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Fix: You can extract a screw with a stripped head using a pair of pliers preferably a type that can be locked in place, like a vise gripRemove non-product link. Clamp the jaws of pliers around the screw head, then start turning until the screw’s free. Regular needle-nose pliers cost about $7, while a 6-inch vise grip can be had for under $15.
What about stripped screw
threads? This problem doesn’t often crop up in PC builds, but if you run into such a situation, first try to wedge something nonconductive under the head of the screw, then attempt to unscrew it as normal. With luck, the screw will catch the threads on the housing and come out. If that doesn’t work, you’ll have to move onto more destructive forms of removing the screw, like using a screw extractor, and then escalating as needed.