Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde "oem" parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.
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Apparently I’m not allowed to open my fan to clean it four Phillips head and two of whatever these are
You could just file down the middle of a flathead but that's work that you shouldn't have to do just to work on your equipment.
Exactly what I was thinking.
I have these bits in my ifixit kits. This is the first time I've seen a screw for them.
How does that screwdriver look like? I can't imagine it being more durable or on par with durability of usual screwdrivers.
I think these are called "spanner" bits. The precision drivers from ifixit are pretty good if you need accuracy for working on computers, rc cars, robots, etc. But they're aluminum so not great for heavier jobs. I still use a ratcheting driver or a power tool for anything that requires some effort. Example kit with spanner bits: https://www.ifixit.com/products/mako-driver-kit-64-precision-bits
I recommend getting something like this, you'll never have this problem again (probably): https://m.aliexpress.com/item/1005005215189236.html
Yeah, but that's adding another step to making your stuff less repairable which absolutely shouldn't be the case. Repair should be as easy as possible but that stands against profit, corporations want the devices/items to be only for limited time use and not as long as possible.
The ironic part is that I have this screw bit, but the screwdriver is far too small to get into that recess and the bit is proprietary to the screwdriver.
Proprietary L after proprietary L