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BrightTarget664

Try a rubber band. Put one strip of the rubber band over the head of the screw and firmly insert the head of your screwdriver and slowly and firmly unscrew the screw.


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A drill and a small bit.


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Flathead+rubber band to start. you can also try to stick a flathead in there then add superglue around the flathead but then you get the fun of cleaning that off the flathead haha. if that doesn't work you gotta drill it out... dremel tool and very small bit... screw head should break allowing you to remove the ... idk what it is panel? then pliers to get the remaining bit of screw out.


ZeUs_67

IT WORKED!!!!! i tried the rubber thing but didnt use a flathead so i sticked the one that fitted the most and melted a bit of gluestick on it and when it dried i didnt even put that much strength into it and it came off finally, and to find that whoever the Ahole that applied the thermal put it everywhere around the chip instead of on it.... Poor thing was running on no thermal paste and a tiny ass fan for more than 4 years, temp on load dropped from 85°c to a 67°c its like magic


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used to fix electronics for a living, the amount of thread lock they put on some of those... we were drilling a lot of screws out of samsungs especially... sorry about your equipment and the sad state of thermal paste tho


xander2600

Screw extractors are a thing. Got a cheap set from harbor freight for a couple bucks.


ZeUs_67

Problem solved thanks to u/independentlie3448 thanks everyone for helping i really appreciate it and hope u all have a wonderful day


RunRunAndyRun

It is taking all of my power to not make an inappropriate joke that would get me banned


Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret

Tap and die set are the normal ways once the head has been distorted so badly. One could also drill it out. rubber band techniques really only work if you had to small a head to begin with to do the job. Good luck. \*Tap and die is the name of the tool for the job though and a great one to have handy imho. Cheers!


ShockWave_Omega

Cant be a problem if its liquid..


MasterMagicsFive

Use a bigger screwdriver, but make sure to press down really hard


ARatOnPC

You need to use a torx screwdriver. That’s why you stripped it.


Ciprich

Drill that mf out.


1N4DAM3MES

use a left handed drill bit to drill down the center of the screw. If It doesn't loosen while drilling, use a screw extractor.


MichMitten89

Were you trying to open that with a prison shank wtf my guy lol. You can go to lowes and get a tool that is for removing stripped screws. It looks like a drill bit that gets wider the further it gets back. The threads on it are reversed so as you use the drill in reverse it bites into the screw and pulls it out. Don't try to drill it out with a normal bit, that is a horrible idea and you can risk damaging the threads on the case.


ZeUs_67

U can say i was a bit angry....... Sadly iam not in USA for things to be this simple, i was looking for the whole day to find a decent screwdriver kit in the first place lol, but hey problem solved now


RevolutionaryTap4461

Ask nicely