Toshiba Satellite 5105. Removing and replacing video board.
If you experience a problem with video output on your Toshiba Satellite 5105 you can use this disassembly guide for removing and replacing the video (VGA) board. First of all, make sure that the video problem is caused by the video board. Connect the laptop to an external monitor and turn it on. If you see the same corrupted, garbaged video output on the LCD screen and on the external monitor, then most likely the problem is caused by the VGA board. Before you replace the video board, try to fix the problem by reseating it. Disconnect the video board from the system board and put it back in place, make sure that it makes a good connection with the system board. If after reseating the VGA board the video problem still occurs then next step would be replacing the video board.
You can also use this guide if you want to remove and replaced memory modules, modem board, keyboard, DVD/CD-ROM drive, top cover and LCD screen assemblies.
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June 18th, 2006 at 11:51 pm
Thank you for the excellent instructions.
Regarding the Satellite 5105-S702, I would like send the Video Card and the Motherborad for repair.
Can you provide the additional steps for removing the Motherboard ?
Alan C. Brown
June 18th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
Hey Alan,
I haven’t created these instructions yet. I think if somebody wants to repair the motherboard and the video card, they need the entire laptop so they can test if it works after repair.
June 20th, 2006 at 2:32 am
Don’t think it would be practical for me to send the whole laptop for repair(12,000 miles). So next best thing is to send the video card & motherboard. He says that he will be able to test them.
How many extra steps would be involved ?
Thanks
Alan
June 24th, 2006 at 7:37 pm
Not a lot. The video card removal guide will help you to take apart most of the laptop. After that all other disassembly steps should be obvious. Just make some notes, so you can assemble it after you get the fixed parts back. You can make some photos.
July 23rd, 2006 at 6:08 pm
After step 12 and trying to lift off the cover I found their was still a black and white wire still connected to the right of the two small connectors with the red black and blue black wires (upper right hole looking at the picture for step 12. I did not find it unplugged with any easy and afraid to jerk I left it connected as all I wanted to do was replace the DC power jack.
November 6th, 2006 at 2:42 am
The numbers next to the screw holes indicate the length of the screws (in millimetres), and the type of screw.
For example, F6 is a 6mm flat-head screw. I presume a “B” marking is for ball, although I would think pan head.
Nice write-up, btw
December 23rd, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Hi cj2600,
I have a Toshiba 1405-S151 satellite laptop. The LCD screen suddenly blacked out, you can faintly see the desktop. I plugged it into a desktop monitor and still had no display? Does this sound like video card problem?
If so, is it easy to replace and worth while for a 6 year old unit. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.
Regards,
Darrell
December 25th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
i have a toshiba satellite 5105 and its been turning off by itself lately…and it couple of days ago it turned off by itself and wouldn’t turn back on even after several days.
so after reading other posts where people said they were having a similar problem with their toshiba laptop, i read that the problem is probably a clogged heatsink…which i can solve by disassembling the laptopn (and thankfully your website has provided a disassembly guide for my laptop)…but i have a problem…one of the nails i need to remove to access the heatsink has a damaged head…meaning i can’t just use a regular screwdriver to unscrew it…..(the damage resulted as a combo of someone who fixed messing with the nail and me trying to still unscrew the nail after that happened which was, for the the record, a very bad idea)…so how do i fix the screw head so that i can take it out?
December 31st, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Nice instructions. Now, how do I find the parts list and #’s? Who carries these items, specifically the motherboard and VGA card for the Satellite 5105-S501? I need the correct parts as your dissembly instructions are so explicit, I can do this. Thanks, John
January 1st, 2007 at 10:00 am
John Eberhart,
Check out these guys, they sell part and have a full list of parts for Toshiba, HP, Compaq, IBM, Sony laptops.
January 1st, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Dahlia,
I don’t think this problem is related to a clogged heatsink (overheating). Even with 100% clogged heatsink the laptop will start and run at least for a while, until the CPU is too hot. I think you’re having another issue, it’s not just overheating.
