How to Take Apart a Toshiba Satellite Laptop
- 1). Shut down your Toshiba Satellite laptop. Remove the plug from the electrical outlet and remove the battery. Hold in the power button for 15 to 30 seconds to discharge excess electrical charges.
- 2). Close the screen and turn the laptop upside-down.
- 3). Locate the tiny screws that holds the compartment on the center of the laptop. Remove the screws with a small Phillips screwdriver. Pull off the hard plastic cover to expose the laptop's internal fan. The cover for each compartment has a small "4" etched into it. This "4" corresponds with the diagram of the bottom panel on your Toshiba laptop found in its instruction manual.
- 4). Locate the small compartment on the lower left corner of the bottom of laptop. Remove the screw with a small Phillips screwdriver. Pull off the hard plastic cover to expose the laptop's RAM bay.
- 5). Use the screwdriver to remove the rest of the screws holding on the bottom of the Toshiba Satellite laptop. You will see a number of screws (the exact number depends on the model of Toshiba Satellite laptop you own) around the edges of the bottom panel of the laptop - these are the screws you need to remove with the screwdriver. Once the other compartments are opened, you can remove the rest of the screws on the bottom of the device and then lift up the entire bottom cover, revealing the entire inside of the Toshiba Satellite laptop.