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.
March 27th, 2011 at 4:37 am
toshiba A25-S207 shows plug and digital light but wont start and fan not moving, what could be the problem
October 3rd, 2010 at 9:49 pm
I have an old 2455-S305. Its overheating. I cleaned the heat sink. The fan on the bottom or CPU fan looks a bit on the weak side. Ordered a new one. Does any body know if there’s another fan in the laptop?
If so, where is it and how do you replace it.
Thx
September 10th, 2010 at 7:42 am
Samey,
Really? It’s in the first sentence!
September 10th, 2010 at 6:01 am
i cudnt see the hinge tutorial link on this site.
December 8th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Do you know where I can find a keyboard for a Toshiba S2450-S203?
Thanks,
SM
October 26th, 2009 at 6:48 am
The onboard wireless LAN on my Toshiba A20 is not functioning properly. Could you please tell me how to replace it? Thank you so much.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Mark Daddy,
Google it.
October 12th, 2009 at 4:30 am
Greetings!
Toshiba A25-S207 with broken hinges.
Where can I order new ones?
Thanks for your help!
-Mark
August 29th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Thanks. I’m going to replace the backlight but not sure which one I should get. I think the one I’ll need is 2mm x 305mm — is that the correct size? (the LCD screen is Sharp LQ150X1LHC3 B, the laptop is A25-S279)
August 25th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Peter Boxer,
Sounds like you have a faulty backlight lamp. I don’t think it’s related to the inverter board.
August 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Well another problem with my Satellite A25-S279. Yesterday images on the screen became very red, then later the screen started to flicker. I shut the laptop down after a while, today when I restarted there was basically no picture. I connected an external monitor, I get a good picture, and by playing with Fn F5, I’m able to get a picture on the laptop LCD, but it only lasts about 5-10 secs (on the external monitor no problem, image stays). I can see a very faint image on the LCD. Flashed the BIOS to v 1.4 (latest) to see if that helped, no luck. Since I get a good image for about 10 secs, I assume the backlight is good and cable connections are good, and that it is the inverter that fails after a few secs. Is that a good diagnosis? I don’t want to buy a new inverter only to find the problem is backlight or cables or something else, so advice is very much appreciated.
August 1st, 2009 at 7:10 am
Hi, I’m the one with the noisy secondary fan. I finally disassembled the laptop completely and got to the fan. Can’t see anything obviously wrong with it, but it is very noisy. It seems to be cooling the memory — is that likely, or could it be cooling something else? Also, what would happen if I just don’t replace it? Would that harm something — memory overheats? Advice very much appreciated — the fan noise is driving me nuts.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
pls is it compulsory for me to replace my hard disk with a toshiba own after it got spoilt cos i have removed it and giving me problems with the other. pls i need help come to my rescue.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Luca,
I guess you are asking about a Satellite 2450-S402 laptop?
Check out these part numbers. They are for a Satellite 2455 laptop but should fit your laptop too.
Left hinge: P000368300
Right hinge: P000368310
April 17th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Hi I’looking for the part number of 2450-402 hinges Left and Right samebody know they one
regards
April 15th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Halodude,
You can connect it to the case of your desktop.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Peter,
In order to access the primary fan you’ll have to remove the motherboard. Unfortunately, I don’t have these instructions.
I don’t remember that model off the top of my head. Maybe it’s cooling the GPU chip?
March 7th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
I have 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?). The fan continues to be very loud and chirpy/grating. I can’t figure out how to remove it or get a closer look at it. Any further steps/pictures on how to take it out? Thanks for all the wonderful step by step advice and pictures.
February 1st, 2009 at 7:34 am
How do you protect yourself from ESD when you work with the insided¡s of a laptop. they say wear the strap, but I don´t know where to clip it on.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Angela,
Did you remove memory? Make sure it’s seated correctly.
January 6th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Hi there. I took apart my laptop and put it back together again. I only did pages 1 and 2.
Now it’s not starting up. The light comes on but the screen doesn’t. any idea where to start?
Thanks!
Angela.
December 17th, 2008 at 6:04 am
I just purchased an A25 Toshiba laptop with loose hinges. I then looked on Ebay searching for a25 toshiba laptops (completed) and every single one of them had a hing problem. Why wouldn’t this now be considered a design flaw? Why isn’t anyone making Toshiba be held accountable for an obvious design flaw. Their reputation, in my eyes, has been tarnished.
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Dear,
I’m looking for left hinge reference for toshiba A10, do you know it? Does it the same reference?
Thanks
July 17th, 2008 at 5:54 am
can you tell me if all toshiba satellite laptops have a mini PCI slot? not an express one.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Nevermind. Figured it out.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 am
Hi there,
I was diassembling my Toshiba A-20 laptop to replace a broken hinge. I noticed there was a tiny plastic coating surrounding the left hinge, which was broken. I believe I can also see the plastic part in the middle of this picture.
I believe this is useful for the lid close switch. Do you have any idea ?
June 14th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I have a
tecra a2-s336
the lcd seems to be responding with the fl tube, dims and brightens ok, but the lcd fades to the white light every time you let go of it…meaning you have to hold it tight at the left corner of lcd panel and then it works briefly…..
you think the lcd panel sounds dead
also are there any known replacement screens for this lg.phillips 150×06
love how the toggle for open/close is a magnet..it cant break….
June 12th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I have a A20-S207 and for the last year the screen has been tempermental. The right half flickers everyonce in a while. If you play with the position of the screen in stops flickering, but you can tell that there is a dead pixel line. It is like the sides overlap very slightly. I have checked everything and nothing seems loose. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
for #66 you should check all screen connections, may be lose or if screen is bad just chuck it its cheaper to get a new laptop.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
hi…ya i have already bought an inverter for mine before i got the backlight and it did nothing…i heard when you can see a faint image on your desktop its the backlight.