[geeks] TORX Question - Mac SE/30 tool - what wrench?

Big Endian geeks at sunhelp.org
Tue Dec 11 21:16:22 CST 2001


>AW> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Mike Hebel wrote:
>
>>>  It's not a T-8, it's a T-10 or a T-15 and they are available in 10
>
>AW> Maybe I'm thinking of hard drives and powerbooks.  One of those items uses
>AW> non standard Torx sizes so they can't be opened easily.
>
>Powerbooks, at least my 540c is, are T9's.  I had to buy a whole set
>of screwdrivers to get one that was the right size - in effect $20 for
>one screwdriver.  Almost as bad as the T6 I had to buy to open one of
>the Thinkpad 701C notebook sides.  The smallest torx I've ever seen on
>the sides of those.

520/540s take T9s and t7s in some realy annoying spots (ever replaced 
the pram batt on those?)  The duo series took t8s and t6s.  I spent 
lots of time with the duos, great machines there, probably the best 
non ppc powerbook there ever was.

daniel

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