It is amazing how important it is to have the right tools.  I service 
Nikon film scanners, and they, too, have a problem with overtightened 
screws in several specific places.  I could only get a very small % of 
them out using quality American tools.  At the suggestion of someone 
else, I ordered some German imported precision screwdrivers (brand name: 
  Wiha ... they can be found online, not cheap, but not terribly 
expensive either).  The difference is tremendous .... it basically 
inverted the situation from one were most screws cannot be removed to 
one where only a few cannot be removed.


Noisy Voice wrote:
> I am not too familar with screw heads.  However, I researched it - can you 
> believe it - I researched it on Google.
> It appears to be a Phillips screw head.  It is very small with a cross (+) 
> and is rather flat.  There are similar screw heads with sort of a star where 
> you need a special screwdriver, but I think it is closer to a Phillips more 
> than anything else.
> 
> I haven't dragged out or charged my drill but have all sorts of mini tools 
> for the computer.
> I've read that using the drill makes it worse not better.  Maybe I'll have 
> to buy the right bit.
> I haven't stripped the screws yet but am wary of doing so.
> The screws have been put in so that they have been screwed in below the 
> surface.  I got one out.
> 
> Why wouldn't putting a drop of Liquid Wrench on a screw work?
> 
> 
> "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick.n.straw@gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:1sr8izaj58ewk.2ebyevx0jopc.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:12:35 -0400, Noisy Voice wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>> Bad idea....
>> You will make a mess.....
>>
>>
>>
>>> If not, then I am going to tear the *&%# case apart with my bare hands.
>>> I have heard of that being done.
>> That usually works :)
>> Unfortunately your laptop will never work again after that, but it's fun
>> anyway!
>>
>> Seriously, Asian screws, not the kind your dirty little mind is thinking
>> of, are weird in size....
>>
>> They are also made of pig metal, IOW CHEAP... and will strip the head in 
>> an
>> instant.
>>
>> Are they Phillips head?
>> IOW look like a cross not a slot?
>>
>> The heads will strip at the slightest touch of the wrong size screwdriver
>> blade, and I suspect you have used the wrong one.
>>
>> Most people do....
>>
>> By now, correct me if I am wrong, your screw heads are probably rounded
>> out?
>>
>> If so, do you have any QUALITY Torx bits?
>> By quality I mean SHARP edges...
>>
>> If so, find one that you can wedge into the phillips head screw with some
>> decent pressure or gentle tapping.
>>
>> Then tap on the driver while you apply pressure and try and turn it VERY
>> SLOWLY.
>>
>> That should fix it for you.
>>
>> BTW I have been in this situation before which is how I learned :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Moshe Goldfarb
>> Collector of soaps from around the globe.
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> 
> 
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