How to disassemble Toshiba Satellite P300 or P305 laptop

In this guide I explain how to disassemble a Toshiba Satellite P300 or P305 laptop. I’m doing this disassembly in order to remove and replace the cooling fan.

In a Satellite P300 or P305 laptop the cooling fan cannot be accessed from the bottom, it’s hidden deep inside the laptop under the motherboard.

At the beginning of the guide I explain how to remove the keyboard. Follow steps 1-5. Be careful with the keyboard cable connector on the motherboard.

The DVD drive is secured by one screw hidden under the keyboard. After you find and remove that screw, you can remove the DVD drive.

Steps 8-11 shows how to access and remove laptop hard drive, memory and wireless card.

Read through steps 12-17 in order to remove the top cover assembly.

Finally, steps 18-31 explain how to remove the motherboard. Now you can access and remove the cooling fan.

75 Responses to “How to disassemble Toshiba Satellite P300 or P305 laptop”

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  1. 45
    cj2600 Says:

    Christina,

    I need to take the LCD apart and I can get everything loose, but the front bezel will not budge. Can you tell me where to go to view the rest of the take apart pages?

    Did you separate the display assemble from the laptop base as it shown on the step 21?

  2. 44
    Christina Says:

    Hello,

    I have looked at you feed on Google about taking apart a Satellite P305, but all the information is not there. I need to take the LCD apart and I can get everything loose, but the front bezel will not budge. Can you tell me where to go to view the rest of the take apart pages? I need to see if it is the LCD or Inverter board on this computer.

    Thanks,

    Christina

  3. 43
    tc Says:

    toshiba satellite p305d-s8900 laptop will not power on. want to check bios battery on motherboard and replace as next step. How do I access motherboard?

  4. 42
    tc Says:

    I just want to check the cmos battery on motherboard. Must I do all the steps you mentioned, or can I just remove screws from bottom of laptop to access motherboard?

  5. 41
    Casey Says:

    Hello,

    I was surfing the internet for a tutorial about hoe to remove the optical drive from my P300-1AV Toshiba satellite and lo and behold :) Your step by step makes it child’s play. Kudos to you! Do you have any tips on how to check operation of my drive before I go out and buy a new one for nothing?

    Mine just went dead: won’t eject, indicator light does not go on, doesn’t play, it’s just plain dead. Have tried troubleshooting from the device manager (updating drivers), no luck. Yet device manager says this device is operating properly. Any help would surely be appreciated!

    Regards,

    Casey

  6. 40
    Jeanne L Says:

    I followed the great pics to disassemble my toshiba satellite P305d s8828. I took it apart because I needed to check my cmos. Error occurred on startup that said media cable (something -cant remember) and no operating system found. First I was told I needed a new Hard drive, then someone suggested testing the cmos – which I did and think it is ok. So I reassembled and replaced with new hard drive. Now on startup I get three beeps and a blank screen. Some suggestions – video card? But from what I find, I can’t replace. I do not have a video card as in the picture. Suggestions please?

  7. 39
    Mitchell Says:

    How I can reset the bios password on Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8900.
    Thanks

  8. 38
    Bogdan Says:

    Good day ,

    I have a Toshiba p300 that start only when he want . and when he start an usb error appear ? What can I do with it to repair it !?

  9. 37
    Nenad Says:

    hey, anyone know where is CMOS or RTC battery on Toshiba SatelliteP300???

    Thanks, Nenad

  10. 36
    cj2600 Says:

    Steve Owen,

    I wonder could you help I have an Equiume p300-16t. I have bought a bluetooth moduel could you tell me where on the board it fits and how far I need to dissamble the laptop

    I’m not sure if there is a designated space/cable for the internal Bluetooth in this model.
    Instead of taking apart the laptop, I would suggest using an external USB Bluetooth adapter. There are really small mini Bluetooth adapter on the market. You simply plug it into one of the USB ports and ready to go. They are very small.
    Google for: “mini usb bluetooth”

  11. 35
    Steve Owen Says:

    I wonder could you help I have an Equiume p300-16t. I have bought a bluetooth moduel could you tell me where on the board it fits and how far I need to dissamble the laptop

  12. 34
    cj2600 Says:

    Samantha,

    When I turn on my satellite p305 it stick on the very first screen that pops up,the toshiba leading innovations screen. I tried to hit F2 or F12 and it says loading please wait and then never does anything. I’ve tried hold the zero down to restore it and it does nothing. I’ve tried plugging in the power cord with the battery out and it still does nothing. Any ideas?

