The name of the screw or where I can obtain the driver for it…btw, its a Sony Vaio.

Thanks,
Erik

That’s a Tri-Wing screw. It’s the same kind of screw found on GameBoy Advances.

Thanks…off to find ‘tri-wing screw driver’

Erik

Only problem is it doesn’t have the #0 tip, which is the smallest and may be what you need.

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=749979

This may well:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002SPQKY/qid=1097136005/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1_etk-tools/103-4889817-2551055?v=glance&s=hi&n=228013

Thanks, I already paid for a set on ebay…$15 shipped for 100 piece kit.

Erik

[quote author=“tifosiv122”]Thanks, I already paid for a set on ebay…$15 shipped for 100 piece kit.

Erik

Good deal, on a “buy it now”? Let me know how they deliver and I may pick one up. I’ve got a handful of this-and-thats I’ve accumulated thru the years. Every time I need one it’s an adventure to find and often the wrong size.

[quote author=“dbs”][quote author=“tifosiv122”]Thanks, I already paid for a set on ebay…$15 shipped for 100 piece kit.

Erik

Good deal, on a “buy it now”? Let me know how they deliver and I may pick one up. I’ve got a handful of this-and-thats I’ve accumulated thru the years. Every time I need one it’s an adventure to find and often the wrong size.

Will do. It was $10 buy it now, $5 shipping…seemed like a decent deal.

Erik

I think they’re all selling the same kit.

Yeah, my seller seemed to be $5 less after shipping.

gAmEs0n - as soon as I eat dinner I will post my review…until I get the driver I will not know if its possible to swap the boards, but from the looks of it, it will be mighty difficult as most of the screws are hidden.

Erik

I got the screw driver set, and it’s nowhere near the size I need, it’s way too big. The seller included an actual screw driver as well as the bits…I was impressed about that.

So, today I went on a hunt.

3 mom & pop computer stores, no luck.
CompUSA, no luck.
Sears, no luck.

Called Sony Acc….they inform me there are 2 types of winged screws. Each driver is about $20. They have one in stock, the other is a 4 week wait. I ordered both.

So far, without swapping the feet, I am looking at $210 for parts, if I need to swap the feet, i’m looking at $300.

Erik

Why do you need to swap the feet? Sorry if I missed the discussion on the board.
Stan

in case the feets are no longer sticky after the swap..? 

[quote author=“VAIOfreak”]Why do you need to swap the feet? Sorry if I missed the discussion on the board.
Stan

They are rather small and fragile. Removing them might damage them. Each foot is around $10 with a total set costing about $80.

Erik

that’s crazy..i would be very careful.  :mrgreen:

Those sound like the kind of numbers one usually sees on government bid contracts. Right along with $200 toilet seats.

I’d be for finding a nice X-acto knife set or perhaps a tiny woodcarvers/modeling chisel.

[quote author=“dbs”]Those sound like the kind of numbers one usually sees on government bid contracts. Right along with $200 toilet seats.

I’d be for finding a nice X-acto knife set or perhaps a tiny woodcarvers/modeling chisel.

Trusty swiss army knife does the job well. Its a bit hard because the CF wraps into the screw hole so I need to be real careful. I already removed and replaced the feet…I had to buy rubber cement to replace the feet, the adhesive was gone when I removed them.

Erik