How to disassemble laptops. Guide with pictures.

cj2600 · Jan 22, 2006, 07:51 AM

Toshiba Tecra S2. How to pull apart the laptop.

Toshiba Satellite M55. How to remove the motherboard and the LAN board.

Hiho_boy · Jan 23, 2006, 03:28 AM

i disasembled my area 51m before.. it was chaos on my desk

good thing i remembered where everything went.. but i disasembled it in the first place because when i cleaned the heatsink something made the fans not spin. causing the laptop to overheat immidiately and shut down..
... ironic

cj2600 · Jan 28, 2006, 10:49 PM

Toshiba Satellite M65. How to replace the CPU and the system board.

Toshiba Portege R100. How to remove notebook system board.

eatingrich · Feb 16, 2006, 11:07 PM

i have a Clevo 2800T laptop i need to open up to swap the dvd rom for a cd rom. anyone have any help with that! i expected (naievely it seems) to just take off the screws and it would come off, but not so!

cheers

classic_leon · Feb 24, 2006, 02:49 AM

Excellent work. Is there a way to disassemble Hyundai Laptop?

cj2600 · Feb 27, 2006, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classic_leon

Excellent work. Is there a way to disassemble Hyundai Laptop?

I think there is a way to take it apart.

Cannot help you, I work mostly with Toshiba laptops.

pr0digal jenius · Mar 11, 2006, 05:47 AM

very neat thread. I'll get a Sony Vaio FS series [they all work the same] guide together this week, as well as some pentium 4 Dell [whatever my unsuspecting roommate has anyways] this week.

If I get these guides together, would you be interested in using them on your site there, cj?

If so, PM me and lemme know how you'd like em....word document perhaps?

I could write books on this stuff if I had a cmaera at work, but I think they'd frown on that, plus laptops often get skud as rush orders, meaning time is of the essence...lol

pr0digal jenius · Mar 11, 2006, 05:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eatingrich

i have a Clevo 2800T laptop i need to open up to swap the dvd rom for a cd rom. anyone have any help with that! i expected (naievely it seems) to just take off the screws and it would come off, but not so!

cheers

Some laptop chassis actually have a screw beneath the bottom panel to lock the optical drive in place...I THINK my sony is one of them...if so, I'll get you a picture this week of what I mean

eatingrich · Mar 11, 2006, 10:44 AM

thanks that'd be great, i took out every bloody screen i could find but there was stil something holding it together!

cj2600 · Mar 21, 2006, 04:34 AM

Toshiba Satellite A85. How to replace laptop memory.

Toshiba Satellite A105. How to remove laptop motherboard.

Toshiba Qosmio F15. How to open laptop case.

Tipstaff · Mar 21, 2006, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cj2600

Toshiba Qosmio F15. How to open laptop case.

Dude, I'm going to start having to donating to you. Especially since you keep making me money with these guides.

pr0digal jenius · Mar 21, 2006, 08:33 AM

heh...those Qosmio's are ridiculously hard to work with, despite being big

cj2600 · Mar 23, 2006, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Dude, I'm going to start having to donating to you. Especially since you keep making me money with these guides.

Hi there,
You are more then welcome to donate. I'll buy some wine to make my guide-creating hobby more exiting.

I hope you know where to find the PayPal button.

eatingrich · Apr 4, 2006, 10:10 PM

hey, anyone figure out how to open up my Cleve or a similar laptop?

Masterick · Aug 29, 2006, 06:42 AM

Hello, i have a Toshiba Satellite A65-S126 and when i try to remove the DVD ROM the part where it should have 3 screws:

It doesnt have, it just have a metal plate then i am unable to remove it, any ideas ?

Tipstaff · Aug 29, 2006, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Masterick

Hello, i have a Toshiba Satellite A65-S126 and when i try to remove the DVD ROM the part where it should have 3 screws:

It doesnt have, it just have a metal plate then i am unable to remove it, any ideas ?

If I remember correctly, the metal plate you are talking about is the DVD drive itself. After you remove the DVD drive (open the drive up as shown in the picture, pull, and remove) you will see the last 3 screws.

