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From: Eric Allen on 15 Feb 2010 23:15 Geoff wrote: > 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. you can get all those from a Harbour Freight store. -- -- Eric
From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 16 Feb 2010 00:44 "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hld47r$h16$2(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "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. That page shows other head configurations besides Torx. I just thought you might find the exact type there. I typed "torx" "bristol" "allen" and "wrench" into google and looked for graphic representations of the head configurations so you might be able to see the one that you are dealing with. Did you look?
From: "FromTheRafters" erratic on 16 Feb 2010 00:49 "Geoff" <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:nm5kn5t5tepdq45hnhl9dpjtk7f5jhn57b(a)4ax.com... > 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... What's to type? All he had to do was click the link. Is this better? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx <=== click there :o)
From: David Kaye on 16 Feb 2010 02:24 Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >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. I looked at the page and none of the illustrations matched the screw types used on the computer.
From: MEB on 16 Feb 2010 11:55
On 02/16/2010 02:24 AM, David Kaye wrote: > Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> 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. > > I looked at the page and none of the illustrations matched the screw types > used on the computer. > I would back that, as I have found several styles not shown there. I get the impression there may be some "proprietary/non-standardized" creations now being used by some manufacturers, and coming from suppliers/manufacturers from places like China. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |