Disassembling Toshiba Satellite C55 A5285 C55 A1J2 Repair Guide

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Introduction

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.

What you need

Step 1

              removing battery and backpanel               

• First of all remove the battery.
• like always : draw a map of the laptop and paste/draw where all the screws come from or use a magentic project map.
• remove the bottom plate of the ram and HDD.

First of all remove the battery.

like always : draw a map of the laptop and paste/draw where all the screws come from or use a magentic project map.

remove the bottom plate of the ram and HDD.

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Step 2

              removing ram and hdd               

• now remove the hdd screw ( red circkle)
• lift up the HDD
• remove the ram by clicking the levars to the outside

now remove the hdd screw ( red circkle)

lift up the HDD

remove the ram by clicking the levars to the outside

Step 3

              removing the dvd bay               

• remove the screw , and use a spudger to remove the dvd bay. ( slide it out)

remove the screw , and use a spudger to remove the dvd bay. ( slide it out)

Step 4

              removing keyboard               

• remove the screw of the keyboard, orange circkle
• turn the laptop again and remove the keyboard.
• 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)
• do it very gently , you can break the keyboard or you can break some buttons off the keyboard.
• 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.

remove the screw of the keyboard, orange circkle

turn the laptop again and remove the keyboard.

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)

do it very gently , you can break the keyboard or you can break some buttons off the keyboard.

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.

Step 5

              removing screws and connectors               

• now you will see 2 connectors and 7 screws under the keyboard.
• If you don’t know how to remove the connectors safely see the next step.
• remove the screws and gently remove the 2 connectors from the connectors. like always do it gently.
• the orange circkles are the screws to remove the mainboard in a later step
• the red squares are the connectors of the mouse pad and powerboard
• the blue square is the connector from the keyboard.

now you will see 2 connectors and 7 screws under the keyboard.

If you don’t know how to remove the connectors safely see the next step.

remove the screws and gently remove the 2 connectors from the connectors. like always do it gently.

the orange circkles are the screws to remove the mainboard in a later step

the red squares are the connectors of the mouse pad and powerboard

the blue square is the connector from the keyboard.

Step 6

              removing connectors               

• use a spudger or little flathead screwdriver to open the lid of the connectors.

use a spudger or little flathead screwdriver to open the lid of the connectors.

Step 7

              removing screws of case               

• again : draw a map of the laptop , so you remeber where all the screws come from. Or use a magnetic project map.
• first screws : 3 screws in the HDD compartiment.
• screws at the side , also see the next step for the rest of the screws.

again : draw a map of the laptop , so you remeber where all the screws come from. Or use a magnetic project map.

first screws : 3 screws in the HDD compartiment.

screws at the side , also see the next step for the rest of the screws.

Step 8

              removing screws and case step 2               

• remove the last screws
• 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

remove the last screws

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

Step 9

              opening the laptop               

• gently remove the plate.
• after opening you’ll see the mainboard or like we call it here in Belgium : the motherboard.

gently remove the plate.

after opening you’ll see the mainboard or like we call it here in Belgium : the motherboard.

Step 10

              removing/ cleaning fan and cooling pads               

• in this step we will show you how to remove the fan and the cooling tubes and pads for cleaning or renewing.
• there are 8 screws and 1 connector
• remove the screws ( 1 screw is not on the pictures, you ll find it at the bottom of the fan) but unscrew them simultaneous.
• remove the connector ( see picture 2 ) using an IC extractor
• remove the cooling tubes and fan.
• clean the pads using isopropyl alcohol. you will see pieces (remnants ?) of old thermal paste.
• if the fan itself is broken , you can replace this by removing the very tiny screws. and remove the black tape.

in this step we will show you how to remove the fan and the cooling tubes and pads for cleaning or renewing.

there are 8 screws and 1 connector

remove the screws ( 1 screw is not on the pictures, you ll find it at the bottom of the fan) but unscrew them simultaneous.

remove the connector ( see picture 2 ) using an IC extractor

remove the cooling tubes and fan.

clean the pads using isopropyl alcohol. you will see pieces (remnants ?) of old thermal paste.

if the fan itself is broken , you can replace this by removing the very tiny screws. and remove the black tape.

Step 11

              cooling pads/ fan and renewing thermal paste               

• clean CPU and pads with isopropyl alcohol. But, like you know ,be carefull with this.
• use gloves
• you can also renew /upgrade the cpu, just use a flathead screwdriver to open the cpu socket.

clean CPU and pads with isopropyl alcohol. But, like you know ,be carefull with this.

use gloves

you can also renew /upgrade the cpu, just use a flathead screwdriver to open the cpu socket.

Step 12

              thermal paste               

• use gloves , cause thermal paste is very toxic.
• one drop is enough on the CPU , and a little drop on the graphic chip.

use gloves , cause thermal paste is very toxic.

one drop is enough on the CPU , and a little drop on the graphic chip.

Step 13

              mainboard               

• removing or replacing the Mainboard :
• 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
• remove the screw you see in picture 3

removing or replacing the Mainboard :

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

remove the screw you see in picture 3

Step 14

              mainboard step 2 DC JACK/ WIFI/MOUSEPAD               

• 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.
• second picture : wifi module. always remember the color code ( black and white)
• third picture : mousepad and screws.

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.

second picture : wifi module. always remember the color code ( black and white)

third picture : mousepad and screws.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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