Comments on: How to disassemble a Toshiba Satellite A35 laptop

By: Junky

Junky — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:55:24 +0000

A35-S159 Satellite, keeps trying to boot from network. How do I stop that from happening? I’ve tried all the obvious; go into bios and setting it to boot from cd then hard drive and also into the boot manager and tried to force it to boot from the hard drive and also from the cd but it doesn’t even try to boot from the hard drive or cd drive, goes straight to the network boot, fails, tries again, repeat repeat repeat

driving me nuts….

By: Max

Max — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:08:48 +0000

Hi,
I have a toshiba A30-303 I just got it back from repairs.
I didnt know about the “lock” on the cpu and It didnt boot up because of that.
Thats fixed now it boots up ok
but now it wont charge. The charge light wont turn on on the laptop,
Im just wondering if its sumthing small i have to do, im pretty sure it was charging before i gave it in for repairs.
Any help plz…?

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.