![]() ![]() The soft metal used here also makes it easy to over-tighten the screws, damaging the screw driver. For the Allen key, the margin between fitting in, and slipping is very small. Even though it appears more difficult, it is actually more forgiving in performance, once it fits. It's probably a good idea to make the hexagonal section tapered, so that you can vary the thickness a bit.Īll in all, the Torx is probably more suited to this method. I almost gave up on it, but ended up successful after filing a bit off the end. ![]() After that I started the Allen key, and when it was done, it wouldn't grip the screws at all. ![]() That caused it take a bit longer, maybe 45-50 minutes including taking pictures and other stuff. I actually completed the Torx before starting the Allen key, so I did some things different then shown here. (BTW, the camera is from the same flea market, so I'm trying that out at the same time. These have some screws which are slightly smaller than the smallest bits I've got in my toolbox, so I gave it a try. I got some gadgets from a Flea market today, among which an Ipaq with dead battery, and a bluetooth gps dongle. I didn't take pictures back then, and the original remained with my friend, so I wanted to see if that was just dumb luck, or if the result could be recreated. In the end it was quickest to just make a complete 5-wing Torx. Now I had thought the easiest would be to just make a fitting flat-head driver and try that, but it didn't work. Now I didn't have such a tool either, but still grabbed some tools and went over there to A) try kludging it, B) gloat about him having purchased this utterly unservicable machine, and C) hold his hand if anything goes wrong. Now you can easily remove the back plate of the Macbook with a Phillips driver, everything inside is held in place by the battery, which in turn is fastened by the aforementioned odd-toed Torx. To prevent further damage, he wanted to unplug the battery and remove the mainboard to check for spillage there. He'd had a bit of a beverage related incident with his Macbook Pro (Unibody, aka no removable parts). The need first arose when a friend called me up late one evening in dire need of a 5 point Torx screwdriver. ![]()
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