Equium M40x-189 graphics question

Hiya.
Could somebody tell me if it's possible to obtain better graphics performance through a card in the PCB slot on my laptop?
If not, please inform me of any upgrades or tips that I could do to get my graphics up to scratch (eg. ready for Vista?).
Thanks...

Hi
If I am remember well your unit has shared video memory. In my opinion there is no much to do. Graphic card upgrade is not possible and only thing you can do is to upgrade RAM to maximum (2GB). Interesting on this unit is that just one slot is user upgradeable. Because of that you can use PC2700 1024MB (PA3313U-1M1G) for upgrade.
If you want to use all graphic features on Vista like glass effect I am afraid your unit will not be powerful enough for doing that. If you will make some tests please inform us.

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Equium M40x-189 - What drivers/utilities I need to install?

Dear All,
Equium m40x-189
Reloaded Windows XP, but havent found the Toshiba Utilities and drivers disk that must have come with the lappy, not a lot works and in Device Manager there are a load of devices with yellow alerts.
The internal wireless is not seeable, nor is a wireless card slotted into the PCMI expansion slot on the side.
These are just the first things I noticed were not available. Need wireless to get to the internet to register Windies.
I am not sure which drivers/utilities I need to download and install from the Toshiba download drivers web site.
Is there such a thing as a list or instructions any where that details what drivers/utilities are required to make all the 'bits' work on a newly Windows loaded laptop.?
Any help would be of immense value.
Best regards
Mark

Hi
As you already said on the Toshiba European driver download page you can download all necessary drivers and tools for your notebook.
Furthermore on the website you will find the installation instructions document. Use this list as a recommended driver and software installation order.
I think this is such a list that you mean so check this!!!
Last but not least I think must install every driver and download on the Toshiba page because they are necessary for a properly working notebook.
If you have more questions, please let us know.

Equium M40X-189: How to connect RGB port to RS232 port?

Hi,
as you know the Equium M40X-189 P-M 730/XP has an RGP monitor port and does not have RS232 port.
Im working with Auto-titration device which require RS232 port for connection!
Any idea of how i can connect my notebook to this device!
pls help
thanks
Omrankl

Hi
As far as I know the RS-232 port is a serial port and I dont think that its possible to connect the RGB port to the RS232 port.
But I have found the useful website:
http://www.ontrak.net/usb.htm
There you will find a description how to connect the USB port to a RS-232 port.
You need a ADU interface.
Check the link.

Equium M40x-189: DVD DL Formats

Hi,
I've recently bought a Toshiba Equium M40x 189 laptop, and have read the manual regarding DVD formats that can be written to. However, I would like to know whether or not this laptop can write a DVD-DL dvd, I know in the manual it says it can write a DVD+DL, so i'd just like to know....Hope someone can help.
Thanks
David.

Hi,
Yesyou can write DL discs with this machine.
I would reccomend that you stick to major brands like Maxell, TDK or Verbatim.
Regards,
Nick

Cannot download Adobe Flash Player on Equium M40X-189

I am unable to download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player on my Equium M40X 189.
This is needed for many applications, and has recently become absolutely essential as BBC radio now only broadcasts on the internet via BBC i-player, which I cannot use without Flash Player.
I searched for help on this problem a while back and the advice then was that the BIOS needed to be updated.
I have today checked with the official Toshiba site, and it seems my BIOS is the current version and does not need updating.
Is there anyone out there who can help me solve this problem?
Many thanks

Sorry - perhaps I didn't spell out the problem correctly. I have tried downloading from all sort of pages on the web, including the official Adobe site and BBC Radio. I have also taken the Adobe advice and checked that I have uninstalled all other version of Flash Player before atempting to download. The same thing always happens - the download seems to start OK, but I get to the bit where the Adobe page says something like "when you can see the movie playing in the box above the installation is complete". Trouble is the movie never plays, and the player has not been installed.

