Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 disassembly guide will help you completely take apart the notebook to remove and replace the system board, the power board and the video board. Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 notebook has some known problems very similar to Toshiba Tecra TE2100. Overtime the video card pops up from the connector on the system board causing unpredictable video problems. If you experience a video problem try to press on the video board so it makes a better connection with the system board. Also you can experience a problem with starting the laptop. When you press on the power button the laptop will not start and the power LED flashes orange. Most of the time it happens because of a poor connection between the power board and the system board. In some cased you can fix the problem by reseating the power board. If reseating the board doesn’t help then the system board and the power board has to be replaced. One more problem - you can get the CMOS (RTC) battery error each time you turn on the laptop. If replacing the battery doesn’t fix the problem then it might be also caused a bad connection between the power board and the system board. Try to reseat the power board.
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November 8th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
I have video problem, the computer will have vertical yellow strips on the display, When I boot the system it reverts to the lowest video setting (600×800, and 4 bit). If I tried to change, the system fails to switch to higher resolution (1000X1200 or 1200×1600 at 16 or 32 bit depth). A few times i have been able to change to higher resolution. Can you suggest what might be the problem.
Thanks for any help or support you can provide. I was considering removing and re-seating the video board to fix the video problems. If you recommend any other solution I will be willing to try those.
November 8th, 2008 at 8:34 am
thank you!! removing/reseating the battery board did the trick!
NOTE - when dealing with the bottom screws, the two long ones go in the back corners.
On the wireless board, my pc had a TORX style screw -with the center pin. This made it hard to remove/replace since I didn’t have that particular driver!! I was able to grasp the head with needle nose and loosen/remove/replace it. Otherwise would have been a show stopper!!
As far as I could tell tho, the wireless cover simply screws into the other part of the cover place - so anything to hold that cover in place would be adequate, i.e. tape would be enough - its not structural.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:10 am
Reference to #88, My AC power light is flashing and unable to restart the laptop. Does anyone know how to find a better power pack, or adapter for my Satellite Pro6100, which is already 7 years old. May be if I can change the power pack I could find the video card problem.
James Ho
October 13th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
can i use a dell lcd screen for my laptop?
flat screen?
its the same dimensions?