Supermicro Drive Caddy Clip

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Wanted to spice up my homelab a bit and dont care much for LED. Decided to play around with my supermicro drive clips and came up with these after a few dozen alterations they seem to work pretty well There are two variants of the drive latches a long one thats a bit tricky to swap out, takes a bit of patience and several small screwdrivers, and a short one, that pops off, then just pop the new one back on Long clip replacement overview: theres a spring and rod that make the clip work properly, you have to remove the rod and note the orientation of the spring, Once removed, pull the old clip out, and with a small screwdriver to hold the spring on the new clip while lowering it in, go until you can slide the rod back in and it seats the new clip (note: i used my knees or a small vise to lightly hold the drive caddy while 'operating' on it. my first 3 changes took about an hour to get the rhythm down, then i did 25 remaining caddies in the next hour)