These instructions will guide you through step-by-step Toshiba Satellite A65 display panel disassembly. You can use this guide for removing screen bezel, inverter board and removing or replacing the LCD screen.
Instructions for removing and replacing the motherboard and other internal parts was published in a separate guide.
Most common problems with Satellite A60 and A65 laptops:
1. Heatsink gets clogged with dust and laptop overheats.
2. Power jack not making good conenction with the motherboard and laptop has intermittent (or permanent) power and battery charging issues.
3. Onboard memory fails. You start getting weird video issues or laptop will not start at all.
All these three common problems are covered in more details in this tutorial.
February 9th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Aloha. I just had a system32 error failure and had to restore after getting all my data of. I have the onboard memory and a stick of 1 GB Ram. It has been running for about 6 months and then crashed. Now it only shows 448 Ram even though msinfo32 shows 1.18 Ram. Does this mean a motherbpoard? does anyone have one and is it worth the time and effort?
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Well i was just wondering where does the two cables black and white connect on the motherboard of toshiba satellite a65?
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Jesus,
They connect to the wireless card. The white cable goes to the main connector. The black cable goes to the auxiliary connector. If you don’t have the wireless card, just tape both cables in the wireless slot area.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I have a A65 and the system board has died / fried.
I found the power plug solder needing to be resoldered
and the following IC’s toasted Q545 ( P39AD FDS 6675A )times 2 and a little 3 terminal IC marked DM .
my question is:
1. does anyone know what the DM IC mite be.
2. with the power plug solder loose and the above mentions IC’s cooked should I expect anything else on the board needing replacement.
I know this is getting a bit technical but where else can I turn.
Thanks