Disassembling a laptop :/ - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MikeSty · 06-04-2007, 12:47 PM

I've half done this before with limited success, but this time I have a treat on my hands.

The laptop in question is a Toshiba Satellite P25-S607 media center edition laptop. It is mine for free. The problem appears to be as though the power connector on the back end of the computer is broken - if you put the cord in and let go, it sags severely and the entire connector tilts down.

I think if I can somehow get into this and resolder the power port, I'll be set.

The problem is, I can't get in there for the life of me! I can't find a dissasembly manual either. Any advice?

Dilbert1234567 · 06-04-2007, 04:39 PM

use a digital camera and document every screw you take out, if you do is slowly and carefully you can take it apart.

MikeSty · 06-04-2007, 04:58 PM

Word to that. Looks like only 2 screws came up homeless

Man that word is depressing.

Turns out my problem is within the power plug, so opening the laptop was useless. I think the only solution is to fill the inside of the male end with solder..

Cynthetiq · 06-04-2007, 05:32 PM

you could also just replace that part.

impact computers has lots of stock for that model

http://www.impactcomputers.com/toshi...607-parts.html

MikeSty · 06-04-2007, 06:26 PM

Thanks tribble-with-a-face-man, but it looks like the particular part is missing. Even if it was in, I doubt I could replace it.

Daniel_ · 06-05-2007, 11:37 AM

Buy a mathing female connector from Radio Shack (or whoever) and solder it onto a wire. Open the lappy and solder the other end of the wire to the circuit board where the missing component would have been.

Close the lappy.

Enjoy.

cyrnel · 06-05-2007, 12:35 PM

Kinda late but here's a takeapart for that model:
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptop...lliteP25_1.htm

As for the connector, I'd probably go with Daniel's suggestion of just finding whatever connector pair and patching them in. Radio shack has quite a few surface mount females I'm sure you could make work.

Good find, by the way!

MikeSty · 06-05-2007, 01:40 PM

Thanks a lot guys

I brought it to a teacher of mine, who is much more mechanically apt then myself, and he took it a little farther than I could. He thought the best option was to solder the wire directly to the board, and after a bit of fun, that works.

Only problem I have now is, the left click button is flaky, and the kicker is -
it won't boot to the CD drive until after I have booted to the hard drive, a fact I did not know until after I deleted the partition.

Well, I think it's safe to say that someone above really, really hates this laptop.

06-04-2007, 12:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Disassembling a laptop :/ I've half done this before with limited success, but this time I have a treat on my hands. The laptop in question is a Toshiba Satellite P25-S607 media center edition laptop. It is mine for free. The problem appears to be as though the power connector on the back end of the computer is broken - if you put the cord in and let go, it sags severely and the entire connector tilts down. I think if I can somehow get into this and resolder the power port, I'll be set. The problem is, I can't get in there for the life of me! I can't find a dissasembly manual either. Any advice?

06-04-2007, 04:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	use a digital camera and document every screw you take out, if you do is slowly and carefully you can take it apart. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

06-04-2007, 05:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	you could also just replace that part. impact computers has lots of stock for that model http://www.impactcomputers.com/toshi...607-parts.html __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

06-05-2007, 11:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	Buy a mathing female connector from Radio Shack (or whoever) and solder it onto a wire. Open the lappy and solder the other end of the wire to the circuit board where the missing component would have been. Close the lappy. Enjoy. __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

06-05-2007, 12:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Kinda late but here's a takeapart for that model: http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptop...lliteP25_1.htm As for the connector, I'd probably go with Daniel's suggestion of just finding whatever connector pair and patching them in. Radio shack has quite a few surface mount females I'm sure you could make work. Good find, by the way! __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

06-04-2007, 04:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Word to that. Looks like only 2 screws came up homeless Man that word is depressing. Turns out my problem is within the power plug, so opening the laptop was useless. I think the only solution is to fill the inside of the male end with solder..

06-04-2007, 06:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Thanks tribble-with-a-face-man, but it looks like the particular part is missing. Even if it was in, I doubt I could replace it.

06-05-2007, 01:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Thanks a lot guys I brought it to a teacher of mine, who is much more mechanically apt then myself, and he took it a little farther than I could. He thought the best option was to solder the wire directly to the board, and after a bit of fun, that works. Only problem I have now is, the left click button is flaky, and the kicker is - it won't boot to the CD drive until after I have booted to the hard drive, a fact I did not know until after I deleted the partition. Well, I think it's safe to say that someone above really, really hates this laptop.