Toshiba Satellite C55-A5204 Laptop Keyboard Installation Video Guide. Fix, Replace, Repair, Install your Replacement Toshiba C55-A5204 Laptop Keyboard.
The budget-friendly, compact notebooks have always been the most popular on the market, since their main auditory is not only the young people who don’t have much money to spend on their next computers but everyone who doesn’t use games or demanding applications and needs a machine that can be brought everywhere. This is exactly what we’re trying to find and it seems that we have a good contender here – the new Toshiba Satellite C55-C.C55-C is one of the two new 15.6-inch “C” series, accompanied by C55D-C (AMD based).
Its bigger sibling are C70-C and C70D-C which are basically the same as C55 but offer 17.3” HD screens.For our test, we chose an entry-level C55-C equipped with Intel Core i3-4005U and HD Graphics integrated GPU. This, in our opinion, is the optimal student configuration given the affordable price and the long (expected) battery life.
Yes, the battery is just 2800 mAh, but there aren’t great energy drainers to supply.You can check the current price of Satellite C55 here: Contents. What’s in the box?Since we’re talking about an entry-level notebook, we can’t expect a great set of accessories. Here’s a surprise – in some countries the laptop comes with a backpack which makes Satellite C55 an even more student friendly offer. Additionally, in the box you’ll find a bunch of manuals and an ultra-compact 45W (2.37A, 19V) charger – PA-1450-59.Design and constructionWe already mentioned that Toshiba Satellite C55-C looks quite beautiful for a budget laptop. It’s less than an inch thick (23.5 mm) and weighs just 1969 g (4.36 lbs). Actually, that’s a surprise too, because it’s 12% less than the “up to” 2.2 kg indicated by the manufacturer.The chassis doesn’t look very sturdy and bends a little when pressed, but that’s not something unusual for this class and doesn’t necessarily mean that the notebook won’t last for years.
However, it’s quite evident that Toshiba has done a lot to provide the new C55 with a stylish body – we chose the white matte color which has a hairline finish that not only looks nice but doesn’t collect fingerprints despite our efforts.The sufficiently strong looking hinges can bring the lid back up to 131 degrees, which is a lot more than you’ll actually need in normal working conditions. When you open the lid you’ll find a classy white interior which also suffers from some bending (which don’t occur in typical everyday use), but definitely not to the point of making you feel uncomfortable.The green elements aren’t part of the design but just nylon tapes instead.We should note that the display borders are relatively thin, which leaves one with a good impression.The keyboard has Island Style keys, separated by enough space for easy error-free typing. There is a NumPad section as well, where the buttons are slightly smaller but it’s still a good addition for users who often work with numbers and calculations. Just above it is the Power button – when the computer is working an LED ring surrounding the key glows white.The multi-touch trackpad in our unit is made by Synaptics and has an area of 50 cm2 (91 x 55 mm) – it’s not very big, but its buttons aren’t integrated below the surface.
Rather, they are outside of the trackpad area, so it’s comfy enough for everyday use. Most of the ports are located on the right side, which isn’t very convenient given the fact that most probably, that’s the place where your mouse will be, and you wouldn’t want to fight for territory with your USB devices.
We would have definitely sacrificed the optical drive on the left, where some ports would fit perfectly, instead of being on the right, which is now populated by an SD/MMC card reader, 3.5mm audio jack, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, HDMI, cooling vents and a Kensington lock slot. Beside the DVD, on the left, you’ll also find the DC-in jack, LAN port and one more USB 2.0 port.On the front, C55 just has the battery and Wi-Fi indicators. DisplayToshiba Satellite C55’s display consists of a HD TN panel with matte coating, manufactured by CHI MEI – N156BGE-E42 REV.C1. It has a 15.6-inch diagonal (39.62 cm) and a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.
