Acer Aspire One - Screw Problem!

[tsinc80697]

I installed a 1GB stick of RAM a while ago but it seems to be knackered now!

Trying to get the bottom screws out but 1 of them is stuck and I've stripped most of the head off the screw. What's the best way of getting it out now?

Are there any tools I can grab from B&Q or similar to grab it from the sides or do I have to drill it somehow?

Thanks!

 

[rhysduck]

I installed a 1GB stick of RAM a while ago but it seems to be knackered now!

Trying to get the bottom screws out but 1 of them is stuck and I've stripped most of the head off the screw. What's the best way of getting it out now?

Are there any tools I can grab from B&Q or similar to grab it from the sides or do I have to drill it somehow?

Thanks!

You can drill the head off the screw if you have a spare and are steady handed

Or if possible, make a slot in the top of the head of the screw and use a flat headed screw driver to unscrew that way.

 

[JonJ678]

Silly question, but were you using the right type of screwdriver? posidriv is different to phillips, though it looks similar.

I'd guess it's a posidriv and you were using a phillips. If so, using the correct screw driver and care you may be able to remove it, if there's at least some head left on it.

Otherwise, get a cheap screwdriver and epoxy it into the screw head, if its a cheap cross head that kind of fits this'll work well.

 

[bash247]

I had the same problem as you mate. I spent over £30 on screw extractor sets and other tools and none of them worked. I used a cordless drill with a very small drill bit to remove the screw.

I suggest you use a drill mate and dont buy any other tools

 

[Hairy]

Dont drill untill you need to!

Get a flat blade as big as poss (Max screw size) and gently ease it in with a few knocks on the top of the screwdriver.

Then carefully turn it.

 

[Mad Pierre]

LH Drill to get it out, very slow, on screw type speeds. odd on, it will start to cut, then screw out. tape around the screw might help if it slip's