wrote:
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:21:27 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

AZ Nomad wrote:
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:42:47 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote:
AZ Nomad wrote:
On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:09 -0500, The Daring Dufas wrote:
Ron Hardin wrote:
I've stripped two of the screws holding the hard
drive in my laptop (apparently lock-tite'd, from
the crack! noise the other two made when unscrewed
in my best philips screwing technique). (The chat
agent on the line unhelpfully had just asked me to
try removing the HD and memory, which is the rough
equivalent in this model of ``remove roof and
temporarily set aside'' for home repairs, as you
have to remove the screen and keyboard to get at
the memory. It must have been a little chat-agent
joke. Anyway that project stopped when the screws
stripped.)

I take it the next step is a screw extractor,
which I see too large a variety of to make a
choice. What's the most probably successful kind
of screw extractor? I have no experience with
extractors. I'd experiment, but would like to get
it done as neatly as possible on the first try.

Very tiny philips screw. A 3/32 drill fits in the
hole left by the other, removed, screws.
I've removed small stripped Phillips head screws
with a Dremel tool. I first cut a slot for a flat
blade screwdriver and if that doesn't work, it's
time to play dentist. There are also the Alden
brand Grabit screw extractors that work very well.
http://www.aldn.com/grabit/
That's great if you're working on a car.

Laptop's don't use #6-#14 screws.

Do you know how big the screws holding in
the hard drive are? Did you notice "Dremel
Yes I do ****face. They're smaller than #4 screws.

The only thing that tool mentioned in the URL would be good for would
be to split a laptop in two pieces with a good smack from a hammer.
Why you needle dick, limp wrist, cum gargling, butt ****ing
leprechaun. Can't you do any better than "****face"? I work
on laptops all the time and one of my Dell laptops actually
has some screws that are the size of a #6. I'm assuming that
the OP's hard drive mounting screws are 3x3mm flat head
Phillips which are approximately the size of a #6. Go get
yourself some calipers and measure the darn things if you
doubt me. You claimed to know the screw size but failed to
state it. Instead you insulted me by calling me "****face".
That's uncalled for, everyone knows that I'm an "asshole".

TDD

Glad we got THAT cleared up! LOL

The poor guy has no sense of humor. I feel sorry
for him.

TDD