mINIdOCK gRIP OF dEATH sOLUTION (EXPERIMENTAL) I friggin' HATE auto-capslock, but somehow it was fitting in this instance! 
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Required:
(1) Long bladed, 1/8 slotted screwdriver (Craftsman)
Procedure:
With index finger uninvolved, hold screwdriver in remaining digits.
Handle of screwdriver should be cradled nicely in hollow between ball of thumb and heel of hand
Blade should be oriented vertically for entry into handle slot on one side or the other of MiniDock that seems most problematic.
Place index finger's tip firmly on shaft 25mm behind blade of screwdriver.
Insert blade (oriented vertically) almost straight into slot, directly underneath bottom corner of lift handle so that fingertip touches said corner & corner of case.
Blade will be toed out a few degrees with the handle angled a bit toward the center line.
Lever Handle UP with screwdriver shaft! The bend in the handle is the fulcrum.
In doing so, the tip of the the screwdriver will be levering the backside of the docking mechanism's claw lever DOWN toward its maximum lift (release) position in the front simultaneously.
This is just my kinda' Rube Goldberg Solution . . .) . . . two different kinds of levers working in opposite directions with a shifting fulcrum implementation! :approve:
YMMV! }
If you have a second MiniDock do a dry run. I'm 4/5 asleep while typing this, but I do have a fully assembled MiniDock and fully disassembled parts of another sitting in front of my bleary eyes. Both have been repetitively violated by said 1/8 Craftsman Screwdriver. You want to be using a similar mechanics type screwdriver with the broad angled flat used for tearing out wood if you don't have a set of cabinetmaker's screwdrivers (which have real wrench flats up by the handle where they belong!) Don't use a round jeweler's type screwdriver or a cabinetmaker's screwdriver, this is the singular instance I've found where the trusty mechanic's wood-butchering, plastics scraping/breaking/rending/tearing screwdriver comes into its own for computer servicing.
) Required:
(1) Long bladed, 1/8 slotted screwdriver (Craftsman)
Procedure:
With index finger uninvolved, hold screwdriver in remaining digits.
Handle of screwdriver should be cradled nicely in hollow between ball of thumb and heel of hand
Blade should be oriented vertically for entry into handle slot on one side or the other of MiniDock that seems most problematic.
Place index finger's tip firmly on shaft 25mm behind blade of screwdriver.
Insert blade (oriented vertically) almost straight into slot, directly underneath bottom corner of lift handle so that fingertip touches said corner & corner of case.
Blade will be toed out a few degrees with the handle angled a bit toward the center line.
Lever Handle UP with screwdriver shaft! The bend in the handle is the fulcrum.
In doing so, the tip of the the screwdriver will be levering the backside of the docking mechanism's claw lever DOWN toward its maximum lift (release) position in the front simultaneously.
This is just my kinda' Rube Goldberg Solution . . .
) . . . two different kinds of levers working in opposite directions with a shifting fulcrum implementation! :approve: YMMV! }
If you have a second MiniDock do a dry run. I'm 4/5 asleep while typing this, but I do have a fully assembled MiniDock and fully disassembled parts of another sitting in front of my bleary eyes. Both have been repetitively violated by said 1/8 Craftsman Screwdriver. You want to be using a similar mechanics type screwdriver with the broad angled flat used for tearing out wood if you don't have a set of cabinetmaker's screwdrivers (which have real wrench flats up by the handle where they belong!) Don't use a round jeweler's type screwdriver or a cabinetmaker's screwdriver, this is the singular instance I've found where the trusty mechanic's wood-butchering, plastics scraping/breaking/rending/tearing screwdriver comes into its own for computer servicing.