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From: jim menning on 16 Jan 2006 11:26 "buffalobill" <wjohnston(a)adelphia.net> wrote in message news:1137399286.970997.120320(a)g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > "TORX PLUS" [NOT TORX] > > http://www.wihatools.com/716_IPR_serie.htm > Getting closer! Many in the Torx Plus line still are six-pointed drivers. The 5-pointed ones are known as "Torx-Plus TR" (Tamper resistant). Identification chart: http://www.lara.com/cgi-bin/store/commerce.cgi?cart_id=5614708.20716&keywords=bt-ip Torx-Plus TR sizes: http://www.lara.com/torx-plus-tr.htm jim menning
From: mc on 16 Jan 2006 11:29 >> I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate .... > > At any decent hardware or home supply store. It's called a Torx screw. > Typically an allen wrench will work just fine in the absence of a Torx > screw driver. Don't those have 6 points?
From: James Sweet on 16 Jan 2006 12:19 David C. Partridge wrote: > Hmmmm why do you want to open the case of the drive? If you open it > outside a class 1 clean room, the drive WILL die. > > Or are you talking about the drive mounting screws? > > From the picture, it's the screws that hold together the external case. Probably wants to upgrade the drive or put it in a different case.
From: wrench on 16 Jan 2006 12:28 > Torx screws are seldom used for no other purpose then to keep the prying eyes > of consumers from sensitive stuff. Thats why they're used in elevators. Not an accurate statement. Torx drive screws have been used on vehicles for ten years plus. They are not (in their standard form) an anti tamper fastener.
From: wrench on 16 Jan 2006 12:31
[I've been taking them apart to play with the magnets--- not as strong as I expected in the newer drives] magnets? in a hard drive? |