Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!bellcore!u1100a!krohn From: krohn@u1100a.UUCP (Eric Krohn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Opening the 3B1 Message-ID: <1677@u1100a.UUCP> Date: 11 Dec 87 22:42:39 GMT References: <7517@alice.UUCP> <629@umbc3.UMD.EDU> Reply-To: krohn@u1100a.UUCP (Eric Krohn) Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ Lines: 24 In article <629@umbc3.UMD.EDU> alex@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Alex S. Crain) writes: ] In article <7517@alice.UUCP> wilber@alice.UUCP writes: ] > [ ... description of brute force technique for taking the cover off ] > of the UNIX PC. ] ] >If there's a really slick way to open ] >the case I'd like to hear about it, too. ] ] The AT&T repairperson who replaced my motherboard did what you describe ] (yank, pull, snort!) until the top came loose with a loud Snap! She said ] "Customers hate it when it makes that noise." so I think you have the ] procedure right. I think that the case is molded on AFTER the unit is ] assembled, using the frame as a mold. ] Try slipping a knife or thin bladed screwdriver between the plastic molding and the metal case along the front, then twist the knife/screwdriver while pulling up on the plastic. The molding has three catches (left, right, and middle) that you need to loose. It's really not that hard. -- -- Eric J. Krohn krohn@ctt.ctt.bellcore.com or {allegra,bellcore,ihnp4,seismo}!u1100a!krohn Bell Communications Research, 444 Hoes Ln, Piscataway, NJ 08854