I think I am going to try liquid wrench to see if that works.
I then will try your suggestion to see if that works.

If not, then I am going to tear the *&%# case apart with my bare hands.
I have heard of that being done.


"olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message 
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> "Noisy Voice" <number1lawyer@comcast.net> wrote in message 
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>>I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop.  I have it for a few years.
>> The laptop is useless without more memory.
>> It needs update in memory.  I want to put the wireless card in too.
>>
>> However, the damned thing is on the scrap heap.  Why?
>> Because when it was assembled the screws were put in hard and deep.
>> Beyond any reasonable necessity.  So hard and deep that they cannot be 
>> removed.
>> What is the point of putting in case openings and telling purchasers they 
>> can
>> upgrade when the upgrade points are screwed so tight that you can't
>> get into the laptop because you can't remove the screws?
>>
>> This might seem to be an insignificant problem, but it is not.  These 
>> tight tiny screws have
>> destroyed the usability of a perfectly good laptop.
>>
>> Not that Toshiba is alone guilty of this inability to know when enough is
>> enough in the screwing department.  I have found that many people just
>> can't stop irretrievably screwing screws into computer equipment.
>> Are these guys frustrated about something or what?
>>
>> And to top it all off, Toshiba insulates itself to such a degree that 
>> there
>> is no easy way of providing feedback telling them to stop screwing.
>> No feedback section about their product.  Toshiba doesn't want to know 
>> nothing.
>>
>> Feedback to Toshiba:  STOP SCREWING IN THE SCREWS SO HARD!!!!!!
>>
>
> looks like you are screwed...... LOL
> Seriously....if you have got nothing to lose then you can try this trick.
> Using a small wattage...small tipped soldering iron...hold the hot tip to 
> the screw head for about 30 seconds... and then try to loosen the screw. 
> Many times Loctite or other compounds are used on the threads so the 
> screws won't back out in normal use. The heat will soften the compound. 
> Also make sure that the tool you are using is the correct fit for the 
> screw head
>