Einleitung
Use this guide to replace a damaged motherboard in your Toshiba Satellite M45.
The Motherboard is a circuit board that connects important hardware such as the Graphics Cards, Solid State Drives, Hard Drives, Ram, Mouse and keyboard.
A faulty motherboard can damage the hardware components connected making it undetectable by the computer and may slow down performance. A faulty motherboard can cause overheating, show the monitor screen freezing or a display bluescreen. Signs of a damaged motherboard are dust build up, burnt chipset and a computers old age.
Before using this guide, make sure to review the Toshiba Satellite M45 troubleshooting page-check to see if your laptop has a motherboard related problem. If you are sure it’s a motherboard related problem then make sure to review the troubleshooting page- Motherboard related problems sometimes can be fixed with updating the BIOS or configuring the CMOS.
Werkzeuge
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Flip the laptop to the bottom side.
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Locate and slide the two battery locks to disconnect the battery.
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Remove the battery by sliding it out away from the computer (horizontal with the casing).
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Use a #1 Phillips head screwdriver to remove the screw on the middle right of the RAM's cover panel.
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Then, use a the blue iFixit Opening Tool to pry the cover panel off.
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Push on to the RAM tabs to disconnect the RAM form the device.
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The RAM will pop off from the socket. Gently pull the RAM out of the socket.
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Use the #1 Phillips head screwdriver to unscrew the panel.
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Disconnect the black and white wires.
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Push on the tabs to disconnect the Wi-Fi card.
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Use the blue iFixit Opening Tool to pull the Wi-Fi Card out.
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Use the #1 Phillips head screwdriver as to remove the hard drive screw.
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Use the blue iFixit Opening Tool to pry the cover off.
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Use the plastic flap to pull the hard drive out of its slot.
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Use the #1 Phillips head screwdriver remove the Optical Drive screw.
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Use the blue iFixit Opening Tool to pry the Optical Drive out of the slot from the side of the casing.
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Use your hands to pull the rest of the Optical Drive out.
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Carefully use the blue iFixit Opening Tool to pry the panel above the keyboard from the left and right side.
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Push back the screen until it is flat with the laptop.
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Gently remove the clips that connect the panel to the screen.
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Use the Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the two screws.
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Gently pry the keyboard from the laptop using the blue iFixit opening tool.
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Slowly lift the keyboard away from the laptop.
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Remove the ribbon that connects to the laptop.
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Disconnect the video cable, then slowly and firmly pull the video cable upwards.
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Disconnect the brown ribbon located in the middle area of the laptop.
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Disconnect the two white ribbons located in the bottom left of the laptop.
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Firmly pull out the two white ribbons.
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Use the Phillips #00 Screwdriver to unscrew all the screws.
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Unscrew three additional screws through the three holes on the optical drive.
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Turn the laptop upside down.
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Use the blue iFixit Opening Tool to slowly pry the case upward.
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Remove the white ribbon
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.