Bios upgrade for Satellite 1900-303

I have a Satellite laptop 1900-303.
I have downloaded Bios upgrade bios-20071126165418 but when i run the Check.exe it informs me it is the wrong upgrade.
But the text files in the upgrade include 1900-303.
Is there a different Satellite model to the Satellite 1900-303 called simply 1900-303 or is this the correct Bios, please help.

CDROM of my laptop is failing to read from CDs now days and current i want to install new Operating system due to this i decided to use external drive to overcome the problem, but this laptop also fail to boot from external usb connected CDROM and there is no option to set in bios setup to boot from other devices or to external device. From this problem i decided to look for upper version of Bios to upgrade the current one may be it will be able to boot from external drive.
From this situation and my decision can any one tell me if i used wrong or right decision to do this and why so please i need your assistance please.
Your advice is very important to me because i don't hav enough money to by new computer or to order cdrom for this machine and i need to make it working so that i can use for my schooling activity.

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I have just tried to upgrade my bios on recommendation from Microsoft due to reported serious processor/bios conflicts.
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The front panel LED display shows the infrared icon in solid red without any flashing (this has no references in the instruction booklet).
I have tried several key sequences on re-boot from information obtained via google searches on the internet. None of these appear to make any differences. The recovery CD supplied with the machine does not work either on re-boot when used with the recommended C key plus on/off switch.
I was considering trying to reset the password using one of these parallel port fixers described on the net?
Any other ideas on a way forward?
I guess Toshiba offers no guarantees with their bios routines even though I have lost a considerable amount of important data?
Regards,
James

Hi
You are right. The warranty should no cover this misfortune.
It seems the notebook does not boot because you have updated the BIOS with the wrong version or with the wrong update procedure.
Mostly its not easy to estimate what could be wrong.
Maybe you are a lucky man and the BIOS chip must be only flashed again using a special procedure.
In the worst case the board is dead and you will need new one
Seems you will have to contact the service technicians in your country.
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As far as I can remember the Satellite 1900-303 was delivered with the 30GB HDD.
So in my opinion the 120GB HDD size is a little bit too big and I presume the notebook BIOS will not recognize this HDD!!!
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PS: you should search for the HDD with the enhanced IDE (ATA-5) interface!!!
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[Edited by: admin on 08-Jan-06 19:16]

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This unit has a ATI MOBILITY RADEON with 32 MB video ram and like Barrie said its not a shared memory graphic card. In this case the memory upgrade doesnt increase this graphic video memory size. But of course the bigger memory size increases the notebook performance.
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I agree with MrPacman.
I dont think that the notebook loses the power.
There is another reason why the notebook shuts down automatically.
The clogged cooling grilles could lead to a higher temperature inside the notebook and to an overheating issue.
This is the reason also why the cooling fans are running all the time.
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I bought a Satellite 1900-303 in 2003. Recently, it's cd/Dvd drive stopped to work properly. whenever I put a Cd in the driver it assumes that the CD is a audio cd. if the CD is completly Audio cd or partly contained audio files it opens the cd without any problem. but if cd is data CD or software CD after trying along time my system hangs up. I change the settings of the properites of Cd drive in Autoplay section from Music file to other options such as "mixed content". but after inserting CD into the drivers it agains changes automaticaly to the "music file". I showed my notebook an expert in computer system and facility, he tried to reinstall windows XP to solve the problem but it didn't work. Since the driver was not working he used external driver to install windows XP. but the problem has not been solved.
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HI,
did your friend installed the XP from a MS Cd or from the Toshiba recovery CD?
At my Toshiba notebook the autoplay section is also setted to Music file and works properly!
When did this failure occured for the first time? Did you used the MS System recovery option at Start - Accessories - system prog. - System recovery
Perhaps the backsetting of your system solve the problem!
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Response to user Mores.
My apologies for my ignorance, all new to me but is there anywhere I can access the old TRAD Bios upgrade for the laptop or is the Win Bios version all we have available?
For Traditional BIOS update in FAQ it states :
Option 2: Update with CD-ROM
1. Extract the zip file containing the BIOS upgrade to a temporary folder.
2. In the temporary folder three sub folders will be generated. "docs", "Update - 3,5' Disk", "Update - CD-R or CD-RW"
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5. Turn the Notebook off.
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7. Turn the Notebook on with the F12 key.
8. The BIOS boot menu appears. Select CD/DVD or the CD-ROM symbol using the arrow keys. Press "Enter".
9. The Notebook will boot from the BIOS upgrade CD-ROM.
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12. If the update process is finished follow the instruction on the screen.

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Message was edited by: helifella - added one more issue...

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Hi
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Hi
I found this Toshiba BIOS update instruction for this notebook series:
1. Extract the zip file containing the BIOS upgrade to a formatted floppy disk (please see note below regarding which type of disk to use).
2. Ensure the Notebook is connected to the mains.
3. Turn the Notebook off.
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