TurboGrafx Tool?

[bbildakid]

Anyone know what the star bit is called for the TG16? The security bit used to take the console apart?

[Icarus Moonsight]

Torx security bit. Star driver with a center pin. If you are looking for one, I found a cheap Torx set in the $5 tool bin at my local hardware store.

[tpugmire]

Actually the Turbografx 16 is held together with the same screws that are in the Super Nintendo, N64, Gamecube, and most Sega Genesis games. You'll need a 4.5mm gamebit to open it. You can get them on eBay or several different web sites. Personally, I got mine from www.nintendorepairshop.com Security torx screws are found in some Sega Genesis games, and I think they are in XBOX consoles, but I don't have one so I can't be sure.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Sorry, I was thinking of PC-E/Turbo Duo. :oops:

I've never needed to open a TG16... All the goodies are on tap on the back port. :)

[BeaglePuss]

The security bit for Genesis carts is a T10 torx bit. I bought one for 50 cents on at a flea market. Xbox on the other hand uses a T8 torx.

If the TG-16 uses the same bit, which I would assume it does, then you shouldn't have trouble finding one for cheap.

[rbudrick]

Hmmm, my understanding of Torx is that the screws will be indented, the tool straight, where on the game/security bits, the tool is indented, the screws stick out a bit as a sort of star.

Basically, game bits/screws are the opposite of torx, as I recall, and have a different name.

Hmmm...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx

Ok, so "game bits" are "external torx," I guess. Maybe. I guess I'd need to see a torx screw and a gamebit screw side by side to be sure.

-Rob