[SGVHAK] Reminder: SGVHAK meeting this Saturday 8/24

[Scoops Adamczyk]

On Aug 22, 2013, at 8:58 AM, Lan Dang <l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:

> Hi Scoops,
> 
> That would be great.
> 
> There is no agenda, just different groups of people working on stuff.
> 
> I will bring a trunkload of salvaged hard drives that people can practice disassembling. They are 3.5" drives that hold less than 10GB.
> 
> What tools do you recommend people bring? Is a small phillips screwdriver good enough?
> 
> Lan

Most "modern" (after ~1990) drives use Torx ("hexalobular internal") screws, mostly T9. Some internal screws can be smaller. So Torx numbers T9 and T7, sometimes T6, and for the 2.5" drives sometimes as small as T4.

.  Scoops