Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 notebook. How to remove and replace system board, power board and video board.
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.
July 12th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
@ Muzzammil,
Just answered your question posted on http://www.insidemylaptop.com
July 12th, 2011 at 3:22 am
Hey Guys, Any One knows how to fix this issue, Actually before couple of days i setted Bios Password on my Toshiba Settlite Pro 6100. now i’ve forgotten that password, Does anyone have any idea how could i get rid of this password??
March 11th, 2011 at 4:41 am
We actually got our laptop going again thanks to your help. My husband decided to have a go after reading about it on your site and managed to get it started up. We couldn’t really afford a new one just now so we are really grateful for your help.
Thank you.
Jane.
November 23rd, 2010 at 10:12 pm
I have a sp 6100 that had been taken apart and had the rtc battery pulled out supposedly to reset bios. The computer had some sort of virus in the bios system and someone told the owner to remove the rtc to reset it. Now when I try to turn the computer on, the only thing I get is an led light which goes from green to orange and does nothing. The rtc stores time/date and systems configuration. How do I get systems configuration back on computer? If I cant get it to pull up bios or anything? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
July 30th, 2010 at 12:26 am
Dear sir/madam
I request information about my Toshiba laptop computer now at this time the laptop was not working the in Addis Ababa Ethiopia technical person is inform to me the problem is in the mother board so what shall I do ?
Type of computer = Toshiba sp6100
Model No.ps610E-NGYSL-DU
Serial no.337471018G
July 21st, 2010 at 11:42 am
I bought a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 changed the cmos battery
twice,and changed the laptop battery three times.
No of them or the cmos battery will charge up at all.
a little bit of charge goes into lap top battery,so the lap top powers up and comes on for useing it.
but i set the time and date and get on the internetand after a few ninuits it freezes so i have no choice to click it off.
Then when i try to swich on again it won’t.
I have to take the laptop battery out and put it back in.
It only dose that all the time and you can only do it sp many times and you get fed up.
So can you please help please.
I have sent for a brand new lap top battery but i think i am waiting my time.
What do you think.?
Thanks.! peter…
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:58 am
“1. Bad connection between the power board and motherboard. Try reconnecting the power board.
2. Motherboard failure. Replace the motherboard.
3. Power board failure. Replace the power board.
It’s hard to tell if the problem is caused by the motherboard or power board. When I was fixing these laptops under warranty, I was replacing both at the same time.
Honestly, I would suggest buying a new laptop.”
power board could be change, it is separated by motherboard?
thanx
April 29th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Zsolt,
1. Bad connection between the power board and motherboard. Try reconnecting the power board.
2. Motherboard failure. Replace the motherboard.
3. Power board failure. Replace the power board.
It’s hard to tell if the problem is caused by the motherboard or power board. When I was fixing these laptops under warranty, I was replacing both at the same time.
Honestly, I would suggest buying a new laptop.
April 26th, 2010 at 9:07 am
I now the problem, the error message is 55 h:
“C5V voltage is not more than 4.50V when the computer supports CV and is booting up.)”
enybody know what these means?
thanx
April 25th, 2010 at 3:09 am
Hy. My toshiba sp6100 laptop is wrong. When I push power button does nothing, when I plug the ac cable (without battery) the ac led (first) show for a short time green, after 1 sec flashes orange. Other leds do nothing.
Can you help me, what can I do?
thanx
April 13th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Hi,
Today I’ve installed a replacement 14″ screen that I bought on eBay for my Toshiba SP 6100. The screen was advertised to run on both 6000 and 6100 models but, when I start Windows XP, the desktop doesn’t fill all the available screen size.
A black border about 1 cm width can be seen at the right of the screen. If I try to change the display resolution using the display settings tab, only two resolutions are available : 800×600 and 969×768. Both of them appear with the “blank” border of about 1 cm width all along the right side of the screen.
The original screen was manufactured by Sharp (LQ141X1LH53) and the new one by Toshiba, labeled LTM14C502.
Maybe the new screen is not compatible with the laptop? ¿Do I need to change the inverter chip too? or maybe it’s a matter of configuration within Win XP?
Need help, please.
What can be the problema
February 20th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
angel,
Most likely this is a software related failure. Run the recovery disc and reinstall the operating system from scratch. If it doesn’t help, you have failed hardware.
The recovery process will erase everything from the hard drive, so back it up first.
You can use an external USB enclosure to back up your data.
http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/04/17/access-hard-drive-using-usb-enclosure/
After data is safe, run the recovery disc and reimage the hard drive back to factory defaults.
February 20th, 2010 at 6:13 am
hy i need help my toshiba laptop is mess up when i star it up normally it tell me \systemroot\system32\ntdll\ .dll
plzz any one know how i can fix this plzz help
it tell me bout hardware or software that is not properly installed but i have not yet remove or install anything i am sure 100% i just open it it to see if any thing was disconnected but everything is fine and i haven’t installed anything what can i do to fix this plzzz help
January 6th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Thank you.
I think I will attempt this tommorow (once I have found my soldering iron)
January 6th, 2010 at 10:10 am
bluerocketman,
I guess you are talking about the BIOS password. This should help: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/02/10/remove-clear-toshiba-laptop-bios/
January 6th, 2010 at 10:07 am
I haven’t used my 6100 Satellite Pro for a couple of years – to the point where I have a black screen and a password prompt and cannot for the life of me remember the password??
