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[xen0cide]

I was in the same boat you are Spark, pretty much frustrated the hell outta me trying to get a last screw off... tried everything but kinda rushed it till it was completely stripped (the top actually came off >.<) ...

so i actually had to call in a favor from a friend who worked in an industrial panel making company.. he tried some methods, but finally settled with a power screwdriver with a fine tip (smaller then the tip of the screw).  He basically made a small hole on the screw (by turning on and off the screwdriver slowly) until the tip can be fixed in the hole.  Then as its fixed, he pushed down while turning on and off the screw in intervals until its a little bit into the heatsink screw hole.  At this point the screw should be damaged enough to not exert too much pressure on the outside, then he basically turned it with a small wrench and it went off

yeah this method requires power tools and patience, but it saved me from what i thought was a hopeless situation.  Hope it works out for ya.

[Bruc3LeeRoy]

I actually used a small old knife that I found and It works good I can get both new x-clamps off in under a Min. =D I'm proud

[mark1973]

I use my snap on screw driver

Take the screw driver bit out of the end and you then have a 1/4 drive

Place it over the leg and turn it left

Has worked for me on all 5 xboxs i have done  

[RBJTech]

Simple way to get a bolt out if you've rounded the head.  Just cut a slot in the head with a hacksaw, insert a flat blade screwdriver and turn ...

In the case of the heatsink leg, then cut off the round bit first leaving the 'nut' and then do the above.

Use the correct tools in the first place thought and this wouldn't happen - but I do apreciate that people may not have socket sets lying around ...

[BecomethemonsteR]

I just put AS5 on the other night and sanded the hell out of the CPU and GPU sinks for about half an hour and I didn't use anything more than needle nose pliers to remove the legs.