[PLUG] Wanted: weird screwdriver

[Elliott Mitchell]

>From: Joshua Keroes <jkeroes at eli.net>
> I'm trying to get into an external Seagate enclosure to get at the 
> tasty innards inside: a 100GB 2.5" laptop drive. The case is fastened 
> shut with four Torx Plus Tamper Resistant (aka Security Torx Plus) 
> screws. These look just like Torx screws except instead of a six-point 
> pattern, they have a five point pattern.
> 
> I think it takes an IPB 8 or IPB 10 sized bit that looks like this: 
> http://www.wihatools.com/716_IPR_serie.htm

I'm unsure about those actually being Torx. The Torx security bits are
the Torx shaped screws with the post in the center. These in turn need a
Torx bit with the end drilled out.

> I'd actually like to reuse the case, but I'm getting so frustrated that 
> the hacksaw is starting to sound like a good idea. Grr.

Merely need to hacksaw/drill the screws, and then the case can be kept.

> The general public isn't allowed to buy these bits (see: "Tamper 
> resistant"). Does anyone on the list have access to these buggers? I'd 
> love to borrow them for an evening to perform the laptop <---> 
> enclosure HD swap. I suspect that upon return, your bits or 
> screwdrivers might come with tasty, tasty beer as well.

One source is EBay. Locally Norvac has some types of security bits. They
had a set with the drilled-Torx and tri-wing bits. I'm unsure about them
having the five-pointed bit you're looking at.


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