[SPARCbook] Upgrading hard drives...

[Sunder]

Bill Strange wrote:
> 
> The trick is to use some good needle-nosed pliers to remove the torx
> screws.  Perhaps a bit brutish, but very effective.  First remove the
> card from the rails, then the rails from the drive.  Then reverse-order
> for the new one.  The screws really are not all that tight.

Alas, and alack, mine were on tight.  I've managed to plier off one of the
four, but no more than that.  I did pick up some trox bits, but I don't think
I've the right size (yet.)
 
> Be certain to observe the board orientation, lest you do the job twice.
> I did the job twice.

Yup. :)

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