I think they were fitted from factory. Just over the years, everyone left them out.So it wasn’t always fitted with a screw from factory?
Weird. I don't see why you wouldn't include it. Bit extreme for cost saving.This made me curious so I searched through some service guides on Archive.org. In the 1994 July Service Guide Volume 3 which covers the LC III and 475, the screw is known as "Screw, Cover" with a part number of 430-1031. The screw is not mentioned at all in volume 2 which covers the LC and LC II.
But then if you go to this Apple Service Technical Procedures Volume 2 document on Bitsavers which also covers the LC and LC II, it lists 430-1031 on PDF page 92 and calls it "Screw, Cover (Macintosh LC)". In the diagram on page 91 it also shows the screw and says "(LC Only)" next to it. So if that document is to be believed, they only included the screw with the original LC? Who knows. Funny that they would explicitly call that out.
My understanding of that just means, the screw might not be there, not that they weren’t factory fitted.I don't think it really matters one way or the other -- but Apple definitely went out of their way in this doc in multiple places to say that they didn't...
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My understanding of that just means, the screw might not be there, not that they weren’t factory fitted.
Sorry, I completely missed that part of the scan! Interesting. Apple was very inconsistent back then.
They all shipped with the screw. It was considered an extra deterant to the theft of internal parts in education environments. The theft of RAM was a big issue. So was mouse balls but that was much harder to stop.My understanding of that just means, the screw might not be there, not that they weren’t factory fitted.
I wonder if @CTB knows anything about this?