Stripped screws :/

[Guest]

I was taking the cooler off of my Titan X. Everything was going great. Then, I came across 3 screws that were in too tight. I stripped them due to their poor quality. I have tried many screw drivers and a rubber band. I am NOT going to use a Dremel. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[iamdarkyoshi]

which screws were they? I have gotten screws out by dipping my screwdriver in two part epoxy and putting it in the screw and letting it dry.

[pwn_intended]

You could mail it to me and I would be happy to troubleshoot that free Titan X....

No guarantee on safe returns though!

[ManOfGold93]

can drill screws out...

[Guest]

which screws were they? I have gotten screws out by dipping my screwdriver in two part epoxy and putting it in the screw and letting it dry.

The m2.5 screws that cover most of the cooler.

[Guest]

Can you grip the screw head? Pliers? 

[iamdarkyoshi]

The m2.5 screws that cover most of the cooler.

yah I would suggest epoxy on the end of your screwdriver. 

[Enderman]

You either used the wrong screwdriver bit or you used a cheap screwdriver

you dont strip GPU screws because of "bad quality"

[Guest]

can drill screws out...

Only option?

[W-L]

I was taking the cooler off of my Titan X. Everything was going great. Then, I came across 3 screws that were in too tight. I stripped them due to their poor quality. I have tried many screw drivers and a rubber band. I am NOT going to use a Dremel. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

Either cut a slot into the head of the screw to be able to remove it, drill it out using a left hand drill bit which should grab the thread and back it out of the heatsink section.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Either cut a slot into the head of the screw to be able to remove it, drill it out using a left hand drill bit which should grab the thread and back it out of the heatsink section.

I have used a dremmel's cutting wheel to put a slot in screws before and use a flathead to remove it. but OP said no dremmels

[Guest]

You either used the wrong screwdriver bit or you used a cheap screwdriver

you dont strip GPU screws because of "bad quality"

I've seen others with that issue, every other screw came out fine and these 3 screws were in really tight for no reason

[Guest]

Can you grip the screw head? Pliers? 

Nope

[AddonCustoms]

I swear you are the 3rd person to have this issue with that card in the last week.

[W-L]

 

I have used a dremmel's cutting wheel to put a slot in screws before and use a flathead to remove it. but OP said no dremmels

 

It would be a solution be a bit risky, I still recommend using left hand drill bits it works great for removing screws.

[Guest]

I swear you are the 3rd person to have this issue with that card in the last week.

Yeah, it's just too loud for me so I was putting on the EVGA ACX 2.0 cooler. I may try to take apart the cooler and knock out the screws from behind. 

[dalomo]

I recommend trying the epoxy trick first if you have some. If not, buy some screw removal bits (the left hand bits that @W-L has mentoined, they work pretty well most of the time) and drilling them out.

[Enderman]

I've seen others with that issue, every other screw came out fine and these 3 screws were in really tight for no reason

Screws are usually put in by machines, and if they are not set correctly the screws can be put in too tight

but if it could go in, then it can also come out

you just need to apply a lot of downward pressure while turning

 

not enough down pressure =  stripped screws

[Guest]

Screws are usually put in by machines, and if they are not set correctly the screws can be put in too tight

but if it could go in, then it can also come out

you just need to apply a lot of downward pressure while turning

 

not enough down pressure =  stripped screws

I was putting all of my weight on it (a decent amount ) and it still would not turn. I tried taking the cooler off last month with the same result. 

[Mr.Dingle]

I was putting all of my weight on it (a decent amount ) and it still would not turn. I tried taking the cooler off last month with the same result. 

 

Do you have , by any chance , a M1 / M2 drill bit ? 

[Guest]

Do you have , by any chance , a M1 / M2 drill bit ? 

Probably

[Mr.Dingle]

Probably

 

You could try drilling thru the center of the screw .. Either till you hit the end of the screwhead or drill all the way down in hopes that will loosen it up enough .. 

[gregderome]

I had the same problem when taking off my Titan X cooler to install the evga hybrid kit. In the end I took the smallest drill bit I had and drilled through the middle of the screw, the head of the screw got off allowing me to remove the cooler and the finally totally removed the rest of the screw with pliers. Be careful and everything should be fine. Don't forget that some of the Titan X screws are Philipps #000, if you don't use the correct screwdriver you will get stripped screws.

Good luck, it's not hard but it's stressing as hell! I got that feeling too

[Dimetime35c]

id try the epoxy trick, how bad is the screw stripped? like just a little on the screw head or are all the aligning +s gone? try using a flat head bit at an angle. sometimes works for me. that dont work epoxy trick and if that dont work then idk. not sure if it voids the warranty doing that 

[Guest]

id try the epoxy trick, how bad is the screw stripped? like just a little on the screw head or are all the aligning +s gone? try using a flat head bit at an angle. sometimes works for me. that dont work epoxy trick and if that dont work then idk. not sure if it voids the warranty doing that 

It's stripped pretty badly. Warranty is already void lol.