[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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