Toshiba Satellite Pro M10 and M15 instructions
You can use this guide for taking apart Toshiba Satellite Pro M10 and M15 notebooks. Both models are very similar.
Let me tell you right away, this notebooks tend to overheat because the heatsink easily gets clogged with dust and lint. Take a look at the step 4, you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Does you laptop shuts down without any warning in the middle of doing something? The fan runs full speed all the time? If yes, then check the heatsing. Most likely it’s clogged and your laptop overheats. You can easily fix this problem by removing and cleaning the heatsink.
Unfortunately, the cooling fan is these models is buried deep inside the case. If the fan went bad, you’ll have to take the whole thing apart. The fan is shown on the step 22.
Fell free to submit any comments and questions related to these models. If I know the answer, I’ll try to help you.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I have the same problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405. I think there is a Bios or Boot password that says Password=! Can anyone help? I really need this laptop right now going to school and all…..Thnx
July 21st, 2009 at 10:04 am
Martin,
Unfortunately not. You’ll have to go through all steps and remove the top cover assembly.
July 20th, 2009 at 2:07 am
Thank you for your excellent disassemble guide for the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10. I need to replace the cooling fan. Is there a possibility to do so after step 3 or do I have to disassemble everything to get to it from the ‘keyboard side’ (step 22)?
Thanks in advance.
Martin
May 11th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
roy,
You’ll have to take the laptop to the authorized center. A certified technician has to call Toshiba and get the special code to unlock the laptop. That’s the only way with Satellite M10/M15 laptops. There is no jumpers on the motherboard.
Or you can replace the motherboard.
May 3rd, 2009 at 12:38 am
roy,
You cannot recover the hard drive password. If the hard drive password is lost you’ll have to replace the drive with a new one and reinstall software from the recovery disc.
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 pm
i have a toshiba satellite m15 -s3144 and its asking me for a hdd password what should I do?