From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Mon Nov 29 1999 - 00:33:20 EST
Tom...
those are T-6 Torx screws..
IBM used T-6 everywhere on the 701, except the front edge, which are T-1..!! yes,
T-1, the smallest torx screws in existence..
i have a T-1 size driver and i can't see the 'bit' on the end of the handle..!
:-)
in any event, now we must learn WHY the screws have popped.. if they HAVE popped..
they MAY have just become unscrewed..! :-)
or, some material failure on the case top..??!
Bob Munzenrider wrote:
> Bill - I'm looking at the 4 corners of the plastic frame around my 701
> screen even as I write. (My 701 screen is OK) Maybe those little
> doo-hickies ARE screws & not rivets. Hmmmm. Now I'm looking with a
> magnifying glass.... By golly, maybe those ARE little screws! I can see a
> star-like pattern inside the indentations on the 4 screws around my screen.
>
> If not IBM shop (??? Easy Serve ???), where could I have him send his
> machine for repair? Or where could I get my hands on some of those little
> screws and an appropriate screwdriver? Or maybe I should have him take his
> machine to the tech guys at school and see if they can get the parts.
>
> Thanks!
>
> BobM
> Penn State Harrisburg
>
> At 11:40 PM 11/25/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >there are no rivets that i know of where you state..
> >are you sure these are not screws..??
> >
> >its repairable..!
> >
> >for easy serve to do it the cost would be excessive unless the policy has
> >changed to one that allows them to swap parts of the top rather than the
> entire
> >top assembly..
> >
> >Bob Munzenrider wrote:
> >
> >> If it ain't broke, don't fix it, etc., but what if it's breaking down?
> >>
> >> A friend of mine has a TP701, and two of the four rivets on the plastic
> >> frame around the LCD screen have popped. Does anyone out there know if this
> >> is repair-able? Can the IBM repair shop replace these rivets? How many
> >> arms & legs should such a repair cost?
> >>
> >> BobM
> >> Penn State Harrisburg
> >
> >--
> >Happy trails...
> >
> >** Bill Morrow ** :-)
> >WEB page http://thinkpads.com
> >e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
> >
-- Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
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