Equium A300D laptop completly shutsdown at random times

Equium A300D laptop completly shutsdown at random times
It could be overheating.
It really cant cope when trying to restore i-phone - i have been unable to do this as the laptop doesn't stay on long enough
Playing and / or burning various media is also a problem
Any thoughts on how to fix would be appreciated

Hi pedrofreeman,
Yes, it could be really an overheating issue. The reason of overheating would be shutdown itself to protect the hardware.
So first of all you should clean your notebook using compressed air spray. This can blow out the dust from cooling ventilators and after this the notebook will run much cooler. You can follow the instructions here:
[How to clean the cooling system of a Toshiba notebook?|http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=40]
For example use my notebook every day pretty often and also for work. So I clean the unit every 3 months and really a lot of dust comes out. So its really useful doing this. ;)

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Laptop shuts down at random times

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ridiculous? yes.
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Wi-Fi network adaptor not available on my Equium A300D

Hi
Hope u can help; I currently have the Toshiba Equium A300D laptop. It got a virus and corrupted 1 of my hard drives, which I now cant use, however I installed the operating system on my other hard drive, everything was fine until I tried 2 connect 2 the internet, windows diagnosed the problem and said it couldnt find the network adaptor for my Wi-Fi.
Can anybody give me some help in resolving this issue?
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>...couldnt find the network adaptor for my Wi-Fi
Is WLAN card recognized and installed properly?
What is the status in device manager?
If everything is OK there I presume WLAN card is not enabled properly. At first move WLAN switch to ON position and then use FN+F8 combination to enable WLAN card.

Macbook Restarts itself at completely random times. Obtained log

My brand new macbook automatticly restarts at completely random times. I took it to the apple store and they weren't able to get the macbook to restart itself by having it run at 100% capacity. After the last restart I went straight to console and copied everything that was in there at the time of the crash. Here it is below. Also to note, this has happend both while off, and on the charger. And also not while running any specific programs. I MAY have been running safari through all these. But it has also always been while I was at the computer. If I were to leave it on, every single time I come back the programs would still be running.
4/20/08 12:50:22 AM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
4/20/08 12:56:18 AM ntpd[14] time reset +0.378341 s
4/20/08 12:57:43 AM kernel npvhash=4095
4/20/08 12:57:40 AM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
4/20/08 12:57:40 AM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
4/20/08 12:57:42 AM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
4/20/08 12:57:42 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
4/20/08 12:57:42 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
4/20/08 12:57:43 AM kextd[10] 404 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
4/20/08 12:57:47 AM fseventsd[26] event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (394 11 464)
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel PAE enabled
4/20/08 12:57:47 AM rpc.statd[17] statd.notify - no notifications needed
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel 64 bit mode enabled
4/20/08 12:57:47 AM fseventsd[26] log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 91836D1A-5DEC-4186-BF72-E67598EEEAB9
4/20/08 12:57:47 AM bootlog[35] BOOT_TIME: 1208678256 0
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.2: Tue Mar 4 21:17:34 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.31~1/RELEASE_I386
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel vmpagebootstrap: 969031 free pages and 79545 wired pages
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel migtable_maxdispl = 79
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel 93 prelinked modules
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel calling mpopolicyinit for TMSafetyNet
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel calling mpopolicyinit for mb
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel MAC Framework successfully initialized
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel devfsmakenode: not ready for devices!
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel mbinit: done
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Security auditing service present
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel BSM auditing present
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 0EAE2799-94EF-3FA8-B587-BAE478F7AD3E
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 built-in now active, GUID 001e52fffe5cb524; max speed s400.
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel 4.170.46.5Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0 /IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDrive r/Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 7412224 to: 9901056 (joffset 0x11f02000)
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel HFS: Removed 1 orphaned unlinked files or directories
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start []
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Jettisoning kernel linker.
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver::switchToHCIMode legacy
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Resetting IOCatalogue.
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel GFX0: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel display: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Matching service count = 1
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel USBF: 7.151 CSRHIDTransitionDriver[0x6a7cd80](IOUSBCompositeDevice) GetFullConfigDescriptor(0) returned NULL
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver... done
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel display: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel GFX0: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel IG: Invalid firmware max backlight setting
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel fRegisters at 0x63c45000
4/20/08 12:57:48 AM kernel Previous Shutdown Cause: 5
4/20/08 12:57:49 AM kernel yukon: Ethernet address 00:1e:c2:03:c2:c5
4/20/08 12:57:49 AM DirectoryService[31] Launched version 5.2 (v514.4)
4/20/08 12:57:49 AM kernel AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1e:52:86:31:ff
4/20/08 12:57:49 AM DirectoryService[31] WARNING - dsTouch: file was asked to be opened </Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/.DSIsRunning>: (File exists)
4/20/08 12:57:50 AM mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-170 (Jan 4 2008 18:04:07)[21] starting
4/20/08 12:57:50 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[18] Entering service
4/20/08 12:57:50 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[22] Login Window Application Started
4/20/08 12:57:50 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[52] starting
4/20/08 12:57:53 AM kernel WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
4/20/08 12:57:53 AM kernel en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
4/20/08 12:57:53 AM kernel en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
4/20/08 12:57:53 AM configd[33] setting hostname to "jason-thomass-macbook.local"
4/20/08 12:57:55 AM kernel display: Not usable
4/20/08 12:57:55 AM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
4/20/08 12:57:55 AM kernel AirPort: Link Up on en1
4/20/08 12:57:57 AM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
4/20/08 12:57:58 AM kextd[10] writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
4/20/08 12:57:59 AM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
4/20/08 12:57:59 AM loginwindow[22] Login Window Started Security Agent
4/20/08 12:57:59 AM SecurityAgent[67] User info context values set
4/20/08 12:57:59 AM SecurityAgent[67] Login Window done
4/20/08 12:57:59 AM loginwindow[22] Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
4/20/08 12:57:59 AM loginwindow[22] USER_PROCESS: 22 console
4/20/08 12:57:59 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[62]) Exited: Terminated
4/20/08 12:58:06 AM Dock[81] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed 268435459
4/20/08 12:58:08 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[43] SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Jason Thomas's Public Folder) returned -14135

