| gabriel rosenkoetter on Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:50:34 +0100 |
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 09:13:22AM -0400, Guillermo Moyna wrote: > Not at all invasive. The main problem is that the screws on the board > are funny-looking (not Phillips, not flat-head, not Allen), That'd be Torx. It's pretty standard for computer parts they don't want you getting into. Because there's this theory that only licensed technicians have Torx screw drivers. By a set at Microcenter for next time, they're cheap. (If you ever want into an original Macintosh--the 128k, 512k, Classic, whatever--you'll need a Torx.) > but if you get the right flat-head screw-driver you can take them out. Ewww... you didn't strip the heads, did you? Have to be really careful about that. > (it has a 'dip' style connector to the case of the disk, and also > - in my Seagate SCSI case - three leads that go into what I think > is the motor). Also could be leads for the SCSI ID. (Typically that doesn't go through the same channel as the data.) Cheers... -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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