Equium A100-337: bad Vista performance - should I upgrade to XP?

I have a brand new Equium A100-337 which came with Vista as standard.
No games work properly (yes I've tried the emulator). The sound is dreadful and DVD's are virtually inaudible. The firewall switches itself off or crashes constantly. I keep on getting the message that Toshiba flash cards arent working - I don't even know what they are!
Is all this normal?
Would the XP installation solve my problems?

Hi
How about RAM upgrade. According to specification this notebook model is delivered with 512 MB of RAM. Very interesting is that graphic card is shared one and use RAM for graphic operations. I can imagine that performance is not the best one.
This notebook model can handle with 4GB of RAM and I recommend you to upgrade RAM with additional 1GB module.
I am pretty sure the performance will be much better. 512 MB is for me definitely not enough. The same is with WXP when unit has 256MB RAM only.
Bye

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uninstalled reinstalled etc etc etc. Tried other usb ports etc.
initially tosh sees device as mass storage, ok uit has software on it, so it is. then sees it as modem, tried updating drivers etc from the dongle. does not work. AM I missing something??
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Login failure on Equium A100-337

I have an Equium A100-337 laptop. When I enter the password to logon to the computer I am getting the message "The User Profile Service service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded"

Hi buddy,
I had the same problem few days ago and you can solve it by following the instructions on Microsoft Knowledge Base article. There is a button for automatic fix or you delete this registry key yourself.
Does it work for you too?

Equium A100-337: What model do I have to choose to download drivers?

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can anyone tell me which set of drivers to choose for the A100-337 model when I get to the drop down box which gives me the choice between PSAA4 or PSAAB?
Obviuosly I want to download the most up to date versions.

Hi
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You can find the number at the bottom of the unit
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Hi
May I ask what wireless configuration tool do you use???
Did you try to refresh or to reconfigure the WLan profile on the router and on the notebook?
Try this. Disable the encryption on router and try to connect without the security settings. If it will work you can set the encryption settings back.
You could also try to reinstall the WLan driver.
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Equium A100-337 - can I manage 2jacks on the front?

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on my other computer when i plug a jack into the front panel it asks me what i want it to be i.e. speaker rear, speaker front.
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Hi DJ
As far as I know something like this is not possible. In my opinion you should visit some specialized PC store and talk with dealers. I am pretty sure you can buy some external device that allows something like this. Perhaps there is PCMCIA solution.
When you have some time go to search option and use DJ as searching term. If I am remembering well few DJs have already wrote here. Maybe you will find some useful info for doing your job easier.
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Vista Ultimate on Equium A100 - 2x "Unknown Devices"

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If it is a 32bit system, why should we bother putting x64 OS on it?
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I came, I searched, I got the answer.......
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Please not that the Toshiba Vista 64bit drivers are not available on the Toshiba page and therefore some unknown devices can appear in the device manager because of the not installed drivers!!!
> anyone knowledgeable about the A100-306 with T5500 duo proc...... Is this a true 64 bit device or is it a 32 bit system running a 64 bit processor
Intel Core2 Duo Mobile T5500 is known as a Merom/64Bit CPU.
> Is it possible to have a 64bit processor in a 32bit system?
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> If it is a 32bit system, why should we bother putting x64 OS on it?
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Equium A100-306 Question about ModusLink Vista Upgrade

Hi,
I purchased a Equium A100-306 in November prior to deploying on operations as I am in the forces and was unable to upgrade before this.
I have just returned and have found out I can no longer get my Vista upgrade as I have missed the deadline. I have E-mailed ModusLink with no response. I was wondering if anyone has any advice or could help me resolve this problem.
I feel I should not miss out on the free upgrade due to circumstances out of my control. Looking through the documentation I received with my laptop there was no deadline stated it is only on the internet the deadline is made clear but I was unable to check this out.
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Ivan is right. The moduslink company is responsible for the XP to Vista upgrade.
It controls the upgrade procedure for all computer companies which offer this upgrade.
However, I dont think that you will be able to order the Vista upgrade if you have missed the deadline but of course nothing is impossible and you should really ask the moduslink guys if you can take this offer good luck buddy

What Vista version should I take for Satellite A100 PSAA8?

