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    cant get mbp cover off

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by owais, May 24, 2009.

  1. owais

    owais Notebook Deity

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    i wanted to install some new ram so i was takeing the cover off the back.
    when upside down, the top left screw was stuck and i tried to screw it off and now the screw hole is messed.

    also, when closeing the screw near the battery (bottom right) wont fully go in and i cant put it in fully?

    what can i do??? :confused:
     
    owais, May 24, 2009
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  2. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    Did you use the right size screwdriver?
     
    JWest, May 25, 2009
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    cry some :( then rig it up best you can
     
    doh123, May 25, 2009
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  4. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    There are three different size screws, make sure you are putting the right ones in there spots. As for the screw you stripped. Be more careful next time. If a screw is hard to get out, don't keep going at it and make it worse. Take it to a Apple store. You will probably get charged since something like that probably won't be covered under Apple care.
     
    Seshan, May 25, 2009
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  5. weirdo81622

    weirdo81622 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, if it's stripped, there's not much you can do about it. Really, the best way to fix that is to use a thin chisel or xacto knife to try to cut off the "head" of the screw. What I do sometimes is use a drill with a bit that is just big enough to fit in the hole that you stripped - then, when it's drilled, the head falls off as a ring (because there's nothing holding it to the rest of the screw), and then it comes off.
     
    weirdo81622, May 25, 2009
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