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I ended up getting a 3/8" electrical drill and bought screw extractor drill bits and together these got it out. They were really stuck in there - was very odd. Thanks so much everyone!

Can you point me to what I need to do that?

Just to clarify, the screw threads to the screw I'm trying to remove are closer to the bottom of the image on the last 2 images posted. The thing closer to the left side of the image is part of the drive cage. I realize it's not centered - apologies. The screw is stuck in there so tape or...

I thought the toothpick idea was pretty clever but the toothpick just rotates around the back of the screw and no matter how hard I push it doesn't budge. I don't have a strong magnet. Not enough of the screw is exposed to get anything around it the head - it is flush with the case. I've...

I'm trying to remove a screw from a drive cage and it just keeps spinning in place and won't come out. There is no nut on the other side. The screw is not out far enough to fit a phillips head or even box cutter blade between the screwhead and the metal case. I have also tried pushing down on...

Just as quick follow up for future users that encounter this thread: Part of the problem with the booting came from the odd fact that my ASUS motherboard deleted my SSD with windows from the boot priority list. I found the solution to fixing this on a different thread from this website and once...

Ok crazy question coming: What if I got a different Motherboard. Would that make it possible that the two sets are compatible ie: that it's a problem specific to the motherboard? Just asking, not a realistic solution...

Wait even if I buy another 16 GB set from Corsair, even the same model it may not work together with the previous set? That's nuts... :(

Also in terms of combining RAM, if I were to follow the provided advise and remove the 4 GB set, does the next set of 16 GB that I buy have to be Corsair LPX or can I buy from a different company provided the size and speeds are the same? I don't want to take any more chances... Thanks!

I was afraid that was the answer I would get. Isn't it odd though that I can get the computer to boot to windows without any issue thereafter? Is there a way, despite the incompatibility, to get the motherboard to boot straight to windows without having to manually telling it to do so after the...

So my original build was with the Asus x99-a motherboard with 16 GB of Crucial DDR4 (4 x 4 GB). My computer kept freezing since I like to have a lot of google chrome pages + other programs open and so I bought Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8 GB). I tried every combination of using the DIMM...

Does anyone know why the front panel would not automatically show the front panel plugged in USB in my computer on startup like it does if it is plugged into the back panel (directly into the mobo)?

My computer is using the MSI Z97-G45 motherboard and the corsair carbide spec 01 case running windows 8.1. If I put the USB in either usb of the front panel before start up and then turn on the computer, the usb is not recognized. In order for it to be recognized, the usb has to be taken out and...

I wanted to make my computer monitor visible from my bed. I really don't do anything high end on my computer (little gaming or video editing). Can you estimate what size (curved) monitor I might need to achieve visualization of say email and movies as if I were sitting right next to the monitor...