19 Feb
2002
19 Feb
'02
4:19 p.m.
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Drill the bit out? That would be interesting to see.
Well, that's what I did....
It was one of those 2:00am "I _will_ see this thing boot!" jobs. With
a Flex-Shaft and a watercooled 1.75mm diamond ball, it wasn't too hard,
just tedious. This is a Mac brand torx driver, good carbide. Slow
drilling.
If Necessity was the mother of invention, Obsession is the father.
Doc
I don't think I have ever seen the tamperproof bits in a store.
Although, I don't know if I've ever looked. When I saw the ones I
bought at the flee market, I bought them immediately, because I figured
I'd never find them again.
I think I used Vise Grips on my 5150's PS too :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
And if you have any difficulty finding the right
sizes of "security bits",
you can chisel off the post in the middle, or drill a hole in a
"regular" torx or allen to make a "security bit". (20 years ago,
"tamper-proof torx" bits were hard to come by, but used on the 5150 power
supply - but those were exposed enough to be removable with a 5WR
Vise-Grips.)