This was INVALUABLE as I tried - and succeeded - in fixing a recurring overheat issue with my A665-6070 machine. Turns out, there was enough fuzz on the vanes of the exhaust fan output to assemble a new cat from scratch! Before the fix, the CPU temp utility was reporting temps in the 90's (with thermal shutoff around 100). Now, it's humming along with CPU temps in the 50's! Spectacular! Thank you again! (Glad I had a second computer to watch your video while I disassembled the laptop!)
Hi thanks so much for sharing this. My A665 was getting hotter and hotter. Thanks to you I was able to clean the exit vent and also to drill above the ventilator. I am convinced that this grid should have been opened. Now my computer is keeping under 60°C when I play! Goodbye the shunting down due to overheating! You saved me from buying a new computer so again, a huge thank you!!!
Owned this laptop for 3 years. Last cleaned the dust off 3 years ago! Laptop started to get kernal error with graphics chip. Tore apart and blew away all the dust from fins. Also put new thermal paste for cpu and nvidia chip surfaces. Temps are now at 44C for graphics chip and 50C for all 4 cores under light to moderate use. I was getting 55C graphics and 60C cores prior to cleaning dust. This is a capable machine. I run Sony Vegas, Solidworks, and other heavy software without any issues.
Thank you! A label from somewhere deep inside my computer came loose and got into the fan. Terrible racket! Following your directions, I got deep enough into it to fish the paper label out. I hope my new Toshiba doesn't have useless labels inside that can come loose!!
Super! I was working on a A665 with no power except for a few seconds if you pressed the play button for the dvd. Pretty sure it was going to need a new motherboard. I watched this video and took off they keyboard, pressed the power ribbon in better and now it has viruses which is way better than not booting!!! Thank you.
Hi Ariel! What you need to do first is figure out is it shut down randomly or because of some reason? What do you mean by battery sticks out? Does it placed properly and can't be easily removed from it's place? Does it shuts down only while on battery or also when plugged in to outlet? Do you play some game while it is shuts down. Usual reason for shutting down is a dirt in a heatsink and fan. Or when fan failing, system doesn't cool down properly and getting shut off...
Thanks this really helped! My graphics chip was over heating, once I opened it and saw there was almost no thermal paste left on the Nvidia chip it was dry and spread out, same goes for the main Intel Processor. Need to go buy some paste to fix this. Thank you so much.
Black and white wire with some gold color round type of connectors on the end is wifi antenna cables that should be connected to a wifi card, but it has nothing to do with power problem...
It may work if it will be same generation of i7, but it also will be more tbu and fan probably will work all the time. I would dig in to a specs of a laptop/motherboard and CPU and compare everything.
Make sure you will look for some videos on TH-cam (not on my channel, on some other one) that will show how to apply thermal paste. Have fun by fixing your laptop!
Hi, I don't have this laptop anymore, so you will need to figure it out, based on this video or just find another video. What you can do is try a canned air (just don't spin fan too fast) and it may do the work. You can remove a palmrest and than fan will be more accessible.
Hi, there is only 4 ways. First is professional. If you can solder than you know what to do.. 2. Cut old non working. Cut and attach new one. Should work, but I do not recommend this method. 3. Go to somebody who can solder. (that what I would do) 4. Buy motherboard with good everything and DC jack. But it is way expensive. Have a good luck!
You did a tear down video on a Toshiba a665. The specific thing i need help with is replacing the dc power cable. For some reason they decided to solder on the cable instead of making the clip where you can just pop it out. Have you replaced the dc power on the mother board? If so can you tell me how?
Mine kept crashing because of heat (more than 95°C!). I think there is a flaw in the design: the air grid over the fan is closed: just don't make any sense. One week ago, I had enough. I took a cutter and opened the damned grid. It's not very esthetic but it changed everything. I know I can kiss goodbye to the guarantee but now I can actually use my laptop. If you dissamble it you could do it from inside for a better result.
