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A retro problem (fedia.io)

submitted 7 months ago by Maven@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 62 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Pretty sure the little slit was so that you could use a flathead screwdriver. Had to do that a couple times

[–] downpunxx@fedia.io 59 points 7 months ago (1 children)

......... aaaaaand there goes the infinitesimally tiny nut inside the case

[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

clatter click ... oh no....

[–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

I learned not to do that with the system plugged in. Only lost one expansion slot somehow.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 23 points 7 months ago

Then one side of the driver notch shears off

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

those slots were near useless.

edit to say: one trick was to use the blank expansion slot plates to gently break the vice like grip the screw had in the hex stand-off. the metal used on the cheap "digit remover" cases was sometimes soft enough to loosen the thumb screws via the driver slot without the thumb screw breaking.

still nearly useless though.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

We referred to those blank expansion slot metal pieces as "keys." They were useful lockpicks.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

TIL!!

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I mean, I could’ve been doing it wrong lol