Equium M40X-189: I want to upgrade the CPU?

Hi,
i have Equium m40x-189 notebook with Intel Pentium M 730 processor(1.6/2M/533). I want to upgrade my CPU with Intel Pentium M780 processor(2.26/2M/533). Is it possible?

Hi
Please dont be mad on me but I think that forum is not the right place to pick up this kind of information. CPU exchange is very sensible area and I think you should contact service or some independent hardware upgrade store.
Basically CPU upgrade is not possible because of so-called permanent connection method. I dont want to say it is definitely not possible but CPU upgrade can but for result it can have some negative aspects like higher power consumption and much shorter running time with battery power supply, cooling will not be as before and I am afraid that cooling vent will run constantly.
What to say about performance. I believe you will not see much more difference because CPU on this unit is good enough and better, cheaper and without risk solution, is to upgrade RAM to maximum.

Equium M40x-189: Question about the HDD and graphic card upgrade

Hi folks just a few quick questions.
1. can a second hard drive be fitted to the afore mentioned notebook?.....it came with a 60gb HDD
2.can a graphics card such as an ati or geforce mobile/go be fitted instead of the onboard graphics?
any answers would be greatly appreciated.

Hello,
As was said before, there is no way to install a 2nd harddrive physically on the machine without it being external. And this model does not have a seperate video card, it is integrated on the motherboard. Which means it would not be possible to upgrade it. Unfortunate as it is, best you can do is increase shared memory in bios and under your virtual memory settings. The Qosmio series from Toshiba does include a 2nd hard drive bay for 2 hdd's though, as well as some have seperate video cards so you can even possibly upgrade those as well. But not the Equium M40x. Have a great day.

Equium M40x screen: warranty question

Hi,
I've only had my Equium M40x for a week or so and there is a very small fly that has managed to crawl under the display and die in the middle of the screen. It's not huge but it's very annoying, especially because I haven't been using it outside and I've only had it for such a short period of time.
Is this sort of thing covered under waranty? Any help appreciated.
[Edited by: admin on 17-Jul-05 20:11]

Hi Kevin,
I very much doubt if this will be covered by your warranty, since this is not a component malfunction or failure.
I would recommend contacting your original supplier and explaining the situation to them as a first course of action. They may well be happy to exchange the notebook for you.
Failing that, call you nearest Toshiba Service Agent and ask them to quote you for removing the dead insect. Obviously this can only be done by an authorised repairer or you will invalidate your warranty.
Best of luck

Equium M40x-189 freezes within 30 seconds of Windows starting

My M40x-189 froze all of a sudeen while using it.
Everytime I restarted it froze again within 30 seconds of windows xp starting.
I have wiped the hard drive and reinstalled xp but it is still freezing.
I have started in safe mode and disabled all of the devices in device manager, then enabling them one by one.
It appears to re-boot ok and work fine as long as the usb host controllers are disabled.
Any advice? Is it software or hardware?
I have tried updating drivers using Drivercure but it doesn't seem to help.
Any advice greatly appreciated

Hi
I think its related to the hardware issue but we can only speculate about the faulty part
Maybe its a RAM issue I mean one or both modules could be affected.
My old notebook has frozen because one memory slot got too warm I dont know why but only one slot was affected. I changed the modules and used only one module.
This helped to solve my issue
I think you should test the RAM too.

Equium M40x-189: Need Toshiba recovery CD

One of you could'nt help me could you?
I require o copy of the restore CD as mine broke when I moved house.
Could you please contact me [email protected]
Blyth Northumberland.
Cheers Tom

Just short comment: If you will not be able to obtain original recovery media for your notebook you can also install OS using original Microsoft installations CD. All necessary drivers, tools and utilities you can download from http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/ > Support & Downloads.
Bye

Equium M40X-189 - Touch Pad has stopped working

The touch pad froze. I restarted the computer and the touch pad worked. This happened several times, and then restarting did not clear the problem. I checked under Device Manager several times and sometimes the mouse was listed and sometimes it wasn't! I Restored the computer to an earlier time when the touch pad was working but this didn't fix it. A Toshiba Agent suggested the soft ware was corrupt and I should back up every thing and use the recovery disc to reload the software for the touch pad. I'm not ready to do this yet. Currently an ALPS Pointing Device and an HID Compliant Mouse are listed under Device Manager and both are erroneously reported as working. Any other ideas on how to fix the touch pad?

