Thanks Abel. I tried a rubber band pressed into the screw by the screwdriver and was able to free one of the screws. I was thinking about putting crazy glue to the tip of the screwdriver and then letting it set up. That may give me enough grip to remove the screw.
On May 3, 11:26 am, Abel Ortiz Monasterio <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've seen mechanics tap them with a drill I don't know if you can get a bit > long enough > > > On Thursday, May 3, 2012, Jpoliti wrote: > > > Hi group. > > > I have an old Mac SE FDHD with some sort of video card installed. I'd > > like to open it up to determine what the card is. I am trying to take > > the case off the back and it appears that the screws at the top of the > > case are stripped out, so I can't get any traction with my torx > > screwdriver tool. Any ideas about how to get the screws loose? I can't > > be the first person with a compact Mac to which this has happened. > > > Thanks. -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
