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Rob B
Stephen said:
none of those torx drivers in the link show a 5 pointer ? even the one that
says textron applications ?
Stephen said:
I'm looking for a 5-point star shaped screwdriver. I bought a Seagate
80GB external hard drive. Its case uses these special screws. I shot a
picture of a screw here:
http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/Tool/Screwdriver_for_5-Point_Star_Screw.files.hidden/5-point star.jpg
Does anyone know where I can find a screwdriver for these screws?
Thanks.
Chieh
Rob B said:none of those torx drivers in the link show a 5 pointer ? even the one that
says textron applications ?
wrench said:[I've been taking them apart to play with the magnets--- not as strong as I
expected in the newer drives]
magnets? in a hard drive?
Torx is optimised for maximum torque without damaging the
tool or screw and easier insertion than the standard 6-way
symmetric format. IMO ist qualifies as possibly the best
all around screw head format.
Definitely correct. For anti-tamper there is Torx with a pin
in the middle that needs a Torx driver with a hole. Standard
Torx is just very well suited for automated mounting and also
head. I wonder how long until there are chrome torx screws for
decorative places.
I hadn't thought about that, but I had noticed that it stays on the
tip without magnetism, even when the tip is horizontal.
According to mm said:My drive is clicking, and one important partition has a very bad
directory structure. I'm not sure I can copy over even the good
partitions before it "fails". If I open it, what would I want to do
to stop the clicking, or to keep the clicking syndrome from preventing
me from copying the data to a good drive.
Stormin Mormon said:The Torx drivers sold in hardware have six points, and this monstrosity
has
five. Of course, it is designed to be a bastard conifguration, and you
can't
get the driver for it.
As the other fellow suggested, try slotted jewlers screw drivers,
sometimes
you can get one to wedge in just right.
mm said:On 16 Jan 2006 08:17:07 -0800, "(e-mail address removed)"
My drive is clicking, and one important partition has a very bad
directory structure. I'm not sure I can copy over even the good
partitions before it "fails". If I open it, what would I want to do
to stop the clicking, or to keep the clicking syndrome from preventing
me from copying the data to a good drive.
(The bad partition is FAT16 (because I was still running win3.1 and
win98 and wanted both OSes to access the parttiion.)
The best way to ensure that you can copy over the good partitions
is to _not_ open the drive first.
The safest way is to image copy the whole drive to a new drive. Put
the old drive in a safe place, and try to repair the new drive's
directory structure. Preferably doing a backup of the image you copied
to the new drive before you diddle it, so you can start over _without_
touching the old drive.
The clicking is most likely retries (ie: gouged media, weak magnetics).
You _can't_ fix that. You're unlikely to be able to repair even obvious
mechanical faults either.
Square drive (eg: Canadian "Robertson") are almost as good. I drove several
hundred 3" deck screws through flooring yesterday - once put on the driver,
they stayed put on the driver and could be started and driven without touching
the screw.
No cam-out either.
I still think they should make the manufacture and sale of slotted and
phillips screws a capital offence.
buffalobill said:
NOPSAMmm2005 said:I wonder how long until there are chrome torx screws for
decorative places.
Chris Lewis said:The best way to ensure that you can copy over the good partitions
is to _not_ open the drive first.
The safest way is to image copy the whole drive to a new drive. Put
the old drive in a safe place, and try to repair the new drive's
directory structure. Preferably doing a backup of the image you copied
to the new drive before you diddle it, so you can start over _without_
touching the old drive.
The clicking is most likely retries
(ie: gouged media, weak magnetics).
You _can't_ fix that.
J. Clarke said:Unless you have the tools and skills to identify and repair a surface
defect there's nothing much you can do by opening the drive that will
"stop the clicking".
wrench said:[I've been taking them apart to play with the magnets--- not as strong as I
expected in the newer drives]
magnets? in a hard drive?