3 Jan
2006
3 Jan
'06
6:02 p.m.
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 00:51:56 +0000 (GMT)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
I'll say again that I have never had
difficulty using an ordinary
long-handle flatblade screwdriver wedged into the TORX screwhead
If you do this and mangle the heads of the screws sufficiently that you
can't turn them with the right tool either, you are going to have one
hell of a job drilling them out.
I've never had this problem. I don't 'bull' the screw out with
brute force. A common flat-blade screwdriver tip nests tightly
into the torque head and the screws are easily backed out. You
determine 'proper fit' by trying the screwdriver blade in the
easily accessable case-back screws.
I never bought a specail tool to open Macs. I just
used the Xcellite
System 99 Torx drivers with the X5 extension. Fits perfectly, and it's in
my normal toolkit.
My point in making my first comment was that not everybody has a
huge collection of tools, and the thread was starting to develop
in a way that somebody was going to have to head out and buy
expensive new tools. It was a 'common sense' post, to make sure
people knew they did NOT have to view their lack of an unusually
long T15 torx screwdriver as a barrier.
'The exact tool' is a nice thing to have, but not all people here
also collect tools.