Taking apart Toshiba Satellite P100 and P105 notebooks
These guide will show how to take apart Toshiba Satellite P100 and P105 notebooks. This model is very similar to many other Toshiba models and shares the same disassembly steps.
In order to remove the DVD drive on this model you’ll have to get under the keyboard and remove one screw securing the drive. For the DVD drive removal follow steps 5,6,7,13. The screw witch secures the DVD drive is shown on the step 12.
If you are replacing the keyboard, it’s not necessary to remove all screws and parts from the bottom of the laptop. Just pop up the keyboard bezel, remove six keyboard screws, disconnect the keyboard from the motherboard and replace it. For the keyboard replacement follow steps 5,6,7.
This disassembly guide would be the same for a Toshiba Satellite P100 notebook, except that P100 has a discrete video card pictured on the step 21.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
celbertin,
Not sure what’s going on but I have a guess.
It’s possible you have a heat related issue. Toshiba laptops have its own power management software and maybe your CPU processing speed is set to medium when the laptop runs on the battery power.
When you plug it the AC adapter, the CPU runs full speed and with all programs running at the same time it simply overheats and shuts down.
Possible solution: Take a look inside the heat sink and if it’s clogged with dust blow it off with compressed air. In short, clean the heat sink and it will fix your heat related issues.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
athur,
Apparently, there is a problem with the battery charging circuit on the motherboard. You’ll have to use the laptop as is or replace the motherboard.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Cindy,
It’s hard to tell. There is a possibility that you’ve damaged the backlight, but I don’t know for sure.
The only way to find out what is wrong is testing the laptop with another KNOWN good inverter board or backlight lamp. Without that you can only guess.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Ian,
The best way to find a replacement would be searching by the original part number.
1. Remove the DVD drive.
2. Find the part number. Usually it’s located on a sticker.
3. Google the part number.
If you purchased your laptop in the USA, you can give me the laptop model part number and I’ll look up the DVD drive part number for you. Most likely there is more than one drive available.
March 4th, 2009 at 3:19 am
my laptop has gone from being able to work on the mains without charging the battery, to not having any power at all, it wont run off the mains, i’ve taken it apart and there is no signs of burns or scarring on the motherboard, i’ve tried using different power supplies and nothing works, could it be the wires between the jack and the socket on the motherboard? please get back to me as soon as possible, its kinda urgent
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I have a P100 that, when working on battery power, works perfectly, but when plugged in, it crashes if I use programs that tax the system (video games, firefox open with 40 tabs, all of which have youtube videos on them.. things like that)
what could it be? It is just so weird that it works perfectly on battery power, but on AC power it does.
Does anyone know what I could do to solve this?
thanks!
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:08 am
i’ve had a similar problem, you might have a faulty connection between the motherboard and the DC jack, try taking it apart and disconnecting and reconnecting the jack.
i’ve got a different issue, i have disconnected and reconnected the DC jack after the jack’s frame broke and the whole unit came out, i’ve reconnected it but now the laptop isnt even running from the mains, its not registering the power being there, its gone from running on the mains and sometimes charging the battery to neither. any help?
February 1st, 2009 at 3:20 am
Thanks for the guide! My P100 will only run on mains, the orange charge light flashes all the time and I’ve tried replacing the battery but it just ran down and the same thing, it didn’t charge back up.
Any ideas?
December 9th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I have a Toshiba Satellite p105-s6157. I got an LCD inverter from ebay and it lite up the screen beautifully, but it didn’t fit properly. So, I ordered one from /invertercentral.com. To make a long story short, I’ve exchanged with RMA’s 3-4 times and still can’t get it to light up the screen. This has been since 10/16 and today is 12/9. I finally asked for a refund with no results. Does it sound feasible that the bulbs may have burned out in the meantime? Or should I order another LCD inverter elsewhere?
November 25th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Does anybody know what replacement dvd drives will work in the p100 as I need to replace mine. Havent got round to dismantling yet.
Cheers
Ian
November 15th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
just in case it doesnt fit, where can i find this mounting bracket you talking about?
Thanks for the reply
November 15th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Jimbon,
You can use a 9.5 mm hard drive instead of 12.5 mm drive but I’m not sure if you have to buy a different hard drive mounting brackets. It’s possible that you can use mounting brackets from the old 12.5 mm drive for your new 9.5 mm drive.
November 14th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
i have laptop with hard drive 2.5″ 12.5 mm, could i upgrade it to 2.5″ 9.5 mm, is it gonna fit?
November 12th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
If i try updating bios, how much possibility is of frying the motherboard.
November 10th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Arshdeep Singh,
Try updating BIOS to the latest version.
November 10th, 2008 at 8:06 am
GO TO TOSHIBA.COM AND GET THE SPECS FOR YOUR PC.YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH RAM YOUR MODEL WILL HANDLE.
November 9th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
I’ve got a Toshiba Satellite P100 PSPA3A-02V00P. I want to know how much max ram can it support. Could you help me with it. I tried installing 4GB but bios showed only 3GB. Does it mean, it supports only 3GB.
October 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Thank you for this tutorial. It’s been very helpful!
September 14th, 2008 at 11:01 am
How do I “unlock” the plugs on the P105? I read the directions and viewed the image, but the connectors are different. Please help.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Go,
Take a look at the guide for a Satellite P205 laptop. Should be similar to P105.
July 24th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Is there any guide to replace the screen? I have the screen with broken pixel (line) and I just bought the replacement. I just wanted to see if there was any guide for it.
July 20th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Thanks you for the guide!!!!!!!!
July 9th, 2008 at 10:05 am
HELLO, THANKS FOR THE GUIDE, THE KEYBOARD ON MY LAPTOP ALLWAYS FELT A BIT LOOSE, I TOOK IT OFF WITH THE HELP OF THE GUIDE AND PUT IT BACK ON, AND NOW IT FEELS BETTER, THANK YOU.
June 29th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Kudos. This guide helped quite a bit! : )
June 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am
replaced a touch pad using your manual to help me get the laptop apart. thankyou thankyou thankyou.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Thx for the guide.
Could you tell, how to clean the dust in the heatsink?
Which screw i have to open to clean the heatsink, i dont want to disassembly all of it, just the heatsink part?
thx…
February 20th, 2008 at 9:17 am
thanks for guide.
my toshiba p100 doesnt go even to POST AND i have a question:
RTC battery in my case sticks to mainboard in the same place like shown on a pick 16.
did it stick in you case or it were just situated there?
December 31st, 2007 at 4:34 pm
thank you!!!!!!!!!
This guide was a life saver!
I had dropped my toshiba satelite laptop which caused a few things inside of it to become unconnected. I needed to dissasemble it to fix it but was unsure how to go about doing it.
This gude was perfect!!!!It went step by step and I now have a working laptop once again.
Thanks a million!
I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU!!!!
Bill
bill
November 5th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
not sure what the package is but I would like to know
if it works for you. I’m looking to see if a main board from a newer model (in the same line IE satellite P105) might fit in the chassis of an older model
P.s got give props for the site
complet teardowns of many system is great
wish i found this site yesterday might have save a few
minuts in my teardown that snap in bezel took me afew
October 29th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I have a question. I have a Satellite P100 Core Duo 1.6 GHz and I would like to know which type of CPU there is under the hood. I find FCPGA6 and Socket 479 types of CPU for Core 2 Duo.
I’m looking to change my CPU for a more powerful one. I think that the BIOS can take Core 2 Duo, even if I have a core duo inside. I did the latest BIOS upgrade.
Thanks for your help.