No sound on the Satellite A10-s103

Suddenly my a10-s103 wont play any sound. For example mp3-filews in Itunes wont even start. I says i misses the devices for playing mulitmedia thou movies till work without the sound. I tried downloading the latest sound devices from the Toshibia homepage but with no result. Any ideas?

Hi
Firstly you should check the device manager if there are any yellow exclamation marks near to the soundcard.
If there are no yellow signs so the sound card works and you dont need to install the sound driver again.
Check also the sound settings under control panel sound and audio devices.

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What CD/DVD drive is compatible with Satellite A10-S103

I am using portable computer Toshiba Satellite A10-S103 and I am about to replace original CD/DVD-ROM drive with a new one which can also write CDs and DVDs.
However, I have been given a notice, that after installing new DVD drive the "IDE #1 error" message may appear. According to my knowledge, this error can be avoided by replacing the old drive with a new one that requires the same Primary/Secondary Master/Slave/Cable select settings as the old one.
Can you recommend me a DVD-RW drive that could replace the old DVD-ROM drive and would work without any further HW adjustments?
The new DVD-RW drive should be similar to i.e.
[http://www.sonynec-optiarc.de/en/exhibits/slim-line-drives/ad-7540a.html] .
However, I was not able to decide whether this device will or will not work in my computer as I do not know settings of the original DVD drive.
My original Toshiba DVD drive information as follow:
1. 'Model No.' SD-C2612
2. 'ROM Ver.' 1315
3. 'Serial No.' 394N002659
4. 'Ver. No.' 302.
The computer is already out-of-warranty
Thank you.

>However, I have been given a notice, that after installing new DVD drive the "IDE #1 error" message may appear. According to my knowledge, this error can be avoided by replacing the old drive with a new one that requires the same Primary/Secondary Master/Slave/Cable select settings as the old one.
You are right. The IDE #1 error appears because the BIOS doesnt recognize the new internal CD/DVD drive due to the wrong master/slave/c-sel settings.
Usually such settings are fix and cannot be changed like on the external ODDs using other jumper position.
The firmware controls the internal notebooks ODD settings.
Therefore the usage of the supported and compatible ODDs is very important.
Sorry, but I didnt find any details about compatible CD/DVD drives.
Did you take a look into the user manual of your notebook series???
In my user manual I found some info about the compatible drives with my notebook.
So maybe you are a lucky man and your user manual will provide some useful informations.

How to recover the Satellite A10?

I have a Satellite A10.
After insering the recovery disk 1 the A tab instead of the C tab. Now I'm in DOS and I have no idea how to get back to my main page or D drive to continue with the recovery. I have no idea how to use DOS.

Hi
To be honest Im a little bit confused
The recovery procedure is very easy and you dont need to do anything in DOS.
In order to recover the notebook you have to boot from the recovery disk and have to follow the instruction on the screen.
The Satellite A10 series is old and the recovery procedure is different to the new procedure but you should definitely receive some messages how to proceeds
I recommend repeating the recover again;
Put the right recovery disk in the drive and boot from the CD by pressing the C button. You could use F12 and then you could choose CD/DVD drive in the boot menu

Satellite A10 S213 replacement of Hard Disk Drive

My Satellite A10 S213 is equipped with a Hard Disk Drive MK4021GAS HDD2182 B ZE01 S (40 GB) . The Disk is making more and more often loud and strange noises although it works well.
But it will certainly not go on for long.
I would like to replace the Disk Drive with something compatible and if possible with more capacity. Around 100 GB would be fine .
So my question is :
*Does a replacement of the HDD MK4021GAS HDD2182 B ZE01 S with more capacity exist for the Satellite A10 S213 ?*
Thank you for your help.
gh246

Hi
I assume your notebook supports the IDE HDD controller.
Possibly the IDE HDD controller supports only the 28bit LBA which would allows you to use max 120GB HDD.
I think you could install an bigger HDD.

Satellite A10 modem incompatibility

Hi,
a couple months ago I bought the satellite A10 laptop in Australia. All the time I was in AU I was quite sattisfied with it.
Now when I moved to Slovakia I realised a dial-up modem incompatibility, so the modem doesnt work in slovak telecommunication network.
Is it possible to install some firmware or to do something that modem will work in this region?
Thanks for help
Bishop

Hi,
I give you the proposition to install the modem driver of Slovakia for your Modem.
You find the download at "eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com" , Look for Support & Downloads.
Here click on Download and Drivers.
Choose your Model and take the Modem Driver for Slovakia.
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Satellite A10-S703: Drive cant recognize DVD-RW

Hi,
I'm using the Satellite A10-S703, and it has DVD-Multi drive (DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW). But whenevr I insert a DVD-RW the system won't detect it and I can't burn it.

