Comments on: How to disassemble a Toshiba Satellite A35 laptop

By: sjk

sjk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:51 +0000

Thanks for the feedback. I pulled the old keyboard out, searched for the part# on eBay, and got a few choices in the ~$15 range I’d feel comfortable purchasing.

Next, looking for inexpensive memory upgrade and wireless options …

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:48:38 +0000

sjk,

I’ve been searching for the replacement and am confused about differences between the bazillion choices and the relatively wide (~$5-45) price range. I don’t want to buy a more expensive one for this older computer if a cheaper one will work fine.

The $15 keyboard should work just fine.

By: sjk

sjk — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:44:33 +0000

Hi. Reached this site looking for instructions how to remove/replace a keyboard on a Satellite A35-S1593. If the helpful photo’s accurate it looks like it’s easily done by removing the bezel and some screws.

I’ve been searching for the replacement and am confused about differences between the bazillion choices and the relatively wide (~$5-45) price range. I don’t want to buy a more expensive one for this older computer if a cheaper one will work fine. I’m wondering if ones around $15 on eBay are acceptable. Any recommendations how to narrow my search to preferable choices would be appreciated.

Thanks for the useful info on this site!

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:24:26 +0000

hi, i have a toshiba satellite A35-S209, now my problem is: i get power but my computer won’t start, lights come on, the plugged light comes on as well as the charging battery, i can’t seem to figure out what is wrong with this laptop, would anybody help me please, any advice would be appreciate it.

By: fjorge

fjorge — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:21:20 +0000

please, i would like to know if is there any sort of reset button on a satellite A30-303, because of this error messages, wich doesnt allow me to go to bios to set date and time, new bios password and stuff.

i cant just get rid of these error messages:
system bios shadowed, video bios shadowed, mouse initialized error,
keyboard error, and or system time error.
URGENT

By: fjorge

fjorge — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:01:50 +0000

i cant just get rid of these error messages:
system bios shadowed, video bios shadowed, mouse initialized error,
keyboard error, and or system time error.

By: fjorge

fjorge — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:23:53 +0000

what to do when the boot message comes such as: system bios shadowed, video bios shadowed, mouse initialized error,
keyboard error, and or system time error ??

knowing when booting it says press F2 for setup, or F12 for boot choice, but when pressing doesnt do anythin till the error messages come.

URGENT

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:52:35 +0000

Timothy P. Shields,

Recently, I went to go take a look at it and accidentally dropped one of the heatsink screws onto the motherboard. Must have landed perfectly in a place it should not have been and it lit up in a small flame. When I went to blow the flame out, it would not go out. Naturally I started to panic and found myself lightly spitting at the flame to put it out. It eventually went out, but now I am almost positive I need to install a new motherboard.

That’s for sure.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:50:57 +0000

David Berman,

Should a cpu labeled SL789 replace ANY other CPU with that number. There are other numbers on it that don’t match. I damaged the pins on the original while cleaning out the heat sink. Unfortunately, with the new one it still wont boot up. I have checked the “lock”. Any ideas? Could I have fried the motherboard?

Are you sure the new CPU is in a good working order?
If you give me the laptop model part number I can look up the CPU part number so you can gogole it and find the right replacement

I damaged the pins on the original while cleaning out the heat sink.

Warning!!!
If you removed the heat sink and the CPU came out attached to it, never install it back into the socket like that. You will damage the pins.
1. Separate the CPU from the heat sink.
2. Unlock the socket, insert the CPU, lock the socket.
3. Install the heat sink.

Do not install the CPU when it still attached to the heat sink.

By: Timothy P. Shields

Timothy P. Shields — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:16:42 +0000

Somehow I have found this site again after a year later, from my above post. Eventually had problems again with the AC/DC power jack. Recently, I went to go take a look at it and accidentally dropped one of the heatsink screws onto the motherboard. Must have landed perfectly in a place it should not have been and it lit up in a small flame. When I went to blow the flame out, it would not go out. Naturally I started to panic and found myself lightly spitting at the flame to put it out. It eventually went out, but now I am almost positive I need to install a new motherboard. I can probably find one on Ebay for about $125, but just recently spend $70 for a new battery, $60 for a gig of memory and $20 for a new power cord. All good stuff, but it looks like now I have to replace what I was advised to replace all along. And with that, so long.