those are "security" fasteners. You can get them from the cheap tool
on-line places like Harbor Freight or drop by any decent electronics
store (not "Circuit City" or other mass retailers) - they will have sets
in the tool department.
Mike
Lee Daniels wrote:
> I regularly come across fasteners that have a Torx-type recess in the head,
> but with an irritating modification. Right in the middle of the hole,
> there's a raised "pin". This effectively keeps you from using a regular
> Torx key to remove the fastener. I'm guessing that there's a modified Torx
> wrench that has a hole in it that allows you to insert the key into the
> hole. Am I making sense?
>
> Anyway, just looking at non-specialist tool places (Sears, Lowe's, etc.)
> there's certainly nothing like this. Any ideas on where to get a small set
> of these tools?
>
> thanks - Lee
>
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