Screwdriver Archive

  • Droid X torn down, found to contain stuff

    Droid X torn down, found to contain stuff

    Posted on June 25, 2010 | No Comments
    We've gotta tell you, looking at that belligerent red eye gracing the visage of the Droid X, we weren't entirely sure the thing wouldn't go all robot apocalypse on us if we ever tried disassembling it. Thankfully, someone else has taken that risk for us, and now we've got all sorts of nude pictures to gawk at. This teardown comes complete with some very practical how-to instructions, including the advice to use your nails to pry the case open instead of a metal screwdriver -- but only if you don't want to leave your roided-up Droid with battle scars. Hit the source link for more of the good stuff.

    Droid X torn down, found to contain stuff originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Sony Ericsson X10 Mini teardown reveals densely packed, tiny hardware

    Sony Ericsson X10 Mini teardown reveals densely packed, tiny hardware

    Posted on June 22, 2010 | No Comments
    The crew at iFixit were jonesing for something to disassemble recently, and Sony Ericsson's X10 Mini seems to have been the nearest thing they could lay hand and screwdriver upon. We'll admit HTC has us kind of spoiled with the colorful interiors of its phones, so we were a little underwhelmed by the demureness of the X10 Mini. Everything is packed into the utilitarian logic board, and although you get to decouple the screen and antenna assembly, it's still mostly a thick slab of highly integrated technology. Still, if you want to see a Qualcomm MSM7227 all naked and exposed to the elements, this is your chance. The source link contains all the intimate photography you could wish for.

    Sony Ericsson X10 Mini teardown reveals densely packed, tiny hardware originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • USB to SATA 2.5-inch hard drive cable

    USB to SATA 2.5-inch hard drive cable

    Posted on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
    There's usually a lot of unnecessary foreplay that goes along with accessing an old hard drive just to pull a few files off of it. You have to find your external drive enclosure, you might have to make sure you have a screwdriver to open it up, and… well that's pretty much it but that can take the better part of a morning if you're not organized.

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  • It shouldn’t be this difficult to upgrade a hard drive

    It shouldn’t be this difficult to upgrade a hard drive

    Posted on September 14, 2009 | No Comments
    You know what's a little more difficult than I first imagined? Upgrading the hard drive in my late 2006 iMac. I had initially wanted to upgrade the hard drive so I could finally dual boot between Mac OS X and Windows 7, since the old drive, a 250GB model, was pretty much filled to capacity. (Trying to run Mac OS X with only ~5GB of free space isn't ideal.) And even though the iMac user manual clearly states that the only user-replacabable parts are the RAM, I figured, “Bah! I think I can handle a simple hard drive replacement.” I did, but not before wishing I had never so much had broken out a screwdriver.

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  • The Screw Key is a key that screws

    The Screw Key is a key that screws

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    The Screw Key is simple enough: a key with a Philips or straight bit on the end. I like it. The construction is solid and there isn't any colorful plastic parts anywhere that will eventually break. The top of the key is large enough for sausage fingers but not so big that it will become a pain in the pocket. Genius!

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  • MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals Battery is User Replaceable

    MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals Battery is User Replaceable

    Posted on June 11, 2009 | No Comments
    You’ll need a screwdriver to do it, but the sealed batteries in the new MacBook Pros announced last Monday are as user replaceable as those of the MacBook before it. IFixit has already carried out its customary explorations inside the body of the new notebook, and found that, apart from the rearrangement of ports and [...]

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