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Hey all,
Today I will show you how to open the Toshiba satellite C55-A5285/C55-A1J2. It is the same same computer inside and you will see how to remove/replace different parts of the laptop and repair it. Or you can upgrade the laptop.
In this project I had to clean out ( dust and others) the inside of the laptop. But I will show you the rest as well.
This will work on a Toshiba made for the American market as well as the one for the European market as well. Both the C55-A5285 and the A1J2 are both same on the inside.
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First of all remove the battery.
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remove the bottom plate of the ram and HDD.
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now remove the hdd screw ( red circkle)
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lift up the HDD
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remove the ram by clicking the levars to the outside
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remove the screw , and use a spudger to remove the dvd bay. ( slide it out)
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remove the screw of the keyboard, orange circkle
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turn the laptop again and remove the keyboard.
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use a isesamo to click the keyboard off the laptop. the "click levars"( 6 of them) are under number 0 , between left arrow and ctrl, alt gr , space bar, windows button and alt and ctrl(left)
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after clicking the keyboard loose, lift the lid of the connector socket up and remove the flex cable. you can see a picture in step 6.
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now you will see 2 connectors and 7 screws under the keyboard.
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remove the screws and gently remove the 2 connectors from the connectors. like always do it gently.
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the orange circkles are the screws to remove the mainboard in a later step
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the red squares are the connectors of the mouse pad and powerboard
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the blue square is the connector from the keyboard.
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use a spudger or little flathead screwdriver to open the lid of the connectors.
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first screws : 3 screws in the HDD compartiment.
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screws at the side , also see the next step for the rest of the screws.
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remove the last screws
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then : slide your spudger or isesamo between the bottom plate and upper plate to remove the case. you will hear clicks. be gently while sliding
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gently remove the plate.
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after opening you'll see the mainboard or like we call it here in Belgium : the motherboard.
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in this step we will show you how to remove the fan and the cooling tubes and pads for cleaning or renewing.
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there are 8 screws and 1 connector
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remove the screws ( 1 screw is not on the pictures, you ll find it at the bottom of the fan) but unscrew them simultaneous.
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remove the connector ( see picture 2 ) using an IC extractor
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remove the cooling tubes and fan.
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clean the pads using isopropyl alcohol. you will see pieces (remnants ?) of old thermal paste.
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use gloves
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you can also renew /upgrade the cpu, just use a flathead screwdriver to open the cpu socket.
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removing or replacing the Mainboard :
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first remove the LCD connector: do it very gently, there are a lot of tiny thin wires, they are very breakable. you see this in picture 2, if you have to replace the whole screen, i don't have pictures of this in this guide, but we have other guides that show you how to or you can find these here at ifixit.com
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remove the screw you see in picture 3
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in these 3 pictures: dc jack in picture one, + the connector, and the usb pcb. if you have to replace the dc jack, be gently with the connector.
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second picture : wifi module. always remember the color code ( black and white)
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third picture : mousepad and screws.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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