I screwed up half an hour ago.
I was exited to replace my optical bay with a hard drive caddy, and finally get rid of that thing I never used. I've opened my mac a few times before to change the HDD to and SSD, but this was my first time tinkering with the optical drive.
Anyways, I encountered two screws which were impossible for me to remove and got stripped to the max. I browsed some threads for what people recommended, like rubber bands, soldering, glue, none of which worked or were ideal for me.
I did get the optical drive removed, after a bit bending it accidentally snapped... I was able to fit my caddy in there, but wasn't able to screw it down because it was "sitting" over the damn screws already there.
I screwed up and should of read posts before I started. Does anyone know how I can remove these screws? After the cd drive broke off, the pliers I have are too big, should I get needle nose pliers and try?
This isn't my first time opening a laptop is tinkering on the inside, but hell I was surprised at the tightness of these screws!
Any help appreciated, thanks
I was exited to replace my optical bay with a hard drive caddy, and finally get rid of that thing I never used. I've opened my mac a few times before to change the HDD to and SSD, but this was my first time tinkering with the optical drive.
Anyways, I encountered two screws which were impossible for me to remove and got stripped to the max. I browsed some threads for what people recommended, like rubber bands, soldering, glue, none of which worked or were ideal for me.
I did get the optical drive removed, after a bit bending it accidentally snapped... I was able to fit my caddy in there, but wasn't able to screw it down because it was "sitting" over the damn screws already there.
I screwed up and should of read posts before I started. Does anyone know how I can remove these screws? After the cd drive broke off, the pliers I have are too big, should I get needle nose pliers and try?
This isn't my first time opening a laptop is tinkering on the inside, but hell I was surprised at the tightness of these screws!
Any help appreciated, thanks


