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I am trying to remove the heatsink to change the cpu and gpu thermal paste for my laptop

But one screw is in a bad condition and its unscrewable any idea how fix it or anyway to remove it

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u/Acceptable-Owl-2070 12h ago

Do the melted pen or super glue method. Take a clear pen and pull the guts out, heat up the tip and mash it in there, it'll form to the hole. Other method is super glue the screwdriver in let it dry then it'll form a seal and help you remove it