Hello
In my opinion you should try to use external mouse to see if this occur again and again. Believe me on this way it is not easy to say why this happen.
Maybe there is some hardware problem but it must be tested. If you preinstall the unit with recovery CD the unit will be clean and on this way it is not possible to say that some additional software has any kind of influence on this.

Equium M40X-189 wont start up - Power comes on but blank screen

When powering on Laptop the power light comes on and the power supply fan comes on but nothing to the screen.
Then shuts down sometimes or blue power light stays on, then eventually turns off.
So frustrating, have no money for new one for daughter or to pay for an expensive repair, praying its a easy fix (but deep down no this will not be case).
Any help will be really appreciated.

Try reseating the Memory (RAM). Or if you recently installed more RAM, remove the extra module

Equium M40x 189 - Memory confusion....

Hi there,
According to the Toshiba Spec, the max DDR can be 2Gb, however whilst searching a number of sites for the best price, there are a few which state the max is 1.5Gb.
Can anyone confirm which is correct? Obviously instinct is to say, go with the manufacturer, but its not just 1 site that state 1.5Gb...
Any help would be appreciated
Cheers

Hi
As far as I know the notebook supports max 2048MB memory.
The notebook uses the PC2700 DDR-RAM modules and these modules are compatible:
PC2700 256MB (PA3311U-1M25)
PC2700 512MB (PA3312U-1M51)
PC2700 1024MB (PA3313U-1M1G)

Equium M40X specification info needed

Good morning,
I am hoping that there is someone on the forum that can assist me.
I have a Toxhiba Equium M40X.
I have spent several hours on the Toshiba website this morning trying to find the specifications for this model.
Unfortunately my notebook has crashed.
I have been advised that the motherboard is cracked and I can no longer access the computer.
I didn't make a note of the specs and none of my paperwork gives this information.
It is a 15" laptop with CD/DVD player, has Centrino Intel, SRS Trusound, Microsoft XP.
I need to know the size of the memory and RAM and anything else you might think relevant.
Many thanks. Issyb

>The model is Equium M40X-1809 EN.
Thats wrong number it should be something like Equium M40X-XXX (ONLY three numbers)
You can see also a model number. It begins with PSM4ZE-xxxxx
Maybe its a Equium M40X-189????
Here is a Toshiba product page and info about this Equium-189
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Equium-M40X-189/104149/DISC_MODEL/0/ACTION/PRINT_WITH_BACK/

Equium M40x-230 - Vidoes doesn't play continous

Since purchasing the Equium M40x-230 in 2005, it has never been able to play online or offline video continously, the video stops to load for a few seconds to a minute at roughly 10 to 20 second intervals. This occurs whether using itunes, windows media player, or winamp.
I have downloaded the latest version of Adobe flash, but I am uncertain that this is a fault with the notebook itself. The operating system has been re-installed a few times but the problem remains. I have not this problem on a newer toshiba netbook.
The System information is:
OS windows XP SP3,
Intel (R) Pentium (R) M Processor - 1.86GHz,
512 of RAM.
Graphic Card - unknown
I would appreciate any information that might lead to a solution for this.
regards,
je6543

Hi
I dont know which videos you are watching but maybe you have to install a new codec pack. Just use Google to find such codec packs.
Furthermore I recommend VLC media player. Its a freeware player that can play the most audio and video files. Its freeware! :)
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