Toshiba Satellite L35 L30 disassembly guide

Toshiba Portege A100. How to replace CPU fan.

Taking apart Toshiba Satellite L35 and L30.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove laptop battery.

STEP 1

Place the laptop upside down.
Remove battery, hard drive, cover, memory cover and wireless card cover.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove palmrest screw.

STEP 2

Slide the hard drive to the left to unplug it from the motherboard. Remove the hard drive.
Remove both memory modules.
Unclip wireless antenna cables from the wireless card. White cable- main. Black cable - auxiliary.
Remove the wireless card.

Toshiba Portege A100. Lift up keyboard strip.

STEP 3

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.
Push the DVD drive with a screwdriver. Remove the drive.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove keyboard strip.

STEP 4

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.
Unplug the power jack cable and the USB cable.

Toshiba Portege A100. Removing laptop keyboard.

STEP 5

Remove two screws from the hinge cover.

Toshiba Portege A100. Disconnect notebook keyboard.

STEP 6

You can remove the keyboard cover with a flat head screwdriver.
Carefully lift up one side of the cover and then continue removing with fingers.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove laptop palmrest.

STEP 7

Remove the keyboard cover.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove modem card and wireless card.

STEP 8

Lift up the keyboard and carefully move it up, so you can access the keyboard cable connector on the motherboard.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove hard drive cover.

STEP 9

Unlock the connector and pull the cable. Remove the keyboard.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove laptop hard drive.

STEP 10

Unplug the video cable from the connector on the motherboard.
Release both wireless card antenna cables.
Remove four screws securing display hinges.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove notebook memory.

STEP 11

Lift up and remove the display assembly.
Here you'll find isntructions for taking apar the display assembly.

Toshiba Portege A100. Disconnect and remove CMOS battery.

STEP 12

Remove five screws securing the top cover assembly.
Unlock the touch pad cable connector on the motherboard.
Pull the cable from the connector.

STEP 13

Lift up and remove the top cover assembly.

Toshiba Portege A100. Taking apart laptop.

STEP 14

Remove two hex studs from the VGA port on the side of the laptop.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove laptop top cover and LCD screen.

STEP 15

Remove two screws securing the motherboard to the laptop base.
Unplug the speaker cable.
By the way, in this model the dial-up modem is integrated into the motherboard. You cannot remove the modem.

Toshiba Portege A100. Removing system board.

STEP 16

Start removing the motherboard on the right side.
Lift up and remove the motherboard.

Toshiba Portege A100. Lift up system board.

STEP 17

Remove screws securing the cooling module to the motherboard.
Lift up and remove the cooling module.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove laptop modem.

STEP 18

As you see on the picture, the fan is a part of the heat sink.
If the fan is bad, you'll have to replace the whole cooling module.

Toshiba Portege A100. Remove laptop heatsink.

STEP 19

Unlock the CPU socket. Remove the CPU.

STEP 20

Here's the laptop base without motherboard installed.