Stripped a screw.... HELP!!!!!

[BlueAndGray]

While I was unscrewing screws when changing a DVD drive for my macbook, a screw stripped. D: PLEASE HELP ME ON HOW TO FIX THIS!!!! SERIOUSLY!!! HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!!

 

[o1die]

I gently lift a stripped screw with a small pocket knife or dull kitchen knife while turning the screwdriver at the same time until it's high enough to remove slowly with a needlenose plier. Don't panic, be patient so you don't slip and damage the motherboard. If you get the bad screw out, replace both the screw and case standoff it goes in or simply leave the hole empty. You only need four screws to hold a board in place.

 

[BlueAndGray]

I gently lift a stripped screw with a small pocket knife or dull kitchen knife while turning the screwdriver at the same time until it's high enough to remove slowly with a needlenose plier. Don't panic, be patient so you don't slip and damage the motherboard. If you get the bad screw out, replace both the screw and case standoff it goes in or simply leave the hole empty. You only need four screws to hold a board in place.

:/ It's one of those screws in the battery compartment on the side (not the little cover that covers the HDD & RAM)... Have any ideas?

 

[4745454b]

Drill....

 

[thesnappyfingers]

stripped in that the head of the screw no longer has a slot, or stripped in that the screw no longer has threads (the screw is cross threaded).

 

[gnomio]

Drill....

this lol

 

[BlueAndGray]

Drill....

:O SERIOUSLY??? A DRILL ON A MACBOOK??? (I don't wanna hurt my macbook )

 

[4745454b]

It's the only sure fire way of "fixing" the screw. Drill the screw out and replace it. And I'm not joking here.

 

[BlueAndGray]

It's the only sure fire way of "fixing" the screw. Drill the screw out and replace it. And I'm not joking here.

So it might work if I be careful not to damage the macbook?

 

[4745454b]

? It will work. Grab a drill bit slightly smaller then the screw. (not the head, the long part.) CAREFULLY drill down the length of the screw. Reverse the drill and pull it out. Screw will be gone. You need to make sure you don't go down that far. Laptop screws are usually similar in size so measure the drill bit you need from one of them, and put some masking tape on the drill bit to measure the distance you need.

 

[lp231]

You can use a dremel tool, make a small cut, and you will be able to remove the screw with a screw driver.

How to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zesGk1OdwJ0
Or you can buy this to try out?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE4KD6Ff2_w&feature=related

 

[HEXiT]

drilling it out sounds drastic but it is the only real solution unless you can get a bite on the screw head... if your not confident in your ability to handle a drill then take it to a jewlers or some 1 with the skills to do it without damaging the rest of the system..

 

[BlueAndGray]

drilling it out sounds drastic but it is the only real solution unless you can get a bite on the screw head... if your not confident in your ability to handle a drill then take it to a jewlers or some 1 with the skills to do it without damaging the rest of the system..

:/ The drill's philips screw head is too big for removing the screw, there must be some other way other than taking it to a skilled person or drilling it...

 

[o1die]

The drill will lock into the screw, forcing it out when you put the drill in reverse and back it out. Even a small drill bit should work if you drill about a quarter of an inch into the screwhead.

 

[Haserath]

Before going to a last resort of drilling it, you should try a rubber band in between the screw and manual screwdriver. The screwdriver should be a little bit bigger than the one that stripped the screw, and you will need to apply quite a bit of force for this to work. Just be careful so you don't break anything while trying this.

If you get it out far enough, pliers will be able to get it out the rest of the way.

 

[4745454b]

Ahhh, forgot about that trick.

 

[BlueAndGray]

Before going to a last resort of drilling it, you should try a rubber band in between the screw and manual screwdriver. The screwdriver should be a little bit bigger than the one that stripped the screw, and you will need to apply quite a bit of force for this to work. Just be careful so you don't break anything while trying this.

If you get it out far enough, pliers will be able to get it out the rest of the way.

Didn't work. D: Any other methods I should try before I try to to the drill method?

 

[BlueAndGray]

Damn, now the screw isn't a screw anymore since I drilled into it D:

 

[Haserath]

That's all I got except for drilling it out. That might be the easiest method at this point if it's stripped too much.

I hate phillips screws...

 

[Haserath]

Damn, now the screw isn't a screw anymore since I drilled into it D:

With it being stripped, it wasn't much of a screw you could use anyway. hehe

 

[BlueAndGray]

With it being stripped, it wasn't much of a screw you could use anyway. hehe

Wait, look at this:

Won't I be able to cut the part the arrow is pointing to? (FYI, the warranty is already void so don't worry about sorta "modding" the macbook") Just tell me a tool I could use to cut that little part that's holding the keyboard and the screw.

 

[gnomio]

If all fails use the warranty and send it to the manufacturer

 

[BlueAndGray]

If all fails use the warranty and send it to the manufacturer

Didn't I say this?

FYI, the warranty is already void.

 

[BlueAndGray]

Anyone? Please???

 

[gnomio]

Didn't I say this?

ooh sorry thought you said you dont want to void the waranty
Use a sheet metal screw