[geeks] FSCKing screws...

[Mike Hebel]

LOL!  Lionel has just experienced screw problem number 187.

Been there - just did that with my Dad's new Via C3 system.

Mike Hebel

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> So, I'm sitting here, screwing together the first of my two Ultra AXe
> motherboard systems (the $99 UltraSPARC MBs from a while ago), and as I
> put the final screw in the CD-ROM drive, it pops out of the hole and
> disappears into the case...
> 
> After a vigorous round of shaking, inverting, and cursing, no screw
> emerges from the system.
> 
> Obviously it is stuck under the MB, waiting to ground out the CPU and
> kill the board.
> 
> Damn, must remove the MB and make sure...
> 
> This blows...
> 
> =====
> Lionel
> 
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