Laptop and Notebook
Laptop-n-Notebook.Com

Toshiba Satellite L45 and Satellite L40 laptop disassembly instructions.

I prepaired this guide while taking apart a Toshiba Satellite L45 laptop. You can use this guide for taking apart a Satellite L40 laptop. Both models are similar.

STEP 1

Remove laptop battery.
Remove hard drive, memory and video cable covers.

STEP 2

Remove four screws securing the hard drive.
Slide the hard drive down to disconnect it from the motherboard.
Lift up and remove the hard drive. 

STEP 3

Disconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card. Remove two screws securing the wireless card. Lift up and remove the wireless card.
Remove two screws securing the dial-up modem. Lift up the modem to disconnect it from the motherboard. Unplug the cable from the modem.
Remove both memory modules.

STEP 4

Remove one screw from the grounding cable.
Unplug the video cable from the connector on the motherboard.
Remove the yellow sticky tape and release the wireless antenna cables.

STEP 5

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.
Push the DVD drive from the laptop with a screwdriver.
Remove the DVD drive.

STEP 6

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 7

Remove two screws on the back side of the laptop.

STEP 8

Remove both hinge covers with a small screwdriver.

STEP 9

Now you can remove the LCD screen panel. 

STEP 10

Carefully release the LCD panel cables. Remove the LCD panel.

STEP 11

The LCD screen panel has been removed.

STEP 12

Press on the latches securing the keyboard with a sharp object. 
Release the keyboard, lift it up and place upside down on the palm rest.

STEP 13

Unlock the keyboard cable connector on the motherboard. 
Pull the keyboard cable from the connector.
Remove the keyboard.

STEP 14

Remove all screws securing the top cover assembly.
Unplug the white cable from the motherboard.

STEP 15

Separate the top cover from the laptop base. 
You can use a guitar pick. Insert it between the top cover and the laptop base and move along the side.

STEP 16

Lift up and remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 17

Remove yellow tape securing the cooling fan cable.

STEP 18

Remove two screws securing the cooling fan.
Unplug the fan cable from the motherboard.
Remove the cooling fan.

STEP 19

Remove three screws and unplug two cables.

STEP 20

Start removing the motherboard from the left side.
Lift up and remove the motherboard from the laptop base.

STEP 21

The motherboard has been removed.

STEP 22

Remove seven screws securing two heat sinks.
Lifr up and remove both heat sinks. 

STEP 23

Finally, unlock the CPU socket. Carefully lift up the CPU from the socket.