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I have tried the rubber band method and it doesnt work also I dont have any powertools to try and get it out.

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This is what the screw is supposed to look like.

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I have tried the rubber band method and it doesnt work also I dont have any powertools to try and get it out.

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This is what the screw is supposed to look like.

 

Your only option is needle nose pliers around the edge

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ah man you stripped it.. not good.It looks pretty rounded so you cant use a flat head any more.You might be able to use a screw extracting kit.....

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Ahh good old craptops.

 

Needle nose plier.

Agreed, needle nose pliers, and an assload of hand strength to make sure it grips and doesn't just slip off and damage something.

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You can try and file a groove in and use a flat screwdriver

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Either pliers or, if it happens to be a particularly cheaply made screw, you can try stripping it further till the head is gone, lift the component its holding on and then use pliers to remove the actual screw part of the screw.

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Thanks for your help the pliers worked a treat. For anyone who wants to know what came out.

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Thanks for your help the pliers worked a treat. For anyone who wants to know what came out.

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tha hell is that?!

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O.o

 

tha hell is that?!

lol, its the dust that came out near the fan. Temps and noise have gone loads.

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Oh yey! Old heatsink made by foxconn :D

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You could try a Robertson (square) red or black might work

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You could try a Robertson (square) red or black might work

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For future reference, you can always get a pen, take out the ink and heat up the end with a lighter. Don't let the plastic burn, just get hot enough to soften and melt.  Jam it hard into the hole, wait until it is cool then unscrew. (does not work with really tough screws but from the looks of this, you used the wrong sized equipment to remove it in the first place.

 

There are drill-bits that are made backwards so you can drill them out in reverse mode.

 

Pliers works some times.

 

Little spray with wd40 to clean some of the gunk before attempting to loosen.

 

Sometimes if you have a fairly large, hard-ish rubber, you can press it into the hole firmly and loosen.

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