Try reseating the memory modules. If you have 2 memory sticks installed, remove them one by one and test the laptop just with one module installed.
You can clean the heatsink with compressed air. Find an air compressor or buy a can of compressed air and blow off the heatsink.
January 2nd, 2007 at 5:02 pm
thank you cj2600…i will try to remove the memory….does that require opening up the computer though? if it does…how can i open up the computer and remove the damaged nail i mentioned in the previous post?
because the damaged nail is one of the nails required to open up the computer (its the top right nail above the keyboard)…i’m wondering if there’s a way to remove the nail or access my computer from the bottom (where all the serials are)….
any advice you could give me would be very helpful…
January 2nd, 2007 at 5:13 pm
update: so i just reviewed your dissembly guide which says i can access the memory cards from the bottom (so i don’t have to worry about the damaged screw that is securing the keyboard in the top portion of the laptop)… so my new question is…if the memory stick(s) don’t work after I reset them…do they need to be replaced?
and with that damaged screw securing the keyboard (and preventing me from directly being able to see the heatsink) would it be “good enough” to just use the compressed air around what I can access from the bottom of the computer? and how do i get that screw out….?
January 7th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Hello,
I am having trouble with my Internet explorer.It is doing some very odd things.Sometimes it will completely close the page i am visiting for no reason or it will be very slow loading pages and when i say slow i mean very very very slow for eg i tried to google something and after 10 minutes of the page trying to load i gave up.I thought that it was perhaps the topic i was searching so i tried putting in random things to see if that made any difference but it didn’t.Another problem i had was when i was on a forum and clicked on a link and nothing happened i tried to open a new tab and that wouldn’t work either and it would let me access any options that are in my tools menu.i had to restart my computer.Just to let you know i have high speed Internet connection.Thanks in advance to anyone that helps me with this problem.
January 30th, 2007 at 7:23 am
Recently used your instructions to aide in changing hinges and replacing touch pad on my 5105-s701, worked great.
However just before I took it apart I made a backup disk of some important documents (just in case). My screen had a small vertical line in green about center of display, I sort of blew it off as a fluke. I took it apart, made the repairs and the green line was still visable. Could my screen be going bad? or am I missing something?
February 6th, 2007 at 8:52 am
hi ! i need to upgrade the video RAM, which according to toshiba is external in satellite 5105-s501. can you please help me locate it.
Thanks
April 5th, 2007 at 10:35 am
i have one of these tosh 5105-s701’s and i haven’t ever really had any issues since i got it. but now, i am running vista and i get a vista score of 1.0 because of the video Geforce 440. i got the Omega drivers installed and that helps run programs otherwise unrunable. but after looking at your “how too pull apart your toshiba page” i saw the vidoe card isn’t intergrated into the mother board like i was led to beleive. How can i upgrade the video card or change the video card out right for one that doesn’t have all the handicaps that this one has?
thanks a bunch.
megan
May 27th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Had the 5105-s701 since Oct 2002. Worked pretty well until this week — video card now showing artifacts on screen after a couple minutes of use. Eventually goes to VGA mode, blue-screens, then after a bit of use even the BIOS and XP loading screens have artifacts (Dammit.)…
Doesn’t look like its very practical to replace the video board at this point as it cannot really be found online anymore. Anyone have suggestions what to do w/ this bad boy because it is not a horrible device. There any frankenstein-ian methods of resurrection to suggest? Or alternate video boards that would work even if this thing wasn’t able to be fit into its original casing? Its pretty much a Folding@Home+Downloading CPU now that I mostly interface via Ultr@VNC.
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:13 pm
I need to locate a video card for Toshiba Satellite 5105-s505 I believe. Its a Toshiba card with the NVIDIA gforce 4 440 Go. Do you have one and how much? Thanks for your time. Daniel
July 26th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
Where is the quickest place to get replacement parts? I am sure I need a new video card for my Toshiba Satellite 5105-s501. I am in the Southern California Area.
