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:
I just started a new project – free laptop repair related classifieds.
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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July 13th, 2006 at 12:02 pm
Hi
I have an M30x(UK Model) i had a problem with the dc power connector. i re soldered it and it now powers up fine and indicates that it is charging the battery. proiblemis it will not run off the battery at all. the battery appears all ok in the system properties. Any ideas on how i have caused the battery not to work now?
many thanks
July 9th, 2006 at 2:41 pm
Hi Rick,
Why do you think that the backlight bulb is bad? Most likely it’s just a bad FL inverter board. Check out my previous post about troubleshooting laptop video problem. Here is a Toshiba Satellite M35X display disassembly guide.
I cannot find the bulb part number, Toshiba doesn’t list it. The bulb comes together with LCD screen. So, if the bulb is bad you’ll have to replace the screen unless you can find a specialized LCD repair shop who can replace just the backlight bulb.
July 7th, 2006 at 9:16 pm
Hi
I have a Toshiba M35X-S111 and my screen went dark I can make out the Icons on the screen but that is just about it. From reading different articles this is repairable. I have built several tower computers and know my way around them fairly well. I have been searching for a source for the backlight bulbs but I have been unable to find a source on line. I have not been able to find the part# for the bulb either. was wondering if you would be able to help me out and point me in the right direction for finding a source for the bulb and the part #
Thanks very much for your Time
Rick
July 2nd, 2006 at 11:02 pm
Hi Sean,
Try to reseat the keyboard connector first. Open the connector on the system board, stick in the keyboard cable as far as it goes and lock the connector. From my experience, if you just pulled the cable and the connector is not broken, then the keyboard should work fine when you connect it properly (if nothing is wrong with the keyboard itself of course). Inspect the keyboard cable and the keyboard connector on the system board. If you do not see any physical damage, it should be fine.
If the keyboard started to loose key function, in most cases you can fix the problem by replacing the keyboard (if reseating the connector didn’t help). BUT, sometimes it might be a problem with the system board. The only way to find out witch one is causing the problem is to replace the keyboard and test if it starts working properly.
July 2nd, 2006 at 10:10 pm
Hi CJ,
Thank you for the instruction manual re: removing the keyboard. Unfortunately, I didn’t read the part about never pulling the actual cable (zif connector). I did this, and now have no keyboard function. I just kind of tugged on it and it came out.
If I’ve permantly damaged the cable, I’ll buy a used keyboard, but I’m afraid that I might have damaged the connector. I was very delicate, but obviously something went wrong (the keyboard was starting to lose key function prior to my “cleaning”).
Is it your experience that a replacement keyboard usually restores keyboard function? What damage might I have caused?
Regards,
Sean
June 28th, 2006 at 11:08 am
Ethan,
You did for troubleshooting exactly what I would do in your case. I hate to deliver a bad news, but I think there is not a lot you can do to fix this problem. The motherboard has integrated memory and video chip. The motherboard has to be replaced in order to fix the laptop.
June 26th, 2006 at 3:48 am
Hi CJ,
I have a Toshiba Satellite M30 Model # PSM30U-7100Q8. The laptop suffers from intermittent display corruption/failure. Often the image will become misaligned and flicker, the image will turn into a checkerboard pattern with half of the pixels on the screen flashing random colors, or the display will just turn off. This happens on both the internal LCD and an external monitor in both windows and the bios.
I took apart the machine and ran it on my bench. It appears that I can cause the graphical corruption by pressing on the area where the wires from the battery board interface with the motherboard.
Do you have any suggestions for this type of problem? I’m looking to avoid a costly motherboard replacement.
Thanks,
Ethan
June 13th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
Samuel,
Toshiba Satellite M35 has a video chip integrated into the system board. So, if the onboard video is bad, the entire system board must be replaced. Try to connect an external monitor. If you see the same 2 lines on the external monitor, then the system board (onboard video) is bad. If the external monitor shows normal image, then you might have a problem with the screen itself or with the video cable.
Here is Toshiba Satellite M35 disassembly guide .
June 13th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
Toshiba M30/M35
I was using my laptop normally as I do in last two years and now
I beleive my video card Nvida fx5200 is fried.
There’s vertical lines 2mm apart spread out evenly across the screen & flashing. Windows can’t detect the video card.
The same thing happen to my frnd’s M30.
Is the video card built in the motherboard or a separate module?
June 5th, 2006 at 9:00 am
Can you tell me what an unsecure website is, and what harm can it do to my laptop? The warning pops up from time to time, and I just stay away from those sites.