.. . . because I am all thumbs mechanically. I am removing a motherboard from a rackmount case, and 2 of the screws have an unnatural attraction to the brass standoffs underneath. I can even hear the standoffs spinning underneath . . . 8-( Any suggestions? It's in the case, so I can't really sneak a wrench underneath to grab the standoffs. Grrrrrrr. Any and all suggestions are welcome, 'cause it's gonna give me my chance to format NTFS and reinstall Windows, as Sue advised me to do about a year ago bzb -- THE SONG FACTORY Words and Music, made to order(TM) WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com
Re: This is why I should have stopped building my own computers years ago . . . Snap the heads off the screws with a good pair of cutters. "Ben Berman" <> wrote in message news:4bf70a21$0$21869$... >. . . because I am all thumbs mechanically. > > I am removing a motherboard from a rackmount case, and 2 of the screws have an unnatural attraction to the brass standoffs > underneath. I can even hear the standoffs spinning underneath . . . 8-( > > Any suggestions? It's in the case, so I can't really sneak a wrench underneath to grab the standoffs. Grrrrrrr. > > Any and all suggestions are welcome, 'cause it's gonna give me my chance to format NTFS and reinstall Windows, as Sue advised me > to do about a year ago > > bzb > > -- > THE SONG FACTORY > Words and Music, made to order(TM) > > WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com
Re: This is why I should have stopped building my own computers years ago . . . Then when you put the standoffs back in use Elmers Glue ( in a pinch ) or loctite. "Steve_Karl" <> wrote in message news:ht71qq$661$-september.org... > Snap the heads off the screws with a good pair of cutters. > > > "Ben Berman" <> wrote in message news:4bf70a21$0$21869$... >>. . . because I am all thumbs mechanically. >> >> I am removing a motherboard from a rackmount case, and 2 of the screws have an unnatural attraction to the brass standoffs >> underneath. I can even hear the standoffs spinning underneath . . . 8-( >> >> Any suggestions? It's in the case, so I can't really sneak a wrench underneath to grab the standoffs. Grrrrrrr. >> >> Any and all suggestions are welcome, 'cause it's gonna give me my chance to format NTFS and reinstall Windows, as Sue advised me >> to do about a year ago >> >> bzb >> >> -- >> THE SONG FACTORY >> Words and Music, made to order(TM) >> >> WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com > >
Re: This is why I should have stopped building my own computers years ago . . . The killer robot Ben Berman <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > I am removing a motherboard from a rackmount case, and 2 of the screws > have an unnatural attraction to the brass standoffs underneath. I can > even hear the standoffs spinning underneath . . . 8-( > > Any suggestions? It's in the case, so I can't really sneak a wrench > underneath to grab the standoffs. Grrrrrrr. If the standoffs are the standard little threaded brass guys, just unscrew them out of the case. Then when the mobo is able to be removed, you'll be able to use a wrench or a pair of pliers to get the screw out of the standoff. I've had to do this this plenty of times. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Glennbo wrote: > The killer robot Ben Berman <> grabbed the controls of the > spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > >> I am removing a motherboard from a rackmount case, and 2 of the screws >> have an unnatural attraction to the brass standoffs underneath. I can >> even hear the standoffs spinning underneath . . . 8-( >> >> Any suggestions? It's in the case, so I can't really sneak a wrench >> underneath to grab the standoffs. Grrrrrrr. > > If the standoffs are the standard little threaded brass guys, just unscrew > them out of the case. Then when the mobo is able to be removed, you'll be > able to use a wrench or a pair of pliers to get the screw out of the > standoff. I've had to do this this plenty of times. > As it turns out, I learned something new: standoffs come in different sizes. I thought they were uniform, but wikipedia and my own recent experience tells me otherwise. Once I snipped the buggers outta the case, I found that the new ones sent by Antec didn't fit! But I did have a few that fit the holes but were a bit small, so Steve's suggestion for loctite came in handy - I'd never heard of this stuff before. Thanks guys. bzb -- THE SONG FACTORY Words and Music, made to order(TM) WWW: http://www.thesongfactory.com
Re: This is why I should have stopped building my own computers years ago . . . "Ben Berman" <> wrote in message news:4bfcb4cb$0$22183$... > a few that fit the holes but were a bit small, so Steve's suggestion for loctite came in handy - I'd never heard of this stuff > before. > I didscovered it when owning a Triumph Bonniville and trying to keep the muffler bolts from shaking loose every 20 miles. It's great stuff. S
