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15 Responses to “Disassembly guides for Toshiba Satellite M65 series laptops”

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   Gareth Says:
   May 3rd, 2008 at 3:51 am

   I have a Toshiba M60-183. It struggles to bootup after it has been off overnight. It can take up to 20 presses of the on/off switch before it boots up. After pressing the on/off switch it tries to boot i.e. the HD will spin, the USB mouse lights up for about 10secs then everything switches off and the on/off switch has to be pressed again. This will happen, sometimes up to 20 tries then it will boot and work normally until the next bootup.

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   Al Says:
   May 16th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

   How do I get to the cmos battery and how far down do I have to take it appart …By the way your tutorial is excellent…

   Thanks

   AL

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   khgad Says:
   May 24th, 2008 at 3:38 pm

   I Have a Toshiba Laptop
   Model: M65-S9093
   OS: XP Media Edition
   There Is A Center Line (White Thin Line) in Vertical Direction I Do Not Know How to Remove It or Fix It
   So Please Can You Help Me to How to Fix This Problem.
   Thanks for Your Help
   And Best Regards

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   cj2600 Says:
   June 19th, 2008 at 10:16 pm

   khgad,

   There Is A Center Line (White Thin Line) in Vertical Direction I Do Not Know How to Remove It or Fix It
   So Please Can You Help Me to How to Fix This Problem.

   Is this 1-pixel line the only problem on the screen? If yes, there is a problem with the LCD screen itself. Unfortunately, you cannot fix this problem. You’ll have to use the laptop as is or replace the screen.

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   cj2600 Says:
   June 19th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

   Al,

   How do I get to the cmos battery and how far down do I have to take it appart …

   You’ll have to remove the top cover. You can see the CMOS battery on the step 18 in the second guide. It’s located on the lower part of the motherboard, on the left side from the square Intel chip.
   Just in case. Removing the CMOS battery will not clear the BIOS password, don’t even try.

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   Josh G Says:
   June 28th, 2008 at 8:19 am

   I took apart my Satellite M65-S9093 to fix the PCMCIA slot and during disassembly, 2 black washers fell out after removing numerous 4mm and 6mm screws. Any idea where these go? For motherboard isolation?

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   Bob Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 am

   Any Idea why my wireless card, memory module and modem card cover sticks. It seems like I am going to break it if I pull on it harder.

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   Al Says:
   July 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm

   First make sure all screws are out and if they are try runing a sharp knife or somthing along the edge’s

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   Mark Says:
   October 16th, 2008 at 7:22 am

   I have a toshiba M60 and when i turn off the computer and turn it on the screen does not come on but the computer boots up ok? it takes like 10 tries before the screen works. is this a screen problem? What does then inverter do?

   Any help would be appreciated

   Thanks

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    Marcelo Says:
    March 7th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    Hi I use the soft that come with the lap asist toshiba and use supervisor pass tab, enter a pass and now dont work I am shure that is the correct pass , but dont work … is a bug of this soft? now I cant enter to the bios, at the moment I dont need to change nothing but I want to take out this protection, is any form to take back?
    Thanks a lot

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    Ken Says:
    March 13th, 2009 at 5:58 am

    I have a M60 laptop….i would like to know how to exchange or disassemble the video card…

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    cj2600 Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 9:12 am

    Marcelo,

    now I cant enter to the bios, at the moment I dont need to change nothing but I want to take out this protection, is any form to take back?

    Unfortunately, I cannot help with that. Make sure the CapsLock key is not turned on.

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    cj2600 Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 9:15 am

    Ken,

    I have a M60 laptop….i would like to know how to exchange or disassemble the video card…

    I believe that Satellite M60 laptop is very similar to Satellite M65.
    I published a guide for removing the motherboard from a Satellite M65 laptop on http://www.irisvista.com/tech/
    Check out the guide.
    By the way, on most Toshiba laptops the video card is integrated into the system board and cannot be removed or replaced separately. Before you start taking the whole thing apart, make sure you have a discrete video card.

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    cj2600 Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Mark,

    I have a toshiba M60 and when i turn off the computer and turn it on the screen does not come on but the computer boots up ok?

    Can you see any image on the screen at all? Look very closely, the image could be very dim.
    If you can see the image, but the screen is very dark, it means the backlight is not working properly.
    That could be related to the inverter board or backlight lamp.

    it takes like 10 tries before the screen works. is this a screen problem?

    I don’t know yet. First, you have to find if there is an image on the screen with it’s dark.

    What does then inverter do?

    The inverter board is a power supply for the backlight lamp. When inverter fails, the backlight doesn’t turn on. Anything else will work fine, except the backlight. You still should be able to use the laptop with an external monitor attached to the VGA port.

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    Bert Says:
    June 22nd, 2009 at 10:18 am

    Hi, my Toshiba M60 has some major display problems: multiple vertical coloured lines and strange artifacts and other weirdness. I was told that I would need to change the screen but I’d like to swap out the video card first to check. Reading your comment above about the video card being integrated onto thee system board on a lot of Toshibas, how can I tell if mine is integrated or not? (Sorry I’m not very PC literate)

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