My case is too little?! Cannot close the door properly...

winterwonderland · Sep 24, 2018

im here again with another "problem" of mine....

apparently, my case is too small for my stuff. i cannot close the door to the case properly cuz one of the SATA-cables are reaching outside of the case... anything i can do about this, or would i have to buy a new case or something? here are 2 photos that shows what im talking about:

any suggestions?

ps: pardon if this was posted in the wrong section...

NdMk2o1o · Sep 24, 2018

Take it from wrapping around the molex and simply bend the cable to a right angle gently, they will take that kind of manipulation, no need to a new case whatsoever, or you could buy a right angled sata cable. I'm sure there are 2 sets of holes in the drive to hold it in place and you can also "slide" it forward

winterwonderland · Sep 24, 2018

NdMk2o1o said:
Take it from wrapping around the molex and simply bend the cable to a right angle gently, they will take that kind of manipulation, no need to a new case whatsoever, or you could buy a right angled sata cable. I'm sure there are 2 sets of holes in the drive to hold it in place and you can also "slide" it forward

okay. i will see what i can do. as you can see, i am using that "bent" sata cable.

and the hdd's are already slided to the max point... that's why i find it a bit odd... thanks for the inputs!

NdMk2o1o · Sep 24, 2018

minstreless said:
okay. i will see what i can do. as you can see, i am using that "bent" sata cable. and the hdd's are already slided to the max point... that's why i find it a bit odd... thanks for the inputs!

Should be able to bend the sata cable at the joint to a right angle which will give you 10-15mm more to play with or.... turn the hdd round then and route the cable to the inside of the case, not the best for cable management but should do the trick.

P.S get an air compressor and get rid of those dust bunnies

xorbe · Sep 25, 2018

Can you turn the drive around and put the connections at the other end?

DeathtoGnomes · Sep 25, 2018

which case? is that a mini case?

you can buy 90 degree angle cables for that.

Looking closer, you have to turn all your drives around.

Bill_Bright · Sep 25, 2018

DeathtoGnomes said:
Looking closer, you have to turn all your drives around.

My thought too. If still not enough room, then 90° cables may be your only hope.

Malik Sajid · Sep 25, 2018

Man, you are mounting the HDDs the wrong way, turn them around.

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