25 Aug
2004
25 Aug
'04
10:44 a.m.
Haha, reminds me to tell about a headless screw... has
no slot,
just blank head where slot or hole for the typical screwdriver's tip
to fit in. Tony told me to bite on it with pair of pliers and turn.
They does unscrew. (!!)
I wonder if they were shear-head scews. They had a head once (probably a
male hexagon to be gripped with a normal spanner), but it was designed to
shear off when the screw was fully tightened. They're used for things
like car ignition switches (so a car thief can't easily remove the lock
from the steering column).
That was on PC RT PSU housing.
Now why you'd want to make a PSU so difficult to repair is beyond me...
-tony