July 28th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
TOSHIBA 5105-s607 Model PS510U-00NU7X. Have vertical lines in display. Outputted to external monitor. Same result. Pulled beast apart and video board in hand. Where can I get one? Have found none online.
Thanks for the great pictorial dis-assembly essay. Works well. First time have had to pull a notebook apart in the dark…lol
Thanks
July 28th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
I have a 5105-s501 that started shutting itself down after a hard drive replacement. The shutdowns seem to be coming mor frequent. What seems to be different about mine from other posts is that although the laptop is plugged in everytime it shuts itself down the battery indicator light shows as low battery. Does this still sound like a clogged heatsink? The pc will restart usually but has shown as a serious system error if I try to restart it too soon.
July 28th, 2007 at 11:35 pm
National Server,
Search by the following part number: P000341430.
September 9th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
I replaced the Video Card with a new one, and it still having the same problem
What could it be?
September 13th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Hi, so does this mean that you could get a faster video card designed for a satellite and install it? because i was trying to play oblivion on my laptop but the video is nowhere near good enough
September 20th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Hello folks, where i can buy the video card (GeForce4 440 Go) for 5105-S607 Toshiba notebook? I have the sane erros but i can’t fix anymore.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:24 pm
Hi there:
Thanks for posting these instructions. These helped me big time in fixing (hopefully) my video car issue. I have assembled my laptop back and it look OK except for one thing….somehow, I ended up swaping my “Power” and “Internet Browser (IE)” buttons on the keyboard securing strip. I have to push internet button for power and power for IE. Which connector I might have swaped (there were no obvious ones though). I will appreciate any help.
Thanks
Inam
January 27th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Problem in Toshiba Laptop DynaBook G5/X16 PME (I believe this model is Satelite series: 5105-5501).
Vertical lines in display with 1400 by 1050 pixels and 16 bit. However, 1024 by 768 pixcel with 32 bit has no vertical lines but 1.5 inch surrounded LCD screen is black. I think the problem is in graph card/video card.
Its a Toshiba card with the NVIDIA gforce 4 440 Go. Is it possible to change the video card without changing the motherboard? I will appreciate if someone provides me the info regarding the replacement procedure, and where can I find out the right one.
Thanks
Partha
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Hi,
Can you or anyone tell me what is the part number for the video card of the toshiba 5105 s701.
Or… is resoldering the vram chips on the video card the solution?… i checked they are Samsung ram chips.
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Tyler Says:
May 27th, 2007 at 9:34 am
Anyone have suggestions what to do w/ this bad boy because it is not a horrible device. There any frankenstein-ian methods of resurrection to suggest?
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temp fix – if u can disable the nvidia display adapter in the device manager – under control panel, maybe go to safe mode and try disabling it.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Scottl,
Part number for VGA board with 64MB memory: P000349220
I just googled for the part number and found that this VGA board is really expensive.
July 7th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I am a long time owner of a 5105-S607. For the most part, it has been a phenominal laptop, with its included media card reader, GeForce 440 Go and beautiful screen, not to mention the cool cPad.
I am going to be trying to upgrade the DVD drive to a DVD burner in a couple of days on my 5105-S607. I will also be trying to install a mini-PCI 802.11g card. I have already upgraded the RAM to the theoretical maximum 1GB (2×512MB) and have just installed a brand new 250GB WD drive. I have also just purchased a brand new 4400mAh battery, to replace the dead 4000mAh one that came with the system (my fault). I have also purchased an inexpensive 100W power adapter that works better than the original (it works, and doesn’t get nearly as hot as the 75W one. And when this laptop goes, I will have a universal AC adapter for my other lappys)
I am currently running a fresh copy of Windows XP Home SP3.
What I want to know is whether or not I can upgrade the RAM to 2GB. There are some sales on SODIMMs and am itching to try it. But if I know ahead of time that it is a waste, I will save my money for something else.
