Power drill as part of drive upgrade? Sure!

My Problem

I wanted more space in my MBP, and I wasn't using the optical drive very much anymore.

My Fix

Things went pretty smoothly until I got to one very small screw holding a plastic bracket in place. Apparently, my small screwdriver is made of harder metal than the screw and I stripped the head before I knew what was going on. I ended up grabbing my drill and drilling the head off the screw to remove the plastic bracket. Definitely did some careful cleaning of the aluminum shards! The bracket only has one screw holding it in place now, but everything is pretty tightly packed and I'm not overly concerned.

None of this is ifixit's problem, of course. The upgrade kit they provided was excellent.

My Advice

I don't know if it is possible to get small screwdrivers made of soft-ish metal (aluminum?) to keep this from happening? But it wasn't a big deal at any rate.