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How to take apart and repair Toshiba laptops yourself

The following laptop step-by-step disassembly manuals I have created myself. You can use them if you have a Toshiba laptop and want to repair or upgrade it yourself. You shouldn’t disassemble your laptop if you have no experience with computers because you can easily damage it. Also, you shouldn’t open it if the laptop is still under warranty. I’m still developing new laptop teardown guides and my goal is to add new guides every week. If you do not see a manual for your model, most likely I will add it later. Stay tuned.

Toshiba Satellite disassembly guides and manuals:

Toshiba Tecra series disassembly guides and manuals:

Toshiba Portege series disassembly guides and manuals:

Toshiba Qosmio disassembly guides:

I’m still working on creating new disassembly guides. For more information please visit my Toshiba laptop disassembly site.

 

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353 Responses to “How to take apart and repair Toshiba laptops yourself”

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    Steve Says:
    March 5th, 2006 at 5:36 pm

    I am trying to find out how to get 1gig of Ram memory into a Toshiba 1905-S301 it came with 256 in side it some were, and a few years ago I added 256 into the single expantion slot under the bottom cover. Do you know how to change the internal slot to 512? do I need to split the case to get to the internal ram?

  2. 9
    Laptop Repair Guy » Laptop repair service manuals for old Toshiba laptops. Says:
    March 5th, 2006 at 10:01 am

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    cj2600 Says:
    March 1st, 2006 at 7:39 pm

    Hi Erik,
    You definitely cannot upgrade the video chip because it is integrated into the system board.
    Also there is no official information about upgrading the CPU. Toshiba has 10 different system boards and 11 different CPUs listed for Toshiba Satellite A60 laptop. The following CPUs are listed: Celeron 2.70GHz – 2.93GHz and Pentium 3.06GHz – 3.33GHz. I guess it would be possible to upgrade to Celeron 2.93GHz, but do you really want to spend extra money to gain 103MHz? There is a possibility that BIOS will not recognize new CPU correctly and you can face a heat dissipation problem. If it would be possible to use many different CPUs with the same system board, Toshiba wouldn’t spend tons of money on creating a different system board for each model. All listed system boards are not interchangeable and can be used only in the model they were designed for. I have never done this kind of upgrade myself.

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    Erik Says:
    March 1st, 2006 at 1:08 pm

    Hi,

    I was just wondering now that my waranty has run out, if it is possible to put a better processor into my Toshiba A-60 (2.8 Celeron D). Also I was wondering if there was any way of upgrading the ATI 9100 chip to something better?

    Thanks in advance.

  5. 6
    cj2600 Says:
    February 23rd, 2006 at 8:20 pm

    To replace or tighten the hinge you have to disassemble the laptop. I think one of the hinges in your laptop is broken.

  6. 5
    Keith Thompson Says:
    February 23rd, 2006 at 6:45 pm

    Is there an easy way to tighten the hinge movement on a Toshiba 1415. Mine has become loose enough that when partially closed, it will continue down to about 2 inches open.

    Thanks

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    cj2600 Says:
    February 16th, 2006 at 10:00 pm

    Some Toshiba laptops come prepared for wireless networking with wireless antennas already installed. I guess you can check it if you remove the keyboard securing strip and the keyboard. I would remove the wireless card cover first, but you mentioned that you cannot remove the screws. Wireless antennas are located under the LCD screen and wires go to the wireless card connector through the laptop hinges. Under the keyboard you should see white and brown wires coming from the screen. These two wires are wireless card antennas. If you do not see these wires, most likely they are not installed on your laptop.
    The wireless card cover is secured by two M2×4 special Torx screws. You can remove them if you use a special Wi-Fi Torx screwdriver (with a hole drilled in the middle). You can also try to remove them with a small flat-head screwdriver or with pliers.

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    1805 User Says:
    February 16th, 2006 at 6:31 pm

    Fantastic Toshiba User Guides…thanks!!

    Looks like I finally solved my Toshiba Satellite 1805-s274 CPU overheating problem. I opened up the machine using your instructions and cleaned off the heatsink and CPU fan. I expected to see dust bunnies in the case but it was actually very clean in there. I think the thermal transfer compound must have broken down over time causing the shutdowns. I cleaned off the old thermal grease with isopropyl alcohol and reapplied with no more thermal shutdowns for now.

    Question…on my Satellite 1805…what is the screw type on the wireless card door? It looks like a tamper-proof Torx. I have tried a few different drivers and still can’t get it out and don’t want to chew up the screws. When I open it, will there be an antenna cable since this model didn’t come with a wireless card?

    Thanks.

    P.S. It would be helpful to make a list of the Toshiba screw symbols with their screw sizes since all screws are marked on the case.

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    cj2600 Says:
    February 10th, 2006 at 5:58 pm

    I do not remember 1905 model off the top of my head. Check out Toshiba Satellite 5105, isn’t it similar?

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    Billy Kelly Says:
    February 10th, 2006 at 5:05 pm

    How about a Satellite 1905-301. Is there one in your list that is very similar to this one.

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