Stripped screw head problem

Some background: I have an old Sony Vaio PCG-K115s that had been laying dormant for a year with a fried HDD. A week or so ago, just to try my hand at actually looking under the hood of a laptop I decided to buy a new HDD and replace the old one myself. Went great, I successfully replaced the HDD with a new one. This laptop always made a lot of noise, and was REALLY hot all the time, so I decided to try and clean the fans......I followed an online guide on how to strip the Sony down so that I could access the fans and give them a good clean.

I managed to get right down as far as the metal plate protecting the main components. I got all the screws out with no problem.....apart from two. On inspection (using a jewellers lupe) I see that both screws have damaged heads. Can anybody here suggest a method of removing these screws successfully? Right now I am sitting with a laptop in pieces. Any help is really appreciated.....Thanks!

Das

 

A picture would help.

I have repaired screws before with a dremel by giving them a slit to use a flat blade screwdriver on.

However in most cases that wont work too well on a the type of screws in a laptop.

You may have to drill it through and replace the screw with one of a larger size or use some kind of bonding compound and bond a new screw top to the old one.

 

Try using a rubber band. Remove a Stripped Screw with a Rubber Band

 

Rubber band is a good thing to try.

You can also try different shaped screw drivers. There's a chance one might work better. If it isn't working stop though, you're just damaging the screw more.

I have used a small pocket knife once to cut a grove for a flat head screw driver into a small laptop screw once. Took forever but worked. Apparently stainless steel is harder than what ever the screw was made of.

I'd be very hesitant to take a power tool to a laptop.