I have just frazzled a 3 year old toshiba laptop in a bad BIOS flash.

How can I open my laptop up to get hold of the motherboard, to replace
the BIOS chip... or is it a fools errand that will end with a soldered
chip, and an expensive bill?

-niel

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I have just frazzled a 3 year old toshiba laptop in a bad BIOS flash.

Oh oh !

How can I open my laptop up to get hold of the motherboard,

Usually a thousand tiny screws AFAIK.

to replace the BIOS chip... or is it a fools errand that will end with a
soldered
chip, and an expensive bill?

If it's a flash chip ( which it must be ) it's likely soldered on the pcb. The
days when you could drop in a new Eprom have gone it seems.

Graham

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I have just frazzled a 3 year old toshiba laptop in a bad BIOS flash.

How can I open my laptop up to get hold of the motherboard, to replace
the BIOS chip...


How long is a piece of string? It varies from model to model. There's often
lots of screws, some concealed under trim panels. Have a look on Toshiba's
website and you may be lucky and find an 'explosion' parts chart showing the
dismantling procedure.

or is it a fools errand that will end with a soldered
chip, and an expensive bill?


Likely. If you don't have access to decent tools and antistatic wristbands,
and aren't experienced with laptop repair, don't open it yourself. The
cheapest option might be to look out for an identical laptop on eBay with a
cracked screen and swap the parts around.

Dave

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I have just frazzled a 3 year old toshiba laptop in a bad BIOS flash.

How can I open my laptop up to get hold of the motherboard, to replace
the BIOS chip... or is it a fools errand that will end with a soldered
chip, and an expensive bill?

-niel


Don't even think of proceeding without obtaining the hardware
maintenance / service manual. You will probably find it on the net for
free download if you look hard enough.

Some motherboards aren't actually that expensive - some are sold on ebay
(UK/US). Stripping down and rebuilding laptops is an interesting hobby
of mine, they aren't as difficult as they first look. Work slowly, avoid
breaking plastic tabs, don't create excess static charges, lose screws
etc...

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Adrian C

wrote:
I have just frazzled a 3 year old toshiba laptop in a bad BIOS flash.

How can I open my laptop up to get hold of the motherboard, to replace
the BIOS chip... or is it a fools errand that will end with a soldered
chip, and an expensive bill?

-niel



Normally you remove *many* teeny little screws and assemblies until you
get down to the board. Do write down where each screw goes or you'll
have some leftover when you're done.

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wrote:
I have just frazzled a 3 year old toshiba laptop in a bad BIOS flash.

How can I open my laptop up to get hold of the motherboard, to replace
the BIOS chip... or is it a fools errand that will end with a soldered
chip, and an expensive bill?

-niel



Normally you remove *many* teeny little screws and assemblies until you
get down to the board. Do write down where each screw goes or you'll have
some leftover when you're done.

And/or take pictures or film the whole procedure on a camcorder.

Dave