Masterick · Aug 29, 2006, 03:46 PM

No, i have pulled it and the screws dont show :/

Unless i have to force the drive to come more than it's coming...

icevid · Oct 9, 2006, 05:12 PM

Hello
do you know from where I can get acer travelmate 4150 series dismantle guide?

Thanks

Tinkerhell · Oct 9, 2006, 07:59 PM

I've always found that a hammer works great for disassembling any model lap top.
Not bad for desk top either.
re-assembling is a biatch though.

(sorry too much caffine today)

driverheaven33 · Oct 26, 2007, 01:46 PM

Hi Guy !
it is really good news for me and other TOSHIBA user it is good job and now the user feel more
comfortable with this and now no anyone will be misguide .
thank to all for this job .

garmst · Nov 7, 2007, 02:14 AM

Howdy,
any clues on getting at the RAM in an Acer travelmate 2310
Thanks
Graeme

afiredog · Jan 6, 2008, 06:25 PM

Help...
I NEED to upgrade my dvd burner on my Toshiba Satellite P15-S479. The current burner is a Matshita UJ 811 (P.O.S.) It has been replaced 3 times by toshiba (with the same model burner). My warranty has expired and i am once again getting IO errors. Time to upgrade, can you advise what burners are compatible with this laptop? Thanks
Also, do i set the new dvd burner to master or slave and how do i do it?

chebbe · Mar 19, 2008, 08:55 AM

hey guys, i really need your help. actually, i'm having trouble to disassemble my fujitsu siemens lifebook c series, not a recent PC, a pentium 3.
actually, the place where I have to plug in the recharging adapter, it's loose, meaning in the laptop, the support has ben dislodged something like that.
To make myself clear, it's just that I cannot plug in the adapter as it do not hold.
So, I've to disassemble it and do some welding if possible.
So, would somebody please help me how to disassemble it as even that I've removed all the screws, there's something which is restraining it from opening up and I don't want to force it otherwise I risk of breaking something. so, I won't take that luck.
I'm hoping that you guys, experts in this field, could give me a helping hand with it.
Thanks.

UBT - Terry · Oct 6, 2008, 01:02 PM

Don't suppose any of the same sort of thing for sony vaio lappy's is there?
VGN-A417M to be precise.

Jan 22, 2006, 07:51 AM	Thread Starter #31
cj2600 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Toshiba Tecra S2 and Satellite M55 teardown guides. Toshiba Tecra S2. How to pull apart the laptop. Toshiba Satellite M55. How to remove the motherboard and the LAN board. Last edited by cj2600; Jan 28, 2006 at 10:48 PM.

Jan 28, 2006, 10:49 PM	Thread Starter #33
cj2600 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	Toshiba Satellite M65 and Portege R100 teardown. Toshiba Satellite M65. How to replace the CPU and the system board. Toshiba Portege R100. How to remove notebook system board.

Feb 16, 2006, 11:07 PM	#34
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	i have a Clevo 2800T laptop i need to open up to swap the dvd rom for a cd rom. anyone have any help with that! i expected (naievely it seems) to just take off the screws and it would come off, but not so! cheers __________________ Check out my gaming blog for stuff about Windows Phone, retro gaming and Xbox - www.zombiesatemyxbox.com

Feb 24, 2006, 02:49 AM	#35
classic_leon HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wu Han, Hu Bei, P.R.China Posts: 1,238 Rep Power: 0	Excellent work. Is there a way to disassemble Hyundai Laptop? __________________ Fashion keeps us alive. YouP-PAX Please visit http://www.A-PAX.co.uk to discuss the computer mods. The latest YouP PAX modded drivers are provided on the site.

