Recent content by hardwarenoob1995

You're welcome. That is pretty good advice.:) I have another question sort of related question. How common are bloated laptop batteries in general (and for acer laptops) and how can I prevent it from happening to mine? I didn't pay much attention to the battery as I was fixing my laptop, but...

Uh, so I was impatient and ended up ripping out my hard drive and took off that metal thingie with the stripped screw. Thankfully, it still works. and, this was a lot harder than expected. I was able to fix my hinges, but I broke my web camera in the process, haha. No big deal though. I never...

I don't know what a female thread is, but yeah it's the screws for my hard drive. I don't want to break it. I'll check out the neodymium magnet. Thanks. How bad does it look? I read that sticking a rubber band into the screw would give it more grip or something. It didn't work.

*I've tried the rubber band and also the superglue method. Neither works. I am trying to open up my laptop to replace the hinges and back cover, but I ended up stripping two screws in the process. Either they were screwed in too tight or I am using the wrong screw driver. I'm gonna go to...