Just happened again. Log.
4/20/08 1:55:06 AM kernel npvhash=4095
4/20/08 1:55:05 AM com.apple.launchctl.System[2] launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
4/20/08 1:55:05 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
4/20/08 1:55:05 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd) Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
4/20/08 1:55:06 AM kextd[10] 404 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
4/20/08 1:55:10 AM fseventsd[26] event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (3320 9 3443)
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel PAE enabled
4/20/08 1:55:10 AM fseventsd[26] log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 01B8ED7F-EF73-4ADE-B125-D76925B8951A
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel 64 bit mode enabled
4/20/08 1:55:10 AM rpc.statd[17] statd.notify - no notifications needed
4/20/08 1:55:10 AM bootlog[35] BOOT_TIME: 1208681701 0
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.2: Tue Mar 4 21:17:34 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.31~1/RELEASE_I386
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel vmpagebootstrap: 969031 free pages and 79545 wired pages
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel migtable_maxdispl = 79
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel 93 prelinked modules
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel calling mpopolicyinit for TMSafetyNet
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel calling mpopolicyinit for mb
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel MAC Framework successfully initialized
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel using 16384 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel devfsmakenode: not ready for devices!
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel mbinit: done
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Security auditing service present
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel BSM auditing present
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 0EAE2799-94EF-3FA8-B587-BAE478F7AD3E
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5811 built-in now active, GUID 001e52fffe5cb524; max speed s400.
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel wl0: Broadcom BCM4328 802.11 Wireless Controller
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel 4.170.46.5Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT0@0 /IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDrive r/Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 12854784 to: 14633472 (joffset 0x11f02000)
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel HFS: Removed 2 orphaned unlinked files or directories
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Jettisoning kernel linker.
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Resetting IOCatalogue.
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel GFX0: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel display: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Matching service count = 1
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Matching service count = 3
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel display: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel Previous Shutdown Cause: 5
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel GFX0: family specific matching fails
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel IG: Invalid firmware max backlight setting
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel fRegisters at 0x6349d000
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver::start []
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver::switchToHCIMode legacy
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel USBF: 7.186 CSRHIDTransitionDriver[0x6d7d200](IOUSBCompositeDevice) GetFullConfigDescriptor(0) returned NULL
4/20/08 1:55:12 AM kernel CSRHIDTransitionDriver... done
4/20/08 1:55:13 AM DirectoryService[31] Launched version 5.2 (v514.4)
4/20/08 1:55:13 AM DirectoryService[31] WARNING - dsTouch: file was asked to be opened </Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/.DSIsRunning>: (File exists)
4/20/08 1:55:13 AM kernel yukon: Ethernet address 00:1e:c2:03:c2:c5
4/20/08 1:55:13 AM kernel AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:1e:52:86:31:ff
4/20/08 1:55:13 AM mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-170 (Jan 4 2008 18:04:07)[21] starting
4/20/08 1:55:13 AM com.apple.SecurityServer[18] Entering service
4/20/08 1:55:14 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[22] Login Window Application Started
4/20/08 1:55:14 AM /usr/sbin/ocspd[51] starting
4/20/08 1:55:16 AM configd[33] setting hostname to "jason-thomass-macbook.local"
4/20/08 1:55:19 AM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
4/20/08 1:55:19 AM kernel display: Not usable
4/20/08 1:55:19 AM airportd[46] Could not find any preferred networks; trying broadcast requests..
4/20/08 1:55:20 AM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
4/20/08 1:55:20 AM kernel WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
4/20/08 1:55:20 AM kernel en1: 802.11d country code set to 'US'.
4/20/08 1:55:20 AM kernel en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157 161 165 40 48 56 64 153 161 36 44 52 60 149 157
4/20/08 1:55:20 AM loginwindow[22] Login Window Started Security Agent
4/20/08 1:55:21 AM SecurityAgent[69] User info context values set
4/20/08 1:55:21 AM SecurityAgent[69] Login Window done
4/20/08 1:55:21 AM loginwindow[22] Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
4/20/08 1:55:21 AM loginwindow[22] USER_PROCESS: 22 console
4/20/08 1:55:21 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.UserEventAgent-LoginWindow[63]) Exited: Terminated
4/20/08 1:55:21 AM kextd[10] writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
4/20/08 1:55:22 AM kernel AppleYukon2: 00000000,00000000 sk98osx_dnet - recovering from missed interrupt
4/20/08 1:55:22 AM kernel AirPort: Link Up on en1
4/20/08 1:55:22 AM ntpdate[67] can't find host time.apple.com
4/20/08 1:55:22 AM ntpdate[67] no servers can be used, exiting
4/20/08 1:55:22 AM org.ntp.ntpd[14] Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
4/20/08 1:55:22 AM ntpd[14] bind() fd 25, family 30, port 123, scope 6, addr fe80::21e:52ff:fe86:31ff, in6is_addrmulticast=0 flags=17 fails: Can't assign requested address
4/20/08 1:55:24 AM Dock[86] _DESCRegisterDockExtraClient failed 268435459
4/20/08 1:55:25 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd[40] SFLSharePointsEntry::CreateDSRecord: dsCreateRecordAndOpen(Jason Thomas's Public Folder) returned -14135

