Toshiba Satellite A105. Removing laptop motherboard.
Yesterday I had my first experience with Toshiba Satellite A105 notebook series. I had to replace the laptop motherboard because it was completely dead. The disassembly was easy and fast. I like the way this model was designed. Laptop disassembly instructions.
What I like in this model: The hard drive has a very nice rubber protector. Both memory slots can be accessed from the bottom of the laptop. There are no screws under the keyboard and it saves some time during disassembly. The power jack connected to the motherboard via cables and if it fails you do not have to replace the entire motherboard. There are very few cables connected to the motherboard. The laptop disassembly process is very easy and logical.
What I didn’t like in this model: There is no hatch for accessing the CPU fan and the heatsink without taking apart the laptop. It took me some time to remove the top cover assembly because of some hidden plastic latches. It is not very easy to disconnect the video cable from the motherboard. The touchpad has 2 cables connected to the system board. The second touchpad connector is hidden under the flat cable and can be easily overlooked during disassembly and the cable can be damaged.
Here’s another guide for this model. Removing laptop LCD screen.
September 9th, 2006 at 8:13 am
How do you remove the memory cover? I have a A105-S4054 and have unscrewed the 1 screw but the cover really doesn’t move. Seems to be latched in other places. I don’t want to force it.
Any ideas?
Thanks
September 4th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
i have a question. what do you have to do, to upgrade this laptop. to play more detailed games like quake 4 and etc. what i’m trying to say, is what are all the upgrade parts. i might need to be looking at to play games like that.
March 28th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
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March 22nd, 2006 at 4:13 pm
Thanks cj2600, for the information; it’s was very useful
March 21st, 2006 at 12:20 pm
Hi Anthony,
Laptops are not very upgradeable computers and unfortunately there is no official information on laptop CPU upgrades. It seams like laptop manufacturers do not want us to upgrade our laptops. So, the only way to find out if you can upgrade it is by testing. And I think that swapping the CPU will not work in most cases, or if it works you can get weird results. BIOS will not recognize the CPU, it will not be stable or will not start at all, etc.
Here are couple links on upgrading and overclocking laptop CPU:
Upgrading Celeron M 1.6GHz to Pentium M 1.7GHz in Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop
Overclocking Celeron M370 in Toshiba Satellite L25 laptop
If I would have to upgrade my laptop, I would go with more memory and faster hard drive. I guess that upgrading the CPU is not a cost effective solution to speed up your laptop.
March 21st, 2006 at 1:54 am
is it possible to change the cpu from the a105-s101(celeron m 380), with a pentium m 740.
thanks in advance
by the way, i love the guides