How to remove this screw

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Any one know how to open this screw?

Tried pliers but no avail and standard box of security screwdrivers couldnt open it.
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Best Answer

Those are external line head screws, and are used as anti-tamper screws in some Japanese electronics. You can probably find a driver for them from a game console hack supplier (they're used on Gamecube, Wii, and some other game consoles). The driver looks like this (sorry for the horrible pic):

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They also come in 5 and 7 point varieties (hard to tell how many points from the picture you posted). I've also seen them called torx inverted.

If you don't want to get a specific driver for them, you can probably get them out by clamping on the head really hard with a pair of vise-grips or use a screw extractor. You might be able to find a socket that will mesh with them well enough, but that's a long shot.

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