Bill, I would think anything that would fit in the two holes would work, a couple olive forks?
John > On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:54 AM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:10, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Bill, >> >> I’ve replaced several drives in the Mini’s both the kind where you had to >> use two putty knives to spread the sides apart and the more recent models >> where the bottom comes off. >> >> I did all of these without the tool, and believe me, getting the old drive >> out and the new SSD in is a bear, not enough room…then one day I was at >> Johnathan Fletcher’s house and he tore one of mine apart and used the tool… >> >> Grief, what a help….there are two holes in the motherboard, the tool goes in >> the holes and you move the entire mechanism “out” of the case…you don’t move >> it far, 1/4 inch, possibly 1/8 and now there is plenty of room to work. > > OK... so it sounds worthwhile. Can it be cobbed from a hanger, though? > >> >> Once installed use the tool to move everything back flush inside the case.. >> >> Jonathan says that wherever he purchases his SSD’s they send the small kit >> with the drive, it has all the small screwdrivers, torque drives and the U >> shaped tool to move the innards. > > I think this is what comes with a full replacement kit from iFixit. I got my > hard drive from New Egg, so they don't have the repair kits. I've got > everything else I need, just not the u-shaped thingy. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=y66kTqtS9xWyiwoBfCbPzQRJYu0mNeM7rchuQwOGErM&s=jrn8ZIauXWvDkQHCDIEIb-XXd7hCed753qgqKIBCMyA&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
