At 15:39 Uhr -0500 5.2.2003, chris wrote:
>After that, you need to pry the computer apart. You can do it with a
>large flat bladed screw driver, but you WILL knick the case. The better
>bet is to get a cheap spring wood clamp and use the blade from it. Put
>the clamp into the crack between the front and back halves, and carefully
>squeeze the clamp. That will spread the case. Do that in a few places,
>and the case should loosen up enough to lift the back off of it.

Pry apart... flat bladed screwdriver... squeeze... Ouch!

Heh, this is a Macintosh, and one of the nicest, too -- not some piece of
peecee junk doorstop!!1!

;)

Seriously: Loosen the four screws, then lay the SE/30 'face down' on a
cushion, grip the sides with both flat hands, and shake lightly.
Eventually, the back of the case will come off.

No heavy tools needed.

HTH,
	hauke

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