That equals to pixel density of 100 ppi, 16:9 ratio and pixel pitch of 0.253 x 0.253 mm. With these characteristics, N156BGE-E42 REV.C1 becomes “Retina” (the human eye stops distinguishing individual pixels) when viewed from distance equal to, or greater than 86 cm. The typical distance is around 60 cm so the result isn’t great but is more than common, not just for the most budget models.Since N156BGE-E42 REV.C1 is a TN panel, we can’t expect good viewing angles. Take a look at some photos, taken at 45C°.The measured maximum brightness before profiling is 236 cd/m2 with a maximum deviation of 10%. The average color temperature is 7100K slightly colder than the optimal 6500K (daylight type).
There are no unacceptable deviations.Color reproductionTo put things into perspective, we would like to give you a little introduction into the sRGB and Adobe RGB color gamuts. The CIE 1976 Uniform Chromaticity Diagram represents the spectrum of colors visible to the human eye, thus giving you a better perception of color gamut coverage and color accuracy.
Inside the black triangle you will see the standard color gamut (sRGB), used by millions of people in HDTV and on the Web. As for Adobe RGB, it is used to work with professional cameras and monitors when preparing print. Basically, colors inside the black triangle are used by everyone, and so reproducing them accurately is key in a quality display.The yellow triangle represents the area of the color gamut that Toshiba C55’s display covers – just 53% of sRGB and 41% of Adobe RGB. This isn’t enough for vivid colors.The image below is practically the same, but with the recorded results – the one on the left is pre-calibration, while the one on the right is after.
The colored circles represent the reference colors, the white circles being the result. You can see the main and additional colors with 100% and 50% saturation inside the sRGB gamut.
After profiling the display has near to the optimum white level distribution.With the help of 24 commonly used colors we checked the color accuracy of the panel. Colors that we used represent skin tones, grass, blue sky, orange etc. Most of them are in the middle of the color gamut, and after calibration their accuracy was really high – average DeltaE 2000=0.9.
A lower score is desirable, and deviations under 1.0 can be detected only with lab equipment.We got average DeltaE 2000 = 3.29 which is a good result. Gaming capabilities – Response timeThe image below is mostly useful for gamers. It illustrates the response time of the pixels in modes from “Black” to “White”, plus “White” to “Black” for levels from 10% to 90% and back.We measured Fall Time + Rise Time = 12.6 ms.Pulse-width modulation (PWM, Screen flickering)Toshiba Satellite C55’s display uses pulse-width modulation with a frequency of 200Hz – it could cause eye fatigue after prolonged use if you don’t set the brightness at 100%.Display ConclusionSatellite C55’s display is suitable for gaming, Web browsing, Video and not related with accurate colors business activities.
SoundToshiba Satellite C55 has average sound quality. The whole range of low to high tones is not clean enough and you can hear resonance sometimes. The sound is stereo with good maximum power.Specs sheetThese technical specifications refer only to the particular device being tested in this review. Laptops from the same series could have different characteristics and features.
53.00 FritzFritz is a chess benchmark which tests the computing capabilities of the CPU with various chess moves. The Intel Core i3-4005U managed to get 3.40 million moves per second. In comparison, one of the most powerful PCs, Deep(er) Blue, was able to squeeze out 200 million moves per second. In 1997 Deep(er) Blue even beat the famous Garry Kasparov with 3.5 to 2.5. GPUIntel HD Graphics 4400 is an integrated, GT2 graphics controller in the Core i-series of processors from Intel’s Haswell generation.
Announced on June 5, 2013, its goal being to successfully fend off the lowend dedicated memory graphics by AMD and NVIDIA.HD 4400 has 20 ‘Execution unit’ blocks, four more than the HD 4000’s sixteen blocks. The graphics chip supports DirectX 11.1, Pixel Shader 5.0, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL 4.0, a Quick Sync encoder and a similar 4K video decoder. Intel HD 4400’s base frequency is 200MHz, but Turbo Boost can increase it up to 1110MHz, depending on the processor in which the 4400 is integrated.HD 4400 supports up to three individual displays with a max resolution of 4096×4086. Power consumption is lower when compared to NVIDIA and AMD’s discreet solutions, which is why integrated GT2 controllers are a must-have for the Ultrabook class of portables.See where the HD Graphics 4400 is placed in our Top Laptop Graphics Ranking page:Here you can find detailed specs and more information on the model.
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