tlug: re: bells and pings

[Tony Laszlo <laszlo@example.com>]

Adrian asks about the order of the oiling, banging and 
heating. First, let me say that I am all for the heart/brain 
surgery approach. But this was no ordinary bolt. I tried all
combinations, waited for a while, then tried them again. A 
few days into the process, the bolt finally turned. As 
you might imagine, I was very careful not to use too much 
oil and not to go overboard with the heatings. 
This particular computer had two very tough bolts, the 
one on the old modem (the one I have been describing) and 
one of four that held the cd-rom drive in place. That one 
was also stubborn and in a very awkward place; all varieties of 
wrenches, screwdrivers and pliers fell by the wayside, but
several carefully placed taps (I know, I could have wrecked 
the cd-rom drive, but...) did the trick. I had to remove 
that drive (as well as the floppy drive and riser (sp) board 
in order to replace the hard disk, which brings me to Scott 
Stone's question: did I make a video. Sorry, I only record 
actions I am particularly proud of :) . 
However, I was luck enough to find a series of photos 
taken by someone who was struggling to replace a hard 
disk in the same machine. He doesn't mention stuck bolts 
but he obviously had a tough enough time unscrewing things. 
For the curious: 
pcwave3.ee.uec.ac.jp/Hasegawa/private-data/micom/199604.html 



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