[Pc_Support] Help Request: HDD parts to revive dead drive

[Patrick]

On Tuesday 07 February 2006 18:52, Phil Barnett wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 February 2006 16:57, Patrick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 February 2006 12:30, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> > > "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam at HiWAAY.net> wrote:
> > > > Sounds like a Torx bit .... Sears & others have them, used in
> > > > automotive & apparently computers :-).
> > >
> > > Yep, many are T-10.
> > >
> > > A few vendors play games like putting a "key" in the center, so you
> > > can't use a standard Torx bit.
> >
> > Called a "security"  or "Tamper-proof" torx.  Most the drives and cpu
> > heatsinks I see are T8. start at $6.63 here:
> > http://www.wihatools.com/362trSF.htm
> >
> > and regular Torx are starting at $4.30 here:
> > http://www.wihatools.com/indexes/indxtorx.htm
>
> Every year at hamcation, there are at least 3 vendors that sell the
> security bit sets for $10 or less. (my last one was $8)
>
> I'd suggest getting one there.
But, one caveat on the bit set, is that they insert into a driver and that is 
sometimes too large in diameter to reach through the heatsinks, to use on 
computer processors.  In those instances, the Wiha Torx driver is great.
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