Toshiba Satellite A20 and A25. How to remove and replace broken laptop hinges.
Today we are going to remove and replace broken display hinges on Toshiba Satellite A20 or A25 laptop. Replacing broken laptop hinges is a very time consuming repair because you have to take apart the laptop base and the laptop display. This guide has a lot of disassembly steps, so make sure to memorize the disassembly process. For all removed screws I usually use plastic caps. I mark these caps by layers: bottom, keyboard, under keyboard, system board, LCD mask, screen, etc. You can use your own names. It also would be very useful to make some notes so you can use it when assembling the laptop after the repair.
Here are the left and right hinge part numbers for Toshiba Satellite A20 and A25 laptops:
Brake hinge, right: P000378510
Brake hinge, left: P000368300
You can search for these parts on ebay on via google. Be prepared, hinges are very expensive.
August 27th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
I had a noisy fan so I opened up the notebook (A25-S279), used your procedure for A20/A25 replacing broken hinges, and went as far as Step 10, skipped Step 11, did Step 12, skipped Steps 13, 14 and 15 then did Steps 16, 17 and 18. Couldn’t find anything wrong with the fan — this is the secondary fan, not the one that sits next to the CPU heat sink (what is this secondary fan for?). Put everything back, fan has quietened down, but the screen is not working. If I connect an external monitor I can see the display. What are the possible problems that could have occurred? Which disassembly steps do I need to go through agaian to find if there is something loose? Thanks for all the wonderful step by step advice and pictures.
July 19th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Thanks a lot this guide is very helpful
July 13th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
Thanks for putting this guide together!
A co-worker recently dumped a cup of coffee on his Toshiba A20, frying the keyboard. I hadn’t a clue how to remove the old keyboard to install a replacement — really appreciate the help!
July 2nd, 2006 at 9:58 pm
Rabih,
You can see the RTC battery on the step 19. It’s a green disk on the right side from the touchpad, close to the flat cable.
June 29th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
I have a problem in my RTC Battery “i receive a message in everytime i reboot the system” (CMOS inconsistant).
I charged the battery a lot.
I think it needs change, and if u please send the photos that shows the location of the RTC Battery in the Toshiba Satellite Laptop A20-S103.
June 13th, 2006 at 10:32 pm
Jay,
Give me the model name and model number for your laptop (example: Satellite A20-S259 PSA20U-09Z437) so I can find a correct screen.
June 13th, 2006 at 7:52 am
What are the alternative screens I can use?
I called a company that sells lcd screens and they said that I can use a Sharp LQ150X1LBH3 instead of the original Samsung LTN150X6-L01. Would the hinges match with Sharp?
thanks
May 23rd, 2006 at 7:43 am
The guide was great…
I would have landed myself into a lot of trouble had I not used this guide…
Thanks a ton.