Equium A300D - possibly my HDD died

I bought my Equium A300D (I think that's the correct model anyway) from PC World in September last year after my old laptop died on me (fried hard drive due to the processor cooling fan breaking).
The old laptop, had been making some strange whirring/screeching noises at times for a number of months, but I'd rather foolishly ignored it thinking it was just a fan that wasn't balanced quite right or something - in hindsight not a good decision to take!
My Equium's been fine until I switched it on this morning, and found it was making the familiar horrible screeching/whirring sound, and I switched it off again rather quickly.
The screeching kicked in almost immediately after I'd switched it on. Three times I've tried to switch it back on, with the same result, and understandably I'm very concerned about it and didn't want to risk leaving it switched on for fear of causing any more damage.
Ill computers are never good news at the best of times, but particularly not at the moment as I'm part way through filling in a rather long and complex form that I have to have ready by Wednesday. I'm completely it on a saveable pdf version of the form which has taken me about three weeks to complete to where I'd got up to last night, and though I use an online backup service, I can't restore files to another computer without overwriting whatever's there already, so I'm panicking somewhat. (Also, my Equium's got a Vista OS, and my desktop I'm currently on is still on XP).
Three questions:
1) Does a whirring/screeching sound as soon as it's switched on sound like it could be another dying hard drive?
2) Would taking it to my local independent computer shop (who usually tend to be able to do minor repairs and put in new drives while you wait) rather than PC World invalidate the warranty?
I'm just not sure what to do for the best, as whatever I do I need to do it quickly, because I haven't long until I have to have finished this form (and although I have the online backup, rather foolishly I don't have an external backup of it), and even if I can get the Equium fixed quickly if it is the hard drive, it takes a number of days to download and restore files from the online backup, which is time I don't have at the moment.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks for the response. That was what was worrying me, as my last laptop did exactly the same before it died last year. With that one it turned out the strange noises I'd been getting for months (and had ignored) was a faulty fan, which eventually went completely and overheated the HDD. Fortunately as I had the online backup I was able to restore all my data to this new one, though it did take about a week, as the speed you can restore at's limited by the speed of your broadband connection, and I did have around 25GB to restore!
I ended up taking this one to PC World on Saturday morning, where I bought it from, who said they couldn't deal with laptops in-store as they weren't trained in laptops, and that I'd have to contact Toshiba, which with my deadline looming really wasn't an option. The guy in the shop rather unhelpfully advised that I didn't have to do anything straight away and that I could try just using it for half an hour at a time and then switching off for a while and it might be okay if I did that... * rolls eyes *
In the end I took it to my local computer shop who said they could have a look at it within the hour (this was about 12.30 on Saturday) and depending on what the problem was and whether they'd got any parts needed in stock, they should be able to sort it out before they closed that evening.
It turned out that the vents on the underside of it were clogged (I'd been using it just on my lap, and they said it was probably a combination of bits of fluff and fibres from fabrics and dust - I'm now using a lapdesk!) which was unbalancing one of the cooling fans. They cleaned it all out and blew out all the vents with compressed air, and I picked it up again at 3pm. :)
All's working fine now and no more noisy fan (and the HDD's fine), and it was worth paying the small amount to get it all cleaned out to get it sorted the same day. Hopefully now I should still meet my Wednesday deadline, though I have now put the work on a memory stick as well as having my online backup!

