Comments for Laptop Repair Help

Comment on I want to replace a failed part in the Toshiba laptop myself. How can I find the part number? by cj2600

cj2600 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:09:10 +0000

Taylor,

I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S1014 PSAA2U-01Y018 I need to replace the CDRW/DVD drive. All laptop replacement parts companies I’ve talked to said it would be $140-200 to replace. All the discount stores don’t carry anything compatible with my laptop. If you could tell me the part number for the CDRW/DVD drive I could try doing some searches based on that.

Here they are:
V000061010 (Hitachi), V000061020 (KME), V000061030 (Toshiba), V000070330 (Teac).
You can use either one.

Comment on I want to replace a failed part in the Toshiba laptop myself. How can I find the part number? by Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:03:01 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S1014 PSAA2U-01Y018 I need to replace the CDRW/DVD drive. All laptop replacement parts companies I’ve talked to said it would be $140-200 to replace. All the discount stores don’t carry anything compatible with my laptop. If you could tell me the part number for the CDRW/DVD drive I could try doing some searches based on that. Thanks!

Comment on I want to replace a failed part in the Toshiba laptop myself. How can I find the part number? by Philip

Philip — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:57 +0000

Hi!

I’m looking for the display part number of my Toshiba Satellite P100. Model: PSPA3E-0Q8024IT

Thanks.

Comment on Laptop does not start. Fixing the problem. by brajesh

brajesh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:47:46 +0000

my compaq laptop doesnt start. when the power is turned on the power button lit for some second and turn offs. there is no fault of adapter and the battery. hope to get the proper solution as soon as possible.

Comment on DC power jack repair guide. Do-it-yourself instructions. by Alfred

Alfred — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:27:23 +0000

Hi i like to thank you for a very usefull tutorial on repairing DC-Power jack but what about a tutotial on closing the Laptop backUp correctly, so far no onw has made one, i wish i could but i’m just learning how to open a laptop now.??

Comment on How to replace laptop backlight lamp (CCFL) by StevieG

StevieG — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:40:48 +0000

I have no idea what to do next.

I originally had an Acer laptop with cracked LCD. Ordered one on ebay and replaced it. Before putting everything back together, I tested and sure enough, everything worked fine.

But after I reassembled the front, I got low backlight problem. Tried cracked LCD and also had low backlight. I figured it has to be the inverter right? Bought one from ebay, got it today, installed it and still low backlight.

Is it the laptop? The inverter? Or am I just that unlucky and the CCFL for both LCD screens broke at the same time?

Any idea?
Thank you.

Comment on A key fell off the laptop keyboard. Fixing the problem. by madnessa

madnessa — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:41 +0000

tnx a lot for the help. i was just about to get a panic attack after removing two of the keys on my keyboard when i opened this page. now they’re working just fine! once gain thank you!

Comment on How to fix broken keyboard connector on laptop motherboard by nick

nick — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:49:03 +0000

Thank you, Best info I’ve found for re moving keyboard.

Comment on How to fix broken keyboard connector on laptop motherboard by Mary

Mary — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:17 +0000

I have keyboard issues with My Dell Inspiron 1545 beginning two months after I purchase it. I kept contacting Dell and they would send me a new keyboard. In the beginning the probelem was tht the keys on the keyboard were popping off because they were sending me “cheap” keyboards. After the fifth replace of the keyboard, during the repair and replacement of the last keyboard they sent, a couple of prongs became broken because, like I said this is the 5th time I had to replace the keyboard because the keys kept popping off. Finally Dell agreed to ship me a box to send in my laptop for repair. A couple of days later, they contacted me telling me that they cold not repair it unless I paid them $358 to replace the Motherboard. My point is, “The motherboard would have never been broken, if they had shipped me a quality keyboard to begin with. I can expect that the Keyboard connection on the Motherboard would be broken after, 5 attempts of installing a new keyboard. What pisses me off the most is that this laptop is only 7 or 8 months old, and they don’t want to fix it. So now they are shipping it back to me “unrepaired”. Also in the process, the battery clip became broken, because the battery had to be removed so many times to install the new keyboard. Just wondering if you have any suggestions on repairing the keyboard connection on the motherboard without having to replace the motherboard. Because at this point, I feel like I would be better off to purchase a New Laptop, instead of investing nearly $400 for a repair that I feel is in now way my fault. Through the past few months, I have learned that the customer service at Dell is awful. If they would have requested that I send in the laptop for repair, during the first time I had an issue with the keyboard, then this problem would be their’s, but since I did the install, 5 times because of Cheap keyboards, my motherboard is broken and I am without a laptop.

Comment on A key fell off the laptop keyboard. Fixing the problem. by Sara

Sara — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:35:41 +0000

Brilliant ! my wonderful two yr old son plucked half a dozen keys off in a few unguarded moments !! Arghh!!! managed to fix all but two which need the rubber/silicone bits. I may be able to salvage these off an old keyboard. Thanks very much !!!