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Introduction |
This guide will shows how to remove and replace your computer's motherboard. Removing the motherboard requires other laptop components removed or disconnected. Each step goes over removing/disconnecting the laptop components. | | Use this guide to replace a damaged motherboard in your Toshiba Satellite M45 Motherboard. | | ***Laptop components to remove includes:*** Battery, RAM, Wi-Fi-Card, Hard Drive, Optical Drive, and Keyboard. | | The Motherboard is a circuit board that connects important hardware such as the Graphics Cards, Solid State Drives, Hard Drives, Ram, Mouse and keyboard. | | | After removing these components, remove the faulty motherboard from the laptop and insert a new motherboard. | | A faulty motherboard can damage the hardware components connected making it undetectable by the computer and may slow down performance. A faulty motherboard can cause overheating, show the monitor screen freezing or a display bluescreen. Signs of a damaged motherboard are dust build up, burnt chipset and a computers old age. | | | Before using this guide, make sure to review the [[Troubleshooting a Computer Motherboard#main|troubleshooting page]]- Motherboard related problems sometimes can be fixed with updating the BIOS or configuring the CMOS. |
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