POLL: What do you HATE to work on?

[jakdedert]

On subject of screws I don't like things with tiny screws like on
walkmans, pocket SW receivers, cameras etc which no matter how
careful one is, always seem to get lost.
Now, where to get these?...

If possible, tape the screws in place after unscrewing. This works best for
recessed screws (unscrew and place scotch tape over the holes), although
it's possible for others....

jak

 

[John Miller]

On subject of screws I don't like things with tiny screws like on
walkmans, pocket SW receivers, cameras etc which no matter how careful
one is, always seem to get lost.
Now, where to get these?...

Two things that might be helpful:
- use a white terrycloth towel on the work surface
- keep an egg carton at the back of the bench to keep tiny parts from
straying

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

For every bloke who makes his mark, there's half a dozen waiting to rub it
out.
-Andy Capp

 

[N Cook]

Two things that might be helpful:
- use a white terrycloth towel on the work surface
- keep an egg carton at the back of the bench to keep tiny parts from
straying

--
John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

For every bloke who makes his mark, there's half a dozen waiting to rub it
out.
-Andy Capp

I use cloth like you said but do the work with towel
in a tray with sides. My equivalent of the egg tray for the
disassembled parts, place grouped bits in separate colour-coded wells
but in sequence of disassembly and odd plates , levers etc marked with
the same colour felt-tip pens.

Also a screwdriver stroked against a speaker magnet
is useful for steel screws.
A tip for replacing circlips so they don't ping across the room.
Tie with a loop of cotton to the circlip and other end tied down somewhere.
Cut the thread when sprung on

electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse

Nigel, Diverse Devices,Southampton, England

 

[Ricky Eck]

Well, if it was true today, you know Microsoft would have it cornered. It
would be PnP compatible, and only work with windows 98 or above. Any other
third party program will automatically cause a critical stop of your system,
and Microsoft would require you to remove it and install theirs. If you
don't, you will get corrupted files, and be required to wipe the Hard Drive
clean, and re-install Windows from DOS. But the conflict with this would
be, how can you do a DOS boot, without parking the Hard Drive?... LOL

mv /var/posts/William R.
Walsh/[email protected] /dev/null:

Just for completeness, not all of them did. Remember the ST-251s from
Seagate?

Those drives used the spindle motor as a kind of generator or similar to
provide enough power to make the head stepper move to a park position that
was at least suitable for turning the computer off. I don't recall now if
you needed to park the drive if you planned to move the computer, but I
think it was at least highly recommended.

I remember this on old 386's. You were not understood to forget to park the
drive :/

Thanks God that modern HDD's do not have this.

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[George S]

Do what I did, got a young cat that chases every little thing that I drop.
Since he can't eat what he catches, he just play's with it till I pick it
up.
He is great for those little tiny screws that fall out when you least expect
them to. Plus he doubles as a very fine duster for CRT's and other nasty
jobs, gotta love those "Nine Lives."