bigtemarifan, I think besides the obvious "I don't have a drill, but I have a soldering kit", the main reason to do this is not to run the risk of damaging the threads.
Just got a completely stripped screw out using this technique! Worked like a charm. For those who have problems getting the solder to stick to the screw head, just make sure to heat the screw head long enough otherwise it wont stick. Good luck!
The trick with soldering is that the screw must be hot enough to melt the solder. If you just drop a bit of melted solder onto a cold screw then the solder won't stick. Keep your solder iron tip on the screw for a few seconds before touching the solder to it. When you touch the solder at the point where the soldering iron tip meets the screw and the solder flows nicely, then you have a good chance of the solder sticking to the screw. Everything MUST be clean... use rubbing alcohol first.
I found my new pet peeve. Laptop manufacturers are just way too cheap to provide us with better screws that won't easily strip without applying semi-pressure on it. -My personal experience with Asus and Acer laptops.
I found ASUS to be somewhat decent when it comes to screws. ACER is much worse workmanship and materials overall The same goes for Gateway and some HP models
THIS WORKS! After spending an hour trying to get a screw out using other methods, I soldered a nail clip on the crew and just rotated it! it works like a charm!!! Thanks so much!
I tried your method but instead of a resistor, I used a needle. Sadly, the needle broke when I tried to rotate the stripped screw. Nevertheless, I just filled the screw with solder metal then twisted it using the pliers. It works like charm. Thank you.
I used this method on an old laptop I removed 3 screw. The first one I used resistor but the two screws are stacked up so I just add lots of solder on top of the screw then use a small flier to turn it counter clockwise and it works.. Thank you...
Very useful, Thank You so much for this video, I was actually having difficulty to remove a Stripped screw on my MacBook, I wanted to change my WIFI Card, but screw securing the display data cable bracket to the upper case was actually stripped, I tried multiple solutions but none of them worked, at last I found your video to be helpful and I can just hope this will fix my problem, I will definitely try this tomorrow and If it worked I won't mind donating something to you. seriously. Thank You
@@RangelGabriel No. I tried the method but resistor was too weak for the tight screw and broke halfway. I ended up drilling the screw and got it out. And this is 9year old comment.😂
DaNewChampp Same here did you manage to remove the screw ? I havent had the chance to do it with my Y50. I wanna increase the ram and upgrade to an ssd. Lemme know if you removed yours.
Emmanuel Botchey I did, I used a drill bit because it was so stripped at this point, tried the rubber band methods and everything. I just drilled it out with a drill bit and opened it up upgraded it and put some electrical tape to cover the hole up.
I don't think he took the screw out. More like he just drilled a hole in the place where the screw used to be and then taped it when he was done with it.
Bollox616 Oh shit yeah sorry, i got a drill bit and basically just shredded the screw up so there wasn't anything left. Just taped over it. Fuck that screw lmao
I didn't believe it at first, but it actually works! The major binding force is from the thread locker (such as loctite) on these tinny screws. I think it's the alcohol and HEAT that do the trick to loose the thread locker, and the screw can be easily taken off without much force on the soldered resistor.
this DOES work (i literally just did it), but obviously it won't work for a screw that has been tightened a lot. the wire on the resistor would bend before the screw budges. if you're having that problem try a component that uses thicker wire, such as LEDs. you could try a needle or something similar. also, in my case it worked without the alcohol. BE CAREFUL NOT TO MELT ANY PLASTIC. if the solder doesn't stick to the screw up the heat on your iron, but be a lot more careful. if the screw isn't metallic in colour it probably has a coating you need to scrape off.
That really works! Got a really stuck stripped mini screw here inside an iphone. Tryed superglue, rubber, tilted tools, all with no success. Got it with this method. because it was very stuck it was necessary to repeat the process several times and to use a pretty rigid iron instead of the resistor
thank you I can't explain how much this helped, I had a screw that was completely hopeless nothing could remove it from the laptop without causing damage. first time I tried it didn't work, the second time I made some sharp cuts in the screw then cleaned it well, after that it's 100% like the video
Thanks dude - I never thought of this! I had a torx screw completely rounded on my blackberry 9900 and other methods (flat-heads, bigger torx etc) didn't work. this method with a paper clip was awesome! Thanks again :)
I was very hopeful for this approach to work. However, Dell not only used low quality screws that get stripped very easily, they also used ones that don't react to solder. What a joke...
