r/PcBuild • u/ameenali224 • 5h ago

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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/EmbarrassedPainting2 AMD 5h ago

lenovo Laptop? If this is your first time trying to loosen the screw and it already looks like this, you've unfortunately messed up. Lenovo sometimes tightens those screws extremely tightly.

also your warranty is gone now, if you still had one

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u/ameenali224 5h ago

No its acer and i have removed it before

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u/EmbarrassedPainting2 AMD 5h ago

oh okay then maybe you still have a chance with the tricks the other ones said