Toshiba Satellite M35X. How to fix most common laptop problems.
Toshiba Satellite M35X is a very popular model in the United States. In general, most Toshiba Satellite M35X laptops suffer from the same problems. Here’s a disassembly guide.
Improperly grounded top cover assembly. If the top cover assembly wasn’t grounded properly, then laptop may lock up or freeze up when you touch it in the speaker area. It happens because of a static electricity discharge. This problem was fixed on some laptops, but still there are a lot of laptops with unmodified top cover assembly. This problem should be covered under warranty even if you laptop is not under warranty anymore.
Poorly designed DC-IN power jack on the system board. Overtime, the DC power jack gets disconnected from the system board. If it happens, you will experience a problem with charging the battery or the laptop may not start at all.
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Laptop CPU overheating. It is a very common problem for some Toshiba laptops. If a laptop CPU overheats, then the laptop shuts down without by itself without any reason. Read more:
Why my Toshiba laptop suddenly shuts down by itself without warning?
You can use the disassembly guide to take apart Toshiba Satellite M35X notebook and repair it yourself. Do not open the case if your laptop is still under warranty.
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February 1st, 2010 at 12:56 pm
i have smae problem.like when i on my m35x-s111.the lights comeup and the sount of fan for 5 sec and than nothing.can u tell me aheat is going on and also i can,t open my cd rom too pls help me.thnkas
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 pm
how do i restore my toshiba satellite m35x- back to factory settings
December 19th, 2009 at 9:55 am
I have the solution for the non booting Toshiba m35 that I wrote almost a year ago. This tutorial is applicable to laptops that shut down without any warning, laptops that turn on only sometimes, and laptops that simply refuse to turn on (LEDs blink, fan spins up for a second and then everything just goes dead). So if your laptop does not turn on, it goes completely dead within a few minutes after bootup, here’s the link to the tutorial. The repair takes about an hour, there’s no need of replacing any parts, reinstalling any software or any other thing. The only investment in repairing your laptop with this tutorial is your time. Basically, you can repair your laptop within the hour, without spending any money for any parts or software.
http://imateski.blogspot.com/2008/08/toshiba-satellite-m35x-motherboard.html
December 6th, 2009 at 11:52 am
I have a M35X-S3112. The screen fails to light up or goes black while in use. Pushing the close button multiple times usually brings the screen back to life. Each push of the close button will cause a flicker or flash or attempt to light up on the screen. Sometimes the close button will restore the screen for the duration of use, other times it’s only temporary.
Any ideas?
December 6th, 2009 at 10:57 am
I have a toshiba m35x s111 and sometimes when I press the start button I hear a beeping sound and I see nothing on the screen. I then unplug the unit and try to restart again. Sometimes it comes on and sometimes it reverts back to the beeping sound. The laptop is about 5 years old so I don’t know if it’s on it last leg or not. Got any suggestions?
December 5th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
On step 15 there is a photo that I think shows the bios chip.
It looks to me to be socketed. Can you confirm this?
M305-S4910
December 1st, 2009 at 8:03 am
I’ve tried removing the memory to see if it was the culpert. Still having the same problem.
Here’s more info: When the booting up problem occurs, and after several restarts, the laptop will fully boot up, but then I discover that my D drive would go missing.
And this only happened once, where the computer just shut off by itself.
Any more suggestions?
November 28th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
I have a M35X that keeps locking up (freeze) requiring me to give it the finger. I have gone thru all the virus work, registry, ran memory check program. Any idea’s where to look next
November 28th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
a,
I think it’s just a coincidence. Most likely your problem is not related to the virus infection.
It’s possible that your problem is related to the memory failure.
You have two modules installed in your laptop, correct? It’s very unlikely that both memory modules failed at the same time.
You can try removing memory modules one by one and test the laptop with each one separately. It should start fine when the bad module is removed.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I have a toshiba satellite m70 laptop.
I got hit with a virus, I used mbam to remove everything, but a couple of days later when I try to start up my laptop it won’t go past the toshiba logo page. Even if I press F12 or F2 it just stalls there, so I had to power down and restart it. Sometimes I have to do that up to 15 times for it to fully boot up.
I used Chkdsk to see if there was any problems, nothing was found.
What can be causing this?
October 16th, 2009 at 10:51 am
i need driver recovery for toshiba satelite m35 x.by free downloading .please help me thanks
September 28th, 2009 at 12:35 am
could someone tell me where is the cmos battery located (with picture), model toshiba satellite M40X-184. i forget the bios pwd, so is there any other ways to reset this pwd other than taking out the cmos battery?.
September 9th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Hi there, I’m looking for help with Toshiba Satellite M40X please. Product was bought in Canada & is out of warranty. Laptop keeps freezing, I have put in the recovery disc, but it is still freezing after about an hour or less working on it. If anyone can help I would be very grateful.
September 6th, 2009 at 5:23 am
main system chip faulty, cpu fan screw damege, processor socket damege
August 28th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Has anyone used the repair that Jerry (jrhirsch) has outlined for isolating the jack from the motherboard and/or used his repair service. I’d like to get some feed-back form anyone that has. Thanks in advance.
August 25th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Marc F,
First of all, check RAM modules. If you have two RAM modules installed, remove them one by one and test the laptop with each one separately. Try installing a known good RAM module and test the laptop again.
If replacing/reconnecting/swapping memory doesn’t help, most likely you have a problem with the motherboard.
August 24th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
I have a TOSHIBA SATELLITE M35X-S149 that does not boot. The blue power light and fan comes on (fan ran for 5 seconds and stop), nothing else.
August 20th, 2009 at 5:55 am
Need help PLEASE. I was cleaning my husbands M35X-S149 laptop. I was wiping down the side with a cloth, on the right side there is a small square headed button I pushed on it and something right next to the button came out. I pushed the card or what ever it is that came out back into the case I can not get the square headed button to stay in as it was before. it is sticking out of the case about 1/2 of an inch. Husband is at work, I would really like to get this taken care of before he returns. THANK You
August 12th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Alex,
Have you tried replacing memory?
I’m pretty sure you can make it boot if you apply some pressure on the motherboard and turn on the laptop. Apply some pressure on the area close to the left hinge with your thumb and turn the laptop on while applying the pressure. Will it turn on this way?
I’ve seen this many times before. If that’s the case, there is a problem with the motherboard and it has to be replaced.