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GuyInAHat
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16. September 2008 @ 23:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a game bit, and these screws just wont come undone. I know the gamebit is fine cause I tried it on the Super Nintendo and it took out some screws successfully (4.5 mm). But so far one screw has come slightly up and the other ones haven't budged. Can I loosen them some other way? I've tried the BIC thing a lot too, no luck.

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17. September 2008 @ 06:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sounds like you might have stripped the heads of the screws if the gamebit isn't doing the trick. Can you look in the hole and tell?

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GuyInAHat
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17. September 2008 @ 15:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What do you mean by stripped the heads? The screw doesn't look any different than normal, it is just really tight. On the SNES that I tried, when I said some, the ones that didn't were simply too tight.


EDIT: I don't think my freakin game bit works anymore because the screws that I could take out aren't moving anymore.

EDIT2: Well, I opened it, tweaked pot, works fine. I literally pressed down on the screw with the maximum amount of force and minimum amount of screw driver movement with my automatic screwdriver.

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7. October 2008 @ 20:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Don't use automatic screwdrivers for things like this. Always use manual. It's more of a strain but it'll never destroy the screw or screwdriver.

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7. October 2008 @ 20:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by GuyInAHat:
I have a game bit, and these screws just wont come undone. I know the gamebit is fine cause I tried it on the Super Nintendo and it took out some screws successfully (4.5 mm). But so far one screw has come slightly up and the other ones haven't budged. Can I loosen them some other way? I've tried the BIC thing a lot too, no luck.

Power drill, tiny bit, unplug, be careful.
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7. October 2008 @ 20:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I forgot to update this topic, but I returned that Gamecube, got another black one, and the screws came out very easily. I guess it is just Platinum GCs that have them in super tight.

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7. October 2008 @ 20:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by GuyInAHat:
I forgot to update this topic, but I returned that Gamecube, got another black one, and the screws came out very easily. I guess it is just Platinum GCs that have them in super tight.

Crap, I have a Platinum.

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7. October 2008 @ 20:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The reason I say platinum GCs (plural) is because I have had the same problem on 2/2 platinum GCs.

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7. October 2008 @ 20:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by GuyInAHat:
The reason I say platinum GCs (plural) is because I have had the same problem on 2/2 platinum GCs.

Yea, the one I have is a Platinum with Pokemon skins on it. It looks pretty cool, I should upload photos of it.
All for $20 at Gamestop :)

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