Screws are soft, the tools are softer and 2 are in there like a tick, rounded out the T5 and the tiny screw driver as if somebody used superglue on the threads when screwing these 2 in. How much would it cost to do this right... almost 3k laptop and you can't remove the screws, insane.
If the screw is stuck in so hard that a driver strips it, the relatively soft solder will do nothing. This will only work if an already stripped screw is inserted loosely.
Thanks for the trick dude, I used a paper clip instead of a resistor (and vodka instead of alcohol) and it worked like a charm! Gotta admit I was pretty skeptic since they were also pretty stuck in there as well, but it all ended up like expected :D
I used lead-free 96/4 silver-bearing solder and it couldn't stick to the screw. Don't know whether I should use standard rosin-core solder. Anyone knows?
This is like performing surgery, what the hell? I just want to clean my fan, but the screws are too small and tight. What couldn't they make things easier for us?
Very cool glad you shared was not looking forward to figuring out how to get it out and ordering more tools and thx to your video I seen already had all I need 😀
Same. Frickin Asus... the screws they used seem to be super cheap and they were so tight from factory, when my friend tried to loosen it, he completely stripped the head (he's also a moron for not stopping right away). Now I have that stripped screw in that hole and there's no way of getting it out it seems. But the laptop is overheating. It needs to be opened and cleaned, maybe even new heatsink paste applied. So how do I get it open now?
I agree, he's not heating the screw enough to actually attach the solder to the screw, but that might not be needed. I think what's happening in the video above is he is using the liquid solder to form a perfect impression of the screw head. That could possibly have enough bite to turn the screw that the normals screwdriver wouldn't. I would be very careful with heating the screw, because it'll conduct heat to anything it's touching. If the screw is in a plastic housing, it'll quickly melt.
Use a wood nail and put it in middle of the screw, solder on top of the middle of the wood nail and wait 1 minute so it get completly hard. Then turn the nail with your finger. I don't know why he is using a resistor, it's not strong enough.
RJCash There is one thing called "screw extractor", but I have not try it yet, even not sure if there is a tiny size of it to fight with the stripped screw on the mother board.
Thank u dude theres a corroded screw my ps2 im repairing and iv tried everything from rubbers bands to tape but its to gone to grip anything and i didnt want to use a drill on a delicate machine :)
I did this and it doesn't work. The metal chassis acts as a heatsink making it impossible to make a proper solder. A glue doesn't work either, nor the rubber band trick. I ended up cutting it with a milling bit and it worked like a charm.
nice indeed. however its not very useful if screw is very tight. I ran into a problem. disassembling laptop. screw was so tight that my electric screw-driver just broke the head of the screw now I'm stuck with it.
"you don't need a drill, instead grab your fucking SOLDERING KIT
bigtemarifan,
I think besides the obvious "I don't have a drill, but I have a soldering kit", the main reason to do this is not to run the risk of damaging the threads.
WoodenWalker You could have Just gleed the screw driver on lol
😂
Just got a completely stripped screw out using this technique! Worked like a charm. For those who have problems getting the solder to stick to the screw head, just make sure to heat the screw head long enough otherwise it wont stick. Good luck!
Yeah and end up burning your macbook I don't think so
The trick with soldering is that the screw must be hot enough to melt the solder. If you just drop a bit of melted solder onto a cold screw then the solder won't stick. Keep your solder iron tip on the screw for a few seconds before touching the solder to it. When you touch the solder at the point where the soldering iron tip meets the screw and the solder flows nicely, then you have a good chance of the solder sticking to the screw. Everything MUST be clean... use rubbing alcohol first.
Thank you bob, your advice really helped a lot
I found my new pet peeve. Laptop manufacturers are just way too cheap to provide us with better screws that won't easily strip without applying semi-pressure on it. -My personal experience with Asus and Acer laptops.
Not to be argumentative but I do hope you are aware this occurs when you try taking a small JIS screw out with a Phillips driver instead of a JIS one.
I found ASUS to be somewhat decent when it comes to screws. ACER is much worse workmanship and materials overall The same goes for Gateway and some HP models
Watching this because of an Asus laptop 🤦🏻♀️
Apple are the worst! They even use obtuse heads on their screws just to make their customer's lives more difficult.