Mar 11, 2006, 10:44 AM	#39
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	thanks that'd be great, i took out every bloody screen i could find but there was stil something holding it together! __________________ Check out my gaming blog for stuff about Windows Phone, retro gaming and Xbox - www.zombiesatemyxbox.com

Jan 23, 2006, 03:28 AM	#32
Hiho_boy DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	i disasembled my area 51m before.. it was chaos on my desk good thing i remembered where everything went.. but i disasembled it in the first place because when i cleaned the heatsink something made the fans not spin. causing the laptop to overheat immidiately and shut down.. ... ironic

Mar 11, 2006, 05:47 AM	#37
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	very neat thread. I'll get a Sony Vaio FS series [they all work the same] guide together this week, as well as some pentium 4 Dell [whatever my unsuspecting roommate has anyways] this week. If I get these guides together, would you be interested in using them on your site there, cj? If so, PM me and lemme know how you'd like em....word document perhaps? I could write books on this stuff if I had a cmaera at work, but I think they'd frown on that, plus laptops often get skud as rush orders, meaning time is of the essence...lol

Mar 21, 2006, 04:34 AM	Thread Starter #40
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Mar 21, 2006, 08:33 AM	#42
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	heh...those Qosmio's are ridiculously hard to work with, despite being big

Apr 4, 2006, 10:10 PM	#44
eatingrich HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 159 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	hey, anyone figure out how to open up my Cleve or a similar laptop? __________________ Check out my gaming blog for stuff about Windows Phone, retro gaming and Xbox - www.zombiesatemyxbox.com

Aug 29, 2006, 06:42 AM	#45
Masterick DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	Hello, i have a Toshiba Satellite A65-S126 and when i try to remove the DVD ROM the part where it should have 3 screws: It doesnt have, it just have a metal plate then i am unable to remove it, any ideas ?

Aug 29, 2006, 03:46 PM	#47
Masterick DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 0	No, i have pulled it and the screws dont show :/ Unless i have to force the drive to come more than it's coming...

Oct 9, 2006, 05:12 PM	#48
icevid DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	Hello do you know from where I can get acer travelmate 4150 series dismantle guide? Thanks

Oct 9, 2006, 07:59 PM	#49
Tinkerhell Not all fairies are nice. Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 989 Rep Power: 44	I've always found that a hammer works great for disassembling any model lap top. Not bad for desk top either. re-assembling is a biatch though. (sorry too much caffine today)

Oct 26, 2007, 01:46 PM	#50
driverheaven33 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Hi Guy ! it is really good news for me and other TOSHIBA user it is good job and now the user feel more comfortable with this and now no anyone will be misguide . thank to all for this job . __________________ I love driverheaven .

Nov 7, 2007, 02:14 AM	#51
garmst DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Acer Travelmate 2310 Howdy, any clues on getting at the RAM in an Acer travelmate 2310 Thanks Graeme

Jan 6, 2008, 06:25 PM	#52
afiredog DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Help... I NEED to upgrade my dvd burner on my Toshiba Satellite P15-S479. The current burner is a Matshita UJ 811 (P.O.S.) It has been replaced 3 times by toshiba (with the same model burner). My warranty has expired and i am once again getting IO errors. Time to upgrade, can you advise what burners are compatible with this laptop? Thanks Also, do i set the new dvd burner to master or slave and how do i do it?

Mar 19, 2008, 08:55 AM	#53
chebbe DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	fujitsu siems life book c series hey guys, i really need your help. actually, i'm having trouble to disassemble my fujitsu siemens lifebook c series, not a recent PC, a pentium 3. actually, the place where I have to plug in the recharging adapter, it's loose, meaning in the laptop, the support has ben dislodged something like that. To make myself clear, it's just that I cannot plug in the adapter as it do not hold. So, I've to disassemble it and do some welding if possible. So, would somebody please help me how to disassemble it as even that I've removed all the screws, there's something which is restraining it from opening up and I don't want to force it otherwise I risk of breaking something. so, I won't take that luck. I'm hoping that you guys, experts in this field, could give me a helping hand with it. Thanks.

Oct 6, 2008, 01:02 PM	#54
UBT - Terry DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Re: How to disassemble laptops. Guide with pictures. Don't suppose any of the same sort of thing for sony vaio lappy's is there? VGN-A417M to be precise.