Replacing broken DC jack in Toshiba Satellite P105 laptop

A friend of mine broke the DC-IN jack on her Toshiba Satellite p105-s6147. I have been able to replace the jack but there is a retaining clip that holds the DC jack to the casing. This has also been snapped. So now I need this retaining clip. Anyone have any ideas where i can get [...]

LCD screen in Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop has horizontal lines and goes blank

I have Toshiba Satellite M305 laptop for past couple of months my laptop screen is giving me problems. Sometimes my screen would have like horizontal lines and after while screen will get blank but I can still see backlight is on. If i turn it off and turn right back on it will work fine [...]

I have a problem with my digitizer of my Toshiba Tecra M7

I have a problem with my digitizer of my Toshiba Tecra M7: The pen works but no everywhere. I don’t see the cursor, and I can’t click in left border and top border (when the M7 is in laptop configuration: open with the key board). I’ve tested on Vista and Unbuntu, it’s exactly the same [...]

Laptop screen went black. Picture on external screen has pixelation.

I have a Tosiba Satellite P100 17 inch laptop. It has Nvidia Geforce 7600 Go Video card. The LCD screen went black few days ago, but the laptop is in working condition, LED lights are working. Was able to connect to external monitor via VGA port, got the picture, but it’s somewhat corrupted, picture has [...]

On-off switch on my Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop not working properly

I have a Toshiba Satellite M45-S169 laptop less than 3 years old. My issue is the on-off switch in the upper left hand corner will not turn on without some effort to push the switch sideways, up or anything but the normal procedure to turn it on. Once on, the computer has no issues, so [...]

How I know if my laptop already equipped with wireless?

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1415 Series notebook and I wanted to know how I know if it’s already equipped with wireless. My owner’s manual isn’t much help to me…. so any suggestions? First of all, start the laptop and to turn on the wireless switch. On Toshiba Satellite 1415 it’s located on the right [...]

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 [...]

I need to repair or replace power jack on Toshiba Satellite 5105-S701 model. Do I need to solder or not on this laptop?

Quick question. I need to repair or replace power jack on Toshiba Satellite 5105-S701 model. Worried it might need soldering to remove and replace but have seen two on eBay that had wired tails that look like they plug into motherboard instead. Do I need to solder or not on this laptop? Thank you for [...]

Toshiba Satellite 1410 screen won’t stay upright

My daughter’s Toshiba Satellite 1410 screen won’t stay upright – just happened today – any thoughts on how to tighten? If the laptop display just suddenly became loose and doesn’t stay upright, them most likely the display hinge or hinges are broken. You cannot really tighten a broken hinge, you have to replace it. To [...]

I have recently purchased a Portege 3500 notebook with missing parts

I have recently purchased a Portege 3500 and have a few questions about it. It came without a HDD, and without the accompanying parts. I know I will need a door for it is there also a caddy of some sort? I did find a “HDD Holder Assembly” part P000364160 at Spare Parts Warehouse, and [...]