Windows installation interrupted as Equium A300D shuts down by itself

Dear all,
I have had my Toshiba Equium A300D for 2 years now. During this time, it works normally, occasionally shuts down by itself maye because it was too hot.
Recently, it tried to install updates from Windows but never successful. I left the computer to update for the whole night and it was still 2 out of 12 updates ... all the time so I always had to shut the computer down by pressing the power key.
I was unable to change the setting to update Windows automatically because everytime I tried to do that it froze. Most other commands became nonresponsive even viewing pictures.
It was until my computer was unable to connect to a certain wireless network while other devices can that I decided to reinstall Windows completely. It was installing normally but it got too hot and the computer shuts itself again!!!
I tried to install again and it shut itself down again, but I got into the final stage of set up so when I turned it on again, it was still "finihing the installation may take several mins. lease do not interrupt or shut down the computer". I left it on for several hours but it didnt move to any different stage. Before the computer shuts itself down I think I got to the stage after this.
I tried to press F8 to begin a new installation but it only got into this screen.
What can I do?
Please help me! Thank you a lot in advance!
I am in Germany at the moment but I live and bought this computer from the UK.
ttd500

I accidentally threw away my Toshiba box without checking what was inside when I moved out last year and I wasnt sure if there was any disk so I dont have the Toshiba Recovery disk.
I was installing using Toshiba Recovery inside the laptop, not with an external Windows disk.
Can I download it somewhere on the Toshiba website?
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Equium A300D-16C - display not working

My girlfriend has an Equium A300D-16C which has been having a few problems lately.
For the past few months, whenever she turns the system on, the display doesn't fire up and it takes several attempts for it to come on.
The strange thing is whenever this happens the system does still boot normally as you can hear the Windows 7 start up sound.
I have been looking into this issue for quite some time now and I'm starting to run out of ideas.
Originally I thought it could've been a cabling issue but upon stripping the laptop down I found the cable was still firmly in place.
I have also tried removing the RAM, HDD and DVD drive but it still doesn't fire up. On the odd occasion it has started up when doing this but upon rebooting it hasn't started again.
I am thinking this could be either a power issue or the motherboard is on its way out. This problem is gradually getting worse (it took over 20 attempts turning it on and off this morning) so eventually it won't come on at all.
To clarify, the system will boot after many attempts but most of the time the display will not turn on (not even the backlight). It does work with an external display on the HDMI so the GPU is working.
I have tried holding the power button with no power source to discharge the system but it doesn't help.
I have also noticed that if you hear it boot and close the lid, upon reopening the lid the display will come on but with the wrong resolution (1024x768) which just puzzles me even more.
Any ideas on what could be wrong? I would rather repair this than just buy a new one as its still a decent system apart from this problem.

It is always problematic to discuss about problems that happen from time to time. Ok in your case most of the time it doesn't work but when it works there is connection between display and mainboard.
On this virtual way we can just speculate what the problem can be. Maybe connection to the mainboard, maybe display controller, display cable, display connector. Who knows?
If there is no even backlight I presume display doesnt get the video signal at all. It must be something on mainboard side.
What you can do? You can contact nearest service and ask for help but if they will say that mainboard must be exchanged it will be pretty expensive. You can try to find similar model on ebay with broken display or some other hardware failure (not mainboard) and exchange the mainboard.
It is really not easy to say what can be done.

