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.
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!
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.
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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…