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 22nd, 2010 at 3:14 am
Is there know where to Download a driver for my motherboard?For free because my driver is lost i don’t know where is it,please help me..T_T!Ooops!my loptop is Satellite A135-S2386 of toshiba.
July 17th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Jim,
Simply follow steps 7-10 on this disassembly page: http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/toshiba-satellite-a135/remove-mainboard-2.htm
July 17th, 2010 at 9:27 am
Michael,
If you have to adjust the power cable, most likely it’s either damaged power cable on the AC adapter OR bad/damaged DC jack inside the laptop.
1. Test your AC adapter with a voltmeter. While testing, try moving the cable. If power cuts off when you move the cable, most likely there is a damage inside the cable. Replace the adapter.
2. If the adapter is fine. Take a closer look at the DC jack. Try replacing the jack.
July 17th, 2010 at 9:23 am
max,
I think so.
July 12th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Ca can I use an electrical contact cleaner on the memory chips.
July 11th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
I am trying to figure out why my battery did not get charged and why the power cable needs to be in a certain posiiton to work. This is my work search laptop and I can not donate anything right now. Using your instructions I was able to open the laptop and will be looking for loose connections.
Wanted to take the time and tell you how much I appriciate your website and will donate as soon as I find a new job.
Best regards
Michael
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:34 am
How do you replace keyboard on Toshiba laptop A135-S4527?
June 21st, 2010 at 8:03 am
jennifer24,
Top cover assembly part number: K000044490
June 21st, 2010 at 7:21 am
syams,
Most likely it’s either memory failure or bad motherboard. Try reconnecting both memory modules. Remove modules one by one and test them in both slots.
If the laptop still fails to boot with different memory modules, most likely this is motherboard failure.
June 20th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I have Toshiba Satellite A135-S4527, when press on the power button the LED light of HDD blink only once time and the fan still running but no but the video output on the LCD screen or external monitor, kindly please advise me what kind of problem in my laptop
thank-syams
June 16th, 2010 at 12:00 am
could someone tell me the correct factory Toshiba part number for the palm rest/mousepad assembly that is correct for model A135-S2326 – also the part number for the fan assembly for this same model if you have that – thanks so much! – jen
February 25th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Terri Young,
USB 2.0 data transfer rate is 480Mbps.
I believe that PCMCIA 32bit data transfer rate is about 133Mbps.
As you see the USB 2.0 is faster.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
you’re a life-saver!! Thanx again!
Maybe you’ll know the answer to this too. I have a SATA/USB 1TB external HD. If I buy a SATA PC buscard, will my R/W be any faster than USB?
TIA
Duh Blonde
February 25th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Terri Young,
IDE and PATA is the same. SATA is different.
http://www.laptopparts101.com/hard-drive/
This laptop comes with a Serial-ATA (SATA) hard drive. The original size is 120GB, but you should be able to replace it with any larger SATA hard drive: 160GB, 250GB, 320GB.
Again, your laptop (PSAD0U-05400P) comes with a SATA not IDE (PATA) hard drive.
February 25th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Thanx so much for these guides!
But now I’m really confused! With these instructions in hand, I’m ready to replace my hard drive….shopping for one sux! Some places say the replacement drive is SATA, Toshiba says, PATA. When I look up PATA it’s IDE, WTF??? I don’t want to have to open this thing up to check the connector cause the drive is failing. Does anyone know for sure if this model is SATA? It’s a Satellite A135-S4527 pn PSAD0U-05400P
TIA
Dumb blonde here. lol
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Buy a new one!
January 21st, 2010 at 11:42 pm
My Toshiba satellite a135’s processor is not getting heated.Will any one help me.
Thanks in advance
January 12th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Need to replace magnetic switch in Toshiba satellite A135-S4487 I think it is located in the hinges. How can I remove the hinges to get to the magnetic switch?.
January 9th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Just wanted to say thank you to the author(s) for putting this information together. I was able to fix my laptop by replacing the keyboard, DVD drive and upgrade the memory. I spent about 160.00 in parts and now have a laptop that will run for another 3 – 5 years.
Thanks again and I do appreciate the information.
January 3rd, 2010 at 4:40 pm
CJ,
I have a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4447 and my situation is very much like the one described by Sunny in post #29.
In my case, I bought a Western Digital “MyPassport Essential” 500GB external hard drive with the intention of backing up my laptop before upgrading from Vista to Windows 7.
Upon connecting the USB-powered drive, it asked me to update to the latest verions of firmware and WD SmartWare software (1.1.1.6 to 1.2.0.7). Both patches were successfully applied and I was able to reboot and then use the WD SmartWare software to back up all docs for two separate profiles. At this point, I tried to unmount the external drive before disconnecting, but it refused 5-6 different times, saying some apps were still using the files on the drive.
I then used the Windows shut down command, and everything powered down normally. I disconnected the USB cable from the drive to the laptop and went about my business. A couple of hours later, I tried to start up the Toshiba laptop (without the WD drive connected), but it was dead.
The blue power button light comes on, as do the A/C, power and battery LEDs on the front of the laptop. The optical drive blinks and has power to eject and even spin up inserted discs. However, the laptop does not POST, and neither the fan nor hard drive spin up. No video displays on the screen.
I’ve tried removing the battery to start on A/C power only, and also disconnecting the A/C and trying to start on battery power only. I’ve tried inserting the Toshiba recovery CD and pressing “C” but of course, there’s no BIOS screen to wait for. Nothing works.
Is the motherboard toast? A Google search turns up replacement motherboards costing at least $150-200, if that’s what the problem is. Meanwhile, I was at Costco today and saw a Dell Inspiron for $399, including MS Office Student Edition!
Thanks in advance for your ideas or suggestions.
Regards,
Phil
January 1st, 2010 at 6:03 pm
I have a Toshiba satellite A137-S2346 and I was told that the motherboard had burned out and now I have to buy one and every one that I have seen so far have been over 100 bucks and I feel that if im going to spend that much I should just add some more money to it and get a new laptop please tell me what I should do because I got the laptop from rent-a-center and now that I own it they want me to pay them a monthly fee to insure it and im not giving them anymore of my money times are to hard!