How to disassemble Toshiba laptops

Toshiba Satellite A15 disassembly

Toshiba Satellite A10, A15 disassembly.

 
Remove battery from laptop

STEP 1

Place the notebook upside down, unlock the battery and remove it from the battery bay.

   
Remove HDD, memory, DVD drive

STEP 2

Remove three screws from the CPU cover, two screws from the hard drive cover, one screw from the memory cover, two screws from the wireless card cover.
Lift off and remove all the covers.

   
Lift off heatsink

STEP 3

Remove the memory module.
Remove the wireless card, if you have any. If you do not have a Wi-Fi card, remove the tape securing cables.
You can disconnect and remove the modem card now or later (as I did).

   
Removing laptop HDD

STEP 4

Remove one screw securing the hard drive on the side of the notebook.
Slide the hard drive out of the notebook.

   
Lift off heatsink

STEP 5

Remove two screws securing the cooling fan and disconnect the cable on the system board. Lift off the fan.
Remove four screws securing the heatsink. Carefully lift the heatsink off the CPU.

   
Prevent laptop overheating

STEP 6

Check out the heatsink. It's 70% clogged with lint.
A clogged heatsink is the main culprit in laptop overheating.
If your laptop shuts down itself without any reason, most likely you have an overheating problem.

   
Disassemble Toshiba Satellite A15 notebook

STEP 7

Remove all marked with red circles screws on the bottom of the notebook.

   
Removing notebook keyboard

STEP 8

Start lifting up the keyboard securing strip with a thin object.
Continue to release plastic latches with your fingers.

   
Remove keyboard strip

STEP 9

Remove the keyboard securing strip.

   
Remove keyboard screws

STEP 10

Remove two screws on the sides for the keyboard.
Remove one screw and the keyboard lock in the center.
Turn over the keyboard and put it on the palmrest.

   
Disconnect keyboard

STEP 11

Remove one screw securing a metal plate over the keyboard connector.

   
Lift off keyboard

STEP 12

Turn the keyboard over again and place it so you can access the cable.
Disconnect the flat keyboard cable on the system board.

   
Taking apart laptop

STEP 13

Remove two screws securing the top cover and the DVD drive to the base.
If you only want to remove the DVD drive, you have to remove only one screw.
Slide the DVD drive out of the notebook base.

   
Disconnect laptop cables

STEP 14

Disconnect two speaker cables on the system board.
Disconnect the display video cable on the system board.

   
Disassemble notebook

STEP 15

Close the laptop lid and remove one screw on the back of the computer.

   
Pull wireless cables

STEP 16

Place the notebook the right side up and open the lid.
Carefully pull the wireless antenna cables through the opening in the top cover.

   
Remove display assembly

STEP 17

Start lifting up the top cover and display assembly.

   
Remove display assembly

STEP 18

Remove the top cover and display assembly.

   
Remove notebook touchpad

STEP 19

Remove one screw securing the notebook touchpad to the system board.
Disconnect the touchpad cable on the system board.
Lift off the touchpad.

   
Remove touchpad holder

STEP 20

Remove two screws securing the touchpad holder to the system board and lift it off.

   
Remove notebook modem

STEP 21

If you didn't remove the modem card in STEP 3, you can do it now.
Remove two screws securing the modem card, lift it up and disconnect the cable on the card.

   
Remove notebook system board

STEP 22

Remove two screws securing the main board.

   
Lift off system board

STEP 23

Lift up the right side and remove the system board from the laptop base.

   
Remove DC-IN jack and RTC battery

STEP 24

Remove the mylar cover.
Disconnect the DC-IN jack cable on the system board and remove it.
Disconnect the RTC battery cable on the system board and remove it.

   
Remove notebook CPU

STEP 25

Turn the CPU lock into unlock position and carefully lift it off the system board.

   
Toshiba Satellite A15 disassembly

STEP 26

Toshiba Satellite A15 notebook disassembly done.
   

 

 

 

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