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Screwdriver and cable ties!
What tools do you use?
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Current is produced by moving a magnet. With a magnet that small you would need to move your hand backwards and forwards so fast you could barely see it. You're safe as long as you aren't superman.
Tbh it's possible with lots of pr0n practice...
Normally just a phillips screwdriver.
I once had to use a Mini hacksaw and some needle files when my enormous Supermicro dual processor Pentium III mobo would not fit becuase of the drive cage in my midi tower case.
Then i bought a dremel for next time (but I've not used it since!)
I once had to use a Mini hacksaw and some needle files when my enormous Supermicro dual processor Pentium III mobo would not fit becuase of the drive cage in my midi tower case.
Then i bought a dremel for next time (but I've not used it since!)
I find that for most things a simple, single small electrical screwdriver will do 
However my main/normal kit is one of the "computer tool kits" in a fake leather type case from memory
1x large screwdriver handle with reversible torx bit (some companies still seem to like the security given by using torx headed screws/bolts, and at one time they were fairly common with several brands)
1x large screwdriver with reversible screwdriver bit (phillips on one side, flat on the other)
1x Small phillips screwdriver
1x small flat screw driver
1x insulated tweezers
1x chip puller
1x screw grabber (useful for getting errant screws out from the side of a motherboard etc, or for starting motherboard screws)
1x tube with assorted screws/motherboard mounting bits.
I added a small tube of artic silver, dropper bottle of iso propyle alcohol and several blank cards (the sort MNBC used to send me every couple of weeks to try and get me to take out a card with them
) to that set for heat sink cleaning etc.
In addition to that I've got an anti-static mat and wristband I use when building machines as opposed to just swapping out a part (I find it easier to lay parts out on the mat and know i'm always grounded when building a full machine).
That all goes into a small case along with a basic network cable tester, short network cable, a DVI-VGA adaptor, and a couple of USB-PS2 adaptors, crimp & punch tools, and a few RJ45 connectors.
Most of the time I'll just use the small screwdriver I keep on my desk, but depending on what needs to be done I'll either grab the small soft case, or the full case
if I'm going out of the house to do anything to someone's computer the full case goes - I got fed up of finding that what was described as a simple problem ended up requiring me to head home to pick up a different screwdriver or network cable etc.
About the only other tool that sees regular use when I'm working on computers if the mini maglite on my keyring, usually to find a screw I've just dropped under a chair...
That doesn't cover the boxes of things like spare NIC's, old CPU's, fans, heatsinks, cables etc that seem to take up far too much room but are handy at a pinch.
However my main/normal kit is one of the "computer tool kits" in a fake leather type case from memory
1x large screwdriver handle with reversible torx bit (some companies still seem to like the security given by using torx headed screws/bolts, and at one time they were fairly common with several brands)
1x large screwdriver with reversible screwdriver bit (phillips on one side, flat on the other)
1x Small phillips screwdriver
1x small flat screw driver
1x insulated tweezers
1x chip puller
1x screw grabber (useful for getting errant screws out from the side of a motherboard etc, or for starting motherboard screws)
1x tube with assorted screws/motherboard mounting bits.
I added a small tube of artic silver, dropper bottle of iso propyle alcohol and several blank cards (the sort MNBC used to send me every couple of weeks to try and get me to take out a card with them
) to that set for heat sink cleaning etc.In addition to that I've got an anti-static mat and wristband I use when building machines as opposed to just swapping out a part (I find it easier to lay parts out on the mat and know i'm always grounded when building a full machine).
That all goes into a small case along with a basic network cable tester, short network cable, a DVI-VGA adaptor, and a couple of USB-PS2 adaptors, crimp & punch tools, and a few RJ45 connectors.
Most of the time I'll just use the small screwdriver I keep on my desk, but depending on what needs to be done I'll either grab the small soft case, or the full case
if I'm going out of the house to do anything to someone's computer the full case goes - I got fed up of finding that what was described as a simple problem ended up requiring me to head home to pick up a different screwdriver or network cable etc.
About the only other tool that sees regular use when I'm working on computers if the mini maglite on my keyring, usually to find a screw I've just dropped under a chair...
That doesn't cover the boxes of things like spare NIC's, old CPU's, fans, heatsinks, cables etc that seem to take up far too much room but are handy at a pinch.
-Large Phillips
-Small Phillips
-2.0mm Hex Driver
-2.5mm Hex Driver
-3.0mm Hex Driver
-Adjustable Spanner (stupidly oversized)
-Needle-nosed pliers
-Mahoosive pliers if the needle-nosed aren't quite enough
-Cable ties
-Double sided servo tape
-Soldering iron
-Solder
-Heatshrink
-Braid
-Pin removal tool (I've given up with staples now...)
-Fingers
^Possibly because I mod before I've finished building, I use watercooling, and I change many of the screws to use hex-heads...
-Small Phillips
-2.0mm Hex Driver
-2.5mm Hex Driver
-3.0mm Hex Driver
-Adjustable Spanner (stupidly oversized)
-Needle-nosed pliers
-Mahoosive pliers if the needle-nosed aren't quite enough
-Cable ties
-Double sided servo tape
-Soldering iron
-Solder
-Heatshrink
-Braid
-Pin removal tool (I've given up with staples now...)
-Fingers
^Possibly because I mod before I've finished building, I use watercooling, and I change many of the screws to use hex-heads...