These are some spring clamps that could help http://www.gizmosindustrial.com/Product_Detail_1.html?sku=018-3201
(you put the tip in the seam and squeze and it should help pull it apart with out damage). I got mine at home depot for about $5, I got them based on some one's suggestion. I have and SE and an SE30 so it might be different, All I did was to take the screws out, put the monitor over a quilt and pull the back out, never had to use the clamp, but it might help you. Abel On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe you need a Mac cracker which looked to me to be a little device > to > force apart the Mac at several different places. It was something to go in > the crack where the comp opens and to twist it to get the case to pop open. > That's all that I saw a tech do. > > Doug > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Dion Briggs > Sent: March 15, 2009 12:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CRACKING OPEN A MAC 128 > > > > > I finally tracked down the correct Torx screwdriver, and now have all > five exterior Torx screws removed. > > I'm following the directions below, but not getting anywhere (pushing > the connectors in, I get resistance), > and I don't want to break or damage the case. > > any suggestions? > > it's a Mac 128k. > > thanks > > dion > > > > > directions: > > When you get all the screws out, go to the back of the Mac. Go to the > bottom edge of the back, where the connectors are. wrap your index > fingers around the back two feet on the bottom. Put your thumbs on the > connectors. Now, use your thumbs to PUSH the connectors into the Mac. > This will push the CPU board and thus the front of the Mac from the > back. > > On the back where the battery door is, remove the door. Of course note > the SCREW INSIDE TEH BATTERY DOOR which must be removed. Us your right > thumb to push the battery holder "into" the Mac. Again, this will put > pressure on the front of the Mac to seperate it from teh back. > > Keep in mind, the back of the mac is a shell. All the parts are in the > "front' half of the Mac. Pushing the front "out" really means the back > will be pushed towards you, as you are presumably holding the Mac from > the BACK. > > Otherwise, you may have to grasp the Mac and seperate it, in ways I > simply can't describe. It's a process that takes time and some > experience, and I can't write enough words and descriptions. Again, > other sites have had these descriptions over the years. > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/2001 - Release Date: 03/14/09 > 06:54:00 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
