If your Toshiba laptop is not under warranty anymore and you have decided to open and repair it yourself , then you should know how to find a part number for the laptop part you want to replace. Almost every part and cable in Toshiba laptops has its own part number and should be replaced only with the same part or a substitute part. To find the part number look for a sticker or for a sign on the part. Toshiba part number would be something like V000040870, A000004270, P000343780, etc. After you find the part number you can search here.
If you cannot find a part number for your Toshiba laptop, I can help you. Just leave me a comment with the part name you are looking for, the laptop model name and the laptop model number. For example: laptop model name Toshiba Satellite A75-S211 and laptop model number PSA70U-0WK00G. This information is located on the sticker on the bottom of your laptop.
I would be able to help to find a part number only for laptops sold in the USA.
Here are more tips for finding a correct part for your notebook.
UPDATE:
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You can see this site here: Any Notebook Part
If you are selling new or used laptop parts, used laptops, you can place your ad on this site. It’s free.
You can request parts too, maybe somebody has them for sale.
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August 10th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
Scott,
A continuously beeping sound on startup (during POST) usually caused by a stuck key on the keyboard and it might be an intermittent problem.
Probably, I would disconnect the keyboard, boot the laptop without the keyboard attached and tested if I can reproduce the problem. Also, I would try to run the test without the keyboard. I’m not sure if the keyboard controller test would be correct without the keyboard connected to the systemboard.
Anyway, if the laptop works fine without the keyboard, then I would probably replace the keyboard. There is a chance that you have a keyboard controller failure, but I would go with the keyboard first I think.
August 8th, 2006 at 3:33 am
Are errors on PC-Check always correct. I got a Motherboard keyboard controller failed check, but the keyboard works fine.
I do get this annoying beeping from my Toshiba A35 laptop system speakers once in awhile. They occur during Windows and Post! Do you have any idea what could be causing this? I have searched throughout the Internet for an answer.
Great site by the way, the information you provide is priceless.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Ben,
A screen from Satellite P35 will physically fit into Satellite P30, but there are a few different types. The best way would be to look up for a part number on the back of your LCD screen (something like K000017760) and then find the same screen or find a substitute for the screen. If you plan to buy a new screen from a company, they usually can help you to find a replacement screen for your original one.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
Jonathan,
Usually USB ports are detected automatically and you don’t have to install any drivers. Just in case I checked downloads for your model and I didn’t find any USB drivers. But I found that there is a BIOS update (v1.90) that fixes some USB issues on this model. Try to upgrade the BIOS, it might fix the problem.
August 7th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
Lynne,
Unfortunately, it looks like the LCD screen problem. I think that a bad video cable or a bad system board wouldn’t cause a problem like this.
August 7th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
I have been looking, but anable to find an answer to this question.
You see, I have a cracked LCD screen in my Toshba Satellite P30 and I ahve only been able to find LCDs for P25 and P35. Do you know if LCD screens for those mdels will fit my P30?
August 5th, 2006 at 8:40 am
I have a Toshiba Satellite M35X-S163, it crashed and i had to upload everything up again by reformatting the hard drive. Everything runs great…Only problem is my usb buses aren’t working it can’t find the folder for the usb drivers to re- install in my comp. What should i do? Or, where should i go to fix this? I’m out of warranty.
August 4th, 2006 at 11:58 am
Hi, I have a question. I have a P35 S605 Toshiba, and this morning, for no apparent reason, I acquired a hair like line, blue-ish, running down the center of my screen. This is a first, and the laptop is a month out of warranty. I am quite upset about that, and I would like to know if it’s even worth fixing. Could it be the LCD going already??
Thanks!
July 27th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Brandon,
That was my mistake; I wanted to say the keyboard cable. Too much beer.
I think there could be 3 problems: bad connection between the keyboard and the system board, bad keyboard, or bad keyboard controller on the systemboard.
You can try to remove the keyboard and run the laptop for a while without it. See if you can reproduce the problem. If the laptop works fine, connect the keyboard and test it again.
July 27th, 2006 at 7:10 am
After it warms up (15-20 min), any WinControl that has edit capability will repeat whitespace. If you are on Google in the search box for example, the search will fill with spaces. If you are typing, spaces are inserted into your text. Also, if you are not focused on the search entry, IE will “page” as if the spacebar were pressed. Any dialog box that pops-up, will select the default button without clicking (again, the default behavior of the spacebar).
These events are sporadic, there is sometimes 3,5,10 seconds between the spaces and other times it is at the typmatic rate until the end of the control is reached.
For a test, I started MSWord and left it sit in an empty document. After a few minutes, I had several pages of whitespace, no other characters were output.
I have also completed virus scans, spybot, windows defender…just to make sure it wasn’t something along those lines. I would have been surprised to see any of those as this machine is almost never on the net and is not used for email.
Out of curiosity, why reseat the video cable? I have not seen anything with the video that would lead me there.(p.s.: I’m not questioning that this may be the problem, only looking see the tie-in to the symptom)…