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Strange Screws
I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate
80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a picture of a screw he http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/...int%20star.jpg Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws? Thanks. Chieh -- Hacking Digital Cameras - http://www.camerahacker.com/books/Ha...gital_Cameras/ |
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RP wrote:
wrote: I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate 80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a picture of a screw he http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/...int%20star.jpg Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws? Thanks. At any decent hardware or home supply store. It's called a Torx screw. Typically an allen wrench will work just fine in the absence of a Torx screw driver. hvacrmedic Hi, Also tight fitting blade screw driver will do it too. Tony |
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Tony Hwang wrote: RP wrote: wrote: I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate 80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a picture of a screw he http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/...int%20star.jpg Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws? Thanks. At any decent hardware or home supply store. It's called a Torx screw. Typically an allen wrench will work just fine in the absence of a Torx screw driver. hvacrmedic Hi, Also tight fitting blade screw driver will do it too. Tony As long as you don't care to ruin the tip. But I've used a flat blade on many an occasion hvacrmedic |
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buffalobill wrote: "TORX PLUS" [NOT TORX] http://www.wihatools.com/716_IPR_serie.htm I should've looked! In that case a dremel tool might be in order. A good stout drill bit and a rethreader afterward hvacrmedic |
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Hmmmm why do you want to open the case of the drive? If you open it
outside a class 1 clean room, the drive WILL die. Or are you talking about the drive mounting screws? Dave wrote in message oups.com... I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate 80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a picture of a screw he http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/...int%20star.jpg Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws? Thanks. Chieh -- Hacking Digital Cameras - http://www.camerahacker.com/books/Ha...gital_Cameras/ |
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"David C. Partridge" wrote:
Hmmmm why do you want to open the case of the drive? If you open it outside a class 1 clean room, the drive WILL die. Or are you talking about the drive mounting screws? Perhaps the drive already *is* dead. Don't overestimate clean rooms - they contain 100 particles per cubic meter as opposed to an "average" room containing 600 particles. A "clean" "average" room will contain far less than the 600 particles. For what it's worth, I've had a drive running non-stop for over a week without its cover (platters exposed) and haven't had any hiccups. This hype about "clean rooms" is a load of drivel. There are those who will say "if you get one single particle of dust on your platters, your drive will be irretrievably damaged." Bollox. And bollox to FR, who will no doubt disagree. Odie -- Retrodata www.retrodata.co.uk Globally Local Data Recovery Experts |
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The Torx drivers sold in hardware have six points, and this monstrosity has
five. Of course, it is designed to be a ******* conifguration, and you can't get the driver for it. As the other fellow suggested, try slotted jewlers screw drivers, sometimes you can get one to wedge in just right. -- Christopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. .. "Tony Hwang" wrote in message news:%MHyf.238969$2k.125392@pd7tw1no... RP wrote: wrote: I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate 80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a picture of a screw he http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/...int%20star.jpg Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws? Thanks. At any decent hardware or home supply store. It's called a Torx screw. Typically an allen wrench will work just fine in the absence of a Torx screw driver. hvacrmedic Hi, Also tight fitting blade screw driver will do it too. Tony |
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I'd dare to guess that if this fellow doesn't recognize a Torx screw
that he isn't aware that he should never open a hard drive. Torx screws are seldom used for no other purpose then to keep the prying eyes of consumers from sensitive stuff. Thats why they're used in elevators. My son has actually opened a defective laptop hard drive before and amazingly it still functioned, for only a short time. Now its a paperweight. Handi |
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