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Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement

Introduction

This guide teaches you how to replace the motherboard in a Toshiba Satellite C655 series laptop.

What you need

    • With the battery side facing you, first move the right locking latch to the right.

    • Afterwards, move the left spring latch to the left, but keep your finger there, and pull the battery out with your other hand.

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  2. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove hard drive cover: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the single screw securing the hard drive cover to the base.

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  3. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove hard drive caddy: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the single screw securing the hard drive caddy to the base.

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  4. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove hard drive from caddy: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • This step is unnecessary if you're just removing the hard drive for testing purposes, or to replace the motherboard.

    • Remove the four screws securing the hard drive to the caddy.

    • You're done!

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  6. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove some screws: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the twelve "F6"/M2.5x6 screws.

    • Remove the two "F2" screws under where the battery was.

    • Remove the "F3" screw securing the optical drive, and slide the optical drive out.

    • Remove the two "F2" screws from where the optical drive faceplate was.

    • Remove the memory cover screw, pull the memory door open, and remove the two "F6"/M2.5x6 screws from underneath.

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    • Use your fingernail or a spudget to get under the keyboard trim, and pry it up. Go along the keyboard trim, pulling it up.

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  8. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove keyboard: step 7, image 1 of 2 Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove keyboard: step 7, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the four screws securing the keyboard to the palmrest.

    • Lift the keyboard at the top a little, and pull the keyboard towards the screen, so that you see the locking connector below the keyboard.

    • Push the locking connector's lock towards the screen at both the left and the right points, very gently.

    • Pull the now-loose keyboard cable out of the connector.

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  9. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove palmrest cables & palmrest: step 8, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the three palmrest cables from the motherboard, that being the power button cable, the speaker cable, and the touchpad cable.

    • No need to remove any of the other cables yet.

    • Use a spudger to separate the palmrest from the base.

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  10. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove fan: step 9, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the fan cable.

    • Remove the two silver-colored fan screws.

    • Remove the single black-colored fan screw.

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  11. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove motherboard: step 10, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the single screw securing the motherboard to the base.

    • Remove the two wireless antenna connectors.

    • Remove the LCD cable.

    • Lift the motherboard out of the base.

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  12. Toshiba Satellite C655D-S5200 Motherboard Replacement, Remove the heatsink: step 11, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the four screws securing the heatsink to the motherboard.

    • Remove the processor, memory, and optionally, the clock battery. Install the first two in the replacement motherboard. You're done!

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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is there any processor upgrades compatible with this specific computer? other than ram and ssd any upgrade info would be appreciated.

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