Can anyone tell me if I can get around this??
Thanks
November 12th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Hello Im having an issue with the Satellite Pro 6100 the video distorts, on the LCD and an external monitor, when I take the video card out and reseat it the video fixes it self, I believe the thermal grease on the video card heat-sink is the culprit and the video card is overheating. I’ll put some Artic Silver 5 on it tonight and see if that resolves my issue..
November 9th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Pros: I like its 15.4″ 1400×1050 non glossy screen and its nvidia video card with 32 mb of dedicated memory. The 2.0 intel Pentium 4 processor is good for the average use I give to this machine at my office and for my academic stuff. Good sound and wifi.
Cons: It has only two usb ports and they are 1.0 so they are very slow. There is no firewire port nor bluetooth.
Summary: After six years and after that the motherboard and battery were replaced by warranty service during the very first year, the machine is still working very well for me. During these five years I have replaced the 60GB hard drive with a WD 160 GB 5400 rpm and replaced the dvd rom and once again the battery. Now with 1GB of memory and its brand new HDD, this machine works nicely and neat with Ubuntu 8.04 and under wine smoothly runs MS Word 2003 and BibleWorks 6.0.
This is why I give four stars to this machine. More than six years of service is what I have squeeze so far from this machine. I hope that this machine might provice me at least three more years of service with Ubuntu. It is still capable of running WinXp SP3 although it came with Win2K. This is why now I got another Toshiba (P305-S8832).
I still use it, yes six years later, this machine for regular office and academic work and also for listening music and watching DVD movies. Did I said you that this machine has served me more than six years? Wow! this is why I really cannot complain about this machine. It is not a high end machine but it is so faithful!
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:09 am
Hi
I have a toshiba sat pro 6100 purchased new in 2002. Never had real issues other than heating, use a targa fan. It does occasionally have usb issues so bought a hub.
My main problems: I stupidly installed a free version of linux so upon startup I can open windows xp pro or linux (xandros). Now I need that 10 gig hd space back the linux side is using but cannot bloody remember how to UNINSTALL it. Someone said buy partition magic cd on ebay but then what? Is that the only way to remove linux and get my 10 gigs back?
Second, I installed a spore game but even using the external WD hard drive mybook, it says my video card needs to be updated to play spore on this laptop, no surprise. The video card is a nvidia geforce4 420 go. Is it possible to upgrade the video card on this laptop?
THANKS
October 5th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 which was knocked off the couch. It did work fine before it fell right after it fell only the charge and power light would come on (first two green lights from left to right) now no lights come on Would a fall from about 4 feet cause serious damage or maybe just knock lose a board in the unit. I have taken the unit apart and looking for any lose connections. But can not seem to find any. Any advise you might have on what to look for or at as to why it’s not powering up now. would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
September 15th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
My laptob Toshiba pro satalite 6100 ,problem is to replace cmos battery but I could not find its location and Idont know its shap?
So kindly where can i find it and if you supported by photo i will be very thanx.
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I am looking for place to battery???
August 31st, 2009 at 6:55 am
my toshiber satalite 6100 complain of bad cmos and as a technician i repace with the same type, after coupling the power and battery led comes ON when power is pluged in but does not power on whem the power button is press on. what could be wrong.please i need help.
July 27th, 2009 at 5:33 am
HI i have taken appart my toshiba sp6100, When getting round to reasembling it i have a white cable and a black cable that comes from the monitor. I know where they go bout dont know which way round they go, can anybody help me
Cheers
May 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
brad kirk,
Sounds like a problem with the screen. This is a relatively common failure in LCD screens.
April 24th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I have a small red line that changes to yellow intemittently on the left side of my lcd screen. If I move the screen areound, or press on the back of the screen near the latch to close the laptop, it dissapears. Is it the connector, or the screen itself
April 15th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Bristol Harris,
This is antenna cable for the BlueTooth module. If you don’t have BlueTooth installed, the wire do not connect to anything.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:13 am
Azteca,
It’s a FireWire port. Do you have that port on your new laptop? If not, that’s why you don’t see that.
Could be software related issue. First of all, try reimaging the hard drive using the recovery disc. This will reload your laptop back to original factory state.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Azteka, could be 3 thngs:
Virus
Faulty network hardware
Faulty network configuration
Firstly, run the Windows utility for network diagnostics, via the Help and Support menu. Just type in “connection fault” and follow the tips. It will guide you through an exhaustive diagnosis, then if issue persists, update this page with the results of the diagnostics and that should give enough clues as to what’s going on. I would suggest using it exhaustively until you have more info to corroborate any of the above 3 things.
February 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Anyone,
I just bought a Toshiba 6100 2.2Ghz, 1gig ram and its having issues after issues.
First the DVD Drive worked when it wanted to. So my neighbor that sold it to me bought a new one through his company where i believe they used to use it for work.
So he told me to update at microsoft update.
So i did until one day it would not show the windows update page any longer it would go automatically to google page.
Now the laptop will not even go online. I was looking at my old laptop and noticed there is a net adaptor 1394 and I don’t see that on the toshiba…is there suppose to be one there?
It does say it is connected either wireless or cable and has good strength but will not connect onto internet.
It will not even add a new connection…
Everytime I start the toshiba up it will show the task bar icons of volume control when it wants or not.
Please help or show me where to go.
It has mcafee and nod32. it also has ccleaner and tuneup utilites.
Thanks,
Azteca