Hello
Did you have the original DVD drive from Toshiba which was delivered with the unit?
As far as I know the notebook was delivered with DVD-ROM with these options:
CD-R (read only)
CD-RW (read only)
DVD-ROM
DVD-RAM(read only)
In this case the DVD drive doesnt support the RW Medias.
Bye

Satellite A10 won't boot up - bad sectors on HDD

Hallo,
I got a Toshiba Satellite A10
Model no: PSA10E-018EZ-DU
The problem is that te comp. won't start up.
there are some sectors of the HD bad or damaged
I did run chkdsk a few weeks ago it helped but now there again problems.
so chkdsk is running again.
Is there a better program for checking your HD. or must I do something else?
A new HD?
What kind of HD must I look for?
is any HD for a nootbook oke?
Or are there limitations for a HD of the satellite A10?
Met vriendelijke groeten
Kees Folmer
http://www.csfolmer.nl

HI Kees,
There are other utilities that you can use to check your hard drive (Norton Disk Doctor for example) but CHKDSK is as good as any others.
If you are getting repeated hard drive problems then this is a good indication that a new hard drive is required. I suggest you try to back-up your data while you still can. I am not aware of any limitations as to the capacity of any hard drive that you choose for your A10 but it must obviously be the same form factor as your existing drive. You may also wish to consider using a drive with a higher rotation speed than the original drive.
regards,

No sound and audio on Satellite A10-S177

My laptop is a Satellite A10-S177 XP, I happened to delete some programmes from my laptop in order to create space but it so happened that it affected my audio and sound and currently they the sound and audio bit in the control panel say no sound/audio driver. Tried to down load some software from the net but it did not work for it required printer access which I dont have.
I also dont have my XP installation CD, so am all lost and could do with any help from computer geniuses out there.
Thank you
Caroline

Hi there,
First of all would you tell me where did you downloaded some software where you thought it would bring back your sound?
Since your machine is from america you would have to go to the american driver download site:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp
Please visit the link Ive posted and download the sound driver. Install it and check if the sound works.
In case of any question just feel free and ask...
Greetings

Does Satellite A10 and S1410 have the same hinges?

I need to replace hinges on a S1410 and I found a seller carrying A10 hinges. Toshiba Satellite A10 and S1410 look similar in the photos so I wonder if they share the same kind of hinges. Can anyone help me?

Hi Joao
Just Toshiba service partner can give you a proper answer. In my opinion you should contact them. Just on this way you will be 100% sure.
In my opinion it is not the same kind of hinges. If you look carefully those two units are absolutely different.
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Memory upgrade for Satellite A10-S811 PSA10E

I want to upgrade the memory on my old laptop i've found the manual and read a bit in it.
Apparently it uses PC2100 DDR (266 Mhz) has two memory slots and only allows up to 512 mb modules.
Is it at all possible to use larger and/or faster modules.
I'm hoping the low speed and size has something to do with the time it was produced before larger modules were as common as they are today.
Also how many pins are there on modules, i guess DDR modules for laptops are different from those for desktop computers.
My laptop:
Toshiba Satellite A10
SA10-S811
Model no: PSA10E-0ZJ57-DK
Any help is very much appreciated.

Hi!
Yes, maybe Intel said that the chip set supports 2GB but its only known to me that the Satellite supports 1GB max.
You can try it with 2GB but I think it will not work. The BIOS and other factors must support more RAM.
As far as I know you buy double sided RAM because the notebook has only two slots. This fact is only interesting with more than two slots.
Bye

Question about HDD-upgrade on a Satellite A10

Hello, just wanted to update my laptop, and just interesting. Is this laptop supporting 160 gb ?
Maybe even, what the biggest HDD support this computer ?
Because i am thinking on 120gb or better 160gb... And dunno what to do :)
Satellite A10...
Thanks for any advices

Hey there,
I think you should try it, because I think that machine was shipped with a maximum of 80GB, but I am not sure. You have the following options:
1. Buy a HDD with about 120GB. Test it, you cannot damage anything. If the drive would not be recognized then bring it back to the shop and try a HDD with less memory (100GB). Repeat the procedure, if the drive was recognized, hold it. :)
2. Buy a 80GB HDD, which is known to work in that machine. Thats the "secure" way.
3. Do nothing and buy a external USB-HDD. ;)
I hope I could give you some thoughts on your way.
Greets

