My first IT job was servicing laptops and we were a Toshiba shop. I've repaired and refurbished hundreds of these computers. I really liked them. They were well made, very reliable, and easy to service. Couldn't stand those passive matrix LCD's. We'd always hang on to the CDT's with the active matrix displays.
@herrv19062 жыл бұрын
You managed to assemble the puzzle back ! Amazing ! 😁 Take care of you and your family ! 😉
@RetroSpector782 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Luckily we're all fine.
@ez452 жыл бұрын
That looks so intimidating, good job! I own a 4010CDT on which I replaced the two NiMH batteries two years ago, but taking off the cover of the bottom housing was pushing my comfort zone. There are so many small pieces to these, I would be losing my mind at this stage.
@thedungeondelver2 жыл бұрын
We decommed so many of these at work...I took one out of the disposal pile and wanted to see if I could upgrade it or learn about its innards. I got about...idk, maybe I got the seven big screws out of the bottom and was confronted with barrier after barrier to entry, and I eventually just gave up on it. That would have been in '99 or so. Nice to see what I had wondered about all those years back, thank you!
@TheDutchShepherd2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you're feeling better!
@djpirtu22 жыл бұрын
It's really surprising that these Toshiba-batteries still work after all these years. I have Toshiba 320CDT and it's original battery works about hour when DOS-gaming.
@morganb9002 жыл бұрын
i have a Toshiba satellite same model it lasts like 30 minutes on windows 98
@undefinedperson78162 жыл бұрын
Hope you and family were healthy now. Thanks for these 2 educational videos (laptop unmount/mount). Good cleaning done.
@tyta12 жыл бұрын
I was a huge fan of Toshiba laptops up until the early 2000s. I used to own a Tecra 8200. They were very well built (in Regensburg, Germany by the way) and easy to work on if needed.
@SweetandSourohmy2 жыл бұрын
The first laptop I ever bought was a Toshiba in 2004, it was really good I think I paid like 900$ at circuit city. Last summer when I decided to buy a computer I couldn't find and Toshibas so I got a Dell XPS instead 🤣
@BenState2 жыл бұрын
Look up easy-outs mate, and I would suggest phosphoric acid over acetic acid for rust clean and conversion. Works better and prevents further corrosion.
@mattgarlets39392 жыл бұрын
Glad you are feeling better!
@RetroSpector782 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@mima852 жыл бұрын
Those were made in times when Toshiba actually built good quality laptops. After mid 2000s their build quality just plummeted. You indeed did a very good restoration job on this unit, especially considering the "I have anything to loose" mindset you had about this task. Other people would just have roughly slammed the thing together without caring too much about the quality of their job, while you in fact took good care of the machine. Well done. As for the plastic stickers covering the screws, try to gently bend them in the opposite direction they're bent now, this should flatten them out and make them stick better to the plastic without popping out too much.
@ericlee55812 жыл бұрын
Those are awesome for DOS, actually... it's got a OPL3 chip sitting on an ISA bus connection... :)
@jothain2 жыл бұрын
I have 470cdt and it's one of the best dos laptops I know of. Good display, Soundblaster compatible and fairly decent performance.
@ericlee55812 жыл бұрын
@@jothain It's even decent for earlier DOS games if you turn off the cache using Setmul. Brings it to about the same speed level as a 386-20mhz
@9.peanut2 жыл бұрын
I just came to comment on the thumbnail, LOL. The Office 97 branding and splash screen were so nice. I miss Microsoft having a personality.
@myw4y2 жыл бұрын
Welcome back, glad to see you are ok:)
@thedopplereffect002 жыл бұрын
9:59 did you clean all that brown flux off those solder joints?
@renepedersen71412 жыл бұрын
Speaking as a technician, I really don't like screwdrivers useing theese small bits, they never seem to get a decent grip. I prefer an assortment of screwdrivers :) I never understood the rubber band method. But I'm a master of removing busted screws! :) A lot of times useing a screwdriver for flathead screws can get a grip in a busted PH or PZ screw. Screws that have glue on the threads, can be heated with a soldering iron for a few minutes, it makes the glue liquid again and easy to remove the screw. Thanks for another interesting video :)
@jothain2 жыл бұрын
If you don't get good grip, there's very simple answer. Your tool quality is garbage.
@renepedersen71412 жыл бұрын
@@jothain Maybe somebody else messed up the screw :)
@Queso3052 жыл бұрын
Why not put some grease on the springs in the hinges so they don't rust again?
