/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.260946]

hey /diy/ how would you go about about removing this screw?

[Anonymous No.260947]

>>260946

I'd pop one of my security torx bits into my screwdriver and then unscrew it.

[Anonymous No.260950]

if you happen to have legos then use the black ones of these. half the time it works if you press hard enough

[Anonymous No.260951]

>>260950
>>260946
also if when you get the screw out replace it with a phillips screw

[Anonymous No.260954]

Replacing a save battery, eh? I just stripped out some of the plastic and got it out with needle-nose pliers. However, if you don't want to damage the cartridge, then you'll probably need a specialty bit.

[Anonymous No.260965]

>>260946
>>260946
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>>260946
>>260946
>>260946
>>260946
>>260946
>>260946
TAKE THE TIP OF A BIC PEN AND MELT IT WITH A LIGHTER. THEN QUICKLY PLACE IT OVER THE SCREW TO CREATE A MOLD

I did it, it works.

[Anonymous No.260966]

>>260965

Remove the ink cartridge first, though.

[Anonymous No.260969]

>>260965
But just as a side note you would be better off using the back end of a thumb tac as it actually makes a whole mold rather than just creating the ridges on the inside of the bic tip.

[Gezicht No.260973]

For something that small I pull out my metal engraving kit and carve a groove down the center with an engraving chisel, then a regular flat head will pull it out.

[Anonymous No.261112]

bump

also try using the handle of a cheapo toothbrush

[Anonymous No.261125]

Drill it out, very simple & I do it all of the time.

[Anonymous No.261146]

you can also melt the back of a pen and put it in the hole for 5-10 secs and pull it out and after a few moments put it back in and it will have a perfect shape of the screw

[Anonymous No.261226]

[Anonymous No.261229]

i used this

[Anonymous No.261282]

put rubber band over screw (try different bands)
get screwdriver (phillips)
push down hard and rotate screwdriver
hope friction does its job

[Anonymous No.261372]

>>260946
OP, your pic is not very clear, but it appears to be a five-sided bit. The easiest way is to get a flat screwdriver that has a blade that will nearly but not quite fit the screw, then twist. With a hex-head this is easy, but with a 5-sided prepare to strip the head if you are not careful.

[Anonymous No.261373]

Just buy the fucking tool you faggot.

[Anonymous No.261380]

I don't know OP but I am 100% sure that that game is Pokemon Silver.

Am I right?

[Anonymous No.261382]

I got a pair of the tools off of ebay for less than $10, with shipping. Make sure they're metal. If you don't use the right ones, you'll start to strip it. And once you get it open you still have to desolder or cut out the battery, which is a pain.

[Anonymous No.261386]

Let me guess, your battery for pokemon silver isn't working and your game can't save? Same thing happened to mine.

Just use a knife. Angle it correctly and give pointed quarter turns. Be careful, and you can get in there.

[Eclair Raas No.261504]

I just bought the 3.8 and 4.5 game bit drivers on eBay. I'd gotten some with a large set of drivers, but the alloy was soft crap and became utterly useless after 3 screws. The eBay replacements I'd bought were described as "hardened", and far far better.

Yeah, I know, not very DIY and its throwing money at it to solve a problem. But really for the amount of game carts I can see myself opening up (I like retro games and many have save functionality), and the amount of desoldering and replacing of batteries, owning the right tool for the job seemed like money well spent.

PS. Tried the molten biro on a PAL SNES / SFC style cart to make a 4.5mm bit, it was a bad choice. The hole is too deep and centering it on the screw head is difficult.

Has anyone came across a good list/source of flat head/Philips head replacement screws for carts?

Would appreciate the sharing if you have. These screws are a pet hate of mine.

[Anonymous No.261508]

I vote for the 'make a mold out of something plastic thing'. Did it myself and it worked perfectly. I used a plastic fork, that white plastic melts and forms very easily.

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[Anonymous No.261674]

>>261513

2 problems.

1 - the screws are *far* smaller than that, relative to the size of the Dremel.
>Might not be a problem if the carborundum cutting disc is thin enough though.

2 - The screws are recessed. Doing this means tearing through the cart, unless the screw is already removed and clamped for cutting.
>This would work fine for modifying them for easier reopening later though, if as I said the discs are thin enough.

[Anonymous No.261729]

e-torx screw driver

[Anonymous No.261736]

buy a set of security bits for $10, never have to worry about anything ever again.

[Anonymous No.261748]

>>260965 yea. I did as well. and doing it this way is most satisfying

[Anonymous No.261783]

nail pliers
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[Anonymous No.261784]

>>260946
Needle nose pliers or I burn the plastic around the screw.

[Anonymous No.262141]

I used a cake tester(long needle thing) and put it in the ridge holes and got it open stabbed myself a few times though.

[Anonymous No.262163]

>>262141 Cake tester? Never heard of such a thing. My mom always used tooth pics.

[Anonymous No.262169]

>>261674
Then instead of Dremeling the screw head, Dremel the flat screw driver to fit the head.

[Anonymous No.262228]

>>260946
take a pen and remove the ink cartage and melt the tip and push it on to it and and wait till the plastic hardens again then remove it i have done this and it works

[Thor No.262478]

I used this and it worked.

[Anonymous No.262491]

Hey guys, did you try the melting pen trick?

[Anonymous No.262503]

the pen thing is for the larger sized screws that they put on the consoles. just buy a gamebit. they're like five dollars tops.

[Anonymous No.262521]

Tweasers work.

[Anonymous No.262612]

op: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XbRbGVIdgw

[Raisouli No.262760]

I used a tweezer, but is very difficult to open the cardrige.
I have used a tweezer to open a N64 Cardrige.