[TriLUG] Re: [OT] I killed my laptop ...

[jonc]

Indeed. If using a knife is too scary then using a very sharp flat-head
screw driver is just about as good. My old nemesis Bill used to take a
small hammer and drive a flat head screw driver into the soft metal of
stripped screws. Heavy handed but it always worked for him... though I
often wondered what else he broke while trying to "fix" those laptops.

Jon

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 13:27, Ron Joffe wrote:
> In the past small torx bits have come in handy with stripped out phillips 
> screws like the ones on the thinkpad.
> 
> Ron
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 29 March 2006 12:34, Keith Johnson wrote:
> > I have them down to 1/32" -- though the more I think about it I doubt
> > I got the real small ones at just any hardware store.
> >
> > kj
> >
> > At 12:12 PM 3/29/2006, you wrote:
> > >Do they even make Ez-Outs small enough to work on those laptop screws?
> > >I've had the keyboard off both Thinkpad's I've owned and the screws
> > >holding it down are tiny tiny tiny.
> > >
> > >--[Lance]
> > >
> > >Keith Johnson wrote:
> > > > Better yet -- go to your local hardware store and get an Ez-Out bit.
> > >
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