Flathead/standard not a straight Philips.
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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So if you have a dremel and steady hands, a cut off wheel can make your own slot for a straight Phillips.
Just be careful to not knick anything else. This is more of a last resort thing, but I’ve never had it not work.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
eRac@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Flathead is a description of the head profile, like panhead. Slotted is the screwdriver type that is just a single slot.
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It could be a regional thing. Where I’m from a screw with a single straight slot can be called a flathead whether the actual head of the screw is flat or domed.
eRac@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
It gets called that everywhere. Most people never need to know the actual specs for a screw, so language diverges from the classification system.
I usually keep the corrections to myself, but when somebody else is already correcting someone and they say the wrong thing too it becomes hard.
Impromptu2599@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I came here to say that
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Learn from my mistakes, mask off your laptop’s ports and vents before you do this
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ooof. Not something I’d have thought of myself…
Benefit of your hindsight it’s obvious… lol. How bad were the sparks?
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Surprisingly quiet, one little ‘pop’ was the last I heard from that motherboard
trolololol@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Keyboard too?
Gimpydude@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Yes