[Sussex] Seagate External Hard Disk Issue

John Crowhurst info at johnscomputersupport.co.uk
Mon Sep 22 16:16:51 UTC 2008


On Mon, September 22, 2008 14:03, John Patrick wrote:
> Yeah I can find the 6 sided version with and without recess but not the 5
> sided recessed version. I popped into Maplins at lunch and the T20 looks
> the
> right size but it was 6 sided, not 5.
>
> I'll bring it along on Thursday just in case anyone might have one.
>
> Once I've opened this device up I do see myself ever needed this screwed
> driver again, so don't want to really pay a lot. If i can't find anything
> i
> might try to smash into it next weekend but i don't want to right messing
> up
> the drive inside.

You can get them from Amazon.com or from RS. Torx Plus is the next
generation torx and is on restricted release. You aren't going to find
Screwfix selling them just yet. The security bits are even harder to get
than the standard ones.

Its a bit like trying to find a bit for those Chinese triangle screws.

-- 
John Crowhurst
John's Computer Support




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