Comments on: Taking apart Toshiba Satellite M105 notebook

By: Satyen

Satyen — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:42:30 +0000

where is the second memeory slot located for toshiba satellite M105-S322?

By: Victor M

Victor M — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:18:31 +0000

On Toshiba M105 power issues. I have similar problems, unit will shut off after about 1 second or two and battery does not appear to charge, this was with unit plugged into the AC power supply. Wiggling the DC cable caused the charge light to come on. Thought it was the external power supply so cracked open the case and found +vdc wire twisted/broken by the strain relief. With the ends temporarily spliced, tried again, same problem. Laptop will shut off and will not turn on until remove and reconnect DC Charge cable. Connected an external LiOn battery that is used to keep Laptop on when internal battery is dead (Like the Xtend Universal External Laptop Battery that connects between external DC Power Supply and the laptop), same problem. HOWEVER, if I take out the internal battery, it starts up and works. The laptop battery is a little over 5 years old.

By: jerk

jerk — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:09:41 +0000

my m105 wont turn on. battery is out, ac/power is plugged in. ac power light is blue. hit power button will light the power led, then it goes out in 10 seconds. no bleeps, no fans spin, no dvd drive opens. i wish there was a fix but i’m guessing motherboard is toast.

at least i found the 2nd ram slot. thanks for the guide.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:07:31 +0000

Thank you very much for this excellent guide. I have a problem where the display flickers on and off unless the lid is in a certain position. This guide will help me fix it without fear of breaking anything as I try to pry apart the wrong parts in the wrong order. Before I start I have to print everything of course. I found that to make use of your guide I had to put together three guides (One for the M105 I have, another from a different model where you take apart the lid, plus your “few things to know” guide). Then I had to expand about 10% of the pictures to make use of your red highlights. Most of the pictures don’t need expanding. So I put it all together into a single document with the pictures I need, the lid included, and all your instructions. That would be the ideal format for all these guides. I’d be happy to share the one I made.

Thanks again for doing this and making it available. Great explanations, warnings, gotchas, and pictures.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:37:22 +0000

rich,

can you publish,how to replace rtc cmos battery,soldered to motherboard in toshiba satellite m105-s3041

The CMOS battery soldered to the motherboard. You can see it on picture in step 22. It's between the PC slot and Intel chip. In order to replace the battery, you'll have to remove the top cover, desolder the old battery and solder a new one.

By: rich

rich — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:23:59 +0000

Hi,please,can you publish,how to replace rtc cmos battery,soldered to motherboard in toshiba satellite m105-s3041

By: Denis

Denis — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:59:34 +0000

Hi,please,can you publish,how to replace rtc cmos battery,soldered to motherboard in toshiba satellite m105-s3004?Thanks!

By: randy

randy — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 08:37:19 +0000

ok so my screen is blank when its in regular position i have to put my screen all the way back to see, it also shows red is there a way i can fix it ?

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:18:12 +0000

Jonah,

my fan isnt working at all, i now have to use external fan which i dont think it is working at all, coz in about an hour the laptop will turn off by itself.. is it possible dusts are covering the fan or the heatsink? n do i have to take everything apart just to clean them??

First, try blowing it off with compressed air.
Find an air compressor your use your vacuum blower and blow air into the air intake on the bottom.
It’s possible the fan is blocked by dust.
If it doesn’t help and the fan will not spin, most likely the fan is bad and has to be replaced. In this case you’ll have to disassemble the laptop.

By: Jonah

Jonah — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:08:39 +0000

hi, my fan isnt working at all, i now have to use external fan which i dont think it is working at all, coz in about an hour the laptop will turn off by itself.. is it possible dusts are covering the fan or the heatsink? n do i have to take everything apart just to clean them??