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
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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.

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Eric J. Krohn
krohn@ctt.ctt.bellcore.com  or  {allegra,bellcore,ihnp4,seismo}!u1100a!krohn
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