Laptop troubleshooting forum: How to disassemble Toshiba laptops.

There are many times where you wished
you could just fix your own machine
and not depend on the hassles of servicing
and the time and energy involved. At the
same time, if you're not careful, you could
actually make things worse or void your
semi-precious warranty. I remember years
ago, that Toshiba was one of the very few
notebook manufacturers that actually provided
you with schematics and disassembly instructions.
not anymore.

Anybody know where i can find this exact same info for Fujitsu. I got my computer back from service a week ago, and apparently they forgot to screw the USB ports back on, because they keep wigglingside to side and in and out when you plug something in.

Typically if it has a webcam built in there would also be a microphone, if no web cam, no built in mic.

i have a toshiba a45-s121 and one of my friends dumped a glass of water on it. the following keys do not work now. Q a z s d g b n j. What should I do? I think if I take it apart and clean the contact points then it will work. I need a guide on how to do it. Could you make one? if so please email me at brandonbarlow@gmail.com if you can. thank you.

I need to replace the fan in my laptop and I am having difficulty figuring out how to do so. Can anybody help? Please!

New guide is ready:
Disassembling Toshiba Tecra TE2100.
http://irisvista.com/tech/laptops/ToshibaTE2100/tecraTE2100_1.htm
Good luck.

I just finished instructions for Toshiba Satellite P25.
The guide for this unit is here: http://irisvista.com/tech/laptops/ToshibaP25/SatelliteP25_1.htm
I guess, next would be Toshiba Tecra 9100.

Hello. As I said before, your stuff is very impressive if a bit scary. When you have finished the series you should produce a book on the collection and perhaps a brouchure on the individual models with expanded text.
I'm sure you could provide a welcome service as Toshiba are everywhere. Also the general trend now is for minimum hard copy instructions available to consumers
I imagine you would need some clearance from Toshiba.
Congratulations again on your sterling efforts. Stewart

I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100 and can acquire a Tecra TE2100 (for parts) on eBay. Can I merge the two?

http://www.uofr.net/~greg/hardware/hp_pavilion_n5430_disassembly.html
and
http://www.madmastersmachines.com/HPnotebookrepair.html

Toshiba Tecra S1.
New guide with instructions.
How to disassemble and repair.
Youll find the instructions here: http://tech.irisvista.com/laptops/ToshibaS1/tecraS1_1.htm

Hi, i have the same problem as you on a toshiba s1 laptop. It doesnt look like there is a daughter board on the laptop that you can replace, but im hoping it could possibly be a dry joint(wishfull thinking perhaps). can you tell me if anyone has answered your question? there is the webbie that cj2600 has written (thanks) to which ive asked for more info on a brown cable from cj2600 to help me with. Maybe he could point us both in the right direction on this matter (fingers x)
here's his url
http://www.irisvista.com/

Thanks for showing us how to remove the key board.

I would appreciate if some one can show me how to clean the cooling fan. thanks in advance. My email id is venkygrao@yahoo.com

I think the guide is a great idea.....i am wanting to take my toshiba 1905-s301 apart....out of nowhere it will power down, lights out without warning, im thinking it may be the fan or the hrad drive......have you encountered any problems like this on my type of model?

i am running xp home, 256mb, 40g HD, 1.9ghz pentium 4