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.
September 21st, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Christina,
Did you separate the display assemble from the laptop base as it shown on the step 21?
September 21st, 2010 at 3:02 pm
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
August 25th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
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?
August 25th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
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?
August 8th, 2010 at 6:03 am
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
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:22 am
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?
July 29th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
How I can reset the bios password on Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8900.
Thanks
July 24th, 2010 at 1:51 am
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 !?
July 19th, 2010 at 7:57 am
hey, anyone know where is CMOS or RTC battery on Toshiba SatelliteP300???
Thanks, Nenad
July 17th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Steve Owen,
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”
July 6th, 2010 at 10:48 am
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
June 21st, 2010 at 7:28 am
Samantha,
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.
June 16th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
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?
May 11th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
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.
May 3rd, 2010 at 5:12 pm
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!!
May 1st, 2010 at 10:29 am
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.
April 13th, 2010 at 4:10 am
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?
March 15th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
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
March 9th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
My cd/dvd drive burn out. I bought a new one. How do I replace it in Toshiba Satellite P305D-S8892
January 6th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Will a P305 motherboard fit into a P300?
December 29th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
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!
November 30th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
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
November 18th, 2009 at 10:32 am
The clip on the motherboard connector for the keyboard
November 18th, 2009 at 10:30 am
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
November 9th, 2009 at 10:09 am
i have a toshiba P305D S8829
November 9th, 2009 at 10:06 am
where is the internal battery at?
November 6th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Kris,
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.
October 28th, 2009 at 6:21 am
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
September 26th, 2009 at 11:33 am
jason,
You’ll have to start from step 1 because before you can do steps 12-17, you’ll have to remove the keyboard.
September 26th, 2009 at 4:56 am
i need to replace the top cover on p300..do i just follow 12-17..or do i need to start a guide 1