Toshiba Tecra 8100. How to remove and replace FL inverter board.
Use Toshiba Tecra 8100 display disassembly guide to remove and replace the FL inverter board. If the backlight on your computer suddenly stopped working but you still can see a faint image, then most likely the problem is caused by a failed FL inverter board. Before you jump in and start buying hardware make sure to read through laptop video problem tips. Be very careful with the LCD screen mask. The plastic is very fragile and can be easily broken. Use only your finger when you remove the LCD mask. Do not use a screwdriver or any other sharp object because you can damage the screen.
You can use the same FL inverter board for 13″ screen and 14″ screen. Toshiba part number for the FL inverter: P000272240
September 2nd, 2006 at 11:50 pm
Andrew,
I guess it depends on the part you want to replace. If you give me more information about 8100 and 8200 laptops (model number) and tell me what part you want to use, I would check if these parts are interchangeable.
September 1st, 2006 at 4:30 am
hi i have a tecra 8100. when i play dvd´s the screen fades after a short time i have a 8200 from a freind witch worked until he droped it i think the motherbord is cracked and i was wondering if i could replaces the parts with my 8100.thanks
August 21st, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Joe,
I haven’t created a guide for taking apart Tecra 8100 yet. Check out comment 2. It has a link to Tecra 8000 FRU. It might help.
August 16th, 2006 at 6:11 am
how do you get the processor out i want to upgrade it
August 6th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Hi,
thank you very much for your info about the inverter board. My Tecra 8100 had the discribed problem and I even took it to a professional workshop (don’t know if this is the right word
without result. Then I found your site and Voilà : After disconnecting and reconneting the inverter board everything works fine. So again – thank you!!
Greetings from Germany
Conny
May 24th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
TGonline,
You say nothing appears on the screen and then mention a blue screen. Is it BSOD- blue screen of death? Please give more details. Try to hook up an external monitor and turn on the laptop, see if you can get any video on the external monitor.
This thread about troubleshooting laptop video problems might be helpful for you.
May 24th, 2006 at 6:46 am
Hi,
I am using tecra 8200. my son finished watching Video with it and i shutdown the system when i reboot the system the next day it came on but nothing showed on screen. But other signs shows the system is booting proper except the blue screen that appears and i could not see the boot process. What should i do to get my system back normally. Pls. direct me i need help
May 9th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
Max,
This information is not available publicly; at least I do not know any source to get it. You have to be a Toshiba certified technician to get an access to this info.
May 9th, 2006 at 4:07 pm
cj2600, you rule! Great thanks!
PS. Is this info available publicly, or one has to have inside ways with Toshiba to get the information?
May 8th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
Max,
On this model the hinge has 2 parts. One part is connected to the side of the LCD screen (part1). Second part is connected to the laptop base (part2). On the step 6 the part 1 is located above the part 2. The screw goes through part 1 into part 2.
I believe you are talking about part 2 – the hinge itself.
Toshiba Satellite 8100 with 14 inches screen. Part numbers for the right side:
Part 1 (screwed to the side of the LCD screen)
P000288940 for Toshiba, Sharp and Samsung displays
P000300630 for Hitachi display
P000303430 for Chimei display
Part 2 (the hinge itself)
P000294150 or P000309040 for Toshiba, Sharp and Samsung displays
P000307010 or P000311310 for Hitachi or Chimei displays
May 8th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
cj2600, great guides!
Do you by any chance know the part numbers of the tecra 8100 display hinges? I need to replace a bit that holds the shaft of the hinge “from the LCD side”. It is a small rectangular bit (less than 1″x1″) in the LCD, and is clearly visible in the bottom-right corner of the LCD on your photo “remove-replace-FL-inverter-06.jpg”.
May 5th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
It’s Tecra 8100, any specific insruction how to do this?
I’m kinda afraid to break LCD screen mask, this is my first time to deal with laptop repair.
April 23rd, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Mike,
If the hinges are not broken, you can tighten them. What laptop model do you have? Check out my Toshiba laptop disassembly guides for your laptop model.
April 23rd, 2006 at 2:21 pm
Thanks for the great site you have.
I have problem with hinges., they start to be loosing LCD holding.
Is any chance to tighten them?
April 21st, 2006 at 7:33 pm
Hi truong,
I do not have Toshiba Tecra 8100 motherboard schema. Sorry cannot help.
April 20th, 2006 at 9:09 am
can you give me th schema of mainboard toshiba tecra 8100 notebook, my laptop is broken, but i can fix it when i got this schema ….
thanks
April 19th, 2006 at 12:29 am
Thank you for the link. I think that may contain the info I need. I really appreciate it.
April 17th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
Hey Jason,
I haven’t created a disassembly guide for this model yet. Here is a link to Toshiba Tecra 8000 FRU documentation. This .pdf file is 2.7MB, so if you have a slow connection it can take some time to open it. I hope this FRU documentation will help you to replace the RTC battery.
April 17th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Thanks for all the great tutorials. I was wondering if you could do a complete disassembly of a Tecra 8100? I need to find the RPC battery and it has elluded me.
Thanks.