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TOSHIBA SATELLITE M45
Take apart laptop

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Remove laptop display

STEP 16

Carefully lift the laptop display assembly up and remove it from the laptop.

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Disconnect cables under keyboard

STEP 17

Unplug the touchpad cable and the switch board cable on the system board.
Unplug the I/O board (USB board) cable on the system board.

   
Lift off cable

STEP 18

The USB board cable is glued to the top cover assembly.
You have to lift it up before you remove the top cover assembly.

   
Get inside Toshiba laptop

STEP 19

Close the laptop display lid and turn the unit over.
Start to separate the laptop base and the top cover assembly from the back of the laptop.

   
Separate top cover and base

STEP 20

To release the latches, use a guitar pick.
Move it alone the edge to separate the top cover and the notebook base.

   
Remove top cover assembly

STEP 21

Remove the top cover assembly.
Be careful with the USB board cable; pull it through the opening in the top cover.

   
Remove USB board

STEP 22

Lift the right speaker and the modem/LAN ports off the notebook base.
Remove one screw securing the I/O board (USB board) to the base and remove it.


   
Removing laptop system board

STEP 23

Disconnect the right and left speakers on the system board.
Remove two screws securing the system board to the laptop base.

 
 

 

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