[rescue] e4000 CPU replace - torque wrench needed? followup

Patrick Giagnocavo patrick at mail.zill.net
Wed Jun 8 17:31:58 CDT 2005


On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 11:46:24AM +0200, Marc Gutschner wrote:
> > Von: patrick at mail.zill.net (Patrick Giagnocavo)
> > 
> > Anyone here have suggestions/tips for replacing my old 250's with
> > 336's with or without the Sun torque wrench?
> > 
> 
> If you are bold and gentle at the same time, a run of the mill hexagon bit
> will do the job :-) I've recently replaced a pair of 167MHz CPUs with 250MHz
> ones and didn't have a "torque wrench". Just don't overdo the screws...

A followup:  

I realized that I had not tightened them enough.

The rule of thumb is to use the appropriate size hex wrench, and hold
the short part while tightening; tighten until your fingertips start
to hurt from the cheap pot metal biting into them.

I tightened them up and put it in, then it worked.

--Patrick



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