# Is there something else I can put in a 3.5 floppy slot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 5, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-else-i-can-put-in-a-3-5-floppy-slot/293027 "2005-03-05T03:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-else-i-can-put-in-a-3-5-floppy-slot/293027/41 "2005-03-06T21:39:56Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > I could put another hard drive in there, but I’ve already got four IDE devices in there; and that’s all the motherboard can support. Got a SCSI card? 😉 Hehe, just kidding, sounds like you probably don’t need another hard drive. (I’m guessing.) ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-else-i-can-put-in-a-3-5-floppy-slot/293027/42 "2005-03-06T23:43:51Z")
If you **do** have a scsi card, want a Jaz drive & four disks? Can’t use 'em, can’t stand to pitch good kit. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-else-i-can-put-in-a-3-5-floppy-slot/293027/43 "2005-03-07T00:01:55Z")
You can always close up the hole with the handyman’s secret weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-else-i-can-put-in-a-3-5-floppy-slot/293027/44 "2005-03-07T00:36:00Z")
> [@Ninja Pizza Guy](#): > > f you do have a scsi card, want a Jaz drive & four disks? Can’t use 'em, can’t stand to pitch good kit. Damn, **Guy**! You seem to have a lot of hardware lying around. I don’t have a SCSI card, though. > [@Musicat](#): > > You can always close up the hole with the handyman’s secret weapon. Duct tape? It couldn’t make this thing look any worse. Let me explain. I own the Ugliest Computer in the World. I bought it cheap off a coworker who tried to do a casemod on it and failed. The front is badly painted silver, with big scratches, drips, and fingerprints all over it. The big button where the power button should be is gone. The rest of it is badly painted black, with drips and cracks. The back is much the same, plus all of the little metal pieces that close the unused card slots are gone, and some of the metal bits between them are warped. To top it all off, he tried to cut a hole in the side for a fan. Unfortunately, the sheet metal was more than a match for his Dremel bit, so there’s a half-assed scratched circle on the side. It’s got a certain charm, though. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-else-i-can-put-in-a-3-5-floppy-slot/293027/45 "2005-03-07T00:41:16Z")
Dang, **Tentacle Monster,** you need duct tape more than I thought. A big-ass roll. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-else-i-can-put-in-a-3-5-floppy-slot/293027.md?page=2)