Hello
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* which version should i go with; *64-bit or 32-bit* ?
* and what about x86 and x64!?
* will I find all drivers in the download section for the new OS?
* will there be any non-working component or function after installing ?
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According Toshiba download page your notebook is supported for Vista 32-bit. There you can find all drivers, tools and utilities designed for Vista.
There is also installations Instructions document. Use it for right installations order.
So what you must do is to obtain Microsoft Vista installations DVD.
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Equinum A100-337: Installing an unsupported OS - Longhorn 4033

Ok i have a Equinum a100-337 and im trying to install another OS other than Vista.
I'm instaling longhorn 4033 and im having driver problems, The exact same thing is happening on windows XP
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Hi
Generally Toshiba does not support any OSs which are not delivered with Toshiba notebooks
BUT maybe there is a little light at the end of the tunnel.
As far as I know the Longhorn is a new Microsoft server OS which is not official on the market. (may I ask how you got this oS ;) )
The Longhorn supports parts of the Vista or free spoken this is Vista with additional features.
However, I think you should check the available Vista drivers for Satellite A100 and Equium A100 series and possibly the single drivers will run
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Equium A100-338 - battery power problem

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My daughter has a Equium A100-338 bought in the UK 15 months ago, running Vista Home Premium. It has recently developed a problem with the battery life, which in theory should mean replacing the battery, but I'm not so sure!
The battery runs down quickly to say 80% 6 mins remaining, about 20 minutes after a full charge. Then putting it on charge it recovers to 100% in about 20 minutes. The laptop does get rather warm underneath, but I think that's probably normal, my other daughter's older Equium gets warm just the same.
Has anyone come across this issue, or is it just that it needs a new battery? I would have thought it should have lasted longer, as the other Equium's battery is still going strong and is a year older!
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Dave

Hi
Hmm I think you battery is not dead and can be used much longer as you think.
I see youve got Vista on your notebook. This OS needs more notebook resources as the Win XP for example. This would also mean that the Vista preinstalled notebooks would run shorter on battery power as the notebook with Windows XP.
Last but not least the battery working time depends strongly on the notebook usage.
If you would play some games or would watch DVD movies then the battery would discharge faster.
Regards

Equium-A100-147 - broken sound and video

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I have the Equium A100-147, Its been working fine for last couple of year.
But in the last few weeks has get problem in sound and video (broken sound and video).
The sound is breaking and sometimes uable to listen + video breaking and so much delay due to its get so slow with so much sound distorsion etc..
This remains after new installation (format HDD) of Wind XP unable to fix even installed new drivers.
The Device Manager shows all drivers including audio and video working ok, d'nt know what's problem please help me.
Thanks.

Hi
Something like that can happen during high HDD activity this means that the reading/writing process could affect the sound/video playback
But usually this should not take long time
At the other hand this can happen because of higher temperature
High temperature can affect the CPU and GPU performance
I think you have used this notebook for couple of month without any troubles in my opinion you should check if cooling modules and fans are clogged and could remove the dust and debris from cooling modules use compressed air spray this helps p get rid of dust
Maybe then the notebook will run much better

Equium A100-338 - Do I have to buy a recovery disk?

Hi,
I have a bit of a dilemma. The vista sticker on my Toshiba Equium A100-338 has worn out (was like that when I bought it). I upgraded my hard drive, installed Windows 7, then gave my old one away (forgetting it had the recovery partition on it). I want to sell the laptop so returning to its original state would be ideal.
Toshiba said I must buy a recovery disc for 29.90, which is ridiculous. Can anyone else help me?
Laptop details: Toshiba Equium A100-338 PSAAQE-006008AV
Cheers

Hi!
If you want the factory settings back as the first time you started the notebook you have to buy a Toshiba recovery disk. This disk contains an image of the factory settings and so you can install the notebook in few minutes with all Toshiba drivers and tools.
But I dont understand why this is ridiculous for you. I mean normally you get on Toshiba notebook with Vista after the first start a message that you should burn the recovery disk yourself. This takes only 10 minutes and you need only one or two DVD disks. I did this on my Toshiba notebook and I think you should take 10 minutes from your free time to do this too.
However, nobody says that you have to buy the disk because you can also use a Microsoft disk and download the Toshiba stuff on the Toshiba page but therefore you need a lot of more time.
Bye

How to connect my Equium A100 to the TV?

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I also think you should use S-Video cable for connection. I used it with my old Tecra M3 to connect to old Samsung TV. Everything worked fine.
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Equium A100-337: bad Vista performance - should I upgrade to XP?

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