M50 Bios 1.9 Update question due to multiple issues on 1.7

Hi
I have a Satellite M50-196 that I got only a few weeks ago and I've been experiencing many issues. The current Bios version on the laptop is 1.7 and from the bios page for M50 series I can see that there is a version 1.9.
I had to remove XP home and installed my copy of XP Pro with SP2. Everything went great. Everything works perfect except a few issues. Here goes:
- First the Wireless Adapter has some sort of problem because when I connect to my home network from time to time I have to run repair connection on windows because it gets really slow. I have a 4mb cable connection at home and usually it runs at 400k... but from time to time stops completly and starts again after a few seconds and some other times gets as slow as 40k. This is not an cable provider issue or wireless base station issue because I have a desktop computer that uses wireless also with no issues. This happens with the laptop connected to the power supply or running on batt. I have the latest Intel 2200BG wireless adapter drivers.
- The second problem is when I close the screen. The laptop should go to stand by but instead the standby light never gets orange and the laptop is completly locked. The power button stays blue, it does not shutsdown the laptop or turns it on even after leaving the button pressed for many seconds (15-20). The only way to solve the issue is to remove the battery completly and attach is again.
- The third and final problem, so far, is with Virtual PC 2004 with SP1. The virtual machines run very slow, and the processos usage is most of the time at 99%. The time on a virtual PC goes faster than normal then it blocks completly and starts again. For example 10 seconds goes by in 5 seconds then it blocks for a few seconds. This behaviour seems to be happening with more people using centrino laptops with 915 chipset and some manufactors already fixed this. A guy on another forum reported that he fixed a DELL laptop with a recent bios update.
So because all of these I'm considering upgrading to version 1.9 of the bios but before I do I would like to know if anyone had any issues with this upgrade, and would also like to know if its safe to run the windows bios update. I know its suposed to be safe but I would like to know if anyone ever reported any issues with it and what precautions should I take... like for example... is it important to remove the bios and hdd passwords?
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post :)
Best regards

Hi Thanks!
I just got the adrenaline rush of the day by the way....
I've open the zip file with the 1.9 bios and ran setup... it just asked me where to uncompress it that by default is to c:\windows\temp and does not let me change it...
I pressed ok and I was hoping to get a chance to see exacly what it would do.... but to my surprise it just started to backup imediatly the existent bios and uploading the new one without any warning!!!!
This is a realy dangerous pocedure. If I didnt had the power cable connected or if I didnt had closed my programs it would probably run anyway with all the potential problems that this could bring.
I didnt managed to change the bios and HD pasword, because I was hoping to do so after cheking out the procedure and reading the expected readme file with change log and stuff like that... but the good news is that it maintained the passwords.
The VPC issue seems to be solved as well the closing the screen and entering stand by mode.
The wireless network issue seems solved for now but only time will tell. I had an issue that after returning from stand by the wireless network was not working. I rebooted and seems fine now. Ill keep this link with me just in case. Thanks.
Toshiba people... if you are reading this... please fix this issue with the bios setup on windows. I would like to see a warning and the option to start the bios upgrade myself, instead of starting it automatically as soon as setup ends, I would also like to be able to select where to store the files and where to put the backups and finally I would like a warning to close all software, plug the laptop to the power supply and stuff like that.
Also why not provide a change log of some sort? I dont know what this bios fixed. Seems that fixed at least some of my issues... I think... but what else? I cant find anywhere on the website any info regarding what as included on the update
And no I didnt pressed any keys or mouse buttons after or during the install. I was very carefull with that believe me :)
R2D2.. thanks for your help !
best regards
Joao

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