Toppling All-in-One Desktops

[Gongalong]

Hi folks,

 

We bought three classrooms worth of all-in-one PCs over the Summer, and subsequent to that we’ve had two topple over in as many months and the screen has smashed. We think these have been accidental topples, in that someone has caught the top of the PC and pulled it over on the bench or floor. The main problem is that the parts are crazy expensive and it’s the same price as buying a new machine.

 

Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue, and if so what did you do? We’ve considering putting a screw through the base or securing the back and front of the stand with brackets.

 

Thanks

[DGardiner]

Hi folks,

 

We bought three classrooms worth of all-in-one PCs over the Summer, and subsequent to that we’ve had two topple over in as many months and the screen has smashed. We think these have been accidental topples, in that someone has caught the top of the PC and pulled it over on the bench or floor. The main problem is that the parts are crazy expensive and it’s the same price as buying a new machine.

 

Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue, and if so what did you do? We’ve considering putting a screw through the base or securing the back and front of the stand with brackets.

 

Thanks

vesa mountable?

[PrimaryNetMan]

Used heavy duty velcro in the past.

[Gongalong]

vesa mountable?

No. Bespoke stand. (Lenovo ThinkCentre Neo 30a)

[Gongalong]

Used heavy duty velcro in the past.

A member of staff here suggested that. Did you use anything specific? The stand is flush with the desk, so there's no space inside the stand to put Velcro, and I wondered whether adding that would make it more unstable versus velcro sticking power.

[PrimaryNetMan]

This was some time ago but was just some that came on a roll from ESPO at the time. Used in an IT suite (Primary), these were the stands

 

 

and they were all in the same place after 8 years of use.

 

They did sit a little proud, but not that you'd notice. Nothing to loose giving it a try and less destructive than screws.

[Arthur]

We’ve considering putting a screw through the base or securing the back and front of the stand with brackets.

Dell OptiPlex AIOs (like the 7490) include a 4mm screw hole on the bottom of the stand. I've used this to secure our IT suite AIOs to the desks.

 

I think it's designed to be used with the Noble Locks NGDAI1K, but it works equally as well with an M4 machine screw through the desk. Much cheaper too!

 

M4 x 65mm: www.accu.co.uk/pozi-pan-head-screws/404251-SPP-M4-65-A4

M4 x 80mm: www.accu.co.uk/pozi-pan-head-screws/9312-SPP-M4-80-A2

M4 x 100mm: www.accu.co.uk/pozi-pan-head-screws/9314-SPP-M4-100-A2

Edited November 3, 2022 by Arthur

[Scifigirl]

Our toppling is mainly caused by students.

 

As above we use heavy duty velcro

 

We also mix up the directions of the velcro so its much harder to topple in any direction-- pro tip - paint scraper between the layers of velcro does allow these to be moved as the directionality of the velcro also makes it hard to remove for maintenance...

[chazzy2501]

big wood screw right through the base, job done.

[DalekSec]

Kensington locks?

[round2it]

big screw through the base problem solved, or we could try classroom management, I know it's a long shot, but you never know

[OldTimeIT]

I have screwed monitor stands to desks in just about every computer room that I have built (and that is quite a few).

Countersunk Pozidriv screws with cup washers look the neatest.

Create a drilling jig for the screw holes so that everything looks the same.

Security TORX screws are available if you need a bit more resistance to unauthorised removal.

[BlueScreen]

When re-doing the music suite this summer we used a pair of mirror corner brackets at the front and a single s clip at the back to prevent the iMacs from being 'accidentally' knocked over.