Comments on: How to disassemble a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:25:01 +0000

Hi,
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 but I can’t seem to find one that explains how to get to the power jack…

I appreciate your time and any advice you can give me:) Stephanie

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:35:40 +0000

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

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:17:46 +0000

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?

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:40:36 +0000

Ricardo,

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?

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.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:26:53 +0000

Sergio,

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?

Take a look at this post: http://www.laptopparts101.com/hard-drive/
It shows the difference between IDE and SATA hard drives.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:43:18 +0000

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!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:30:08 +0000

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

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:43:48 +0000

Jerzy,

How to replace the keyboard of Toshiba Satellite M40?

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.

How to fix (glue?)the key (J).

You don't glue the keyboard key. Check out this post for more help with the key repair. How to repair keyboard key.

By: Jerzy

Jerzy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:22:32 +0000

1.How to replace the keyboard of Toshiba Satellite M40?
2. How to fix (glue?)the key (J).

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:09:53 +0000

Alex,

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.

If the bracket is used only for securing the video card, you can safely remove it.