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I looked and none of my drill screw bits fit those tiny screws.My best suggestion...
If you've got a drill, you don't even need to wait for the P5. Since your MBP is headed for the trash, you can/should be able to, anyhow simply drill out the screw heads to remove the case back.
The SSD will be immediately visible, and you can pry it out with a screwdriver or claw hammer. Then break off the connectors that mate with the logic board with a pair of pliers, and bury what's left in the middle of a bag of kitchen garbage.
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[quote=plantsower]I looked and none of my drill screw bits fit those tiny screws.
Who cares if the drill bits fit? You are just going to drill them out and the result will be an irreparable MacBook no matter whether the size of the holes! A 1/2" bit would easily do the job, but 1/8" bit would likely be faster and easier.
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Who cares if the drill bits fit? You are just going to drill them out and the result will be an irreparable MacBook no matter whether the size of the holes! A 1/2" bit would easily do the job, but 1/8" bit would likely be faster and easier. The MBP is already a dead issue, but under any circumstances, drilling out the screws would ruin only the case back, not the entire computer. (And if you're really careful, you can save the case back.)
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I don't need to save anything. So full on destruction. Who cares if the drill bits fit? You are just going to drill them out and the result will be an irreparable MacBook no matter whether the size of the holes! A 1/2" bit would easily do the job, but 1/8" bit would likely be faster and easier. The MBP is already a dead issue, but under any circumstances, drilling out the screws would ruin only the case back, not the entire computer. (And if you're really careful, you can save the case back.)
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Since I am not mechanically savvy, I think it's a semantics thing. I was talking about the screw bits not fitting the tiny screws so no way to screw them out. Maybe you are talking about just drilling holes into the back at each screw and then removing the back? I'm so confused.  Glad I ordered the little screwdriver for those screws afterall. [quote=plantsower]I looked and none of my drill screw bits fit those tiny screws.
Who cares if the drill bits fit? You are just going to drill them out and the result will be an irreparable MacBook no matter whether the size of the holes! A 1/2" bit would easily do the job, but 1/8" bit would likely be faster and easier.
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When I was young, my father repaired pre-transistor TVs ("tube jobs"), and he used to give me the dead ones to lay waste to. It was like heaven!  There's also an old family story about how when someone gave me a new toy, and my mother would ask "What do you say," I'd answer "Now can I take it apart?"
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LOL! Were you that kid that took things apart right and left but didn't/couldn't put them back together?
There's also an old family story about how when someone gave me a new toy, and my mother would ask "What do you say," I'd answer "Now can I take it apart?" [/quote]
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Maybe you are talking about just drilling holes into the back at each screw and then removing the back? I'm so confused. That's more or less correct. The drill doesn't know the difference between the screw and the case-back, so when you put its tip in the middle of the screw and start drilling, it begins its hole by drilling away the head of the screw leaving the threaded part intact.
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LOL! Were you that kid that took things apart right and left but didn't/couldn't put them back together? When I'm done taking something apart, it's Humpty Dumptified! Not that I was interested in the toys, anyhow. I loved the idea that people gave me stuff to destroy.
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Once again, you know how to use Rita speak! Thanks, Artie.
The drill doesn't know the difference between the screw and the case-back, so when you put its tip in the middle of the screw and start drilling, it drills away the heads of the screws leaving their threaded parts intact. [/quote]
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I never took anything apart. Maybe that's why I can't do it now!LOL! Were you that kid that took things apart right and left but didn't/couldn't put them back together? When I'm done taking something apart, it's Humpty Dumptified! Not that I was interested in the toys, anyhow. I loved the idea that people gave me stuff to destroy.
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I never took anything apart. Maybe that's why I can't do it now! You learn destruction as you go, progressing from crudely to eloquently. Even if you can't put it back together, you can very often learn something about how it works as you take it apart. In my case, the pieces were in pieces...no way anyone could have put them back together.
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You must have been fun to raise. A challenge? I never took anything apart. Maybe that's why I can't do it now! You learn destruction as you go, progressing from crudely to eloquently. Even if you can't put it back together, you can very often learn something about how it works as you take it apart. In my case, the pieces were in pieces...no way anyone could have put them back together.
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You must have been fun to raise. A challenge?  
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