Same with my Acer laptop
THIS WORKS! After spending an hour trying to get a screw out using other methods, I soldered a nail clip on the crew and just rotated it! it works like a charm!!!
Thanks so much!
That was genius! Used the phillips head on the tiny stripped screw and voila, instant success after an afternoon of meltdown! Thanks very much!
lucky that I have all that equipment at home ...
😂😂😂😂😂
Nerd
Jk
no way in hell this method will work if you have a screw that refuse to budge even with the right screwdriver.
Exactly
Exactly
I tried your method but instead of a resistor, I used a needle. Sadly, the needle broke when I tried to rotate the stripped screw.
Nevertheless, I just filled the screw with solder metal then twisted it using the pliers. It works like charm. Thank you.
I used this method on an old laptop I removed 3 screw. The first one I used resistor but the two screws are stacked up so I just add lots of solder on top of the screw then use a small flier to turn it counter clockwise and it works.. Thank you...
Very useful, Thank You so much for this video, I was actually having difficulty to remove a Stripped screw on my MacBook, I wanted to change my WIFI Card, but screw securing the display data cable bracket to the upper case was actually stripped, I tried multiple solutions but none of them worked, at last I found your video to be helpful and I can just hope this will fix my problem, I will definitely try this tomorrow and If it worked I won't mind donating something to you. seriously. Thank You
Did it work?
@@RangelGabriel No. I tried the method but resistor was too weak for the tight screw and broke halfway.
I ended up drilling the screw and got it out.
And this is 9year old comment.😂
bout to fucking break my lenovo y50 cuz of one damn screw
DaNewChampp Same here did you manage to remove the screw ?
I havent had the chance to do it with my Y50. I wanna increase the ram and upgrade to an ssd. Lemme know if you removed yours.
Emmanuel Botchey I did, I used a drill bit because it was so stripped at this point, tried the rubber band methods and everything. I just drilled it out with a drill bit and opened it up upgraded it and put some electrical tape to cover the hole up.
+Da New Champ How did you drill it out? I tried it with 1/16 drill and it seems like it's not pulling out the screw. same laptop
I don't think he took the screw out. More like he just drilled a hole in the place where the screw used to be and then taped it when he was done with it.
Bollox616 Oh shit yeah sorry, i got a drill bit and basically just shredded the screw up so there wasn't anything left. Just taped over it. Fuck that screw lmao
I can report a method adapted from this one worked for me; I applied some solder, then cut a groove for a screwdriver in it. Voila! Saved! Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. With its help, I helped my nephew save his laptop. Worded so well! Amazing!
I didn't believe it at first, but it actually works! The major binding force is from the thread locker (such as loctite) on these tinny screws. I think it's the alcohol and HEAT that do the trick to loose the thread locker, and the screw can be easily taken off without much force on the soldered resistor.
this DOES work (i literally just did it), but obviously it won't work for a screw that has been tightened a lot. the wire on the resistor would bend before the screw budges. if you're having that problem try a component that uses thicker wire, such as LEDs. you could try a needle or something similar. also, in my case it worked without the alcohol. BE CAREFUL NOT TO MELT ANY PLASTIC. if the solder doesn't stick to the screw up the heat on your iron, but be a lot more careful. if the screw isn't metallic in colour it probably has a coating you need to scrape off.
i used a paper clip instead, worked fine
AVSCDvideoproduction I used a turkey skewer. It worked perfectly
@@AVSCDvideoproduction Hey, same
Great idea, was going to get a drill for my laptop but wasn't very fond of that idea. Thanks.
That really works! Got a really stuck stripped mini screw here inside an iphone. Tryed superglue, rubber, tilted tools, all with no success. Got it with this method. because it was very stuck it was necessary to repeat the process several times and to use a pretty rigid iron instead of the resistor
thank you I can't explain how much this helped, I had a screw that was completely hopeless nothing could remove it from the laptop without causing damage. first time I tried it didn't work, the second time I made some sharp cuts in the screw then cleaned it well, after that it's 100% like the video
I was skeptical but this approach worked like a champ! Thank you for posting.
This only works with loose screws not screws stuck in hard won't budge.
