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Stripped Torx HD Retainer on my Late 2008 MBPro
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05-29-2014, 12:57 PM
I am removing the dead new SSD. TIA
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05-29-2014, 02:07 PM
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05-29-2014, 02:18 PM
Or careful drilling.
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05-29-2014, 02:20 PM
Speedy wrote:
Or careful drilling.

Teeny center drill ONLY or a diamond burr at high speed. Regular twist drills that size snap if you look at them.
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05-29-2014, 02:30 PM
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Screw-Extractor
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05-29-2014, 02:37 PM
decay wrote:
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Screw-Extractor

That would require a mighty small screw extractor.
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05-29-2014, 03:07 PM
Speedy wrote:
[quote=decay]
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-Screw-Extractor

That would require a mighty small screw extractor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJx0QPCVXR0
http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/81141...ew+removal.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1158306

they do make them that small.
http://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Precis.../IF145-118
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