> NoNoBadDog wrote:
> > So because you are an idiot that does not know how to use a screwdriver 
> > properly, you think Toshiba is to blame?
> > You do realize that the majority of those screws are screwed into soft 
> > plastic?
> > You do realize that if you use a cheap set of what are commonly called 
> > "jewelers" screwdrivers, you cannot properly use them to give the kind 
> > of torque you need to easily remove those screws?
> > Have you ever heard the expression "right tool for the job"?
(Snip)

> > Are you even able to feed yourself?

Barry Watzman (WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com) wrote:
> Your attack is uncalled for.  

***   I agree - even beyond your reasons below. Attacking a poster instead
of helping is just poor netiquette.


> While he may well not be using the "right" 
> tool, I service laptops, and in the case of Toshiba, almost NO screws go 
> into plastic, Toshiba manages to use machine screws into metal almost 
> everywhere, and they use "locktite" in a lot of places where they should 
> not.  I have had to drill out the screws holding hard drive into caddies 
> on more than one occasion.  Toshiba is guilty of using excessive torque 
> combined with locktite that does indeed make at least some screws 
> non-removable.  I have found the same thing in other products, including 
> some Nikon film scanners that I service, and, indeed, I have found 
> instances in which it was clear that the Nikon factory service center 
> had to "dremel out" a screw that they could not remove either.

***   Even some screws into plastic will not come out if Locktite has
been used. This is especially so if the screws are recessed into long
tubes.


> It happens.  [Although odds are better than even that he isn't using the 
> "right" tool for the job.]

***   Even the right tool will not work if the screw heads chew easily.
Soft-metal hardware is too common today, and since most of these screw
heads tend to be Phillips, the problem is even worse. I hate Phillips
screws! They should all be Robertson!

         Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/