Laptops Need help with laptop stripped screw

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Hello I want to replace the dead battery in the laptop.
But the screw is stripped. It's not coming off. I tried applying fevikwik to the screw driver and removing that way but it didn't work.
I tried to file some space for a bigger screwdriver but it's hard doing it as I scratched the motherboard while doing that.
If anyone has the experience, please help me with it.
 
Take some insulation tape, apply 3 or 4 layers on top of the screw. Now use a slightly larger bit that will fit into the stripped hole and try removing it.

The insulation tape provides additional surface area, thereby increasing the pressure applied.

Once removed, please don't use the same screw again. (This is common sense I know, but I've been dumb and used the same thing again and struggled over and over.)

If that doesn't work and you've got a Dremel or an equivalent small sized rotary tool (angle grinders are too huge and you'll end up wrecking your board), file a straight line so that a slotted screwdriver can fit in.
 
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badwhitevision said:
Once removed, please don't use the same screw again.
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I have had this problem and end up using the same screw again anyway because I don't have a matching replacement screw available and I don't know where to go to buy one.

Good thing is, because of the stripped head, you also can't tighten it, so it's not as big a problem next time.

And yeah, thank god torx screws came along to save us, Phillips head is awful for these small sized screws.