How to disassemble a Toshiba laptop?
Sometimes it can happen that yesterday was still workinglaptop, began to hang and brake. There may also be situations in which it spontaneously turns off. To prevent this from happening, you need to do a preventive cleaning of the laptop in a timely manner. Sometimes it has to be disassembled in cases of replacement parts. Consider how to disassemble a Toshiba laptop.
Instruments
When replacing parts or cleaning the notebook, it must be disassembled. To do this, you need the following tools.
- Thermal grease. It can be bought in specialized stores. According to the test results, thermal fingers of the Swiss manufacturer Arctic proved to be very good.
- Screwdrivers: flat and cross-shaped. To ensure that the screw is not lost when unscrewing, it is recommended to use a Phillips screwdriver with a magnetic tip.
- Pliers. They will be needed to disconnect some contacts.
- Alcohol and cotton swabs.
- A flat object for applying thermal grease.
- Knife. It is necessary for opening the case of the laptop.
- Tweezers.
- Grease for the cooler. It is quite suitable lubricant for bearings.
- Thermal pads. If necessary, replace them.
Disassembly of laptop Toshiba
Consider how to disassemble a Toshiba laptopsatellite. Undoubtedly, if you need to replace any parts, it is better to contact the service center, but you can do it yourself, for example, to clean it. As an example, we disassemble the laptop Toshiba Satellite L300. He strongly inhibited and strongly overheated.
- We turn the laptop so that its frontthe side was below. Using a screwdriver, we unscrew the large bolts located around the perimeter of the case and small bolts, with which the hard disk and the memory device are fixed.
- Then take out the battery and unscrew another three small bolts that are under the battery and one bolt under the memory cover. We take out the CD-drive.
- In order not to confuse all the bolts, it is better to put them separately from each other and sign which of them from what.
- We turn the device over and open it. In order to remove the keyboard, you need to unscrew the two bolts. In order to not damage the case with a screwdriver, you can use a mediator or a plastic card and with them you need to pick up the panel that closes the two bolts under the keyboard. After removing the panel, unscrew these bolts.
- Disconnect from the keyboard cable, while carefully moving the latches up and unscrew another five bolts.
- Further it is necessary to disconnect the case, this must also be done very carefully, so as not to break anything.
- Remove the touchpad (an alternative to the classic mouse) and carefully disconnect the connector located next to it.
- Remove the upper part of the case.
- Before removing the motherboard, disconnect all wires and trains, and then remove the board. It should be easily pulled up and to the right and it can easily be removed.
- To remove the fan, unscrew the two bolts and disconnect the power cord. If the laptop has not been cleaned for a long time, it is for certain that the radiator will be clogged with dust.
- In order to lubricate the processor, it is necessary to unscrewbolts from the cooling system, and then remove the radiator. Immediately it becomes clear why the laptop has overheated. The thermal paste on the processor has dried, so it must be lubricated with fresh thermal paste.
- We collect the laptop in the reverse order.
With the help of such, in general, simple actions, you now know how to disassemble Toshiba's laptop.