 

so.... yep. Be creative, XD

 

 

There's foam on both sides of the fan, holding it in place. Nowhere to screw the fan into, really.

If it works it works i guess worry about clean up duty when the time comes

[Poinkachu]

1 hour ago, Luneh said:

If it works it works i guess worry about clean up duty when the time comes

? just snip the ties, then reapply a new one.
They're dirt cheap

 

Unless you wanna use a reusable ones like I did for some DIY

 

You can also loop 2 ties apart, slid velcro through both of them, then tighten the ties.

Use the velcro to hold the SSD

I do recommend 2 velcros , but if its not possible, 1 is fine as well, just a bit "dangly"

[AlexTheGreatish]

On 12/5/2023 at 7:05 AM, Needfuldoer said:

Or go whole-hog with VHB tape. Make @AlexTheGreatish proud!

I'm going to recommend zipties over VHB in this situation, although both is the most correctist solution. 

[Rocketdog2112]

I can't believe something so simple has gained so much traction.