Toshiba Satellite A75-S2112

This Notebook has a problem with the power plug on the back.

I can hold the connector pressed to one side and the thing works and the battery charges. Right now I have a rubber band holding it pressed to the side and It charged all night with no problem.

I need instructions or a link to find out how to get inside this pig. I'm sure I could fix the problem if I could get to the bad connection. I tried tuner cleaner but that helped nothing.

I took out all the screws on the bottom but there must be a secret handshake or voodoo that will allow getting in there without breaking it in half.

Toshiba site was of no help as far as I could see. What I need is a blow up picture I suppose.

 

Toshiba Satellite A70 / A75 laptop

I can only assume their is no warranty covering this computer. If notebook is under warranty, I would suggest following that route for bids / costs / repair.

How to dismantle Toshiba Satellite A70/A75. Repair laptop yourself. Disassembly manual with pictures.

May want to read this .... A bad connection between DC-IN power jack on the system board and the system board is a very common problem with Toshiba Satellite M35X and Toshiba Satellite A70/A75 notebooks

Side Note
I've never repaired a notebook, but I would suggest full backups prior to dismantle / repair. Not knowing how involved the following would be, but removing "sensitive components" such as memory sticks and HDD may reduce potential risks.
Good Luck

 

Thank you very much DennisL.

I will read up and it may prompt me to take it to Houston for repair.

I almost had it open, then I got chicken afraid I would break some of those parts in half.

 

Sorry, After posting and looking had the same links already given.

 

Bill,

You're a coward - as long as you don't force anything, it will pop apart. There is some bad news though - more likely than not, that is a surface mount plug and you shouldn't be attempting to solder this yourself. It is very easy to burn the traces on your motherboard.

 

You are right, Rockster. If it was mine I would have cracked it right away. But it belongs to my daughter and I wouldn't want to break her stuff.

The links took me to a place where I can take it apart and do the repair.

As far as the soldering goes, I have 44 years of experience in electronics repair from HF transmitters through microwave communications and the last 15 years in repair of gaming machine MB and monitors.

 

OK, like I should have said ....... Piece of Cake.

Regards,