Yoga 2 Pro screw fell out again - THANKS LENOVO

OK, so I've been an owner of the Best Buy Special (the Yoga 2 Pro with 256 GB SSD, 8 GB RAM, and i7 CPU) since last November, and the system died on me once a few months back. Fine, I send into Lenovo for repair and they got it back to me pretty quickly. Soon after getting it back, one, then two screws on the bottom side of the laptop fall out, and others look like they're precariously close to doing the same. At the time I didn't even have an idea of what screwhead these were (now I know they're Torx), but I was missing 1 out of the 2 that fell out. I called Lenovo to ask if they had an extra screw to send me and unbelievably, they told me the only way this could be resolved was to send it back to them. I went to my local Best Buy's Geek Squad, and they said they didn't have any screws or means of screwing in the one I still had (so what do they do exactly?)
Finally, I gave in and sent it back to Lenovo for another week's turnaround time to replace two lousy little screws. Well, it's happened again in the last week, and I do not know when or where it fell out, but I sure as hell don't plan on losing my computer for another week's time over a screw. So does anyone know where I can locate the world's smallest Torx screw? The service manual is of little help in identifying it, in fact I think it's completely off because it says it's a Philips or flathead (can't remember, but it was wrong) and nylon-coated; and even if I did know how to ID this screw by measurement, etc., all the screw stores I've seen online tend to sell their wares in bulk. I just want one, and Lenovo can't even give one to me. This is ridiculous.
So... has anyone been through this frustration and was able to locate what apparently is the smallest Torx screw in the world?
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I was able to find the size of the screw and went into a TrueValue store and purchase them. Its M2 5mm screw. they had a M2 6mm that was flat head. it worked and it really dosent matter what type of head it has, just as long as it fits.

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