+Reason Able I guess you're right.
Do you have any suggestions for removal?
I guess you could stick a screwdriver into the tin when it's still hot?
i guess it will work ..try soldering a thin nail on the screw
last thing i was expecting to hear on this was nujabes :)
Thank you very much for making this video, I was going through this problem with my MacBook Air 2011 and did not know how to solve it,
Libertadores Timão did it work ? If so what type of doddering wire did you use ?
Thanks dude - I never thought of this! I had a torx screw completely rounded on my blackberry 9900 and other methods (flat-heads, bigger torx etc) didn't work. this method with a paper clip was awesome! Thanks again :)
Hey, just dropping by to say thanks for this video. This technique helped me undo a stripped screw from my old Galaxy S5 housing.
What you need: Alcohol
Me: **looking at my hand sanitizer**
My hand sanitizer: Dont even think about it
I was very hopeful for this approach to work. However, Dell not only used low quality screws that get stripped very easily, they also used ones that don't react to solder. What a joke...
Screws are soft, the tools are softer and 2 are in there like a tick, rounded out the T5 and the tiny screw driver as if somebody used superglue on the threads when screwing these 2 in. How much would it cost to do this right... almost 3k laptop and you can't remove the screws, insane.
this is the most ingenious thing thus far for today
Can confirm it works! You can use anything solid to rotate the screw. In my case i just angled the screwdriver and turned it like an allen wrench.
I used it it works like a charm ! I opened a stripped screw of my phone, thanks a lot
If the screw is stuck in so hard that a driver strips it, the relatively soft solder will do nothing. This will only work if an already stripped screw is inserted loosely.
Thank you for fixing my phone. You are so talented!
I'm not gonna buy a whole soldering gear just for this
my 2ds has been broken for almost 2 years. gonna show this to my dad and maybe save $160+ replacing it and my games
Very good tip, sometimes lens screws have threadlocker and the iron tip helps break it down
Omgosh, thank you....I bought a cheap soldering kit and this worked perfectly to remove the screw :D
will it work with tight screw ?
Solder only welds properly when both surfaces get to the melting point of the solder, otherwise it's just sitting on the metal, and not stuck to it.
Hold the iron on the screw for a few seconds and then try to melt the solder onto it. Worked for me.
Awesome!
I didn't like soldering but when I watched till the last I was & still am thankful for the hack ;)
Right now i success to remove screws 2 piece from my main board laptop.
Thanks for video tuts ✌
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS WORKING!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Thanks for the trick dude, I used a paper clip instead of a resistor (and vodka instead of alcohol) and it worked like a charm! Gotta admit I was pretty skeptic since they were also pretty stuck in there as well, but it all ended up like expected :D
Nice so the paper clip did not bend right?
You rule, you've saved my laptop!
this tutorial just saved my life... thx
Or use superglue and glue the screwdriver to the screw and turn it, then throw away screw and use new screw.
David Misner, Nope, I suggest Godzilla Glue.
OK Thanks
I used super glue now its stucked like wtf
can i use for this normal super glue?
I used lead-free 96/4 silver-bearing solder and it couldn't stick to the screw. Don't know whether I should use standard rosin-core solder. Anyone knows?
aw the screw I am trying to remove is the one on my soldering iron. talk about irony
Did you remove it?
Is that nujabes I hear. Good choice.
This is like performing surgery, what the hell? I just want to clean my fan, but the screws are too small and tight. What couldn't they make things easier for us?
I also wanted to clean the inside of an electronic but the small screws are too tight.
Glad I was on the right track with the soldering though
Very cool glad you shared was not looking forward to figuring out how to get it out and ordering more tools and thx to your video I seen already had all I need
😀
If the metal can be soldered to, the screw is close to the surface, and isn't screwed in tight, this may actually work lol 😆 😅 😂
thank you for this video one of the screws in my ipod touch was stripped and this helped out so much
i am fully in love with you i swear... saved me $200 at my local comp repairer
Amigo estuvimos con 20 tutoriales y solo este nos sirvió. Graciasss
i was wondering what type of solder was used in the video to take out the computer screw
Anddd i got a fuckin stripped screw at the motherboard, screw it yeah!
