Qosmio G30-163 - no drivers = discontinued?

I am searching for updates to drivers having had to repair XP (the registry went corrupt).
However the Toshiba site does not specifically list any options or drivers for the G30-163
Why so? Has it been discontinued?
Thank you.

Thank you guys. This tip is useful. So the drivers are still available - that is good. The reason is that XP corrupted the Registry and wouldn't boot up. So I had to use Linux Puppy which runs in RAM to save the files to an external drive - about 200GB of them!! Now I need to restore all the drivers. In particular I need the Bluetooth and USB port drivers. Thankfully that's the last task!! But then I need to upgrade to Win 7!! Thanks again folks.

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Qosmio G30-163: Windows media encoder doesn't recognise video device

I cannot get Windows media encoder to recognise my video camera connected to S-video port (Qosmio G30-163).
I get similar problem with Marratech pro webconferencing application (it crashes after 15-20 second if I try to use it - during the time the application is frosen - in configuration I can see the test picture/video).
If I use InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 Platinum bundled software for capturing video it works just fine.

Hi Nesko
In my opinion you see this issue a little bit wrong. You are right about some standards but you must know that every hardware manufacturers dont care much about that. Other way Toshiba as notebook producer can not test all cams and external devices with the unit and also all software you can find on the market. It is a mission impossible.
Qosmio is a multimedia unit and if you read specification about that you will see that you can do everything listed there (watch TV, connect camcorder and create own DVD movies etc.). Every one of us has some specific and unique wishes but nobody can guarantee that everything you want will work.
For example: since almost a year I have Qosmio G20. I have tested it with my camcorder, with VHS recorder using it with preinstalled and also third part software and for every situation I have found solution and it work somehow.
I really dont know which cam you have but if you want to have web conferencing without any problems you should by USB webcam with highest resolutions and frames per second. Web cam will be recognized and installed very fast and you can use it any time. Sorry but web conferencing via MCE and cam is not known to me.
Anyway you can try to contact support. Maybe they have some magic\solution. If you will find out how it works please write again. I am really interested if something like that is possible.
Good luck!

Small icons on Qosmio G30-163

On Qosmio G30-163,the letter and icon seem so small.

I belive you that you need glasses but you have great HIGH DEFINITION multimedia notebook and for full HD you need this resolution. Check please display properties under Appearance tab. There you can set font size for different window areas.
In Internet explorer there is also possible to set text size. Check it out!

Qosmio G30: Need XP drivers tools CD-ROM in english

Hi!
I'm an italian owner of Qosmio G30, and I want to use Windows XP Pro in english. Is there any way or any place on the Net to download the ISO of Toshiba CDROM Tools and Drivers in english?

Hello Cesare
All you must do is to visit Toshiba download page under http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/ > Support & Downloads > Support homepage. There you can find download section.
Everything you need you can find it there on almost every European language. ISO file is not available just single drivers, tools and utilities.
Thats all.

Qosmio G30-163 asks if I'd like to set HDD2 for mirroring

I've just received my new G30-163. Every time I switch it on it asked if I'd like to set up HDD2 for mirroring. I always hit cancel, but it repeates the request with every start up. As a result, my second drive does not show up and can not be used. I have tried reinstalling the whole system from the disk provided, but I still get the same request upon completion.
I really don't want to have to go through sending the computer back, so I'm hoping you can tell me how to fix it from here.

I dont know how you have changed this option but as far as I know the RAID mirroring can be set in the BIOS.
As far as I know Toshiba strongly discouraged changing the RAID configuration in the BIOS because selecting the wrong settings might destroy the data on your hard disk drives.
In some special circumstances, however, configuring the RAID in the BIOS is required, e.g. to prepare a fresh hard disk drive for RAID operation
But please take extra care when changing the RAID configuration to avoid accidental loss of data!
1. Turn on your notebook and press [ESC] until a message appears: "Check system. Then press [F1] key."
2. Press [F1] to enter the BIOS Setup.
3. Press [PGDN] twice to move to the third BIOS page.
4. Move the cursor to the Create State entries and change the states as required (you cannot change the Current State entries).
5. Press [Space] to cycle through all possible RAID scenarios possible.
6. Then move the cursor to Execute Creation.
7. A message appears at the bottom of the screen:
"Warning: If you change RAID array, you need to install OS again."
8. Press [Space].
9. Another message appears at the bottom of the screen: "Are you sure? All data on the HDD(s) will be destroyed. Do you really want to do this? If "Yes", please type the key string which is written in the manual."
10. Enter [1][2][3][4] and then [Enter].
11. Finally press [END] to exit the BIOS Setup and [Y] to confirm any other BIOS changes.
Note:
The RAID-1 (mirroring) stored data twice (on both HDD) so that even if there are problems with on of the HDD the other HDD can be used to recover the data.
Please read more about RAID in your user manual!!!
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How to open Toshiba Enhance Picture Utility on Qosmio G30-163

