Toshiba Satellite A10 and A15 notebook disassembly
These both notebook models, Satellite A10 and Satellite A15 are similar, so you can use the same disassembly guide for both models.
Overheating is a very common issue with these notebooks. It happens because dust get trapped between the cooling fan and the heatsink. Fortunately, it is very easy to access the cooling fan and clean it up. All you have to do is remove the fan cover as it shown on steps 2 and 3 and then remove and clean the heatsink, as it shown on steps 5 and 6. Alternatively, you can leave the heatsink connected to the laptop and remove the cooling fan instead. After the heatsink (or the cooling fan) is removed, thoroughly clean both parts with compressed air.
If you are removing the heatsink, make sure to apply some thermal grease on the CPU before you assemble everything back together. If you install the heatsink without thermal grease, the notebook will overheat.
In order to remove the CD/DVD drive, you’ll have to remove two screws. One screw is located on the bottom of the laptop, close to the DVD drive. The second screw is located under the keyboard, as it shown on the step 13. After both screws are removed, just push the drive from the case.
Here are compete notebook disassembly instructions.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Hello,
I have a toshiba satellite laptop A10-S511 but he doesn’t start-up. I have dissasemble the motherboard (ref FHZSY1) and there is a blue self inductor component referenced as L1200 on the board (on the other side of CPU) whitch is burned. So the value on the self is not visible anymore to try to change it.
I would like to know a way to have the value of this component or if somebody have the same dissasembled motherboard to see the value write on it (xxRxx) and what is the risk to use a bad value.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Ng Kong Hong,
Couldn’t get what? Couldn’t find a new fan or take the laptop apart?
March 31st, 2009 at 9:58 pm
I have a Toshiba A10 but but cpu cooling fan failed.Tried to replace but could not get.Can anyone please help? Particulars are as follows:
Toshiba A10 satellite system unit
Toshiba MCF-TS6512M05
Part description DC 5V 300mA
Part No.GDM 610000126
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:49 am
YOLANDE,
Yep, could be a bad RTC battery.
Take a look at the step 24. The RTC battery is located on the left side from the power jack – the green thing hanging on red and black wires.
In order to access and replace the battery you’ll have to remove the top cover assembly as it shown in steps 1-18.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:15 am
Hello,
When my laptop Satellite A10-521 is powered on, I got the following message :RTC battery is low or CMOS checksum is inconsistent. Press F1 key to set Date/Time.
According to messages read on web, it seems battery Bios need to be changed (battery CR2032) Could somebody help to locate this battery ? Should I disassembly the laptop entirely to access to that battery ? At which step of Laptop Disassembly Guides Instruction(on http://www.irisvista.com)can we see this battery ?
Looking forward to getting help from you
Regards
Yolande
February 9th, 2009 at 9:18 am
i have trouble with my dvd drive
October 16th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Hello, Aremdvna–
One thing I couldn’t figure out while I was taking my A15 apart was how to remove the hinge from the top cover that holds the keyboard. I see that the hinges were in two parts, but I couldn’t figure out how they separate for removal. Is this a Houdini trick?
October 15th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I recently spilled diffuser oil all over my Toshiba A15-S127, which completely etched in permanent streaks and stains all over my laptop, and fried the keyboard (amazingly, that was the only damage). Reading this guide (and another guide on painting) gave me complete confidence to disassemble my unit and paint my unit hot-rod-red–the case looks fabulous! Only thing now though, is that I don’t quite remember where all the screws go (oops)! One suggestion I might have for others attempting this is to print out the guide, and tape all the removed screws to each instruction as you go. Unfortunately, I thought of this AFTER I dismantled my unit. So…anyone know where I can find ANOTHER guide that tells me where all the [unmarked] screws go???
September 20th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Hi Aremdvna, have you succeeded in fixing it with Epoxy Clay Steel? My left ringe is also broken and replacements I found on Internet are very expensive and there are none on my country (I live in Brazil).
Whould like to known if Epoxy is hard enough to glue this.
September 16th, 2008 at 6:32 am
I have a broken left hinge on my Toshiba Satellite A15-S129. In order to remove the hinge, follow the instructions up to step 17. Then remove the 8 stickes covering the screws on the lcd part of the laptop. 3 blue oval shaped one’s on each side, and 2 black circle one’s below the monitor. Remove the 2 screws where the circle stickers where.
Now the hard part, removing the black plastic around the display. Proceed with caution: it’s fragile. I started with the top middle. Using my finger to lift up under the lcd, genltly pull up on the plastic, while pressing the latch with the other hand to get it out of the way. Now carefully wiggle and lift up on the rest of the black part.
Remove the 6 screws on the side of the display (3 on each side.) Lift up lcd display. Remove tape holding lcd connection and disconnect cable from back of lcd display. Remove screw holding in board underneath display. Disconnect cable
Remove 2 screws holding in speaker. Remove speaker grill, by bending the 4 parts of it on the bottom side of the laptop straight. It than can be pushed out from the bottom or pulled out from the top.
Good luck.
