Who was it that thought he was King Kong? And why did he mount my jack panels with an impact driver?
Spent most of the day gently -- as in you do Not want to pull a working connection out -- removing the cables and patch panels for the old Cabletron. Cut the heads off the 25-pair cables and carefully slip out of the bundles of cat-5 cables and the fiber jumpers. Try to unscrew the patch panels. Get larger screwdriver, lean heavily into the screw, grip tightly, use forearm motion rather than wrist to turn -- ignore the pain of palm skin trying to rip.
Please, everyone -- electronics are not generally subjected to vibrations, the screws are not really required to hold back great forces, you do NOT need to tighten screws anywhere past 'snug'. If it is not loose it is good.
Posted by at April 2, 2003 04:22 PM