I'm trying to replace the optical drive bay with a HDD and need to remove the airport card to get at the 3rd torx screw on the optical drive bay but one of the screws on the airport card is completely destroyed. There's two screws, one closer to all the wiring and one at the end of the parallelogram shaped 'frame'. It is the second that is the problem.

The frame seems to be made of metal and I can saw through it easily enough. I am wondering if it is there purely for structural support or if it is actually part of the antennae assembly?

Any advice?

Also, any advice on how to extract the screw would be even better. I don't have access to a drill or dremel. Gluing the screwdriver to the screw did not work.