Also, I am in need of screws for this laptop, as some of mine have fallen out. I have enough to keep things chugging along, but I would be more comfortable were they all there.
In regards to the video artifacting situation I keep hearing about, I have noticed that when I play games, such as War Rock, I get some fairly awful artifacting, like spires coming out of walls, and walls disappearing. However, since I have no problems outside of 3D games, I think that the drivers are simply dated and the games I play simply too new for the GeForce 440 Go 32MB. Has anyone tried updated drivers, as they are hard to come by on the nVidia web site.
I’ll keep everyone updated on any progress.
Thanks for the how-to guide on the diss-assembly of this machine.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Danny J,
No, you cannot. According to Toshiba specifications for Satellite 5105-S607, 1GB (512MB in each slot) is maximum for this model.
July 8th, 2008 at 6:33 am
I just received the mini PCI wireless G adapter. It works, but it’s range is extremely limited. I don’t know if it is a defective card, or simply a matter of having a bad antenna. My other laptop (an Everex SA2053T) and my desktop with wireless card, work flawlessly. I am thinking of getting an antenna for 10 bux on ebay. I have to do more research first to see if it is worth it.
Does anyone know of a mini PCI adaptor with 802.11n compatibility, or a combo card that also includes BlueTooth? Thanks.
July 8th, 2008 at 6:38 am
From my experience, just because the specification says something, doesn’t mean that it is so. On my Everex SA2053T, I was told the maximum memory was 1GB. However, I tried a 2GB module, and it works perfectly. I wouldn’t be surprised if a 4GB module worked as well, but those are nearly $400. The same goes in the reverse: Just because my camera says it is SDHC compatible, doesn’t mean that I will be able to use a 32GB SDHC card. Some cameras are limited to 16GB.
I was just wondering if anyone has or could try it
July 8th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
has anyone heard anything about the nvidia g440 card yet? any after markets? anything?
July 30th, 2008 at 6:20 am
I have a 5005 model and these instructions were same for that model. Thanks a lot.
I have added a mini pci wifi card in my laptop ( it had the slot, but no card or antenna) and had to open the display to install the internal antenna which I got out of another dead laptop. If any one wants help in that area, I can help.
August 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Ashok i currently have a laptop with card slot and no antenna, I have just taken out an antenna from another computer but am not sure exactly what i should be looking to atatched it too as laptops are different makes and model. Please help
January 25th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
wrt 2GB RAM for 5105’s, I just came across 2 1GB SODIMM sticks, so tried unsuccessfully to upgrade my 5105-S607 (with latest BIOS v1.90) to 2GB of RAM. On early part of OS boot, machine did a quick blue-screen and soft reset. (yeah, Toshiba states that 1GB the max supported RAM, but my manual also had a asterisk next to the RAM limit indicating that 512MB SODIMM’s did not exist at the time the manual was created, so it didn’t seem inconceivable that 2 1GB might work.)
I *did* remove one of the 1GB sticks, and the machine is happily enjoying having a single 1GB stick.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I am replacing a back light on a 5105-S501. Are you interested in pictures and write up?
January 27th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Timm,
Yes, I am interested. If you can make a good comprehensive guide I can publish it at http://www.InsideMyLaptop.com and it will help a lot of DIY-ers to fix their laptops.
Appreciate that.
January 27th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Your write ups are great. In addition to the troubleshooting you listed:With a powered up unit and a dark screen you can use a pen light or flash light to check for video on the LCD by holding it close to the the front. I guess it reflects off the back and back lights a tiny portion.
February 4th, 2009 at 3:43 am
could you tell me what the port is for on the front of the toshiba a100 laptop to the left hand side of the card reader? the small cover is missing off mine and it looks as if D21 is printed on the motherboard.
May 24th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Your pics of disassembly really helped. Can I put a better video card in this beastie?
