two questions

[ps2baller]

1. what causes a board to get fried?

My friends halo board fried twice and his spyder bored fried as well.

2. What the best way to take out a stripped screw?

The screw on my pirahna has been stipped. Its for getting to the valve.

[Aero277]

I can't help you with question one but I can help you with #2.

You can use a hacksaw to cut a straight line on the head of the screw so you can use a flathead screwdriver. A dremel will also work. Another way is to buy a stripped screw removing kit from most hardware stores.

[ps2baller]

I've tried the flat head screw thing and a hack saw isn't going to work, but do they really sell stripped screw removal kits?

[Aero277]

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&pid=00952154000

[someday1188]

#1: a board is fried by an electrical circut shorting out, very often destroying the circut and "frying the board". this can be caused by a variety of things, moisture, contaminates being present on the board, and an excess of voltage are the most common reasons for short-outs and boards frying.
tl;dr: keep your electronics clean and make sure your batteries aren't providing too much power for them to handle.

#2: the two most common ways of removing stripped screws are to either drill a tiny hole into the screw, thread said hole with a tap, insert/loctite in a screw threaded for the hole, and remove the stripped screw by twisting the drilled in screw. it is advisable to use red loctite, not blue for this method. method #2 is to use a saw or dermel to cut a space for a flathead screwdriver to fit in, and then twist the screw out.

[mokalman]

Originally posted by ps2baller
I've tried the flat head screw thing and a hack saw isn't going to work,


Why not? Worked fine on my gun.

[ps2baller]

I'm going to try that hack saw thing again.

[amzng_spyderman]

cut a straight slot with a dremel.

[ps2baller]

I got the screw out

turns out I didn't cut deep enough

thanks for the help guys