No, you don't, find 3 or 4, not sure yet screw holes marked with a keyboard picture on the back of your laptop. Remove screws and than remove a keyboard
hey bro! this video is helping me fixing my a665, I just have a question, the black and white wires you separate after removing the power button, what are they? mine has them torn appart, like they were cut or something (I bought the laptop used with a power problem, it shuts down itself and maybe those wires are causing the problem)
Massive Thanks regazz!!! You really helped me!!! Congrats for the way you do your job, and video off course. I've to change now my processor: any suggest about the processor to collocate instead , and speed-up a bit more this notebook? Current proc is: Banana Intel Core i7 Q740 1.73GHz (just!!!!!) unparked sure Cheers man
2:38 so that fucking screw was the reason I couldnt get the top off my laptop! I never would have thought to pry off the keyboard, it looks like it is molded in one piece with the top shell! Thanks for this video, there are so many things wrong with my old machine - power socket loose and wobbly, fan probably clogged with dust, thermal paste probably mostly gone ...
What do you mean by clean? Internally or externally? I did a virus scan although nothing showed up. I also took off the 2 small covers on the back and clean off any dust (there wasn't much). I am rather scared to take off the entire back in fear I will not have a working computer at the end.
Cheers man! .....any suggest about the processor to collocate instead , and speed-up a bit more this notebook? Current proc is: Banana Intel Core i7 Q740 1.73GHz (just!!!!!) unparked sure
Thanks a lot! I was planning to change my 3DV12X' wifi card and I was wondering where it was. Btw, what kind of tool are you using? Imma get me one too
Hello, i yesterday i remove the dust out of the fan kind of succcessfully but seems i missed 1 step. The touchpad doesn't work, also the buttons next to the ON/OFF neither. My question is, the things at 3:04 until 3;11 are the ones i missed to connect?
If you're just trying to look at the state of the fan (I'm having overheating issues) can you just remove the backcover, or do you have to remove the motherboard, Optical drive, etc first?
Hey KendraSays You will need to remove a palmrest and in this case you will be able to check the state of the fan. (better remove a fan, because the main dirt is between a fan and heatsink.
I thought the problem was fixed but it still shuts off sometimes. Also I was wondering why do you take all these computers apart? Is it a hobby or something?
I have this laptop. If I plug it the power led and the charging led turns on but when the power button is pressed the laptop won't turn on, no sound, no screen, no fans. Do you think is a motherboard problem? a power button problem? How can I know which is the problem in order to buy the replacement. Thank you.
Hi there. Not sure if you are going to reply buy anyway. I have Satellite A665 (purchased in 2009) and I would like to upgrade it as it is very slow now. I will list upgrades below. See maybe you can advise something: - increase RAM from 4gb to 8gb -replase 500gb HDD with 256gb SSD -replace DVD Rom with HDD Caddy (1tb) I am not sure how i am going to do any of these as i have never touched internal hardware myself :D
+Эльмар Идрисов Hi, sorry for late reply. These upgrades are relatively easy to do. As long as you are good at installing an operating system - you are good to go.
Hi there! Based on the computer's specs, do you personally believe that I could swap out the CPU on this laptop for something that supports faster RAM and is possibly more potent? I have the same machine, and the processor is an intel core i3 370m, let me know!
hey regazzz on this laptop is it possible to ubgrade the processor and gpu? im my a665 i have the i3 with integrated intel hd graphics... i was considering upgradeing the i3 to the i7 and adding the gpu that comes with the i7 version but thats assumeing the i7 version and the i3 version sue the same mother board... do you know if they do or not? thanks for the insight!!!
Hey Bro I was wondering if u could really help my out with this problem, I've got the same laptop model with Nvidia 340m GPU. Well one day at the booting process my screen got static (like on the old Tvs). I hooked it to an external monitor and worked fine. Well this problem seemed to fixed by itself until now. Im thinking its a cable from the motherboard to the screen. Any ideas out there ?
UN GRAN FAVOR ME PODRIAS DAR UNA RECOMENDACION PARA AREGLAR EL BOTON DE ILUMNICACION DEL TECLADO INTERNO Q TIENE LA LAP TOP .POR EJEMPLO AL COSTADO DEL TOUH PACH ESTA EL NOMBRE DE SATELLITE Y NO ENCIENDE Y ARRIBA EL TECLADO DONDE APARECE UNA FLECHITA A LA DERECHA NO FUNCIONA Q PUEDO HACER
oops I didn't mean to post that comment yet. I meant to say I did a virus scan and nothing came up. Any ideas on what it is or how to fix it? I'm not very good with computers but its frustrating when it keeps shutting down.