June 4th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Hi All,
Great instructions for disassembly of the 5105-s607 laptop.
One screw was missed in the description. After removing the battery, there is a tiny screw hidden deep in one corner of the battery compartment. Other than that, I could not have done this repair without this online help…GREAT job!!
Note: I was replacing the defective video card in this computer. The correct part number for the replacement is P000341430, as suggested elsewhere on this site. I was able to purchase the replacement for 169.23, from the official Toshiba parts ditributor for North America, named National Parts Depot, at http://www.nationalparts.com. Ordered on Wednesday afternoon, arrived Thursday morning, using UPS ground. While googling this part, no one came close to the price, most sites had terrible reviews, and it was comforting to purchase from the official Toshiba distributor, as referenced on the Toshiba website.
thanx again,
ron
July 12th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
I have a 5105-s607 with long standing video problems. I got a suggestion by someone else to cool the vga chip by running a 0.8mm by 30mm aluminium strip from the vga chipset to the CPU cooler. I tried this yesterday and it seems to have done the trick. I did lots of stress testing (video playblack and some games). No problems. Its easy to do, costs maybe an hour of your time.
Any questions, please let me know.
September 26th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
A question for eric burger. Could you please explain the trick for cooling the vga cpu? Did you have the usual strips on the display and the trick solved it?
December 9th, 2009 at 2:15 am
I have one toshiba 5105-S901, I cannot get no further than just a screen that say “in touch with tomorrow Toshiba” that only how far I got. On the bottom it showed cd, flopy and some differents icon. I was requested a password.. but I don’t have one.
Can you please make some suggestion.
Any help will be appreciated.. thank you..
December 30th, 2009 at 7:09 am
short question :
I bought video board for toshiba 5005 thinking this video board can replace defective one of my 5105.
when I placed new video board, my tosh 5105 did not boot at all. so I guess that this is due to new video board. How can i make accept video board of tosh 5005 to my laptop 5105 ? Shall I have to update bios ? if yes, how can I do it ?
thanks in advance for your reply
January 30th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
I don’t beleive the video cards on the 5005 & 5105 are interchangable, as they are totally different screens.
There are no new drivers for the gforce 440go. Many other nvidia drivers will work; I’ve tried them all, the one that I found works best is 7.1.8.9. Setup.exe will not work, drivers must be installed manually. Use the one for GeForce4 MX440. However there will be a 3/8″ blank vertical line on the right of the screen. Only the toshiba drivers fill the whole screen. With these driver, I found 3d performance to be better.
February 8th, 2010 at 6:00 am
hello..
thanks for your answer.
both video card 5005 and 5105 look the same. and vendor sold me 5005 vid advertising that this videocard can match for both..so i am surprised now.
However, I can not update driver for my tosh 5105.
When I try to start it, there is no boot at all..only few light saying that there is a boot error.
So I guess this is due to wrong video board, but I am not sure.
anyway, I will try boot from CD..and any other advise would be greatly appreciated
March 7th, 2010 at 4:53 am
I confirm 5105 doesn’t boot XP with 2GB RAM installed (S501 BIOS v1.30), although Memtest+ goes smoothly. The workaround might be installing Windows with no ACPI support, but who needs a notebook without ACPI?
April 12th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Good Day!!
I have a problem with my Toshiba Satellite M50-231,, whenever i turn it on, there a lots of pixels. I tried to connect it to external monitor and the problem still the same,, and the problem is i dont know if My VGA is onboard. or if not how can I replace it!!
Thanks in advance!!
April 17th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I have a Toshiba 5105-S607 .. Anyone have the Recovery and Applications/Drivers CD’s That I can either buy them off of you or you can copy them for me? I tried ordering them from Toshiba but they dont have them anymore..
Thanks
June 29th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Hi, I have a set of recovery disks for the 5105-s607 series. I could make you a copy of them if you are still looking for a set. You can email me at ziven85 AT gmail DOT com, if you’d like.