Removing internal parts from a Toshiba Satellite A135 laptop
This step-by-step disassembly guide explains how to remove and replace major parts from a Toshiba Satellite A135 laptop.
Very often I get the same question about connecting the wireless card antenna cables to the wireless card. Witch cable connects to witch connector on the card? There are two antenna cables connected to the card. The white cable goes the main connector and the black one to the auxiliary connector. But it should really matter because both antennas are identical.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Sunny,
It sounds like the BIOS got corrupted.
Doubt it. I think it’s either to find a new motherboard and replace one with the fried BIOS.
By the way, try unplugging the AC adapter and removing the battery. Wait for a few minutes and plug it back in. Might help.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Hi
I am having problems with my Toshiba A135 S2276 laptop. The boot on password got enabled due to BIOS problem, and I had to drain the CMOS battery as described in one of the articles online by shorting a U shaped pit to the ground. After this, the laptop came up fine, and I tried to update the latest BIOS as suggested by Toshiba. The computer froze after the BIOS update and restart. Now, the computer does not even display anything whne powered on. I can hear the fan, some sound of HD, and I can open the DVD drive some times. No display and no BIOS screen.
Any idea on what could be wrong here, it looks like BIOS upgrade fried the computer.
Can I buy a generic BIOS chip for this laptop and replace it and will it work?
Has the graphics card gone bad?
What are the troubleshooting tips?
Thanks,
Sunny
July 28th, 2009 at 8:20 am
For removing Fan and heat sink, whether we need to dis assembly all the parts on the laptop or we have directly open key board, dis assemble all the cables then remove fan and heat sink? suggest
July 16th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I NEED TO KNOW WHERE I CAN GET RIBBON CABLES FOR THIS SAME COMPUTER?????
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Is it possible to upgrade the video card on a Toshiba Satellite a135-s2276? I have a ATI Radeon XPress 200M and was hoping to get an ATI Radeon 9500 or something along those lines. i know i will have to solder it.
June 14th, 2009 at 12:06 am
Nevermind, I see you must solder this model. Oh well…
June 11th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
I dropped a Toshiba A135 on a carpeted floor and getting a message “Media error” check cable. Computer comes on, sounds find, hear fan. I tried to use my software (to restore to factory) to bring the computer back up and running but getting message that there is no hard drive and no drivers. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!
June 6th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
In other words how do you unplug the DC-IN jack.
June 1st, 2009 at 2:26 pm
I need to replace the dc power jack but can’t figure out where the disconnection point is on the jack. I know all you need to do is somehow unplug it but I’m not sure how to disconnect the wires from the jack. I’m pretty sure the wires stay connected to the motherboard as I will need those to connect the new jack. Any help would be nice.
May 31st, 2009 at 9:52 am
Hi Aza,
I have found battery information from Sanyo for the ML1220 battery. It is a 3V cell battery with 15mAhr. Attached is their pdf document with specs.
http://battery.sanyo.com/product/lithium/pdf/02/ML1220.pdf
–svinehunt
May 8th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Aza,
Check out ML1220 specifications.
May 8th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Hi. Please does anyone know the specifications of the CMOS battery ML1220 of this Toshiba Satellite A135? I know that is is 3V, but I have no idea about mAh, if 15 or 36 or what? Thanks.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:08 am
james M,
Did you read through the entire disassembly guide? There is more than one page.
Did you remove screws hidden under the keyboard?
April 16th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
“”I followed all the steps but there’s something holding the center of the case to the bottom around the m k , keys but there’s no screws there and also something right at the middle of where the battery goes but theres nothing there. thanks”"
Im having the exact problem! Anyone help please?
April 14th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Stephen Forbush,
I’m not sure why you are experiencing that problem. I checked the button and it works for me.
I agree. I don’t like how PayPal works for donations, but unfortunately that’s the only option I have.
April 14th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Gil,
Take a closer look on the motherboard. Do you see “white mineralization” on the motherboard? It’s possible you’ve damaged the motherboard.
April 14th, 2009 at 9:45 am
mila,
Some newer Satellite laptops are know for that problem. If the laptop is asking for the BIOS password you have never set, check out this post.
My Toshiba laptop displays Password= prompt on startup
It’s possible that Toshiba will clear the BIOS password at no charge even though the laptop is not under warranty anymore.
April 14th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Jim,
The screen replacement steps will be very similar to Satellite A105 laptop. Check out this guide.
March 1st, 2009 at 7:38 pm
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February 2nd, 2009 at 4:33 am
forgot to mention i did try component cleaning spray, but it didn’t help
January 31st, 2009 at 8:18 am
After a spill necessitated replacing the keyboard on my Satellite A135, about 1/2 of the keys, mainly on the left side of the keyboard, don’t work. I can’t seem to press the plastic ribbon cable of the new one into the connector far enough for it to engage all the pins. I tried reattaching the old keyboard, but can’t press that cable in far enough either. There seems to be white mineralization on some pins in the connector. It’s a very thin space, and barely accessible. How can I safely clean it off so the cable fits properly and makes contact with all the pins?
January 25th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
i have a metal part out of my toshiba satellite a45-s150 that says north on it….and has a spot of thermal grease….not sure where to put it…..thanks
January 17th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
I am looking for instructions to replace the screen of a Toshiba Sattelite A-135.
January 15th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Hi,
I have a problem bios password.How to recover that password…
January 4th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Hi,
I followed all the steps but there’s something holding the center of the case to the bottom around the m k , keys but there’s no screws there and also something right at the middle of where the battery goes but theres nothing there. thanks
September 2nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I just left the monitor attach to the top portion of the base on the laptop and took it off as one piece. I didn’t have too mess with the hinges.
Just be careful not to move the monitor up and down when you take it off, since the top plastic is not strong enought to do so once it is unscrewed from the base of the laptop.
The Dawg….
June 27th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Please label the components in the photographs. I’m trying to replace a hard drive and I don’t know which component it is.
April 9th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Actually I was able to use this guide:
It is almost the same:
Only two screws, in the center there is a metal lever, looks like a P which has been turned left and then rotated 45 degrees counter clockwise. Push this lever north and the center of the keyboard will pop up.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Can I be directed to a guide on how to change the keyboard on this model?
March 10th, 2008 at 7:20 am
I am trying to figure out how to change the cmos battery?
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