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    6831fx stripped screw stuck on drive caddy (can't remove drive)

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by dougy86, Nov 23, 2008.

  1. dougy86

    dougy86 Notebook Guru

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    i was trying to take the drive that came stock with my laptop out and i got two of the screws off but the two others closest to the sata connector will not budge and i accidentally stripped them. Please HELP! Thanks
     
    dougy86, Nov 23, 2008
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    narsnail Notebook Prophet

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    burn it out with your light saber!

    get some pliers to grip around the end of it, or put some super glue in the there and stick the screw driver back in, so you can reform its shape.
     
    narsnail, Nov 23, 2008
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    dougy86 Notebook Guru

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    the edges are round and its head is flat I don't think the pliers method will work. I hope the the super glue method works... because I dont wanna ruin my drive (in the caddy)
     
    dougy86, Nov 23, 2008
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    how'd the super glue work for ya?
     
    Mormegil83, Nov 24, 2008
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    I think you will probably need to buy a new caddy.
     
    flipfire, Nov 24, 2008
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    Pliers will still work, you just have to apply a lot of pressure and be careful to avoid them slipping off.

    If nothing else works you can carve a slot in the head of the screw and use a flat head screw driver to remove it... or if that doesn't work you can always just cut the screw head off with a Dremel and then remove the body with pliers from the hard drive directly (though both of the cutting methods should be a last ditch effort!)
     
    Kamin_Majere, Nov 25, 2008
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