why does nintendo use such horrible screws?

megamonkeyomega · Post by **megamonkeyomega** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:55 am

thanks now I can pull that sucker apart. Just as long as my parents let me melt a pen.

Unidentified Assilant · Sat Feb 19, 2005 11:54 am

Unidentified Assilant wrote:Melt a ballpoint pen

Some Stupid Guest May Of wrote:Long Live Spam

I'm sure someone wrote this on this post, how is telling someone to melt a ballpoint pen to open an N64 spam? Is everybody against me and trying to get me banned

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:59 pm

that post must have been deleted or something. I'm not on a crusade to get you banned or anything, and I don't know why anyone would. The guest probably didn't get what you could do with a melted pen.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 1:14 pm

Gamelver wrote:has anyone ever actually TRIED melting a ball point pen? I have, and I must say it has NEVER worked for me...............anyone else have sucess with melting a pen?

Same here, ive never gotten it to work. A how to would be nice. *cough*JACK!*cough*

Unidentified Assilant · Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:29 am

SpongeBuell wrote:that post must have been deleted or something. I'm not on a crusade to get you banned or anything, and I don't know why anyone would. The guest probably didn't get what you could do with a melted pen.

At least someone in this world likes me, and over at VR systems you've got a pay rise

Professor K · Post by **Professor K** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:43 pm

I think it's so you can't repair the system yourself, so you have to send it to them and pay them to repair it.

KnyghtwhosaysNI · Post by **KnyghtwhosaysNI** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 10:19 am

megamonkeyomega wrote:. Just as long as my parents let me melt a pen.

see, it's better to do this stuff when your in collage or out of the house, that way you have more time to do this stuff.

that also explains why many people i know overclock their computers. w00t!

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:34 pm

most of us are in high school, actually.

chicken strip · Post by **chicken strip** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:29 am

im only in grade 8 =P, melting pens is fun, even if for no use... but don't try to set the eraser on the back of ur pencil on fire... it works but it doesnt smell very nice =P

i think the easiest way to do it is just to buy a nintendo screwdriver, find it on google

or, i forgot who sed this but they sed to melt the tip of a screwdriver and shove it in, that seems logical =P (though how would you melt it???)

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:09 pm

chicken strip wrote:im only in grade 8 =P, melting pens is fun, even if for no use... but don't try to set the eraser on the back of ur pencil on fire... it works but it doesnt smell very nice =P

i think the easiest way to do it is just to buy a nintendo screwdriver, find it on google

or, i forgot who sed this but they sed to melt the tip of a screwdriver and shove it in, that seems logical =P (though how would you melt it???)

Butane torch or something else really hot...

evilmongoose · Post by **evilmongoose** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:10 pm

ive used the melting the pen thing it dint work
so u people stop giving us hope and then shatering it

JackFrost22 · Post by **JackFrost22** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:05 pm

it worked for me on 2 n64 and an snes

sam · Post by **sam** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 5:44 pm

Wow, brain storm, if you guys have a lot of time on your hands...

1. Get clay
2. put it in the screw slot
3. put in oven, make it hard
4. dip it into that metal thats malluable until you like heat it up or something.
and your done, or if your in tech and got extra time, make a screwdriver out of wood.

Post by **SpongeBuell** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:34 pm

The problem with clay is that it shrinks quite a bit

superdeformed · Post by **superdeformed** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:01 pm

Dremel tools work wonders

. I just grinded small slots into the sides of the screw heads so that I could unscrew them with pliers without completely destroying the head. In some cases the grinding bit caught right and spun the screw right out

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