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

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    cj2600 Says:
    July 24th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    Joe,

    Do you or anyone else have any tips on taking apart a Tecra A8? Is there a model that you already have a guide for that is similar?

    I’m working on a guide for Tecra A9. I think it’s similar to Tecra A8 but I haven’t finished it yet.

    I started removing the screws from the bottom, but stopped when I realized it was probably more complicated than I bargained for.

    Also, there are some screws under the keyboard. They have to be removed too.

    My fan is constantly running full blast, under minimal applications, but it’s been doing that ever since I bought it new a year ago. I just want to clean off the fan/heatsink and add new thermal compound.

    Try cleaning the fan without disassembling the laptop. Buy a can of compressed air and spray it inside the air intake on the laptop. You can replace thermal grease later.

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    Joe Says:
    July 24th, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    Do you or anyone else have any tips on taking apart a Tecra A8? Is there a model that you already have a guide for that is similar? I started removing the screws from the bottom, but stopped when I realized it was probably more complicated than I bargained for. My fan is constantly running full blast, under minimal applications, but it’s been doing that ever since I bought it new a year ago. I just want to clean off the fan/heatsink and add new thermal compound. Thanks.

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    cj2600 Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    Go,

    Hi my Toshiba P100’s screen has line of dead pixel (line across the screen when in black) and I”m considering of ordering a replacement screen. Just wondering if there is any manual for it.

    Take a look at the LCD removal instructions for Satellite P205, should be similar to P105.

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    cj2600 Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 9:58 am

    alyn,

    hope that you could help me with my toshiba satellite 1800 sometimes it boots up in windows and sometimes their is no display and the fan is not moving.. the screen is still black.

    Could be anything: bad or loose memory, loose connection inside the laptop, failing motherboard, etc… It’s impossible to troubleshoot intermittent problem over the Internet.

  5. 266
    cj2600 Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Dave,

    Hi, I am trying to upgrade the memory in a Toshiba Portege R400.
    One chip is in the bottom and I suspect the other is under the keyboard. Can you please tell me how I remove the keyboard?

    I haven’t worked on Portege R400 yet but I think the keyboard removal procedure will be the same as for Portege M205. Take a look at the disassembly guide for Portege M205 steps 4-7. You don’t have to disconnect the keyboard, just flip it over on the palm rest. You’ll find the second memory slot under the keyboard.

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    cj2600 Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Norma,

    Toshiba A55-S1063? The problem just started and happens when I reboot. The following message appears: RTC battery is low or CMOS Checksum is inconsistent. Where is this battery and can I replace it myself?

    Take a look at the disassembly guide. You can see the RTC battery in the step 22 in the top left corner, it’s hidden under protective clear plastic. In this model you can unplug the RTC battery and replace it with a new one. Search for this part number: P000309170

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    cj2600 Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 9:30 am

    Tim,

    Basically the power from power supply is not going into my Toshiba Equium EA60 laptop. I tried with universal power supply and ordered a new battery and neither solved the problem. But both universal power supply and the battery would work on other machines!

    It’s possible that you have a problem with the power jack, maybe it’s broken. Take a look at this thread dedicated to Satellite A60/A65: Toshiba Satellite A60 and A65 problems.

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    Go Says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

    Hi my Toshiba P100’s screen has line of dead pixel (line across the screen when in black) and I”m considering of ordering a replacement screen. Just wondering if there is any manual for it.

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    alyn Says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 3:03 am

    hope that you could help me with my toshiba satellite 1800 sometimes it boots up in windows and sometimes their is no display and the fan is not moving.. the screen is still black.. the first 3 lights, and after several minutes the second light disappears.. thank you… more power!

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    Dave Says:
    July 12th, 2008 at 2:57 am

    Hi, I am trying to upgrade the memory in a Toshiba Portege R400.
    One chip is in the bottom and I suspect the other is under the keyboard. Can you please tell me how I remove the keyboard?
    Many thanks
    Dave

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