Someone screwed the rear panel on from an angle from the factory if this is your first time opening it. Sadly, you usually lose the post as well if this is one of those aluminum skinned machines because it breaks when you try to get it out.However, you do sometimes get lucky. '''A lot of those thin laptops screw out from an angle on the sides, so this may be user induced if you had to do it from an angle :-(.'''
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Someone screwed the rear panel on from an angle from the factory if this is your first time opening it. Sadly, you usually lose the post as well if this is one of those aluminum skinned machines because it breaks when you try to get it out. However, you do sometimes get lucky. '''A lot of those thin laptops screw out from an angle on the sides, so this may be user induced if you had to do it from an angle :-(.'''
What I’d do first is try something like a pair of [product|IF145-127|screw extracting pliers] first before going to more drastic measures. If this doesn’t work, you may need to cut the head of the screw off, remove the remains with pliers and relocate a screw that’s cosmetic, especially if this is near the hinges.
Someone screwed the rear panel on from an angle from the factory if this is your first time opening it. Sadly, you usually lose the post as well if this is one of those aluminum skinned machines because it breaks when you try to get it out.However, you do sometimes get lucky. '''A lot of those thin laptops screw out from an angle on the sides, so this may be user induced if you had to do it from an angle :-(.'''
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What I’d do first is try something like a pair of [product|IF145-127|screw extracting plyers] first before going to more drastic measures. If this doesn’t work, you may need to cut the head of the screw off, remove the remains with plyers and relocate a screw that’s cosmetic, especially if this is near the hinges.
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What I’d do first is try something like a pair of [product|IF145-127|screw extracting pliers] first before going to more drastic measures. If this doesn’t work, you may need to cut the head of the screw off, remove the remains with pliers and relocate a screw that’s cosmetic, especially if this is near the hinges.
Someone screwed the rear panel on from an angle from the factory if this is your first time opening it. Sadly, you usually lose the post as well if this is one of those aluminum skinned machines because it breaks when you try to get it out.However, you do sometimes get lucky.
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Someone screwed the rear panel on from an angle from the factory if this is your first time opening it. Sadly, you usually lose the post as well if this is one of those aluminum skinned machines because it breaks when you try to get it out.However, you do sometimes get lucky. '''A lot of those thin laptops screw out from an angle on the sides, so this may be user induced if you had to do it from an angle :-(.'''
What I’d do first is try something like a pair of [product|IF145-127|screw extracting plyers] first before going to more drastic measures. If this doesn’t work, you may need to cut the head of the screw off, remove the remains with plyers and relocate a screw that’s cosmetic, especially if this is near the hinges.
Someone screwed the rear panel on from an angle from the factory if this is your first time opening it. Sadly, you usually lose the post as well if this is one of those aluminum skinned machines because it breaks when you try to get it out.However, you do sometimes get lucky.
What I’d do first is try something like a pair of [product|IF145-127|screw extracting plyers] first before going to more drastic measures. If this doesn’t work, you may need to cut the head of the screw off, remove the remains with plyers and relocate a screw that’s cosmetic, especially if this is near the hinges.