Triangular screw heads

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Trying to take a laptop apart and under the rubber feet I'm faced with not the usual Philips cross head screws, but triangular ones. Never seen them before and Google hasn't punted up where the tool can be got from.

Any ideas people?

[andy-xr]

Butter knife

[esselte]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Trying to take a laptop apart and under the rubber feet I'm faced with not the usual Philips cross head screws, but triangular ones. Never seen them before and Google hasn't punted up where the tool can be got from.

Any ideas people?

Do you have a photo?

[stuthemong]

Fun size toblerone?

(I think they are a special type of torx like the guy says below )

Edited by stuthemong on Wednesday 17th December 20:28

[Muntu]

Torx?

[TheEnd]

http://www.laptopkeyboards.org/2-triwing-tools-scr...

ta daa!

[Chester Drawers]

You get those on McDonalds give away toys too. Find a normal spade end screwdriver that will fit across the triangular section and you can undo these. Or you can spend a while with a nail and a file and make your own.
I've seen driver sets on the 'bay as well.

[minimoog]

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[AndrewTait]

RS!

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAct...

[TWSTEEL]

Maplin have the complete kit with all the different bit heads for laptop repairs - think I paid around £30 but worth every penny.

[esselte]

minimoog said:

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[TheEnd]

actually, could be this thing, the TP3
http://rightsock.com/~kjw/Sale/tp3.html

As most people would describe the other one as a Mercedes based hell

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

AndrewTait said:

RS!

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAct...

That's them, cheers. Didn't think of RS as usually I have to ring the bank manager before buy a single diode off them. It's these tri-wing things, thanks Sony.



Looks like Maplin do them too. Thanks everyone.

[Lord Pikey]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

If you make a bdisation (sp) of the 3rd and 5th one you could strip down a Tornado pretty easily

[knight]

We used to use triwings at work on the Fokker fleet but since getting rid of them we years ago we only use normal Philips and the torq bits.

[Skyedriver]

As in the fokkers held together with those stupid tamperproof screws....

[Simpo Two]

Tri-wing - Screwfix - £2.99 Quote 18983

[thinfourth2]

Skyedriver said:

As in the fokkers held together with those stupid tamperproof screws....

Simpo Two said:

Tri-wing - Screwfix - £2.99 Quote 18983

And yet anther security measure is down graded to nothing more then a bloody useless inconvenience

[Simpo Two]

thinfourth2 said:

And yet anther security measure is down graded to nothing more then a bloody useless inconvenience

Yep. What one man can do up, another man can undo. A lapto is hardly a nuclear reactor!

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

Simpo Two said:

thinfourth2 said:

And yet anther security measure is down graded to nothing more then a bloody useless inconvenience

Yep. What one man can do up, another man can undo. A lapto is hardly a nuclear reactor!

Nuclear reactors have standard fittings and not security ones in a nice ironic twist.