Depending on how this venture plays out I may just need the kind with vodka.
A few months back the hard drive in my PowerBook G4 decided to give up the bits. It died noisily with much kachunking.
My good friend Patrick Rhone donated a spare 60 GB hard drive to the save Servo effort. After much procrastination I acquired the tools necessary to complete the operation. A #00 Phillips screwdriver and a T6 Torx screwdriver. I found a great set of directions on ifixit.com.
The operation went smoothly, however there were some tense moments while prying off several of the keys. The “clicking“ sound the keys make when removing them is more like a snap. Luckily I didnt break anything. I would not recommend the Craftsman #00 driver as a quality tool. The driver does not come to a sharp enough point so it does not bite the grooves on the screw properly.
At the moment I am reinstalling the OS and it looks like the patient will pull through just fine.
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