Tools for the PC geek

[PokerGuy]

My trusty old battery-powered handheld screwdriver finally gave out on me yesterday. Just about ever geek uses one of the handheld powered screwdrivers, so what kind do you use? What works best for you?

What other tools (not software utils) do you use most often with PC's? I use a pair of needle-nose pliers to more easily work with small jumpers on drives and mobos. I also use Arcticlean frequently when messing with CPUs/heatsinks etc. Any other thoughts?

 

[hevnsnt]

I use my teeth

 

[PokerGuy]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I use my teeth

That might get a little complicated trying to unscrew a mobo from a case, but hey, to each his own 😉

Any recs on a cordless powered screwdriver?

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: PokerGuy

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I use my teeth

That might get a little complicated trying to unscrew a mobo from a case, but hey, to each his own 😉

Any recs on a cordless powered screwdriver?

No. Magnetic Screwdriver FTW.

 

[meltdown75]

just a philips-head screwdriver here. pocket flashlight too.

if i need to get medieval on that ass, i can take the rig out to the garage and slap that bitch around on the workbench.

 

[Monkey muppet]

The mnain tool i use is my Swiss-Army kife Simple but unbeleivably practical. That and a half-decent set of magnetic tipped screwdrivers.

Battery (or even mains) operated 'drivers are too cumbersome for my uses

 

[Kelemvor]

I just have one of the ratcheting magnetic screwdrivers wher eyou can put in different tips.

This one: http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product....Auto=YES&bidsite=CRAFT&pid=00941466000

 

[otispunkmeyer]

i have 1 short and 1 long phillips head screw drivers (manual baby) ones magnetic, and the other wasnt magnetic but it seems to be now

and some Akasa TIM clean for heatsinks. and i really should have my own set of Needle-nose pliers instead of pinching my dads

 

[Dulanic]

I have something like...

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index...kw=computer+tool+kit&parentPage=search

I find it useful, not just for PCs but just in general, has all the different things I usually need.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I use phillips head screwdrivers.

 

[KrazyBabaGanoush]

just a regular phillips head screw driver, a flat head screwdrier, a sledgehammer when I need to break things, tweasers, a giant magnet, and a partridge in a pear tree.