Your video is useful, thanks
I have an OpenPandora w/ stripped screws. (I'm trying to upgrade the board.) I'll have to give this a shot when I get the chance.
what to do with screw trapped inside holes of the notebook? that deep ones?
leohpndbz same
Same
Same. Frickin Asus... the screws they used seem to be super cheap and they were so tight from factory, when my friend tried to loosen it, he completely stripped the head (he's also a moron for not stopping right away). Now I have that stripped screw in that hole and there's no way of getting it out it seems. But the laptop is overheating. It needs to be opened and cleaned, maybe even new heatsink paste applied. So how do I get it open now?
Same shit here with Acer...
Same
This is cool. I'm way too lazy to do it, but it's still really cool.
what if the screw is tight will it still work
short answer is no
I've had success soldering another screw on top (flat down) and moving it with a mole grip. More solder surface area=more torque tolerance.
This was an extremely useful tip! I am thankful. hopefully it will get me out of this issue right now. Thanks ;)
awesome life hack! only a resistor and a cautin. thanks
I agree, he's not heating the screw enough to actually attach the solder to the screw, but that might not be needed. I think what's happening in the video above is he is using the liquid solder to form a perfect impression of the screw head. That could possibly have enough bite to turn the screw that the normals screwdriver wouldn't.
I would be very careful with heating the screw, because it'll conduct heat to anything it's touching. If the screw is in a plastic housing, it'll quickly melt.
Whats liquid soldier?
Use a wood nail and put it in middle of the screw, solder on top of the middle of the wood nail and wait 1 minute so it get completly hard. Then turn the nail with your finger.
I don't know why he is using a resistor, it's not strong enough.
yes bro thank u i forsure have sodder at home when i dont even have a drill
It worked! thank you!
I bought several screwdrivers...
What do we do if the screw is in a deep well? I don't wanna risk soldering the screw to the side of the well and make it impossible to turn.
Did you figure this out? I'm having this issue right now
RJCash There is one thing called "screw extractor", but I have not try it yet, even not sure if there is a tiny size of it to fight with the stripped screw on the mother board.
In my case, the screw is too tight, even I tried with normal pliers :( . I unmounted all the 5 screw from my hdd, just one screw screwed me :(
Sweet. Only method that fixes the screw after as well
Really helpful tip, really bad zooming. Thanks for this. :)
You can scratch the screw a little bit with a sharp too, sometime it helps !
Thank u dude theres a corroded screw my ps2 im repairing and iv tried everything from rubbers bands to tape but its to gone to grip anything and i didnt want to use a drill on a delicate machine :)
Keep up the good music!
Such a nice beat
this method saved my dad's laptop XD
I don't know how to remove the stripped screws off of that metal plate which holds the PS3 slim motherboard.
That's smart.
Not everyone has soldering tools on hand. It's better to use a electric drill and extracting drill bits.
Brilliant idea
My solder joint won't stick to the screw, am I doing anything wrong ?
I did this and it doesn't work. The metal chassis acts as a heatsink making it impossible to make a proper solder. A glue doesn't work either, nor the rubber band trick. I ended up cutting it with a milling bit and it worked like a charm.
used a paper clip instead of a resistor, thanks!
Do you happen to know if this would work with a tight screw? Thanks.
Without HAVING to drill them ;-) (or without drilling them) What type of solder do you use for that? I am a little surprized it didn't snap right off.
I wonder the solidering is strong enough to hold still !
Thanks for sharing the information
super cool idea - gonna try it - hope it works!
what about if the Screw head Broken inside that Hole how do you take out
Thanks for a nice trick
nice indeed. however its not very useful if screw is very tight. I ran into a problem. disassembling laptop. screw was so tight that my electric screw-driver just broke the head of the screw now I'm stuck with it.
It actually worked! I did this with a pushpin 📌
Just want to say you are an absolute genius. Thanks so much
THEY DID SURGERY ON A SCREW!!!
Brill vid very good technique will try this sometime
Yes, you can use glue instead of soldering ! The best results are obtained with cyanolite glue !
Great idea,it worked.
Thank you !
what would work in place of a resistor? guessing any old wire wont do...
Wow! Very nice! Thanks, man!!
Fucking cheap ass screws are such a pain in the ass
What about for those screws that are kind of inside a small hole?…….