I decided on cleaning my laptop fans today, which I’ve been procrastinating for about a year now because of this one screw. But I just can’t seem to open this with my screwdriver, since whatever I did back when I last opened it it’s nearly circular now. Is there a way to unscrew this?

  • quixotic120@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Put a rubber band between screwdriver and screw, otherwise the other things already stated like CA glue, filing a flathead groove, or drilling the cap off

    in the future use the appropriate sized driver and retire drivers when they become stripped

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      3 months ago

      This. The rubber band trick works well for the first step. I came to say this.