drive repair tips?

In message <6.2.1.2.2.20050818153132.05436c68 at mail> John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote: Yecch. Tri-wing bits. I hate the blasted things - the matching screwdrivers (especially for Nintendo kit) seem to be manufactured from 99.999% pure scientific-grade unobtainium (even though tool steel would work just as well :P ). Quickest way to remove them? A drill. Least destructive way to remove them? The proper screwdriver. What to use if you don't have the proper screwdriver or a drill? A flat-blade screwdriver. Sort-of works, even better if you've got some sandpaper (!) or a grinder handy to take a bit of metal off the bit until it fits. I've got about a dozen cheap screwdrivers with Polymorph plastic on one end and a severely Dremel'd bit :) Why do I take Nintendo gear apart? To swap MaskROMs for FLASH chips. Much fun to create one's own game for a Gameboy. Even more fun if you design a cart oscilloscope, ...) Later. -- Phil. | Acorn RiscPC600 SA220 64MB+6GB 100baseT philpem at philpem.me.uk | Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxe R2 512MB+100GB http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Sony MZ-N710 NetMD Minidisc ... "Bother", said Pooh, as he deleted his root directory.