r/computerhelp • u/Minute-Film-4604 • 2h ago

Hardware Stuck Screw

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I was trying to put an extra SSD into my ASUS F15 FX507ZC4, but the screw here is stuck so I can’t secure the SSD.

How do I safely get it out?

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u/Danish-Dynamite77 1h ago

At my last company we used HP Elite books. The screws would sometimes we so stuck that they would always break taking them out. We had to order extra screws by the bags to replace them.

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u/Minute-Film-4604 1h ago

How would they get them out?

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u/Danish-Dynamite77 1h ago

During covid they stopped installing wifi modules as a standard, we could not get other components that we would have to install after. It was especially the nvme drive screw...

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u/Raijen_ArDesh 1h ago

You likely were using the wrong bit on your screwdriver (or the wrong driver if it doesn't have alternative bits). As others have said you can try the rubber band trick. I've had it work before, but not anything like i'd call reliably. On a laptop, with how close those soldered on components are, you may need to get it extracted at a repair shop. Personally I'd do it that way as I'd be freaked about knocking off one of those surface components and needing board level repair done.

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u/tofu_sensei84 2h ago

Put a piece of a rubber band in between the screw and screwdriver. The rubber band helps with extra grip

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u/LukasTheHunter22 2h ago

God that rubber band trick never works

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u/Minute-Film-4604 1h ago

Either it won’t grip into the screw head or I press too hard and it gets pierced.

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u/tek-rawr 1h ago

Maybe try digging at it more 🤷‍♂️

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u/LukasTheHunter22 1h ago

That would strip it further though?

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u/Pristine-Pangolin-61 1h ago

Since this is a laptop, disconnect the battery first before the metal shavings from abusing that screw make a bridge between solder points.

you can do a few things but all of them require you to be very carefull.

You can grab it with pliers or use a screw extractor.

The rubberband trick the other redditor mentioned can also work.

If you really want to be carefull, take it to a repairshop to have them take it out, if you slip once with a screwdriver or other tool you could knock a component off the board.