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syd · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject: How to remove screws?

Does anyone know how to remove the "screws" from an NTSC cart? It looks like you need some kind of weird allan key. Anyone succeed in doing this?

rbudrick · Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 373

MCM Electronics sells the bit to remove them (I think they still do). It is known as a type of security bit. The alternative is to melt the end of a bic Pen and press it over the screw until it dries. It should work for a few screws before you have to make a new one.

-Rob

vcdfan · Joined: 09 Aug 2003 Posts: 58

Or if you can't find them anywhere else, you can usually find them on eBay. They tend tobe a bit more expensive on there though.

vcdfan

Memblers · Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 37

If you look on ebay, search for 'gamebit'. There's 2 sizes, 3.8MM and 4.5MM.

I have both, but I can't recall off-hand which one works for SNES carts (mine are all buried in junk right now, heheh). I think it was the 4.5MM one.

WhiteDRG · Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Posts: 41

It's the 3.8 mm one.

alex_e · Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 2

the way i did it was: take the ink part out of a plain old ball point pen, heat up the clear plastic tip with a lighter for a few secs, then push it onto the screw on the cart. it makes the perfect makeshift SNES screwdriver thing... worked perfect for me, and doesnt ruin the cart.