Really Stripped Screws - Any Suggestions?

[Jiryn]

This may be a little off topic, but I bought the Vilros Case at release of the Pi 5.
The case is nice, sturdy, but doesn't allow for any expansion hats.

So I began the process to transfer the Pi board to a new case that supports SSD hats.
However the screws are so cheap, they stripped clean when any pressure was applied.

I've tried everything at this point...
Perfectly fit screw driver just stripped it like butter when trying to loosen it...
Tried a slightly bigger one to catch the still visible edges, nothing caught
Tried a screw extraction kit where you drill into the screw and use the new hole to extract it
Tried to superglue a cheap driver into it, wouldn't budge, glue broke.
The only thing I've not done is solder in a driver and try it that way.

This is driving me crazy...

[sugarfree]

You can buy a tool like the one in the picture below and catch the screw with the nose edge, from the top and bottom side. It may help.

[Lolonois]

Get a 2.5mm (or 3mm) diameter drill and remove that junk.

[Jiryn]

@Lolonois
... made it far worse... the cheap ass screw melted..

[Lolonois]

W00t? The screw from hell. Did you use a drill suited for metal? (Wood and Stone drills usually don't work).

Some more ideas from the distance:

If the material is that weak you may cut from inside the drill pit to loosen/prick the screw head. Watch out for your fingers and the PCB.

Or, if you don't mind the housing you can use a heat gun / desoldering gun, adjust it below the soldering melting temperature (anything below 250° C) to melt the sucker.

Or you can search in your local area for a Fablab and/or neighbourhood repair-location, they have the tricks and tools and will happily guide you.

Take care.

[ByteThis]

@Jiryn Try a reverse headed screw ..drill a hole small enough in the top of the screw : https://www.google.com/search?q=reversed+headed+screw&oq=reversed+headed+screw&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30j0i390i512i650l3j0i751j0i512i546l2.11522j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[tar]

@Jiryn YOU WANT TO USE A SMALLER BIT JUST BARELY THE SIZE OF THE SHAFT Or smaller. to snap the head off. looks like you used a big bit and alot of speed
slow to disapate heat burst it.;

[Jiryn]

@tar
The bit I used was about the size of the shaft/thread, or so I thought.. the smallest I owned.
I admit I DID go full speed.

I'm afraid I probably destroyed the board by now.

I was using a 1/16 drill bit made for all surfaces

I took the bits to a local do it yourself hardware place (Locally owned ace) and they tried to sell me 2 things, a borer and this screw removal kit..

I've tried all of them, none worked...