i have the JEANTECH Midi ATX Case.
can you tell me what the following mean and reffered to as:
4 x 5.25 Drive Bays - is that hard drive?
2 x 3.5 Drive Bays - is that floppy drive?
what does 5.25 and 3.5 mean?
2007-06-26 05:12:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
4 5 and a quarter drive slots are for large peripherals like CD/DVD/DVD-RW/optical/ ETC that is that width in inches. 3 and a half inch drive bays are for peripherals like hard drives and floppy drives, etc. Anything that is for internal use and is 3.5 inches in width. (the floppy would obviously be used externally but installed internally). There are many things that can be mounted in these bays, however I have named the most widely used peripherals for them. You can also purchase 5.25 to 3.5 kits that will allow you to mount a Hard drive or something else that is 3.5 inches in width in a 5.25 inch bay.
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2007-06-26 05:21:09 · answer #1 · answered by swmighty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Floppy drives use to come in three flavors; 9 inch, 5.25 and 3.5. You can still buy 3.5, but the 9 and 5.25 have gone the way of the dinosaur.
Neither of the above is a hard drive; both are floppy. Think of your Drive Bay as a garage, it is where the casing that contains the floppy drive mechanism goes inside of your computer.
2007-06-26 12:23:13 · answer #2 · answered by Joyce M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the disk size ..
Hard drives also come in various sizes with most modern drives being of the 3.5" variety.
The hard drive bay(s) will not have any port to the outside of the case.
The referenced case will have four 5 1/4" bays, one of which may be used for a 5 1/4" FDD, and two 3 1/2" bays, one of which may be used for a 3 1/2" FDD.
There are adapter kits to allow 3 1/2" HDD devices to fit into the 5 1/4" drive bays.
2007-06-26 12:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the size across of the slot space in inches. These are "Bays" or "slots". It derives from the original floppy disk drives, which measured 5.25 inches and 3.5 inches. It simply means you can fit a drive/device of that size in that bay. You have 4 slots at 5.25 and 2 slots of 3.5.
2007-06-26 12:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by Pooka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comes from the daze of 5.25" floppy drives and 3.5" floppy drives.
Most HDD/CD/DVD drive go into the 5.25 inch slots.
Some HDD and 3.5" floppy drives fit in the 3.5" slot. Floppy drives have gone the way of the buffalo though, so don't bother.
2007-06-26 12:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
INCH SIZES FOR BAY OPENINGS ON THE CASE.
2007-06-26 12:19:26 · answer #6 · answered by supernova 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means you have a very small floppy
2007-06-26 12:15:48 · answer #7 · answered by Affy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
those are the gigabytes per drive bay, multiple those all together and that is how much memory that is
2007-06-26 12:17:03 · answer #8 · answered by Matt 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
can't be penis size at least
2007-06-26 12:26:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