    Remove the hard drive and try using the F2 or F12 buttons again. Can you?
    Maybe you have a failing hard drive and it’s halting the entire system on startup.
    Also, try reconnecting memory modules. Test the laptop with only one memory module installed. One of the modules could be bad.

  13. 33
    Samantha Says:

    When I turn on my satellite p305 it stick on the very first screen that pops up,the toshiba leading innovations screen. I tried to hit F2 or F12 and it says loading please wait and then never does anything. I’ve tried hold the zero down to restore it and it does nothing. I’ve tried plugging in the power cord with the battery out and it still does nothing. Any ideas?

  14. 32
    Steven Troilo Says:

    Thank you greatly for the well informed breakdown, it truly is great that people go through such great effort to help others in need. I have a P305D-S8828 that I knew was having overheating problems for a couple months now. It started off when I would have multiple heavy resource apps it would shut down. This past week it shutdown and now wont make it more than ten seconds or so. The fact that I am booting up is a good sign. I guess question is, should I look at replacing the cooling fan or should i upgrade the heat sink and thermal paste. Any help is greatly appreciated, I hope this page is still being monitored.

  15. 31
    Dan Says:

    Hi there, I need to get a new top cover (the one on the other side of the screen) where can i look for one, and also is there a certain name for it? thanks for all the other tips!!

  16. 30
    Ray Says:

    hello, I just found out that my wife’s Satelite A305′s cooling fan quit working and is causing her laptop to shut down every few minutes. I’ve ssen some of your manuals which are great. My question is, will I have to completely dissasemble her laptop to get to the cooling fan or is there a quicker way to replace this part. Looks like it’s connected to the motherboard as well. Thanks for any input you could give me on this.

  17. 29
    Nick Says:

    i have a P300 and it won’t give me the chargeing signal or turn on at all. im not sure if its the battery or if its someting with the hardware. also i’ve tried another charger and that didn’t work. any ideas?

  18. 28
    Gerald Says:

    how can i fixed my toshiba sat. p300 it wont boot but there a power led but no display ill try to reseat memory and unplugged the cmos battery but still the same any idea will very much appreciated. is theres anyhere experience this before. thanks

  19. 27
    MaLing Says:

    My cd/dvd drive burn out. I bought a new one. How do I replace it in Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8892

  20. 26
    Pat Says:

    Will a P305 motherboard fit into a P300?

  21. 25
    Numman Says:

    Firstly, thanks for the great guide!
    Iv got a toshiba satellite pro p300 20h, i have a few questions on upgrading it.
    1. Can i install a better graphics card on it?
    2. Is it possible to put in ddr3 ram into this as it currently only has ddr2.
    3. It comes with a pentium dual core 2.16 ghz processor, whats this equivelant to a core 2 duo processor? And is it necassary to upgrade this processor if i want to play games like modern warfare 2?
    Thanks in advance for your reply!

  22. 24
    kas Says:

    on STEP 26

    Unplug the CD/DVD drive cable.

    can you tell what type of cable is that?
    my son pull the dvd drive out and that cable got lost.

    thanks

  23. 23
    X0MB13 Says:

    The clip on the motherboard connector for the keyboard

  24. 22
    X0MB13 Says:

    p305-s8915

    on the new 305 the clip tilts up and doesn’t push out. I found out the hard way and broke it in half. It took forever to get the clip vertically placed and then I tilted it back over and repaired it with scotch tape. I’m using it now after the repair. If you want pics, I’ll send em

  25. 21
    damion Says:

    i have a toshiba P305D S8829

  26. 20
    damion Says:

    where is the internal battery at?

  27. 19
    cj2600 Says:

    Kris,

    I have the p300 model and it looks like its getting power and charging the battery but when I go to turn it on the power light goes on for about 3 seconds the the unit turns back off again. Any ideas???

    1. It’s possible that you have defective AC adapter. Maybe the adapter is not working properly under load. Test laptop with another adapter.
    2. Could be motherboard failure.

  28. 18
    Kris Says:

    I have the p300 model and it looks like its getting power and charging the battery but when I go to turn it on the power light goes on for about 3 seconds the the unit turns back off again. Any ideas???

    Thanks

  29. 17
    cj2600 Says:

    jason,

    i need to replace the top cover on p300..do i just follow 12-17..or do i need to start a guide 1

    You’ll have to start from step 1 because before you can do steps 12-17, you’ll have to remove the keyboard.

  30. 16
    jason Says:

    i need to replace the top cover on p300..do i just follow 12-17..or do i need to start a guide 1

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