Re: [Thinkpad] Harddrive reader; Now (OT) cheap source for secure Torx T5 or 6?

Mitchell:

The 5 lobed version is referred to as 'Torx Plus'. This place appears
to sell Torx Plus in sizes as small as you're looking for:

http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProducts.do?groupId=580&subgroupId=63

If they don't have the right one then do some Yahoo/Altavista/Google
searches for 'torx plus t5' and see where that leads you. The
recommendation for McMaster-Carr is a great one, by the way. That place
has everything you could think of related to hardware. They are
inexpensive, have cheap shipping, and are decent to deal with.

Jeddy:

Actually, the 5 lobed torx bits are considered security bits, aka
'tamper proof'. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx

Later,
Rob

Jeddy Lin wrote:

> Mitchell,
>
> If you have a Fry's Electronics near you, they sell security bits.
>
> BTW, a 5-star Torx is not considered a security bit... shouldn't be
> difficult to find a bit that fits. If it's a Torx head with a pin in the
> middle, that's a medium-security bit, but not hard to find either...
>
> If it's anything more obscure, try McMaster-Carr.
>
> - j
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell Yee" <mitchell_yee@yahoo.com>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 5:06 PM
> Subject: was: Re: [Thinkpad] Harddrive reader;Now (OT) cheap source for
> secure Torx T5 or 6?
>
>
>> Ok, I've been resisting taking this list too far off
>> topic, but please indulge this lurker:
>>
>> One of my very recent acquisitions was this (with
>> rebates too!):
>> http://www.seagate.com/products/retail/portable/
>>
>> The thought was to pull this apart, stick the 100 gb
>> drive into my T41p (Thinkad link) and then I'd have a
>> nice metal USB case plus a ton of disk space.
>>
>> However, the engineers at Seagate were too clever.
>> The case uses a new-fangled fastener - a secure Torx
>> fastener with 5 lobes. The fastener looks to be
>> something like a T5 or T6 size. Getting the drivers
>> is difficult because of license limitations to OEMs or
>> authorized service personel.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a cheap source for these seemingly
>> scarce tools? I just want to take my case apart. I
>> don't want to destroy the case or the holes. It's
>> well made and powered entirely through two USB 2.0
>> ports.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mitchell

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Received on Tue Jul 5 20:19:00 2005