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Author: Don BruderDon Bruder
Date: Dec 26, 2008 12:47
I've got a Visa gift card burning a hole in my pocket, and I want to get
myself a USB 2.0 card for a Sawtooth G4 running a fully updated copy of
Tiger. Looking for the cheapest-to-get-it-in-my-hands 2+ port PCI USB
2.0 card I can find that's *ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN* (barring an unexpected
DOA) to work in this rig.
Currently have a card I picked up cheap at a PC/Windows-targeted
retailer on the "Well, I'm already standing here to buy a firewire
cable, and this card is only 8 bucks, so if it doesn't work, at least...
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Author: erie patselliserie patsellis
Date: Dec 25, 2008 21:11
Tim Lance wrote:
> Nuts! Am taking apart daughter's iBook (12" G4 iBook) to replace hard drive.
> It's been taken apart before and the previous person torqued one of the 3
> Torx screws for the bottom too tightly. No driver I use will get it started;
> every one just spins inside.
>
> Options/ideas?
>
take a left hand drill bit (yes, they exist...no left hand screwdriver jokes), just
slightly larger than the torx hole, smear a big blob of vaseline on it (to catch
shavings), drill carefully and if you're lucky, it will screw out without much bother.
erie
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Author: Robert BoucherRobert Boucher
Date: Dec 25, 2008 20:40
In article giganews.com>,
Tim Lance bottom.com> wrote:
> Nuts! Am taking apart daughter's iBook (12" G4 iBook) to replace hard drive.
> It's been taken apart before and the previous person torqued one of the 3
> Torx screws for the bottom too tightly. No driver I use will get it started;
> every one just spins inside.
>
> Options/ideas?
On a similar situation, I was able to epoxy a small bolt to the top of
the stripped head and then gently eased it out.
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Author: Jolly RogerJolly Roger
Date: Dec 25, 2008 20:09
In article giganews.com>,
Tim Lance bottom.com> wrote:
> Nuts! Am taking apart daughter's iBook (12" G4 iBook) to replace hard drive.
> It's been taken apart before and the previous person torqued one of the 3
> Torx screws for the bottom too tightly. No driver I use will get it started;
> every one just spins inside.
>
> Options/ideas?
Can you get a small pair of vice grips to lock onto it long enough to
turn it and get it out?
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Author: Fred McKenzieFred McKenzie
Date: Dec 25, 2008 18:50
In article giganews.com>,
Tim Lance bottom.com> wrote:
> No driver I use will get it started;
> every one just spins inside.
Tim-
This sounds almost like a job for an "easy out" except you would need a
very small one. I have heard they exist, but don't know where to find
one. The larger variety are available from various sources such as
Sears.
Fred
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Author: Howard S ShubsHoward S Shubs
Date: Dec 25, 2008 17:03
In article gmail.com>,
Nick Naym gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess it's not worth the bother...if it's not widely available, then I
> don't expect I'm missing much. Besides, if it's not widely available, it
> also seems reasonable to assume tat folks who post to/read the parent group
> will also post to/read the .misc group.
Comp.sys.mac.hardware was deleted a long time ago. Any server which
still has it listed isn't maintained well.
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Don't bother with piddly crap like "gun control".
Life is 100%% fatal. Ban it.
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Author:
Date: Dec 25, 2008 16:05
In article 251220081742232862%%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca, Dave
Balderstone at dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca wrote on 12/25/08 6:42 PM:
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Author: Jolly RogerJolly Roger
Date: Dec 25, 2008 10:46
In article gmail.com>,
Nick Naym gmail.com> wrote:
> Merry Christmas to all
>
> ...and to all, a good night!
Thanks Nick - you too!
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Author:
Date: Dec 25, 2008 01:58
Merry Christmas to all
...and to all, a good night!
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iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) OS X ( 10.5.4)
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Author: TaliesinSoftTaliesinSoft
Date: Dec 24, 2008 18:21
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:41:51 -0600, Jolly Roger wrote (in article
news.individual.net>):
> My mouse pad is aX-Ray Thunder 8 mouse pad, which is hard plastic rather
> than the typical padded cloth type most people use.
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James Leo Ryan ..... Austin, Texas ..... taliesinsoft@ me.com
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