I haven’t replaced mine yet. I’m trying to repair hinge with Epoxy Clay Steel.
aremdvna
A+ Certified Technician
September 9th, 2008 at 10:31 am
How do I replace a broken hinge on a Toshibe Satellite A15-S129? Where do I get replacement hinge? Disassembly does not specifically show how to access hinge assembly under speaket cover. Please help.
August 27th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Will a Satellite 1405-S171 lcd fit on a Satellite a15
(in other words can you put an intact Satellite 1405-S171 lcd directly onto an a15, are the hinges the same?)
August 24th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
just wanted to says thanks…………
August 12th, 2008 at 5:57 am
i have just bought my son a second hand A10 laptop, its a great looking laptop for little money, i have upgraded the memory, stuck in a 120g hadd as 30 is certainly not enough for my son. i have just purchased a dvd cdrw combo drive and i have scratched my head till i got no hair left on how to remove the dvd rom. this website here has just shown me how to do it, i knew of the screw underneath, and i was sure there was some more under the keyboard, but not 100%, but after looking at how to dimantle the A10, it just dropped into place. i would just like to thank the website for giving the infomation, as i am a competent desktop stripper/repairer, but this is my first laptop i have upgraded. MANY THANKS
July 16th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I have a Satellite A15-S127 and i cant seem to get the latch to work…it goes back but wont snap foward to lock the screen to the main body
June 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Mark,
Most likely there is a problem with the screen inverter. The inverter board is located inside the display panel right under the screen. I would try replacing the inverter board first. If replacing the inverter board doesn’t help, your problem could be related to the backlight lamp (CCFL tube).
You’ll find more information here: Troubleshooting laptop with backlight failure
June 30th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Suka,
Most likely you have broken hinges and they have to be replaced.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
i have a toshiba a15s127 the display is completely dark but i can see that the computer still works but its verry dim can any one help me out with this?
June 16th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
This applies to a bunch of Toshiba laptops, when reinstalling the MB in the case be sure the wireless card switch is properly lined up to prevent breakage…
May 13th, 2008 at 10:23 am
My A15-S129 has the same problem at Suka’s but not quite that bad. I also ended up with one other issue. When I plugged it into to an inverter (converts DC current to AC) the computer over loaded the inverter. Then I used a DC charger (cigarette lighter charger) the DC plug in end started smoking/over heating.
I have since replaced/updated laptops however I would like to fix my old A15 and be able to pass it on to someone else. PLEASE HELP
Thanks to all in advance
April 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
i have a toshiba A15-S127 and the screen is loose. when i open it the screen cant stand up it just falls back can it be tightened up if so how.
April 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I have two Toshiba Satellite Laptops. One of them had a Overheat Shutdown problem. After reading fixes for it on the Internet, I tried just by hunch, and used a good household VACUUM CLEANER. Just put the Vacuum Wand at the mouth of the exhaust for some 30 seconds and that’s it !!! The computer works great now and hasn’t shutoff yet.
December 23rd, 2007 at 6:31 am
I have a A15-S129 and seems all of these a10 or a15 have same over heat problem , but mine not the fan or dust . Its still too hot with a new fan installed we even replaced the processor and thermal grease and it still shuts off sometimes even just sitting in the bios screen but will always come back on again and repeat . you can feel the heat itself . do you know anything about this problem ? is it a possible power supply problem?
December 15th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
I have an A15-S127 (Celeron 2.0) with broken/loose left side hinge. Computer still works fine and is 95% used as a desktop. Given the cost, labor involved in replacing the hinge I’m tempted to leave it alone, but…
1) If I decide to go ahead with the replacement, to which point in the disassembly guide do I need to go to remove the broken hinge?
2) If I have to dismantle the machine that far, would it be worth replacing the CPU with a 2.0 Pentium IV CPU? Found a site with that CPU for less than an exact Celeron replacement.
October 11th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Help,
If the video cable on both units looks the same, it might work.
You don’t have to move the inverter board.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:31 am
Help.. can the entire display lcd assembly including plastic from a a15-s1292 be put on a A15-129? The plastic casing is identical..same size and everything but the screen of the A15-129 has a 15 inch diagonal as opposed to a 14.1 for the S1292. Will I need to move over the dislpay inverter as well?.. thanks for anyones help
October 6th, 2007 at 8:56 am
hi, currently my lcd screen is untight. i intend to remove the titanium speaker and tighten up the screw. but how to remove the speaker and tighten the lcd screen? Thanks
September 4th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Erica,
Take a look at this disassembly guide. It’s a different unit but the same idea. The inverter board is located right under the LCD screen. You’ll see the inverter when you remove the LCD screen mask.
September 4th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I was wondering if you had a photo of the inverter? I didn’t see that part being removed and I need to replace mine on an A15-S157
thank you.
August 26th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Faiz,
It is possible that you have a faulty DVD drive. You see “IDE Error #1″ because the BIOS cannot see the DVD drive.
Try reconnecting the drive, just remove it from the laptop and install it back in place. Overtime the connection between the drive and the motherboard can get oxidized and reconnecting the DVD drive might fix the problem.
If reconnecting the drive doesn’t help, then most likely you’ll have to replace it.