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    [SOLVED] Stripped T5 Screw — can't open laptop

    Thanks, great idea.
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    [SOLVED] Stripped T5 Screw — can't open laptop

    Thanks for the suggestion. Not exactly sure what you mean, however — would you mind elaborating? Here's an image, for what it's worth:
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    [SOLVED] Stripped T5 Screw — can't open laptop

    Thanks for the reply. Too late on the drill front unfortunately, but agreed that it doesn't seem like the right way to go. Won't re making any repeat attempts. Good idea re: jewelers, I'll have a think about that.
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    [SOLVED] Stripped T5 Screw — can't open laptop

    I own a Dell XPS 15, and there appears to be some thermal issues with the CPU — all the cores run hot and seem to get automatically throttled to c. 20% of capacity. This is a known issue, and there doesn't seem to be an obvious software workaround. One potential fix is to apply some thermal...
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    Question XPS 15 9570 CPU throttles at 0.8GHz

    I recently bought a Dell XPS 15 9570 second-hand and the warranty has expired, so unfortunately unable to get a replacement. The problem is that about two thirds of the time, the CPU clock speed throttles to 0.79GHz and the whole system grinds to a near-halt: even using file explorer or a single...