Comments on: Toshiba Satellite 1200. How to take apart laptop.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:53:08 +0000

I have took apart a satellite 1135. When i took the monitor off i pulled the white and brown wires away from the board. Now i do not know where they go or even what they are for. I know what area they came from but can not figure out where they went. Can someone please help me with this? I’m no computer tech by any means. I am just helping a friend out.

Please help me!! This is all that is keeping me from putting it back together!!

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:56:00 +0000

edwin,

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1200, some keys on my keyboard doesn’t work. I haven’t touched anything yet nor dismantle the whole laptop. It just didn’t worked. Please advise.

Could be three things:
1. Poor connection between the keyboard cable and motherboard.
2. Bad keyboard.
3. Motherboard problem.

Solution:
1. Try reconnecting the cable.
2. Try replacing the keyboard.
3. Replace the laptop because it’s not worth it to replace the motherboard in this unit.

Also, you can use the laptop with an external USB keyboard.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:12:01 +0000

mick,

toshiba satalite 4200 switch it on, but monitor black or blank

Can you get video on the external monitor? If not, check the memory module. Test the laptop with another known good memory.

By: mick

mick — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:02:23 +0000

toshiba satalite 4200 switch it on, but monitor black or blank help

By: edwin

edwin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:20:39 +0000

Greetings!!!

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1200, some keys on my keyboard doesn’t work. I haven’t touched anything yet nor dismantle the whole laptop. It just didn’t worked. Please advise. Thanks.

By: edwin

edwin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:43:01 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1200. Before I was having a problem with its monitor, it shuts down automatically, but the CPU is still running. But when I set the power setup to default settings, its ok now. I haven’t touched anything nor open it apart, but some keys of my keyboard are not functioning. I’d tried cleaning it with a vacuum cleaner, but still not working. Please advise. Thanks.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:32:33 +0000

Dave,
You’ll definitely have to take the screws out of the back of your laptop to get at the heatsink. I recently took apart my 1005 to clean the heatsink (working like new now!), so let me know if you have any questions along the way (although the step-by-step instructions with pictures on this site may well be all the help you need).

By: Dave Raeburn

Dave Raeburn — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:53:37 +0000

Hi – thanks for the disassembly instructions and diagrams!!! I was wondering though if it was possible to access the heatsink without taking all the screws out the back of the laptop ???? It is a Toshiba Satellite 1100 (though the 1200 diagram looks the same)

Maky thanks

By: Andres Bueno

Andres Bueno — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:59:25 +0000

Thanks for these steps on how to open the Toshiba 1200 laptop, it really helped to open my Toshiba Satellite 1110. They were clear enough to not to make a mistake.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:00:48 +0000

I think I have an overheating problem with my Satellite 1005, so I am attempting to disassemble and clean the heatsink/fan area. I am stuck at the step for removing the keyboard securing strip. I can insert a small screwdriver in the slot and lift it a bit, but it doesn’t want to budge any further (actually, the entire keyboard section wants to lift along with it). It truely seems like I would break something if I “forced” the keyboard securing strip any further. Is there a trick to removing it? The picture makes it look simple, but it seems quite difficult. Thanks in advance for any help!