[PLUG-TALK] Laptop Hardware Guru?

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Sat Nov 28 18:20:13 UTC 2009


On Sat, 28 Nov 2009, Keith Lofstrom wrote:

> Assuming that is a standard miniPCI board, those screws (about an inch
> apart IIRC) are standard too.  If they have screw lock goop painted on
> them, scrape that off first, of course, but I have never seen that on the
> radio board.

Keith,

   No goop on them. I looked.

> The main thing is to have the correct screwdriver - you likely don't. 
> These are probably Phillips "P00" screw heads, which require a fine tipped
> jeweler's screwdriver, typically smaller than you find in the average
> cheapo "10 jewelers screwdrivers for $5" set at K-Mart.  A good set like
> (wes? john?) brings to the clinic will work, or some hunting in a high end
> small tool store might find something similar.

   I was thinking that I needed my jeweler's screwdriver rather than the #0
Phillips head from my computer repair kit. Trying that was on my schedule
for this weekend.

Thanks for the input,

Rich



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