regazzz I still have one of those machines, it's pretty powerful tough, the problem is heat, but with care it will last a few years more. anyway, nice video. I came to watch it because i had a doubt and didn't want to open mine.
hello good day I have a problem I could not install a usb bluettooh I have tried several methods and my laptop does not recognize it, or recognizes it and do not work properly, my laptop is the same reference as shown in the video, because this video will I did servicing the fan of my laptop toshiba, hopefully have a solution to this problem bluettooh
Bj Reynolds my video is a basic take apart video. Everything get's out. I would say - yes, it is probably possible to remove a CPU without taking some extra staff out. Just watch this video to figure out what. Some things you will not need to remove.
My laptop keeps shutting down randomly with out notice. It's not the battery. The battery is good and usually lasts 3 hours. I don't think it's over heating because the battery sticks out so it sits at an angle. I a
My fan had a piece of tape in it as well as dust. Canned air would not have fixed that! Also, the vent (harmonica shaped piece) gets dust stuck in the little slots. Don't short cut it with canned air unless you maybe do it every month or so to avoid build up.
WHere could I buy a used and fairly good CPU for my A665D... I'm trying to game on it and I get terrible FPS and can't open some games because they require more GHz than mine... I have an AMD CPU with 1.8 GHz and 4.0 GB of ram if that helps
I have a 3D version so not really leaning on changing that. So now that I know the cpu is not really soldered on, I can start looking for a replacement. My laptop keeps overheating so I want to change the fan as well. Any suggestions?
Inspect the scissor mechanism and the button on the other side as well. The scissor mechanism is going only one way in. You can risk it and carefully remove another f button and see how it is put together to fix your f10. Good luck with that, sometimes not really fixable if plastic pieces are broken. The good news is that the keyboard is removable and costs about $15-20 on eBay.
C'mon, it is pretty easy laptop. Even if screws all mixed up. If it will be some HP probook with so many different screws and so on, I will be screwed :)
This was INVALUABLE as I tried - and succeeded - in fixing a recurring overheat issue with my A665-6070 machine. Turns out, there was enough fuzz on the vanes of the exhaust fan output to assemble a new cat from scratch! Before the fix, the CPU temp utility was reporting temps in the 90's (with thermal shutoff around 100). Now, it's humming along with CPU temps in the 50's! Spectacular! Thank you again! (Glad I had a second computer to watch your video while I disassembled the laptop!)
Hi thanks so much for sharing this. My A665 was getting hotter and hotter. Thanks to you I was able to clean the exit vent and also to drill above the ventilator. I am convinced that this grid should have been opened. Now my computer is keeping under 60°C when I play!
Goodbye the shunting down due to overheating! You saved me from buying a new computer so again, a huge thank you!!!
Owned this laptop for 3 years. Last cleaned the dust off 3 years ago! Laptop started to get kernal error with graphics chip. Tore apart and blew away all the dust from fins. Also put new thermal paste for cpu and nvidia chip surfaces. Temps are now at 44C for graphics chip and 50C for all 4 cores under light to moderate use. I was getting 55C graphics and 60C cores prior to cleaning dust. This is a capable machine. I run Sony Vegas, Solidworks, and other heavy software without any issues.
Thank you! A label from somewhere deep inside my computer came loose and got into the fan. Terrible racket! Following your directions, I got deep enough into it to fish the paper label out. I hope my new Toshiba doesn't have useless labels inside that can come loose!!
Super! I was working on a A665 with no power except for a few seconds if you pressed the play button for the dvd. Pretty sure it was going to need a new motherboard. I watched this video and took off they keyboard, pressed the power ribbon in better and now it has viruses which is way better than not booting!!! Thank you.
Thanks. You are seriously awesome for replying to comments right away!
Hi Ariel!
What you need to do first is figure out is it shut down randomly or because of some reason?
What do you mean by battery sticks out? Does it placed properly and can't be easily removed from it's place?
Does it shuts down only while on battery or also when plugged in to outlet?
Do you play some game while it is shuts down.
Usual reason for shutting down is a dirt in a heatsink and fan. Or when fan failing, system doesn't cool down properly and getting shut off...
The one that fits this model. If you find some custom one that fits - good, but you can use an original fan too.
