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Does anyone know where I can get a plastic clip so I can put the hard drive ribbon cable down?       Or perhaps do you know of a substitute for it?   Electrical tape isn’t holding the hdd ribbon cable down.      Thanks!        (Bought this m18xr2 from eBay and they failed to mention it was missing plastic clip).  

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Those clips are easy to break. Replaced my motherboard when it it happened to my R2. You might search for a fix but Dell did not make these clips replaceable. But If you do find a fix, be the first to post it. Thanks.

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12 hours ago, G.R.A.M.P.S. said:

Those clips are easy to break. Replaced my motherboard when it it happened to my R2. You might search for a fix but Dell did not make these clips replaceable. But If you do find a fix, be the first to post it. Thanks.

Well, it’s a fix I guess.  I cut plastic from an items (a flash drives clear plastic packaging)  I bought.  Then I wedged it in front of the cable to hold it in place.  Hard drive reads again , but I’m not sure how stable or consistent it will be.   I’ll probably also put a short piece of electrical tape over it.    

 

Right now though I’m busy trying to get my gpu to work right in another m18xr2 forum.  

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