How to remove stripped screws from Laptop?
 

Hopefully this is the right place for this thread. Does anyone on here know how to remove stripped screws from a laptop? or, maybe some repair place that you know that can?

This is driving me insane :(. Hoping there are some experts here that can help me out! Thanks.

Is the head of the screw stripped, or is it the threads of the actual screw?

Laptop screws generally aren't torqued too tightly so you could probably use any of the conventional methods to get it out.

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Try using a rubber band

Remove a Stripped Screw with a Rubber Band

drill it, welded a rod to it and go at it with a breaker bar :badpokerface:

It's the actual screw that's stripped, so when I try to torque it there's absolutely no friction.


Updated first post with pictures.


I tried the rubber band trick, but it didn't work for me because mine is pretty badly stripped.


I was thinking of using a drill, but the screws are pretty tiny.

There's a big enough divot that you can probably drill the head right off, pull the case apart and get to the stub with a pair of vice-grips.

1. Get yourself a rotary tool
2. Attach a cutoff bit
3. Create a notch to fit a flathead
4. Get yourself a flathead that will fit with the biggest handle possible.
5. Attempt to remove mentioned screw

You're going to have to drill it man. You can get smaller drill bits at Home Depot if you need. Man how did it even get like that? LOL

If you drill it, it should pop out within a minute or two.

Or five.

I'm guessing you mean a Dremel? The discs I saw at Canadian Tire seem big that it would damage the laptop case, which is why I'm a bit hesitant using that method. Unless there are discs that are super small which I haven't found.


Cheap laptop screws + me over tightening + me being an idiot trying to fix it with various other screw drivers lol.

The large diameter Dremel cutoff wheels become small diameter cutoff wheels pretty quickly. Just grind thru a couple nails and you are ready to start.

Computer screws are never very tight (relative to automobile screws). I would probably first try to unscrew the screw with a small center punch and tiny hammer.

The other methods mentioned above will work, with the exception of the rubber band method.

One last question, which direction are you turning, CW or CCW? :)

it almost looks wide enough to get a pair of needle nose pliers and slowly pinch it off....Hmm

That screw is so stripped, can't even tell what type it is, lol

i second the suggestion to trying jamming in a narrow needle nose plier

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/ma...-0543818p.html

Works every time.

To unscrew it's counter clockwise.


I tried that it won't fit at all because the thing is so damn small.


lol it was a + .... :(

It looks like it would work more for larger screws? I don't think it would fit.

just solder a nail to it and twist it off.

Have you even tried this yet? If done right, it should cause zero damage to the case.

judging by the marks on the case, hes prob gonna start drilling and slip. same with the other hammer and punch method, he'll hit the punch and slip and gouge the casing lol

Easy out drill bit

heard of easy out?

reverse threaded drill bit/easy out type thing should do it.

Sounds like a good idea. Have you done this before?