Thanks this really helped! My graphics chip was over heating, once I opened it and saw there was almost no thermal paste left on the Nvidia chip it was dry and spread out, same goes for the main Intel Processor. Need to go buy some paste to fix this. Thank you so much.
I don't think 19 hours is "right away" :))) But I am trying to answer and approve all comments at least once a day.
Thank you for your comments!
Black and white wire with some gold color round type of connectors on the end is wifi antenna cables that should be connected to a wifi card, but it has nothing to do with power problem...
Just cleaned out my fan and reapplied thermal paste. Thanks for the vid.
Matthew Smeraglia I am very happy that this video was useful! You are welcome!
I know this video is so old but thanks this video was really helpful
Video gets old. I am getting old. But hopefully, this and other videos will stay after me :-)
Hi, it is on the other side of a motherboard. It is glued/soldered to motherboard.
It may work if it will be same generation of i7, but it also will be more tbu and fan probably will work all the time.
I would dig in to a specs of a laptop/motherboard and CPU and compare everything.
Make sure you will look for some videos on TH-cam (not on my channel, on some other one) that will show how to apply thermal paste.
Have fun by fixing your laptop!
Hello, no I don't have it. Just check online, there are plenty of stores!
Hi,
I don't have this laptop anymore, so you will need to figure it out, based on this video or just find another video.
What you can do is try a canned air (just don't spin fan too fast) and it may do the work.
You can remove a palmrest and than fan will be more accessible.
Hi, there is only 4 ways.
First is professional. If you can solder than you know what to do..
2. Cut old non working. Cut and attach new one. Should work, but I do not recommend this method.
3. Go to somebody who can solder. (that what I would do)
4. Buy motherboard with good everything and DC jack. But it is way expensive.
Have a good luck!
You are welcome!
Thank you for the great video. It was very helpful!
You did a tear down video on a Toshiba a665. The specific thing i need help with is replacing the dc power cable. For some reason they decided to solder on the cable instead of making the clip where you can just pop it out. Have you replaced the dc power on the mother board? If so can you tell me how?
Mine kept crashing because of heat (more than 95°C!). I think there is a flaw in the design: the air grid over the fan is closed: just don't make any sense.
One week ago, I had enough. I took a cutter and opened the damned grid. It's not very esthetic but it changed everything. I know I can kiss goodbye to the guarantee but now I can actually use my laptop. If you dissamble it you could do it from inside for a better result.
Thanks a lot!
No, you don't, find 3 or 4, not sure yet screw holes marked with a keyboard picture on the back of your laptop. Remove screws and than remove a keyboard
hey bro!
this video is helping me fixing my a665, I just have a question, the black and white wires you separate after removing the power button, what are they? mine has them torn appart, like they were cut or something (I bought the laptop used with a power problem, it shuts down itself and maybe those wires are causing the problem)
Massive Thanks regazz!!! You really helped me!!! Congrats for the way you do your job, and video off course.
I've to change now my processor: any suggest about the processor to collocate instead , and speed-up a bit more this notebook?
Current proc is: Banana Intel Core i7 Q740 1.73GHz (just!!!!!) unparked sure
Cheers man
You are very welcome!
2:38 so that fucking screw was the reason I couldnt get the top off my laptop! I never would have thought to pry off the keyboard, it looks like it is molded in one piece with the top shell! Thanks for this video, there are so many things wrong with my old machine - power socket loose and wobbly, fan probably clogged with dust, thermal paste probably mostly gone ...
Boss! I just tried to dissemble one and that keyboard looks molded into the top. If I hadn't seen you do it, who woulda thought?
I mean internally :)
Better don't do that if you don't know how to.
Hope you will fix your laptop!
do i have to follow the whole tear down process to replace the keboard or is there a simpler way
Did you clean it?
Hobby for videos, job for whatever is wrong with laptops, lifestyle for helping people on different comments :)
If it is coming and going, it can not be LCD, more likely gpu or cable. Did you tried a different cable already?
What do you mean by clean? Internally or externally? I did a virus scan although nothing showed up. I also took off the 2 small covers on the back and clean off any dust (there wasn't much). I am rather scared to take off the entire back in fear I will not have a working computer at the end.
I use craftsman screw extruder. Some small one ...
Cheers man!
.....any suggest about the processor to collocate instead , and speed-up a bit more this notebook?
