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HELP! Screw loose!
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Hey all,
I'm very very worried at the moment. I was adding a USB2.0 card to be new PMG5 1.8DP.. and as I was taking off the PCI slot covers the screw fell... now I don't know where it has gone. I turned the machine upside down and heard it fall somewhere and now its silent when I (very lightly) shake the machine --It seems to be wedged in something. The machine works fine, but I'm worried it'll get stuck in something.
2 questions.
1. Could it be in anything important? In the heatsink fins? In a fan? Behind/on the motherboard shorting something? The powersupply?
2. Will this effect my AppleCare warranty at all? (i've put the card in with another screw I had... not the same type - but it fits.)
Very very worried at the moment, thanks.
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Akron, OH
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I can tell by the tone of your message that you already know this....you need to find that screw. Everything you mentioned could happen if that baby's laying in there somewhere.
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Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Yep. Find it. Its a system killing short waiting to happen.
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Senior User
Join Date: Dec 2004
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find it find it!
you'd be lucky if it was in the heatsink fins 
not only would it be easy to find, but it wouldn't hurt anything  but... I can tell you with almost 100% certainty that it's not in the heatsink fins.
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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i've killed a pc mobo by doing this. 
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http://www.mafia-designs.com
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Ahh. Thanks guys. I found the screw. It was wedged near the front grille at the very base. I used a magnet to lift it up from the front to a place where I could grab it.
*sighs with relief*
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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See a shrink?
Bada boom.
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Originally posted by f1000:
See a shrink?
Bada boom.
Haha. You crack me up 
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