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I've had my Toshiba Equium A300D-13X for a few years now. I also have Sky ADSL Broadband for a few years. My signal from the router (netgear) up until a couple of months ago has been fine. The router is situated in my hall and I use my laptop mainly in the lounge which is through just one wall, 3 or 4 metres away. The strength showing on the wireless icon in the toolbar used to be 4 or 5 bars at least but now the best I get is 3 bars strength and my connection is variable with WebPages taking longer to load.
Has anyone experienced this? Could there be something wrong with the internal wireless aerial?
Any advice would be great.

Nothing changed with the laptop or router that I know of. The only change during this time is we now have a Kodak Wireless Printer installed. But with that I have never even been able to connect this wirelessly to my Toshiba and I have to use USB cable when I print. Although it will connect and print wirelessly on my fiance's Asus laptop. Would this cause a lack of strength? I almost always sit right next to where the printer is situated.

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I recently sent my laptop (Equium A300D-13x) back to Toshiba to be repaired as it was overheating and cutting out.
It came back today and when I turned it on I got the screen where I was asked if I wanted to go into safe mode or start Windows normally.
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Please do not interrupt or shutdown the computer!*
I've been waiting all day now and I'm still stuck on this screen.
Has anyone had the same problem? And if so, how can I fix it?

Hi
Ive recovered my notebook many times and the installation went always troublefree.
But of course such installation issue could happen always and I think you should simply repeat this procedure.
If you dont have Toshiba Recovery disk then try to recover the notebook using the HDD recovery option.
Just press F8 while notebook powering up.
Then choose Repair my computer. Then a new window will appear and you could select the new option called Toshiba HDD.
Check it out!

Equium A300D - After BIOS update screen is blank

Hi there, I did a bios update on my Equium A300D-PSAK2E, and its bricked my laptop! When it rebooted after update screen is blank!
Is there any kind of way to launch a bios recovery by pressing certain keys on power on with the bios image on a usb stick?
Kind Regards
Dan

Try connecting an external screen to your laptop such as a monitor. When you start up usually the laptop starts and the monitor has to be selected to PC a couple of times as the monitor seems to default to AV1. Also try Fn+F5 to alternate between laptop and monitor and vice versa.
Enter the BIOS page by the following:-
Start, All programs, TOSHIBA, Utilities, HW setup, etc

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HI all,
I have a Equium A300D, part number PSAKAE-003003KS.
The trackpad worked OK but often the scroll function would stop randomly and I would have to stop apont.exe and then re-launch. It would then work OK.
I got fed up of this so thought I'd install new drivers. The driver I installed was Synaptics_Driver_v10_1_8_Vista32.
Problem is now I can't scroll on the trackpad at all (but cursor does respond).
Do I have the correct driver? I have read previous posts but didn't solve this problem.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Cheers.

Have you tried to roll back OS to earlier time when it worked properly?
Is virtual scrolling enabled in ??Synaptics TouchPad settings???
You can also remove Synaptics driver from the system and after restart install Alps Electric driver. The same option you will find under advanced feature settings > TouchPad settings.
Please check the functionality again.

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Hi aim1999,
Have tried performing a soft reset or hard reset on the phone to see if it was a bad install?
To do Soft reset: Enter *#7780# into your phone's keypad
Note: this will not delete any data from the device.
To do a Hard reset: Enter *#7370#
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Phone shutting down at random times

I have been experiencing iPhone shutting down on its own at random times. During times when I am using just the iPod function to listen to music, other times when I am on a call. When I play music the iphone screen actually goes completely black with just a white apple logo in the middle. After that, I needed to re-start (power and home button) for several minutes 'til it all resumes to normal settings. How can I prevent this from happening and what is the best way to restart when it happens again? What's wrong with it?

I've had this same problem. I called apple about it and they said that it seems to be a current problem with a lot of peoples phone. The only question that I have, if anyone can answer, is that Apple is supposed to send me a new phone to replace mine but I am wondering if it will be the 3G or the old model, which is what I already have. If anyone knows then let me know, but Chennie, just call apple and they will help you out.

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I have an Equium A300D
It is overheating and I need access to the CPU cooling mechanism.
Could someone tell me how to disassemble this laptop ?

this should help irisvistatech
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