13 Nov
2003
13 Nov
'03
9:44 p.m.
You are talking about lareg units, where these things are
somewhat accessable and known. That's not the point (except
for that I undo caseings a lot, and after some open close
cycles these tend to break even when handled properly.
Yeah, I don't really mind them if I know where they are, but I often
run into things that I need to take apart that I don't know where any
of the fasteners are, or what flavor of plastic clips they use. For
example, I was taking apart a USB CD burner, and I removed the two
screws on the bottom, only to find the casing still securely fastened
together. The problem was, that with this particular design, I couldn't
tell which half had the 'hook' part, and which part had the 'tab' part.
I eventually got it apart, but it was a real pain.
The major
killers is the remotes! I had bad time getting halves
apart without breaking at least one hook, my hands isn't strong
enough to squeeze hard or out of fear especially crushing it and
splintering it.
My point. these little things, where you can't see from the
outside where they are and where you can't get inside to use
whatever tool.