IBM PC Server 500

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Wed Feb 20 00:19:11 2002

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:

> Drill the bit out? That would be interesting to see.

  Well, that's what I did....
  It was one of those 2:00am "I _will_ see this thing boot!" jobs. With
a Flex-Shaft and a watercooled 1.75mm diamond ball, it wasn't too hard,
just tedious. This is a Mac brand torx driver, good carbide. Slow
drilling.
  If Necessity was the mother of invention, Obsession is the father.

        Doc

>
> I don't think I have ever seen the tamperproof bits in a store.
> Although, I don't know if I've ever looked. When I saw the ones I
> bought at the flee market, I bought them immediately, because I figured
> I'd never find them again.
>
> I think I used Vise Grips on my 5150's PS too :-)
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
> "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
> > And if you have any difficulty finding the right sizes of "security bits",
> > you can chisel off the post in the middle, or drill a hole in a
> > "regular" torx or allen to make a "security bit". (20 years ago,
> > "tamper-proof torx" bits were hard to come by, but used on the 5150 power
> > supply - but those were exposed enough to be removable with a 5WR
> > Vise-Grips.)
>
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