I decided on cleaning my laptop fans today, which I’ve been procrastinating for about a year now because of this one screw. But I just can’t seem to open this with my screwdriver, since whatever I did back when I last opened it it’s nearly circular now. Is there a way to unscrew this?

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Ooof. Not something I’d have thought of myself…

      Benefit of your hindsight it’s obvious… lol. How bad were the sparks?

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        3 months ago

        Surprisingly quiet, one little ‘pop’ was the last I heard from that motherboard. On-board power supplies were a reasonable step forward but man are they not fault tolerant