[hackpgh-discuss] Re: Do we have anyway of getting out a stripped screw on a laptop

  • From: Dan Stahlke <dan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 08:28:09 -0700

You've already tried pliers, right? From the look of it, there is a possibility you might be able to get it out with a flathead screwdriver of appropriate size. The other thing would be to dremel it off, but then you risk getting metal flakes in your computer. Maybe cover the whole thing with tape, then hit it with the dremel. Of course, this leaves the screw stem, so you won't be able to put a new screw in there. If you are careful enough with dremel, you can reshape the screw, maybe take the sides off to make it look like a minus sign so that you can grab it with the pliers.

On 07/15/2015 03:55 AM, John Lewis wrote:

I stripped the screw on the Brodcom network card when I was trying to
replace it with an Intel one. I need it out.



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