@elektron2kim6662 жыл бұрын
I miss my 0 cost Toshiba. It was a bit rushed thinking to throw it away.
@retromobs60182 жыл бұрын
If you want to rebuild the battery. You can use the 18650 li-ion cells. I was able to fit in 6 21700 5000mah cells in there with a bit of shaving. Now my satellite pro 4280 lasts forever haha
@JenniferinIllinois2 жыл бұрын
I won't lie, seeing that shot of all the laptop parts scared me a bit. 😉
@holleholl30572 жыл бұрын
I hope you and your family are up well again - just or even better as your Toshiba Laptop is :)
@RetroSpector782 жыл бұрын
Thx … I’m back at work but we were all pretty sick for about a week. Lots of people getting infected here now, luckily none that I know with serious issues. Stay safe and healthy !
@nickwallette62012 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSpector78 Omicron is coming for us all. There are only those that have had it, and those that haven’t had it yet.
@windestruct Жыл бұрын
How to turn the fan back on? I don't mind the noise. I just want the processor to not die.
@americo_san2 жыл бұрын
Top-notch work. Loved it!
@outofrange19822 жыл бұрын
Really lovely project and machine. But looking at 8:46: It seems like the electrolytics are already leaking too (maybe it's only dust, but the PCB above the IR diodes looks kind of bad)
@rrafal2 жыл бұрын
Great job, i have some toshiba like yours but since their display are corrupted like on yours im not touching them atm. Bought a compapq lte, and man thats the quality, perfect screen, decent plastics. Also bought a dell latitude with p ii cpu, decent apswell. I needed to glue the lid couse it sptaprted to cenach near hinges, but put that aside eveŕything works file, even the battery.
@aaroncheah20882 жыл бұрын
I'm currently doing the same restoration for an old Compaq Presario M2000 found in the dumpster.
@aitorius2 жыл бұрын
Hello! I have the same laptop but I want to know if the BIOS battery have an alternative replacement, I mean, it's impossible to me to find the 7.2v / 40mAh and 2.4v / 20mAh, so could another battery work with approximate values? And wich values? Or we have to build the battery with parts? (sigh). I wonder if the battery can be rebuilt, because 10.8v using 18650 batteries its... complicated? 3 batteries (x3.7v) gives 11.1v, can that be a problem, or will it be enough to make it work?
@pacochales9507 Жыл бұрын
Magnifique vidéo, mille mercis !
@Madixe2 жыл бұрын
I have a S300CDT and the fan start spinning only when the cpu is too hot
@Trylen2 жыл бұрын
was looking at the like count.. "386" part of me didn't want to change that.. but now I'm a co-processor, heh
@communalnoodle13562 жыл бұрын
I would have been tempted to arrange one of the TFT panels to put instead while it's apart.
@maxtornogood2 жыл бұрын
I really dig the look of these retro Toshibas! Hope you & the family are feeling better 🙂
@jjohnson719582 жыл бұрын
try 3d printing the external palm rest & bottom cover and all of the other plastic cosmetic pieces with better plastic
@mwbro1232 жыл бұрын
i owned one back in the day....wow memories
@canadianman0002 жыл бұрын
Your driver isnt a standard phillips. It does not have a filed flat tip. Thats your problem. The point bottomed out in the screw before the flutes were fully engaged.
@SimonQuigley2 жыл бұрын
They always put random spare screws in there
@AlejandroRodolfoMendez2 жыл бұрын
I hope you and your family get well soon
@RetroSpector782 жыл бұрын
Thx ... we're all feeling a lot better now.
@Breakfast_of_Champions2 жыл бұрын
Toshiba? Have to be JIS screws then. Philips head will chew through them.😉
@RetroSpector782 жыл бұрын
If you look at the screws you can clearly see that they are Philips. I know JIS is from Japan and so is Toshiba, but Toshiba doesn’t use JIS on laptops. JIS is primarily used in motors / motorcycles / machinery. Never seen a laptop or other electronics device with small JIS screws.
@Ramdileo_sys2 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSpector78 sorry for the offtopic, just gathering some information here. I hope you are better. All the best to you and your loved ones. 👍 Vaccinated with 2 doses??? which brand??? they told you which strain (variant) of the virus do you have??? @Fran Blanche also had covid a few weeks ago, fully vaccinated she was several days without smell or taste.