Current proc is: Banana Intel Core i7 Q740 1.73GHz (just!!!!!) unparked sure
which (replacement) cooling fan do you recommend for this ?
Safety tip: don't wear jewelry when working on electronics. Also, use an ESD strap properly by connecting it to your grounding point.
Thanks a lot!
I was planning to change my 3DV12X' wifi card and I was wondering where it was. Btw, what kind of tool are you using? Imma get me one too
We actually have a power drill so what are the bit size or where can I find the appropriate tools
Could you make a video showing how to remove dust from this computer? Mine keeps overheating.
Hello, i yesterday i remove the dust out of the fan kind of succcessfully but seems i missed 1 step. The touchpad doesn't work, also the buttons next to the ON/OFF neither. My question is, the things at 3:04 until 3;11 are the ones i missed to connect?
If you're just trying to look at the state of the fan (I'm having overheating issues) can you just remove the backcover, or do you have to remove the motherboard, Optical drive, etc first?
Hey KendraSays
You will need to remove a palmrest and in this case you will be able to check the state of the fan. (better remove a fan, because the main dirt is between a fan and heatsink.
voids should be there?
I thought the problem was fixed but it still shuts off sometimes. Also I was wondering why do you take all these computers apart? Is it a hobby or something?
I have this laptop. If I plug it the power led and the charging led turns on but when the power button is pressed the laptop won't turn on, no sound, no screen, no fans. Do you think is a motherboard problem? a power button problem? How can I know which is the problem in order to buy the replacement. Thank you.
Hey are you still on youtube i have a question about the toshiba a665
Hi there. Not sure if you are going to reply buy anyway. I have Satellite A665 (purchased in 2009) and I would like to upgrade it as it is very slow now. I will list upgrades below. See maybe you can advise something:
- increase RAM from 4gb to 8gb
-replase 500gb HDD with 256gb SSD
-replace DVD Rom with HDD Caddy (1tb)
I am not sure how i am going to do any of these as i have never touched internal hardware myself :D
+Эльмар Идрисов Hi, sorry for late reply. These upgrades are relatively easy to do. As long as you are good at installing an operating system - you are good to go.
Hi there! Based on the computer's specs, do you personally believe that I could swap out the CPU on this laptop for something that supports faster RAM and is possibly more potent? I have the same machine, and the processor is an intel core i3 370m, let me know!
hi do u still have your i7 740qm? does it work? and how much would you be asking?
hey regazzz on this laptop is it possible to ubgrade the processor and gpu? im my a665 i have the i3 with integrated intel hd graphics... i was considering upgradeing the i3 to the i7 and adding the gpu that comes with the i7 version but thats assumeing the i7 version and the i3 version sue the same mother board... do you know if they do or not? thanks for the insight!!!
would you recommend an eathtek fan to replace
thanks man, it helped a lot.
Hey, that's just great!!!
regazzz I´m having troble with my 665 and toshiba does not provides schematics for disassemble nor reply´s for. HURRA the free internet´s comunity!
Sooner or later there will be everything online. :) I am glad my video was helpful for you!
Stanley 66-052 set
Hi, can you share what is the MB model? I want to check if a ssd can be added on the pci express port that is facing the keyboard,
GREAT!!!
Where is the graphics card and can it be changed out for a better one? Thanks
Hey Bro I was wondering if u could really help my out with this problem, I've got the same laptop model with Nvidia 340m GPU. Well one day at the booting process my screen got static (like on the old Tvs). I hooked it to an external monitor and worked fine. Well this problem seemed to fixed by itself until now. Im thinking its a cable from the motherboard to the screen. Any ideas out there ?
Hey, sorry for such a late response, let me know if you still have this problem...
UN GRAN FAVOR ME PODRIAS DAR UNA RECOMENDACION PARA AREGLAR EL BOTON DE ILUMNICACION DEL TECLADO INTERNO Q TIENE LA LAP TOP .POR EJEMPLO AL COSTADO DEL TOUH PACH ESTA EL NOMBRE DE SATELLITE Y NO ENCIENDE Y ARRIBA EL TECLADO DONDE APARECE UNA FLECHITA A LA DERECHA NO FUNCIONA Q PUEDO HACER
Quick help, what is the cable running through the right hinge (white). need to order the component before disassemble
WiFi antenna cable?
