Top screws SE30.. rounded out?

[Tarantulas]

I'm new here, so please be kind.

I was given an SE30, and need to crack it open to replace a dead HDD.  Unfortunately, the top (handle) screws heads appear to be rounded out or corroded to the point where there's nothing to grip on to.  

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[CharlesT]

Looks like you need to get yourself an Easy Out kit (just google it). You may need to look a little to get a set that are long enough to fit into the well. You could always drill them out, but that's a pain and you can damage the hole if not very careful.  If those bolts are that bad I sure hope the rest of the guts aren't in a similar condition.

Best of luck

 

[techknight]

you will need to carefully drill those out with a really long bit. The second the head pops free you can remove the bucket, and you will have just enough of a stem left to be able to grab it with pliers and unscrew them so your not damaging the screw hole. 

 

[Tarantulas]

you will need to carefully drill those out with a really long bit. 

Took the advice, and drilled them out... the inside is well... pretty scary

Wish me luck on my restoration!

 

[BadGoldEagle]

Is it full of tarantulas? Or slightly less worse (well, it depends on the individual), a Maxell?

 

[Tarantulas]

It was actually full of the carcasses of more Brown Recluse spiders that I could even count.... plus what was likely the nesting materials for some other creatures.  It's going to be a long road.

 

[Jon183]

My first 68k mac, the SE superdrive had many dead spiders inside as well, I hosed down both case pieces.

 

[cbmeeks]

Spiders are smarter than other insects.  They like to "think different".  

What I hate finding in old computers are blood stains and rat turds.  lol  (yes, found both).

 

[BadGoldEagle]

I really, really hate spiders. I am terrified of them. In fact, I nearly died a couple of weeks ago because a massive spider was hanging from the car’s sunroof literally 2 inches away from my head. When I saw it, I swerved right into the ditch. No one was harmed thankfully (unfortunately the “crash” wasn’t severe enough to kill the damn thing). I was driving a rental car and let me tell you, I handed it back immediately (it didn’t have a single scratch). Problem is: How big of a gap there must have been for a massive spider to sneak in? That car is definitely not waterproof. And it was brand new! Anyway, now I’ll know I’ll never buy a Toyota. Sorry Toyota fans...

Back to Macs... everytime I open one up I genuinely fear for my life. Not because of the high voltages contained inside the cabinet, but because of the high risk of dead or live spiders inside.

There was a living one inside an LC. It scared me to death. The LC has been restored but because of that incident, it has no place in my collection. I’ll pit it for sale soon. And there was a dead small one stuck between the pcb and the scsi port. This one wasn’t really that bad.

Just to clarify: Spiders are the only thing I’m afraid of. Snakes, mices, etc aren’t scary at all to me.

 

[alectrona2988]

You actually made me scared about the whole tarantula part, because I'm going to be upgrading my Macintosh Classic 1st gen's RAM to 4MB and possibly replacing the SCSI drive with a more solid-state storage device. Also, are the Mac Classic's screws T15 or T10?

 

[BadGoldEagle]

T15, and you need a really long one. But don’t be too scared, if you’ve had it for a while and used it for a bit, there shouldn’t be anything alive in that thing. Plus tarantulas are actually too big to sneak inside the case. 

 

[Jon183]

My classic II doesnt have spiders but has bits of foam everywhere inside.

 

[Jon183]

You actually made me scared about the whole tarantula part, because I'm going to be upgrading my Macintosh Classic 1st gen's RAM to 4MB and possibly replacing the SCSI drive with a more solid-state storage device. Also, are the Mac Classic's screws T15 or T10?

If you haven't already opened it yet, best not to open it on your bed like I did or anywhere else where you don't want a mess, dead bugs all over possibly.

 

[alectrona2988]

Thanks. Got a T15 driver and opened it up - No bugs inside. I just replaced the clock battery since it was dead (thank mercy it didn't corrode) and now it works great! Can't wait for the extra 2MB of RAM i'll get for christmas soon in order to install 7.5.5!

 

[BadGoldEagle]

Great! You should also replace the caps if it hasn't been done yet.

 

[alectrona2988]

Great! You should also replace the caps if it hasn't been done yet.

I wish I had a soldering iron, but I don't. Hopefully I'll be able to do so, since those capacitors are over 10 years old, and they can leak any day from now. Also, just replaced the RAM to get 4MB and installed System 7.5.