@DaveM2452 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSpector78 Quick Google search, JIS screws are found on everything made in Japan. JIS, or Japanese Industry Standard screws are just different enough in shape that Phillips drivers will not fit well and slip/strip them. The difference is in the leading angle of the point of the driver. Phillips bits have a larger angle and therefore don't bottom out in the JIS screws, causing slippage. Phillips bits strip JIS screws. I looked in my collection of computer screws , especially the 6-32 because they are bigger and most are not marked but some are marked with a small dot, so JIS screws! Regards, Dave.
@dosenfisch242 жыл бұрын
@@RetroSpector78 Hi, I had more than 10 of these old Toshiba notebooks from the Pentium and Pentium MMX era, ranging from Libretto 70, different Satellite Pro to the Tecra 500 and 700 series. Most of them had a least one or two screws, that were hard to remove with a normal Phillips head screwdriver. After getting an ifixedit set, I found out that the JIS bits work way better on the old Toshiba notebooks. In hindsight, I could have realized it even earlier, becaus older devices like a T1600 and T5200 uses correctly marked screws with a dot.
@michaelwood98662 жыл бұрын
I had one many years ago! I now have a compaq armada 1530dm pentium 1missing the cd drive tho...finding that will be fun.
@lauram59052 жыл бұрын
I have a set of screwdrivers from 2004 that claim to be Chrome Vanadium, but have a surface treatment on them that almost looks and feels like carbon, and I’ve found that with screws where the material is more likely to strip or chowder, they’ve been great at breaking the threadlock and extracting them. I’m writing the manufacturer now to see if there’s anything special about them so I can pass it on, but they’ve been a worthwhile tool for various teardowns I’ve done
@HuntersMoon782 жыл бұрын
Toshiba 4000CDS with 4000 screws
@lukedavis4362 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough i own this exact model, and only recently got mine working
@airfixer94612 жыл бұрын
Nice repair build...i love it 🙂
@jeremiefaucher-goulet33652 жыл бұрын
Detailed screw organizing scheme ;) I don't know if it was to address my question from the previous video, but that's not what I was wondering. My personal issue with screws is not about how to organize them or identifying their different size. It's knowing where each size go back to ;) I'm always afraid of using the wrong one and damaging the threads on the receiving side, or causing long screw damages. As for the extra screws at the end, wouldn't it be nice to store them back where they used to belong, even if they aren't useful anymore? My philosophy is to keep them in the device as potential spares, or just in case they ever become useful again in the future (let's say you were to 3D print the broken plastic parts). Maybe you just have a different philosophy about it ;) Otherwise, excellent video. Loved it. Very complex assembly, I'm betting the workers at the factory hated that laptop, and assembly was costly for Toshiba. Is every feature on the laptop still functional? By that I mean, CD drive, diskettes, speakers, etc... Except of course the black lines on the LCD panel.
@TheErador2 жыл бұрын
Store in an anatomy of parts is my goto method. Lay them out on the table in roughly the same shape as when they were in the unit
@andheeid2 жыл бұрын
7:36 imho best technique is use a files or small saw make the shape to works with flat head screw driver
@athemalive2 жыл бұрын
I have similar laptop, it's Toshiba Sattelite 210CS, but to find the EDO-RAM for this mashine is really pain in the ass. Mainly is because i'm based on Europe, and everything is from USA.
@SimonSideburns2 жыл бұрын
My wife's first laptop is a Toshiba Satellite 220CDS. I upgraded the HDD to a larger capacity (I seem to recall the original was only 1Gb so I think I put in a 20Gb one) and upgraded the ram with a 128Mb card. There's a funny story there in that the company that I bought the RAM from sent us the wrong part, and then refunded us AND sent the correct part. My usual honest self would have contacted them about it, but after they'd dicked us about by getting us to send them back the incorrect part at our expense, I just left it at that. I guess the accounts department only meant to refund us the cost of our expenses in sending the other part back, but who knows. This was in the early 2000s, so I expect the RAM for these is pretty rare these days.
@Alex4SiliconValley2 жыл бұрын
I have an old Toshiba with AMD K6 II 500. I purchased at a flea market for $5. I replaced the hard drive with HGST 80gb. Added more m Memory and I had to replace the CDROM drive which stopped working. It works great now. Better than NEW because of the faster hard-drive and more ram.
@HuntersMoon782 жыл бұрын
Flathead screwdriver would have got the screw out.
@jothain2 жыл бұрын
I have 470cdt and it's one of the best retro laptops I've ever seen. Decent display, Soundblaster compatible etc.
@darksideXLable2 жыл бұрын
Why not just solder another screw on top of the one there if its that far gone ?
@Mrshoujo2 жыл бұрын
I have the Toshiba 400CDX. Possibly related.
