Hand Tools
Despite those snazzy-looking PC toolkits you see anywhere PC components are sold, you really don't need much in the way of tools to work on a standard PC. Figure 2-2 shows our standard toolkit—a #1 Phillips screwdriver, flashlight, and needlenose pliers—and we seldom need the pliers.
Figure 2-2. A basic toolkit: #1 Phillips screwdriver, flashlight, and needlenose pliers
A bottle or pen of Wite-Out and a Sharpie marker can be useful for labeling items. Depending on your system, you may also need a #0 or #2 Phillips screwdriver, although the #1 Phillips generally works fine for the screw heads used in standard PCs. If your system uses Torx ...
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