Or years ago there were what were called 'Reed point' screws... As I recall, those also looked like a phillips, but the slots were shaped enough differently that a phillips would not fit. I don't recall exactly what the difference between those and the phillips...or for that matter between those and the posidrive? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On 6/21/09 11:09 AM, "Bruce Johnson" <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > > > On Jun 19, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Meghrouni Vince wrote: > >> All the screws necessary to take the PS out of my G4 2002 933 Mhz >> Quicksilver are phillips except one, and no phillips touches it, >> though it looks like a phillips. Is it a "pozi" drive? > > If it's got a little X across the slots, it's a Pozidriv > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pozidriv >> and you need a pozididriv screwdriver to get it out. > > >> The slots are >> shallow and not beveled. > > It could also be just a really cheaply made phillips screw that > someone forced into it. You can try, (if you have the tools), cutting > across the head to make a flathead screw out of it to get it out. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
