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I accidentally stripped the T6 Torx hinge screws on my early 2009 15" MacBook Pro. Is there an easy way to get them out? I’d like to avoid taking it to a professional. They aren’t completely stripped – that is, the holes aren’t pure circles yet – but they don’t hold the Torx screwdriver. Would a precision screw extractor work?
Incidentally, is it possible to buy these sorts of screws at a hardware store? I can’t seem to find them at iFixit or elsewhere online (at least not without the accompanying hinges, which I don’t need).
This screw extractor should work fine: http://www.amazon.com/Moody-Tools-58-067… I don’t think you’ll be able to find those specific screws for that old of a computer without buying the hinge first, but its less than $15 : http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuin-Apple-LCD…
