Toshiba A60 official service manual

The Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437 Notebook PC, is one of the Satellite A215 series of Notebook PC's. It is a fancier version of the A200 series.

Pictorial guide to disassembly of the A200/A205 series,

http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/toshiba-satellite-a205/laptop-disassembly-1.htm

[Note* Page 2, 3, and 4, are listed at the top, and bottom of the page.
In white; Page1::Page2::Page3::Page4::Find another model ]

Service Manual for the Toshiba Satellite A215 series of Notebook PC's,

http://www.tim.id.au/blog/tims-laptop-service-manuals/#toc-toshiba

Under the main heading - Toshiba, go down to the subheading -
Satellite A10. (A10 in blue)
Go across, and click on A215. (In blue)

This is a PDF file. The computer you are using now has Adobe Reader on it, which uses PDF files.
After you click on the file name { A215 }, it may take up to 30 seconds before the first page comes up.

The motherboard diagram follows this diagram,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Motherboard_diagram.svg

The CPU is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 TL-58, (Turion Core ), mobile Processor,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_mobile_microprocessors#.22Tyler.22_.2865_nm.29_2


Processor has two processor cores that can operate up to 1900MegaHertz, or also stated as 1.9GigaHertz.
(1900MHz/1.9GHz)

Does Not mean a total of 3.8GHz.
Total is still 1.9GHz. It's just two processor cores teaming up on the same task.

Chip and Chipset denote I.C.
Integrated Circuit.

The motherboard chipset is an ATI RX-690 (Southbridge chip is ATI SB600 )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_690_chipset_series

For additional questions please post in a Comment.

Regards,
joecoolvette

Here is the link to the service and repair manual....click on the link, allow it to load up, It is a pdf file. Dusassembly starts on chapter 4, page 7

http://tim.id.au/laptops/toshiba/satellite%20a200.pdf

Here you go....Optical drive replacement is on chapter 4, page 31. The link below is for your service manual, it is free to use, copy, print ...so make all the copies you want. It is in pdf format, so make sure you either have Adobe reader or Fox-it reader to view files.

http://tim.id.au/laptops/toshiba/satellite%20a100%20a105%20tecra%20a7.pdf

http://www.filehippo.com/download_adobe_reader/

http://www.filehippo.com/download_foxit/

You can download any/all the Windows XP or Vista device drivers for yuorur model laptop from the Toshiba WEB site from their download page. Make sure you enter the model of your laptop so you can get the correct drivers. Use this link :-
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp

You need this file, assuming you haven't upgraded the operating system to Windows Vista:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/Others/Toshiba-Satellite-A60-S1662-ATI-Chipset-Display-and-IDE-Driver-6-14-10-6430.shtml

Hope that helps.