@robertoler37952 жыл бұрын
well done
@O.Shawabkeh2 жыл бұрын
You might like checking eBay for a listing of a new IBM PC 5150. (that was hell of a job with the laptop)
@slabo81712 жыл бұрын
Dismantling everything back at 11:30 made my day, as I remembered your comment on the disassembly video, which was "Hope the assembly process will go well and I don't forget the component that needs to be put in in step 3 when I'm at step 78 :)". Fortunately for you, your prediction on steps distance has been exaggerated. I'm waiting for a video with a victory over that darn heatsink screw. You cannot let it prevail! Anyway, both teardown and rebuilding were satisfying. I prefer lots of screws over some glue.
@nickwallette62012 жыл бұрын
Man, if I had a dime for every time I forgot step 3. 😞
@razorback202 жыл бұрын
As a certain other youtuber, who specializes in car repairs, often says: 'I love my job so much, I do it twice' :p
@gamescomputer54642 жыл бұрын
I have ingested cesium 137 I'm a glowing blue lightbulb now hihi it's been 1 year since ingestion
@infango2 жыл бұрын
MACRO shoper identified ;p
2 жыл бұрын
Toooxiibha!!!!
@Astinsan2 жыл бұрын
P2 ver?
@tekkyun11 ай бұрын
good!!!
@dykodesigns2 жыл бұрын
That hinge mechanism is pretty complicated looking, but I kind of admire the engineering ingenuity of it.
@thesmokingcap2 жыл бұрын
I love my 4015CDT, I've made it my ultimate MS-DOS gaming machine. Those CDS displays are not great haha. But still cool to see another one saved
@rlgrlg-oh6cc2 жыл бұрын
When a Philips screw is that far gone, sometimes a small flat blade screwdriver can grab it enough to turn. You may need to tap it in lightly with a small hammer to get it seated into the screw head before trying to turn it. Or at least push down hard when trying to turn it.
@xredhead7135x2 жыл бұрын
You might have some better luck with a torx screwdriver (with or without the rubber band) on that troublesome, stripped screw head.
@RetroSpector782 жыл бұрын
Tried it also, different rubber bands, different bits ... but couldn't get it out.
@kevinwetsch52092 жыл бұрын
Laptops are my least favorite thing to take apart. I find it as frustrating as trying to take a dash out of a car. I'll take a desktop or Tower any day. 😆
@LazyBunnyKiera2 жыл бұрын
Yeah once a screw gets t that point, your only choices are to use a drill or a dremel. When using a dremel in such a small spot, you would use a thin diamond tip. Like the very thin long diamond tip, not a cutting disk, and you would use the thin diamond tip to cut flat channels into it that you could use with a flat head screw driver. It's difficult and annoying work, so i don't blame you for not wanting to if you don't have to. I would have done it, but that's more because i've done it before so i know what to do. And i'd want to replace the thermal paste and what ever.
@razorback202 жыл бұрын
Maybe first trying to hammer an allen or torx key into the hole and pray? Then it it fails, resort to more destructive methods.
@LazyBunnyKiera2 жыл бұрын
@@razorback20 That sounds horrible, but you could probably crudely dremel in a torx bit. Turning it into a flat head or even just making new phillips channels using the diamond tip(not as expensive as people think) is pretty quick and easy. Takes me about 5-10 minutes per screw depending on where it's at.
@razorback202 жыл бұрын
@@LazyBunnyKiera True, I'm resorting to cruelty, but it's because: 1. I don't own a Dremel (Shame, I know) 2. I consider this screw is FUBAR'ed anyway. And hardly accessible. So, I have no problem about finishing it for good when extracting it, and then replacing it with a fresh one.
@DavidMarvin2 жыл бұрын
Horrible screen is putting it lightly. I used this machine for a few years with a usb ethernet jack.
@John-jc3ty2 жыл бұрын
you wouldnt have to rebuild it if you didnt tore it down first -.-
@NMRotar2 жыл бұрын
Covid 19? Common man wtf is that...
@7302ab2 жыл бұрын
Built like tanks but not that amazing at the time too heavy
@wesleyoliveira65702 жыл бұрын
UwU
@garyr70272 жыл бұрын
If you didn't talk slower than a snail crawls and digressed over needless information, you could have reduced this video down to 10 minutes... I definitely lost interest here.
@RetroSpector782 жыл бұрын
KZbin has a speed button somewhere. Some people like my content at 1.5x or 2x. That might bring it down to 10mins