I want to replace a dead fan on Toshiba Portege A100 notebook
I’m fixing my girlfriends Toshiba Portege A100 and the fan is dead is there anywhere online where I can order a new fan besides Toshiba (i.e. non genuine parts or second hand ). Thank you for your time.
I had to repair Toshiba Portege A100 only 2 times. First time I replaced the hard drive and second time I replaced the fan. That’s a lot of work, because you cannot access the fan from the bottom of the laptop or even if you remove the laptop keyboard. The fan is located on the bottom of the system board and you have to remove the board in oreder to replace the fan. You’ll be surprised, but I have created a guide for replacing the cooling fan on Toshiba Portege A100. The hardest part was finding a new fan. This model is not sold in the USA so I had to find an equivalent. I found that Toshiba Portege 3500 should work fine, and it did. That’s the same fan. Here’s a part number for Toshiba Portege 3500 fan: P000363930. You can search for this part number on eBay or just Google for it.
January 18th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
I have a toshiba Satellite 2450 I could be on it for hours or minutes and I get a system warning which says windows detects problem with your cooling system please shut down and take in for service. How often is it the fan thats the problem and how do you replace one. I have never taken a laptop apart and am a little afraid to do it however the price of getting it fixed scares me more. Could you please help me? diagrams would be great
January 17th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I have a Gateway M305 CRV and need to replace the cooling fan. Where can I find instructions for this?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:20 am
I need to replace the fan in a Toshiba A45-S2501. I have replaced the hinges ala irisvista – what fun! Is there an easier way to replace the fan? And sparepartswarehouse has the fan, P000392060. But they also show a 2nd DC fan, P000392080. Is the 2nd fan applicable to this laptop?
October 18th, 2008 at 11:18 am
hi there, a simple question. Doe s the fan switch on at the same time that the laptop is switched on . I have just bought a dell d530
May 25th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I’m also looking to replace a laptop fan, this one in a Toshiba Satellite M55 S325. My question is, can I buy a fan from somewhere like Newegg.com and have it work correctly, or am I forced to pay astronomical prices on the various part dealer websites? I can do the repair myself (I’ve already taken out and inspected the fan), but the price is an issue.
Thanks!
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Hi, I need to replace a fan on a Gateway M305CRV laptop. Any idea on how to disassemble this model?
April 8th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
All original parts for PORTEGE A100 available
April 8th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Hi i am selling parts for the toshiba laptop or the hole machine in one. A100 PORTEGE. A friend of mine opened it to clean the fan which was making a little noise and ended up breakin a little brown connector that attaches the mouse. And the other thing not working is the wireless connection. Last thing wrong with it is whilst putting it together i think he went through a wire as the machine is now not switching on. Instead of going to someone else i have decided to either scrap it for parts or a reasonable offer who has a sense to sort out these problems. Any reasonable offer for the whole thing or parts is considered. Thanks
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March 17th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Thanks so much for your super website!
The cooling fan in my Satellite A55 is pretty much shot. Can you please tell me which (if any) of your Toshiba disassembly guides applies to an A55 fan replacement?
I’m hoping the part number will be marked on the old fan.
Thanks again for all your help.