How to open Toshiba Enhance Picture Utility.Thanks

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As far as I know the Toshiba Picture Enhancement Utility was preinstalled on some Qosmio G series units which were delivered with the Windows XP Media Center Edition.
I didnt find the Picture Enhancement Utility for Qosmio G30 PQG31E on the Toshiba driver page therefore I think this tool was not installed on this notebook.
Ps: I found the Picture Enhancement Utility for Qosmio G20 PQG21. Its a 3.3.0.0 version.

Qosmio G30-126 Sound drivers for win XP

I install Win XP to the second disk win xp Professional but i could not found drivers for thw sound system What can i do?? I have to install Win XP MCE????

Hi
This sounds very strange and implausible because the driver XP MCE should definitely works with XP Pro. But try another hint:
Remove the old sound driver, download the sound driver for the Vista and try to install it.
In some cases the Vista sound driver works with XP. Check it out and please report the results its interesting.

Qosmio G30-163: HD-DVD Player or InterVideo HD-DVD

Hi Guys,
I am currently using the InterVideo HD DVD Player however I was told I can download and install the Toshiba HD DVD Player, is this any better than the InterVideo software? I heard it doesnt like to output via HDMI either?
Cheers
Matt

This question has been answered in my other thread.
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=28588&tstart=0
It would appear that both output to HDMI however the reason it didnt was because of the drives firmware.
Matt

Can I put Blu-ray drive on Qosmio G30?

Hi all,
I have a Qosmio G30-163 with an HD DVD Drive (MATSU****A G8CC00031720) and I am currently in the process of upgrading it.
I recently bought a 4GB RAM upgrade kit from Crucial (CT2KIT25664AC667) and am looking into further upgrades.
Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the HD DVD Drive with a Blu-ray drive?
My research has led me to the Sony Optiarc BC-5500A which I have found has the same height dimension (12.7mm) and also the same interface connector at the rear (E-IDE).
I have read in the forums that someone has managed to use a similar drive on a Qosmio and that the drive may need to be configured to slave mode as opposed to master.
If anyone knows if this would work or has any further information I would greatly appreciate it!
Regards,
Luke{color}

Well, I sent the same question to Toshiba Support, and they got back to me the next day - How's that for support!
What they said was:
"we think it is likely that the Blu-ray drive would work so long as it physically fits and it has the same adapter. Older systems will require enough graphics processing power to cope with Blu-ray. This system has the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 which should cope with it.
We cant guarantee that this drive would work but we think it likely that it will but you install it at your own risk.
Prior to installing more modern hardware it might be wise to check that you have the latest BIOS version."
This sounds very promising to me, so I am seriosusly considering buying the Blu-ray drive!
Does anyone have any experience of using Sony Optiarc products?
Regards,
Luke

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I would like to get the Play, Stop, and Skip buttons to work again.
And also the wireless hotkeys.
Is there anyone who knows what to do?

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As usual, got a laptop but no recovery CD's :(
Got XP 32 installed (my Microsoft contract doesn't provide MCE) but lots of drivers missing. Toshiba driver page only has all drivers for XP MCE, XP 32 only has BIOS update, Bluetooth, HD-DVD firmwares, virtual sound and WI-FI drivers!
So I tought "Vista on it", but as I checked compatibility within XP with Vista DVD I got a "need to update BIOS" (still has 1.40 - 2006/03/10)!
My problem is that BIOS update always returns "This computer is not supported"! Laptop only has one account, so it's not permissions issue, maybe because lots of drivers are missing? Should I update BIOS in safe mode?
What now? Am I stuck with a Qosmio brick? Without LAN controllers to say the least I can't get nothing done! Will XP MCE drivers work on XP 32?
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Friend of mine has Qosmio g30-189 (PQG31E) and WLAn card is Intel.
THIS must be the right driver.
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Qosmio G30 - Media center remote control doesn't work in windows

