Tips for opening screws if you dont have these that are small enough

Get the proper size screw driver. Trying to jury rig it will just strip the head and make your life harder.

>>61576082
Buy a set on Ali, it's like $5

>>61576121
/thread

i'd like a solution that works right now

>>61576165
Use your dick, should be small enough

>>61576165
drill it away

>>61576082
>she doesn't have a screwdriver set or a bit set
this is why women in tech is a bad idea

>>61576165
Place some thin cloth over the screw, insert screwdriver, turn.

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>>61576082

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>>61576082
hammer the end of a paperclip flat

File a flat screwdriver down to the size you need. Push hard and twist. Laptops rarely have high torque on screws, you'll only strip the head if you're retarded or very unlucky.

>>61576082
Your tiny dick will probably do the trick, if not, at least you screwed something...

use blutac or sellotape in the hole. you won't be able to get it tight when you put it back though

superglue screwdriver to it, wait to dry, unscrew

>>61576082
Buy screwdrivers and stop being poor

Just buy a set of screwdrivers for glasses, dead cheap and you get a few sizes for phillips and flat head.

>>61576082
use a knife

>>61576165
Use a Stanley knife

>>61576805
this

>>61576082
i use my finger nails

Take rubber band, stretch over screw, insert screwdriver and turn.

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>>61576082
>using a flathead on a Philips screw.
You /g/uys actually do this?


Anyways, one of these with a full set of bits (not forgetting Torx) is the best investment you can make, tools wise.

>>61577237
>>using a flathead on a Philips screw.
Yes, I saw/dremel stripped screw heads to fit it in.

>>61577292
wh...why??

>>61577309
I cannot be assed to otherwise toy with nickle and dime components on electronics.

>>61576165
pry it out then glue the broken shit back in you faggot

>>61577334
Using the correct screw bit makes it a lot easier.

My question is why do you complicate things by picking the wrong tool?

>>61576082
Melt a acrylic pen a little then place it o. The screw and let it get cold

>>61577498
I don't pick the wrong tool. Some screws, especially on laptops, can be stripped by as much as looking at them sternly, let alone a perfectly fitting phillips.

>>61577543
If you use the correct size Philips it won't strip.

>>61576082
Just file some old screwdriver.

I swear, people these days are like fucking babies.

>>61577574
Yes, yes it will. You must have limited experience with chinkshit.

>>61577623
I really wonder what will happen once the older generations die out an nobody knows how to fix or build technology anymore.

Will society collapse?

>>61576082
use a flathead, the flat head (instead of a phillips) will get you more grip on it.

For stripped screws, before inserting your screw driver into the screw, put the side of a rubber band over it, the rubber band will help you grip better

>>61577237
>You /g/uys actually do this?
yes because it works.

>>61577681
Hardware repair will become the new webdev.

>>61577657
>thinks a flathead won't strip a screw but a proper sized Philips won't.
>claims I'm the one with limited experience.

Kid, just buy and use the proper tools.

>>61577685
>the flat head (instead of a phillips) will get you more grip on it.

>what Millennials ACTUALLY believe.

>>61577708
Oh you assumed I'm OP

>>61577739
Phillips are made to slide out under tension, so yes, they're rounded and overall shit.

>>61576082
Not OP, but what if I had a screw where the head was so worn down I flatout can't get a screwdriver to turn it?

It's the back screw on a Thinkpad, and I can't open it right now. Kinda annoying.

>>61576146
Don't waste $5 on Chink shit that will just disintegrate when you tried to use them.

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Just give it a yank, it'll be fine.

>>61577772
>Phillips are made to slide out under tension

True, but it's still a lot better that fucking about with a flathead.

>>61576121
Fpbp

>>61577865
Topkek

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>>61576165
Remove the back cap and heat up the end of a BIC pen, then put it on top of the screw while it's hot so it molds itself after it and then unscrew it when it cools down.

>>61578165
That is fucking smart. Whoever thought this up is the next step of evolution, honestly.

>>61576082
don't

>>61576082
Buy a #0 and #00 driver if you are remotely interested in laptop/device repair. My #0 Phillips is my second most used driver. It's hardly a tool you will need once.

I really mean it when EVERY tech should have a set of itsy bitsy Phillips drivers. I have never once found a use for a flat head when a Phillips would suffice. For the cost of one of those sets and the room it takes up its worth it. Even if just to have on hand for next time.

>>61578424
Can't trust chinks to use hard metal screws, but I should trust them with drivers?

>>61578424
>set of itsy bitsy Phillips drivers.

itsy bitsy heads but not itsy bitsy grips.

>>61576082
Buy a smaller set of drivers for $1 at your local Daiso.

>>61576121
>jury rig

*ahem*

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Real German wiha are like 5 bucks each direct. Why fuck around like a fucking retard?

>>61577574
kek

>>61576082
hey i have that set too, those screwdrivers are absolute garbage.