Satellite A10 - boot priority needs to be changed

Hi everyone,
I've got an old Satellite A10 here, and I'm supposed to put a new operating system on it.
Problem: It doesn't let me boot from CD/DVD!!!
In BIOS (APCI BIOS version = 1.30), I cannot change the boot priority, that is I cannot set the DVD drive as first boot device.
Pressing F12 or "C" when switching on the notebook doesn't show boot options either.
In another thread I read that one can change the boot device by selecting the boot devices' images that can be seen below the TOSHIBA sign when the notebook's power has just been turned on. How do you do that? Arrow keys and TAB dont work for me....
In the windows startmenu, there's the TOSHIBA utility HWSetup that is password protected. In the manual it says that you can change boot priority there (from inside windows!), but unfortunately the owner does not remember any password he might have set, so I cannot change boot sequence from there either.
but anyway it must be possible to boot from CD without accessing windows, in case windows doesn't work any more...
Is there still another possibility than using a "Parallelport wraparound connector" seeing that I don't know how its made or used?
Who's got ideas?
Thx

Hi R2D2,
as I wrote in the problem description above, pressing C and F12, or any other of the F keys, or even all at the same time ;-) does not show me the boot sequence.
And of course I do use the right buttons in BIOS, as the "manual" is even on the same page, on the bottom. It just doesnt let me select and thus change the boot priority!!
Knowing or not the right buttons is really not my problem here - except you know how to toggle the different boot devices shown below the TOSHIBA start up screen (cf above)? Know what I mean??
I SUPPOSE the problem is that TOSHIBA notebooks use this utility called HWSetup accessible from inside windows to change the vital boot functions, but the password for that tool is lost! And my best guess is that this tool blocks the BIOS functions.
The only solution I have come up with is to build and use this thing that deactivates any system passwords, this Parallelport wraparound connector, but as I dont know how to build it, I was looking for another solution as I still dont want to believe that TOSHIBA actually made it impossible to formate this notebook without an operating system on it (or access to this HWSetup from windows respectively)!!!!!
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How to uninstall the program "Utilities" from the Satellite A210

How can I unistall the program "Utilities" from the Satellite A210. In the control panel I can uninstall the program "Value Added Package" but not "Utilities".
With the A210 I can't work with the FN keys and on a German Toshiba help website I have found this information:
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB0402UR0000R01DE.htm
So I will try this sequence of installation:
- Chipset Utility
- Display Driver
- Toshiba Value Added Package V1.2.40
- Flash Cards Support Utility for Satellite L500 (see this thread why I want it to do):
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=46135&tstart=7
- Toshiba-Utilities V1.0.25.5C
and probably
- Hardware Setup V2.00.09
I hope the FN keys will work after this sequence of installation.
John

Hi again John
So here a little bit theory:
After clean OS you must install all necessary drivers and Toshiba tools and utilities. Just when everything is installed properly you will have well working operating system. Problem is that you cannot install all this in some alphabetical sequence but following right installation order.
I don't have Satellite A210 and cannot offer you exact installation order but it must be something like this one:
-Win7
-chipset driver
-storage manager
-display driver
-sound driver
-modem driver
-LAN/WLAN driver
-supervisor utility
-Synaptics touchpad driver
-Card reader
-Webcam driver
-patches
-configfree
-VAP
-Toshiba hardware setup
-HDMI control
-WLAN driver
-Toshiba assist
Please note
VAP is package with follow applications:
- Toshiba Components Common Driver
- Toshiba Utilities
- Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool
- Toshiba Power Saver
- Toshiba Button Support
- Toshiba Zooming Utility
- Toshiba Flash cards
As far as I know you cannot remove one single application. What I always do is to remove whole VAP and after notebook restart I start VAP installation again but not as standard installation. I use custom installation. There you can choose which application should be installed and which not.
To be honest I have very good experience with Win7 installation and if everything is installed properly you should be able to use flash cards with FN button.

Shattered screen, external screen in standby with Satellite A10-S203

The screem of my Toshiba Satellite A10-S203 is shattered, it is all tripes, colors and black spaces. I connected the laptop with an external screen, but as soon as Windows starts the external screen goes on stand-by. How can I change this?

Hello,
I have had this issue as well before. After Windows starts the video is reset resetting the video output to LCD instead of external monitor. Once this happens try using Fn+F5. If this does not work, you might be able to boot up and press F8, once it gives you the windows selection menu go to safe mode. Once there go to video properties and change the default settings to external monitor, and try rebooting normally. Should work wonders. Hope this helps, if not let me know.

Satellite A10: 'base system device' after HDD reinstallation

I have formatted my laptop's hard drive (Toshiba Satellite A10) and downloaded the necessary drivers from Toshiba Europe web site. Everything worked out fine. Then I decided to upgrade my network adapter driver (wrong decision) and it slowed down considerably the system.
Believing that I was holding the solution in my hands I formatted again HDD and when it came to reinstalling the drivers everything loaded ok except one:
BASE SYSTEM DEVICE
Please let me know how to resolve this issue.

Did you install the chipset utility?
If not, do that firstly before installing any further Toshiba tools and drivers.
i recommend you to use the Toshiba Recovery CD.
Please check also this useful Intel article:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/S5000VSA/sb/CS-022703.htm

No sound on the Satellite A10-s103

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