Reply 40 of 40, by DustyShinigami
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wierd_w wrote on 2025-09-11, 16:30:A heated sewing pin held with some pliers works well in my experience.
That particular pin is usually N/C.
It even gets clipped (or needs clipped) on CF->IDE adapters.
Back home. And just used this method to make a hole. The HDD is connected up and is working fine so far. 🙂 Will post again if any weird issues continue, but hopefully not. 🤞🏻
OS: Windows 98 SE
CPU: Slot 1 Pentium III Coppermine 933MHz (SL448)
RAM: Kingston 256MB 133MHz
GPU: Nvidia 16MB Riva TNT/128MB Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Motherboard: ABit AB-BE6-II Intel 440BX
HDD: C, D - IDE 1, CD-ROM - IDE 2, E - IDE 3