How to disassemble a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop
Following these instructions you can disassemble a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop.
Some main components can be accessed and removed from the bottom of the laptop.
1. You can easily access the CPU with the heatsink through the door on the bottom of the laptop, as it shown on the steps 4 and 5.
2. Memory, wireless card and DVD drive also can be removed without taking the whole thing apart. In order to remove the DVD drive, follow steps 6-7.
3. If you are replacing the keyboard, you don’t have to remove any screws from the bottom, simply follow steps 9-12.
If you want to replace the cooling fan, then you’ll have to remove the top cover and the motherboard, there is no easy access to the cooling fan.
For the display panel disassembly instructions, please proceed to these instructions.
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January 18th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Hi,
but I can’t seem to find one that explains how to get to the power jack…
I believe I need to replace the internal power jack on my Toshiba M45-s331. The laptop will not turn on nor will any of the power display lights come on. The socket for the power jack seems very loose. Previously the laptop would work but would shut off if the power cord was moved in even the slightest way. At this point it doesn’t even power up at all anymore so I am thinking that this is the problem. I am able to find plenty of choices for replacement power jacks but I am wondering if this is a job a fairly handy “regular” person should take on by themselves and if so, how do you disassemble the laptop to that point? I have checked out your disassembly guides which are helpful
I appreciate your time and any advice you can give me:) Stephanie
January 11th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Hi I’ve got a satellite M40, i’ve changed my cd rom to a new DVD burning rom as my old one is broken, it is recognised when i am in windows but when i want to use it as a bootable drive it is not recognised,how can i solve this problem please can someone help me thanks lot
December 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 am
I have two questions.
1) my motherboard is shot and need to know the best place to find and reliable but reasonably pric.ed replacement?
2)Do you have instructions on your website to switch out motherboards or would taking it to a tech shop be the best idea?
November 28th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Ricardo,
It’s hard to tell what is causing the problem, I don’t know the quality of spare parts you are using.
It’s possible that the inverter board is defective. Also, could be faulty backlight lamp.
The only way to find out which one is causing the problem is testing the laptop with a KNOWN GOOD inverter board or backlight lamp.
November 28th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Sergio,
Take a look at this post: http://www.laptopparts101.com/hard-drive/
It shows the difference between IDE and SATA hard drives.
November 28th, 2009 at 5:43 am
I intend to change the 90GB HD of my M45, upgrading capacity to 250 or 320GB, but I’m not sure because of connectors – ATA/IDE etc.
What do you recommend?
Many thanks!
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Hi, it’s the 2nd time I replace the inverter on my M45, the last one was good for only 2 days; I see the ghost image on the LCD. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Ricardo
November 6th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Jerzy,
Are you kidding me? There is a link to the disassembly guide in the first sentence of this post. Just follow the link and read on.
You don’t glue the keyboard key. Check out this post for more help with the key repair. How to repair keyboard key.
November 5th, 2009 at 1:22 am
1.How to replace the keyboard of Toshiba Satellite M40?
2. How to fix (glue?)the key (J).
September 30th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Alex,
If the bracket is used only for securing the video card, you can safely remove it.
September 29th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Ok, i got the new motherboard for my Toshiba M40, the diffrence between this one and the one i have is that the new one has integrated video card. My question is since the new motherboard doesnt have the slot where you plug in the video card, do i have to remove the bracket that holds down the video card, or i can leave it in? The bracket is loose and moving all over the place, one end of the bracket goes inside the fan assembly(yellow color). I can easily remove it.
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:32 am
Thank you very much for all the descriptions ! I swaped the mother card and it works now. I’m so happy, thank to you !
July 28th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Hello, I was taking apart my Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop and when I got to step 3 I pulled the white wire of the wireless card antenna cable connector out of its socket. Any suggestions on how to fix it or do I need to put in a new one and if so do you know where I can get one. Thanks, Ron