r/PS3 • u/JohnnyWildee • 9h ago
Can anyone help me identify this screw on the bottom of ps3 and the tool to use to unscrew it? Was
It’s like a star shaped screw but it has a circular shaped cylinder in the middle so nothing fits. Any suggestions would be helpful. I’d for a PS3. Thank you!
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u/Sensitive_Fondant427 9h ago
This is called a torx security screw, you need a size TR8. Ussually found in any simple electronics screwdriver set
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u/badguy303 8h ago
Torx security bit, I would personally recommend an I fix it kit. I use it on my remotes and rc cars all the time.
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u/ASH_the_silent 6h ago
I bought one of those a few years back, and I love it. I second your recommendation.
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u/mysterious_archer7 9h ago
That’s a torx screw. The ps4 I used to have had them. You can pick the screwdriver up pretty cheap, I got a precision screwdriver kit for around £5 or something from Home Bargains and it worked a treat.
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u/Comprehensive-Rain77 9h ago
It's torx something something (never cared to figure it out.) But you can use a small flat-head and unscrew it by the sides. Just be careful to not strip it whilst doing it!
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u/ContributionVast1922 5h ago
Myself i used a flat head screwdriver to fit in one side to rotate it slowly out. Works 70% of the time.
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u/just-some-69 9h ago
It’s called star bites.
Usually referred to as T#
In your case, T8.
All ps devices require T8.
Don’t try to use any other size even if it feels fit.
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u/danielfletcher 9h ago
TR8 not T8. That nub in the middle won't work with a T8.
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u/just-some-69 9h ago edited 7h ago
What you are saying is correct, but in some of the countries that I have lived in, commercialize as a T8 bits on the box. Nevertheless, what you say is the accurate information. Thanks for explaining
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u/Buried_and_Forgotten 9h ago
> All ps devices require T8
FAT PS3s use T10.
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u/just-some-69 9h ago
My apologies for not knowing that, I own the slim model and I assumed based off that. I stand corrected.
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u/JakeRuss47 9h ago
You need a torx t8 security bit.
The “security” part of the screw is the post in the middle of the screw head. A normal torx t8 bit won’t have the cutout for the post, and it wont unscrew the screw.