Dear All,
I have Qosmio G30-194,
first i had a problem with the VGA , i send it for repair, when it comes back i noticed that the remote control is not working on windows Media Center, while in A/V mode it work perfectly.
I tried to do full system restore from the recovery DVD, but nothing changed, even i installed Windows Vista with all of its drivers.
Nothing changed also, I borrowed a USB IR received for another remote control it worked perfectly with my remote on windows.
Please advise me what to do, do i send it back to the service center , or there is an easier solution.
Mazen Habbal
N.B, : My laptop info are:
Model Number PQG32E-01P018AR
Thank you in advance

don't expect toshiba to fix problems like this.
they replaced motherboard on my laptop and ever since the remote was not working.. it would turn the laptop on but was unresponsive thereafter. thing's we have tried:
- install software and drivers for remote again
- reinstall windows
- replace reciever
- change motherboard
- change remote
- terminate and restart relevant processes
- downgrade bios
- update bios
- combinations of the above
on several occassions Toshiba told me they were able to replicate and solve the problem but after trying it on my laptop they remembered that actually their one was slightly different.
almost a year later, i still have a non-working remote
my theory is the laptop leaves factory with certain software which Toshiba fail to include in recovery partition and\or bios that is available through them... so once you lose the factory components (i.e.the original motherboard) you also lose some necessary files with them.

Qosmio G30-126 monitor become black and FN buttons don't work

Hello,
I have small problem, ehm two problems but perhaps small for you :)
Last week I install Vista ultimate WITHOUT RECOVERY CD..
It's OK, but I'm closing cover of notebook and instantly open, monitor become black and i can't anything do beyond restart .
In Control panel in possibilities of power supply , bookmark "options for closing pad" doesn't work.
Maybe it is by, because i don't driver if exist
And second problem maybe related with first but this is mistake by it, because I wasn't discover drivers because i don't hidden toolbar on up on dispay in Windows, where is standartly is.
I don't work major part hidden functions under key FN ( I think FN + F2,F3...F12) plus keys be the side POWER without multimedia keys on music..
Thx for help !!!
Sry for my bad english
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Hi Martin
First of all its interesting if you have downloaded and installed all Toshiba Vista drivers which are released on the Toshiba European driver page?
All drivers must be installed in the right order!
If I'm not mistaken the Qosmio G30-126 belongs to the PQG32E series. It was delivered with HD DVD drive and therefore you should choose the drivers for Qosmio G30 HD DVD (PQG32E)!!!
Please check firstly the Installation Instructions txt file and then install all drivers like mentioned in this document.
Regarding the display issue;
You should install the right NVIDIA driver from the Toshiba page!!
The FN keys and control buttons dont work because the Toshiba Vista Value Added Package was not installed. This package contains different applications which are necessary to get all Toshiba functions running!
Good luck

Windows 7 installation on a Qosmio G30

When performing an advanced installation of Windows 7 on a Qosmio G30, the HDDs are not seen.
I mean, on the screen where I am supposed to select the drive to install Windows, there is nothing on display.
Do I have to uodate the HDDs drivers? If yes, I was not able to find them out on Toshiba web site.
If there is an other problem, please explain.
KRGDS
dco31

If you go into the BIOS at boot do you see the drive(s)? If no then then you have no hard drive(????) or you have a problem with the system. When you take the advanced option in install you see the physical drives (Disk0, Disk1, etc.) and the logical drives (C,D, etc) that they are partitioned into (and any free disk space). If you are seeing Disk 0 and nothing else then take Disk advanced option link on that screen to partition the drives.

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I've had my Qosmio G30-161 for half a year, and thought it'd ought to be time to reinstall the whole thing, so i could get rid of stuff i didn't need (Programs, Viruses and non-interesting video clips).
So i took my XP MCE Cd and tried to install, and i got guided through and come to the place where i needed to choose between 1st Unknown, 2nd Stripping, and 3rd Mirroring. I choose the stripping as i wished my harddrives to be in one. Then when i pressed "next" it gave me the error message "1005 - HDD not ready?"
I've tried going into the BIOS and chaneg the setting to different settings that Toshiba told me to, but it also warned me that if i changed the settings my OS would have to be reinstalled. No problem there. But i still get the same error message "HDD not ready?". So now i have to use another computer than my own to check the forums and mail etc.
Anyone know what i should do? I'll be glad with anything as long as i can have both my harddrives (60GB+60GB), and a working OS. :)
Please help, I'm urging for it, since the computer is the one i use for my school work. Feel free to ask questions about system stuff. If you have an answer, please let it be simple, since i realy don't wanna mess up again ^_^

Please check the details in user manual about the RAID installation.
Usually if you are using the clean Windows XP disk then you will have to include the RAID drivers firstly.
Without preinstalled RAID drivers the HDD will be not recognized and you will be not able to install the OS!

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