Here are instructions for getting inside the display assembly on a Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop. You can use this instructions for removing and replacing the LCD screen, video cable or screen inverter.
If you are only replacing the inverter board, you don’t have to remove the screen. The inverter board is located right under the screen and is secured to the screen cover by one screw. Just remove the screen mask as it shown on the step 6 and then remove the inverter.
If you are replacing the video cable, you’ll have to remove the LCD screen and also remove the keyboard strip. The video cable connector on the motherboard is located right under the keyboard strip.
Related article: Why LCD screen on my Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop turns gray?
August 15th, 2007 at 5:58 am
This guide is extremely good. I was looking for something exactly like this.
But it would be good if you could add steps or atleast precautions that should be taken when assembling it back.
A question for u: I have a toshiba a105-s2081. The LCD screen doesnot turn on at all sometimes. But when i open the LCD cover it works !!. Close it and its gone ( but not forever , works intermittenly )
It doesnt go off when i am workn on it but if i shut it down and restart it it goes off , without me even moving it.
It does have video output for external monitor and i tried the Fn + F5 but couldnt get LCD to work.
Any ideas ? Do you think its the LCD switch ? Can you also pls point out where the switch is or how it turns on ?
Thanks a lot again and good work !!
August 15th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
I am not familiar with your particular laptop but have you checked the connection from your laptop to the screen? Sounds like it it loose possibly?
August 19th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Hi ,
I initially thought it would be a loose connection. But what sounds strange is it jst stops workn even without moving the screen.
For example: If I have it working now and restart it ( windows restart ) without moving the screen or laptop at all , the display doesnt work after the restart !!
It doesnt go off once its workng . Just have to make sure that it comes on the when i start the laptop.
Do you know how the LCD switch works in a105 series ?
Thanks again
August 26th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Tom Titus,
This model has a magnetic switch. The magnet is located under the LCD mask, I believe in the top right corner. When you close the display, the magnet activates the switch located under the palmrest.
September 5th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
cj2600 : thanx for ur reply.
I had seen that magnet located at the top right corner but always wondered what thats for.
I check the palmrest but cudnt find the magnetic switch.
Can u pls help me out with this ?
Is the switch located on the motherboard or the body for palmrest ?
Thanx in advance
November 14th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Hi,
This post is a few months old but I wanted to make a comment about the LCD switch on the Toshiba A105 laptops. I own one and have been bothered by the lcd turning off the back light. It did not seem to matter the position of the screen itself. It seemed to be very random as to when it would go off and then come back on. One day I noticed that when I held it in a certain part of my lap it would go off. If I moved it just a few inches it would come back on. I remembered that when I had replaced the screen that there was a manget in the top right corner. I then realized that in my pocket was my money clip. It held the money closed with … guess what a strong MAGNET. UGGG .. I took it out of my pocket placed it on the laptop lower right palmrest and off the went the screen. I almost replaced the inverter thinking that was the problem. So anyone with a problem with the screen going dark and then back on may want to just check to see if there is a magnet near that part of the palmrest.
Take care all. Tim
December 13th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Great instrutions, just what I was looking for.
February 14th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Thanks for the great guide! Anyway, I was just wondering if it’s easy to remove the laptop cover? Mine is pretty scrached up & I want to replace it but have never done it before.
Thanks in advance for your help.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
i have a toshiba satellite A105 with windows vista and i’m trying to find the part numbers and\or identacode numbers for the lcd screen. the toshiba service center in brecksville told me i would have to take it to brecksville and it would cost me $125 per\hr+tax.can anyone help me. thanks
March 24th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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May 19th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
It seems the power adapter on the motherboard on my A105 is loose. You have to wiggle the plug just right to get it to charge. I thought that the power jack on the motherboard was attached via a cable, so it can easily be replaced. Why would it matter if it is loose then?
May 25th, 2008 at 11:56 am
Zeb: I have exactly the same problem and the repair shop wants about $300 just to “resolder” the laptop connector…if that is really the problem.
Please e-mail me if you get a response to your question.
Thanks
June 4th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Hey Bill,
I went to laptopjacks.com and ordered the replacement jack. It does not need to be resoldered. It is just a cable that wraps around under the motherboard and plugs in. I don’t know how it could get “loose” but it did. So, you take out the motherboard (much easier than it sounds) and replace the part. $45 shipped!
Now for the bad news……..I put it all back together and can’t get the screen to come on now…hmmmm, what to do.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Hi Zeb:
Thanks for replying to my problem. The problem that I have been having is that I can NOT “charge my battery” to find out if my computer is working. The “input” is loose, not the connection to the mother board. So, if I can connect at the “loose input” and the other end is plugged into the motherboard, why doesn’t my battery charge. IT APPEARS THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER INSTALLING THE NEW CABLE!
Question: (a) does anyone know of a place where I can take my laptop battery and have it recharged, reinstalled in my computer, and see whether my computer functions; and, (2) does anyone know if there is an “adapter” that can charge my laptop battery “outside” of the laptop?
Thanks, Zeb. and let’s hope you and I can “fix” our laptops at some reasonable charge.
Bill
June 11th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Hey Bill,
The problem you seem to be having is that the actual plug on the back of the laptop is bad, right? And it won’t charge the laptop? I suggest you order the replacement part from www.laptopjacks.com You can tell them your exact model and they will send you a replacement for about $45.
An update though….I took it apart again, put it back together and it worked just fine. You really don’t need to pay $300 to do it. I had never taken a laptop apart before until now, and it was pretty easy.
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-A105/remove-motherboard-1.htm
To answer your question though, I don’t know where you could take your battery to charge, other than finding a new model it will work with and taking just the battery to Best Buy or something and plugging it in. Also, I don’t know of an adapter that it can plug into outside of the laptop. I don’t think something like that exists.
July 14th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
would like to know how to replace not just the screen but the front cover as well, as its all scratched and really needs replacing any instructions on this matter? in other words i have a cracked sreen and the front cover is all scratched up would like to replace as a unit. any instructions for this small problem?
July 14th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I would just look for the whole display assembly on ebay. I found one for my sister’s dell, and it was way easier that just replacing the lcd, plus, like you, her cover was really scratched.
That way you just unplug the old one and plug the new one in.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:44 am
hi,
i want to change the LCD screen of the same laptop but the screw attached to the LCD screen wouldnt come out…what shoul i do or which size of screwdriver should i use??
October 25th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I have a toshiba satellite m105. the port on the motherboard where the cable from the lcd connects to the motherboard was scorched when something shorted out. i do not have money to replace the computer or the montherboard. is there a way to fix or replace the port?
November 5th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
How can I tell if I need a new display or if its a inverter or lcd cable. Apparently my customer dropped it.. the screen is not cracked but one does not get a good picture.. it flickers when it comes on then you can not make out the screen. I can hook it to an external monitor and fn +f5 I think it was.. switched to the external and the machine works fine.
Presuming then the lcd cable and inverter are ok? Or bad presumption.. since the external is working without those parts…
Please advise
Thanks in advance,
Jim