Anybody else here own a Toshiba Satellite?
Have you tried disassembling it to do a deep cleaning? How did it go?
Trying to maintain these things is fucking impossible.
Satellite owner here, yep it's a pain in the ass trying to clean these laptops
Yeah I just took off the bottom cover and the fan to take out the dust that was building up
Other than that I wouldn't really know what to take apart
>>54327028
it sucks dick to take apart
>>54327028
The cheapest way I've found to clean it is to take the screws out of the bottom, put them in a junk drawer full of other things that work reliably, then throw the rest of it away and buy another laptop.
>>54327379
OP here
I've completed the "buy another laptop" step. Not ready to throw away the Toshiba yet though.
>>54327519
Oh, well you'll need a screwdriver to complete step 1.
>>54327028
>what you get for buying a consumer grade notebook (made to die after like one year, when the fan/ cooler gets dirty starts overheating/ throttling - dies) instead a business one (easy to repair/ hardware manual available/ 3yr warranty/ build to last).
Next time you know. However search youtube/ ifixit, maybe there is some hope.
>>54327028
>Toshiba
Ya dun goofed.
I had one two years ago. Doesn't survive falling down the stairs
>>54327028
Watch out for thermal pads over the chipset, those things can rip easily when removing the heatsink. Especially if its been a few years since the machine was assembled.
>>54327028
>>54327028
a505
it was shit. last time i got one screw left. fuck it.
i sold it, though. almost at a third of what it cost me.
>tfw i spend 1100 on a piece of shit
>>54328329
>>54329063
It's been running almost constantly for around six years straight in warm dusty rooms. It has never been cleaned.
I will commend Toshiba for the durability of their hardware at least, considering I've treated this thing like absolute shit.
