Jonathan, Can you offer any insight into what I can expect when I go "case-cracking" and "guts-gutting" of a Classic or Classic II? --russ
On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:50 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:19 PM, Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> wrote: > >> And you all had me wondering what kind of miracle tool you were >> searching for ,something to reach deeply into some places i had no >> idea what and where they might be and wondering all along whether I >> were not missing some great opportunity to also perform a genius >> act on my computer. > > Oh, Marta! > > I heard the other day that the definition of a geek is one who > actually believes that it is possible to know everything. You sure > qualify! I can only hope to aspire to your geekiness! I better get > busy--I only have 28 years left! > > The long-shafted torx tool in question was the source of epic tool > hunts by Mac geeks in the early days of the 128K, 512K, Plus, SE, > etc. models. The long shaft was required because apple insisted on > making it hard to get to them. Then you needed a tool called a "case- > cracker" which was some kind of wedge that you could insert into the > seams of the case to pry it apart. Something as simple as replacing > the motherboard battery was turned into an evening of hilarious fun. > I got pretty good at it myself. Upgrading RAM was a royal pain, > though, back when the individual chips were soldered onto the mobo. > > I looked around for my old torx tool in case I could offer it to a > list-bud but couldn't find it. Not much need for it anymore. The ones > Apple uses on their laptops are REALLY tiny. > > j. > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jfletch at newmediaconstco.com > Project Foreman > NewMedia Construction Co. > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