Usually if touchpad was working before and doesn't work after installation, it wasn't connected. Make sure everything is connected...
thanks helped me alot
MIN 7:27
no voids underneath the fan
How to unlatch keyboard cord....you simply unplugged but I'm sure i need to unclip it first
oops I didn't mean to post that comment yet. I meant to say I did a virus scan and nothing came up. Any ideas on what it is or how to fix it? I'm not very good with computers but its frustrating when it keeps shutting down.
Hey, dude. Be less rude with the machine.
+Hebert Caballero Hey thanks. Video is like at least 3 years old and it is gone a while ago.
regazzz I still have one of those machines, it's pretty powerful tough, the problem is heat, but with care it will last a few years more. anyway, nice video. I came to watch it because i had a doubt and didn't want to open mine.
hello good day I have a problem I could not install a usb bluettooh I have tried several methods and my laptop does not recognize it, or recognizes it and do not work properly, my laptop is the same reference as shown in the video, because this video will I did servicing the fan of my laptop toshiba, hopefully have a solution to this problem bluettooh
hi... is it possible to get to the CPU without removing all the wires and pieces shown here? thanks.
Bj Reynolds my video is a basic take apart video. Everything get's out. I would say - yes, it is probably possible to remove a CPU without taking some extra staff out. Just watch this video to figure out what. Some things you will not need to remove.
My laptop keeps shutting down randomly with out notice. It's not the battery. The battery is good and usually lasts 3 hours. I don't think it's over heating because the battery sticks out so it sits at an angle. I a
Hi i want to clean a fan on my laptop, but do i need to take the screen off, i hope i don't??? :)
Amir Zerdo No, get a can of compressed air and blow it out via the vents on the laptop.
My fan had a piece of tape in it as well as dust. Canned air would not have fixed that! Also, the vent (harmonica shaped piece) gets dust stuck in the little slots. Don't short cut it with canned air unless you maybe do it every month or so to avoid build up.
How do took out the speakers? I guess that is missed in video
I didn't remove speakers - usually if palmrest good and speakers are located on the palmrest - I do not remove them.
Thanks for asking!
Thanks for reply and making this video.
I have an A665 in need of a new hd, and I stripped the top of the screw on the door over the hd... DX
4:36 this white plug is literally melted into the motherboard, fyi, do not leave your laptop on for long periods of time
unpopularpizza10 no its not, its a plug.
WHere could I buy a used and fairly good CPU for my A665D... I'm trying to game on it and I get terrible FPS and can't open some games because they require more GHz than mine... I have an AMD CPU with 1.8 GHz and 4.0 GB of ram if that helps
if you intend to make it better for gaming i suggest you get a new gpu
HUGO PORTUGUES EM SERVICO
Can you change/upgrade the cpu and fan?
+Arthur Majaducon hello, unfortunately no.
Damn. Too bad. Thanks a lot.
Arthur Majaducon
Hey, you know what, I was actually wrong. CPU is replaceable. (I was thinking you are talking about GPU)
Thanks
I have a 3D version so not really leaning on changing that. So now that I know the cpu is not really soldered on, I can start looking for a replacement.
My laptop keeps overheating so I want to change the fan as well. Any suggestions?
maybe a bluetooth is bad?
Whats your batrei code bro?
What code?
Where is the graphics card
I dropped the f10 key and now I can't put it back
Inspect the scissor mechanism and the button on the other side as well. The scissor mechanism is going only one way in. You can risk it and carefully remove another f button and see how it is put together to fix your f10. Good luck with that, sometimes not really fixable if plastic pieces are broken. The good news is that the keyboard is removable and costs about $15-20 on eBay.
No way he put that back together.
C'mon, it is pretty easy laptop.
Even if screws all mixed up.
If it will be some HP probook with so many different screws and so on, I will be screwed :)
Oops I didn't mean to post that last comment yet. I meant to say I also did a virus scan nothing came up. Any other ideas
That's sad :)
thanks for the vid!
btw anonyone interested in a core i7 740qm and or a board with a 310m?
looks like the wifi card is under the keyboard. bad place for it imo.
Tore off my speaker cables at 4:37, fuck.
Bastard laptop is always over heating grrr
Hard disk has no proper cooling on this machine
You are welcome!!