Dreaded KB977165 Patch
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From: Eric Allen on 15 Feb 2010 16:22 MEB wrote: > On 02/15/2010 04:02 PM, Eric Allen wrote: >> David Kaye wrote: >>> Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> If it has 6 equal slots, it's probably a Torx bit. >>> Doesn't fit any Torx wrenches we have. >>> >> sounds like a security star driver >> > > Might be. Some may also have long and short sides [not equal] to defeat > normal tools, or a middle "post" to preclude insertion of what would be > the normal tool [security torx or star generally]. > exactly what COX and DirectTV like to use. -- -- Eric
From: MEB on 15 Feb 2010 16:46 On 02/15/2010 04:22 PM, Eric Allen wrote: > MEB wrote: >> On 02/15/2010 04:02 PM, Eric Allen wrote: >>> David Kaye wrote: >>>> Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If it has 6 equal slots, it's probably a Torx bit. >>>> Doesn't fit any Torx wrenches we have. >>>> >>> sounds like a security star driver >>> >> >> Might be. Some may also have long and short sides [not equal] to defeat >> normal tools, or a middle "post" to preclude insertion of what would be >> the normal tool [security torx or star generally]. >> > exactly what COX and DirectTV like to use. > Yeah... seems they are making self-help and repair tech more difficult all the time. I have a small specialty grinder [and some other stuff] and rod stock, which comes in handy when confronted with one of the new forms to grind or make what I need in a pinch. Then again, I also get those devices where they DIDN'T use one of the security screws/whatever, and the person had no idea what to do after they opened the device/appliance and I get the "pieces" to fix. -- MEB
From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 15 Feb 2010 18:52 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hlcc99$qfk$4(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> >>If it has 6 equal slots, it's probably a Torx bit. > > Doesn't fit any Torx wrenches we have. >
From: David Kaye on 15 Feb 2010 22:42 "FromTheRafters" <erratic @nomail.afraid.org> wrote: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx > Again, as I said, the screws don't fit any Torx wrenches we have. Torx has a flat end; these screws have pointed holes just like Phillips screws but 6-sided instead of 4-sided. I turned the netbook back to my housemate and suggested he go to Toshiba with it.
From: Geoff on 15 Feb 2010 22:55
On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:42:52 GMT, sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: >"FromTheRafters" <erratic @nomail.afraid.org> wrote: >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx >> > >Again, as I said, the screws don't fit any Torx wrenches we have. Torx has a >flat end; these screws have pointed holes just like Phillips screws but >6-sided instead of 4-sided. > >I turned the netbook back to my housemate and suggested he go to Toshiba with >it. FTR was too lazy to type and you were too lazy to click the link but the Wiki page shows the patterns of all the bits, Phil, Pozi, Poly, Torx, etc for reference and identification. |