On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 01:56 +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
Oh heck,
yes. I went through every alan key and torx bit I had trying to
find something that would fit the former. Ended up with a good ol' pair
of long-nosed pliers, and those bristol spline screws are getting
replaced with something a little more conventional on reassembly!
NO!! Those screws are part of the machine and should be kept. I feel very
strongly about keeping odd fasteners, etc in machines, to replace them
with anything else does change the character of the machine IMHO. Surely
you can buy a set of Bristol Spline keys (I think Farnell do them...)
It's the sort of tool that not many people have though. Why make life
difficult for the next person who comes along and has to fix the
machine? The only reason I can think of for using those screws is that
people were expected to go inside the case to swap cards every so often,
but they weren't supposed to be poking around in the display section.
Just place the originals screws in a pouch (and for Tony, with a note
explaining what they're doing in there) and fasten it to the inside of the
computer somewhere.
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