Request from mr SRD:
Does anyone have a Phillips 00 screwdriver and a Torx t6 that he could borrow?
(Note - he is much more reliable than I am at returning things!)
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Questions/Support/Help
OT: changing hard-drive
(12 posts)- Started 9 years ago by SRD
- Latest reply from MrSRD
- This topic is
resolved
-
Posted 9 years ago #
-
@SRD
I think your crochet tutor has a suitable toolkit.
Posted 9 years ago # -
cheers - i will have a word. :)
Posted 9 years ago # -
hmmm...anyone else?
need something beyond 'normal' jewellery screwdriver sets.
Posted 9 years ago # -
I have a couple of wee Torxes which have worked fine for opening up laptops and phones but didn't have time to grab them this morning.
Posted 9 years ago # -
I know Boyfriend Of Fimm has some kind of small screwdriver set, but I don't know more than that. I can investigate if nothing more suitable is found in the meantime...
Posted 9 years ago # -
@SRD I've got a box of small Phillips and Torx-headed screwdrivers for fiddly jobs such as this. I could do a tomorrowswap?
Posted 9 years ago # -
I have the required tools, and am not far away, but won't be back home until 3-4ish.
Posted 9 years ago # -
@SRD
Your crochet tutor denies having such tools. I must have invented them, sorry.
Posted 9 years ago # -
no worries. i should have specified that garden variety teeny tiny screwdrivers were not what was needed, but figured everyone on here (except me) would already have figured that out.
(I have *no* idea what a torx is. )
Posted 9 years ago # -
SRD, Torx is a tradename, and is like a hex with crinkly edges. They also get called 'star'. The idea behind the special geometry is to eliminate 'cam-out' (e.g. a Philips/cross-head screwdriver is designed to jump out of a screw head when the torque reaches a critical level).
With no cam-out, the permissible engagement force can be much higher, but you then run the risk of rounding out the tool or the socket. Torx's design allows the forces that could otherwise round a hex wrench to be applied at a better angle (at right angles to the radius is the ideal scenario).
But humans aren't very well calibrated for torque and human wrists are quite strong. Torx 'feels' much stronger, so you need to protect the system from damage by using a torque wrench (officially).
Posted 9 years ago # -
This is just to say that I swapped the hard drives this morning, and it seems to have worked. The MacBook booted, the new drive was visible on the desktop and everything seems fine & dandy (and even maybe a bit faster).
Many thanks to everyone for the assistance and support, and particularly to chrisfl and kaputnik for the use of the tools. In the end, there was only one Philips 00 screw and four of the Torx T6s, but there was no way it was going to work without those precise tools....
Will try to return the tools in the next day or so....
Posted 9 years ago #
Reply
You must log in to post.
posts
