Qosmio G40-108 fails to start

Hi Gang
I am hoping there are some fine peeps out there who can save a double-glazed window from being mullared by this lappy.
I have had it (Qosmio G40-108 with 4Gb RAM) since Aug 2007. All has been fine till about two weeks ago, where it kept crashing when running a couple normal progs that I use.
Having read several posts from peeps with similar problems, I think it could be the PCI express graphics card. Is this right? Can I swap it out? Or any tips, blaggs, ideas or suggestions are really welcome. :)
*Remember: There is always someone worse off than you...........*

Such behaviour is typical for overheating. When notebooks hardware reaches critical temperature, notebook will simply switch off to avoid hardware damage.
Your notebook is petty old so I can imagine there is a lot of dust inside and dust can block cooling vents and cooling grill so notebook cannot be cooled down properly.
Have you ever cleaned your notebook up?

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Hi. I have a Qosmio G40-108. Unfortunately my recovery DVD was damaged and i am now in need of it to restore my machine. I ordered one from Toshiba 5 weeks ago and they still can't tell me when i am going to receive one.
If there is anybody who could kindly do me a copy of this i will be grateful. I will gladly pay for it.
Regards
martin

Hi
This forum is not an exchange market!
I presume at the moment the G40 recovery CD is not available and the authorized service provider has ordered the Recovery CD from the Toshiba head warehouse.
This takes a little bit longer.
But if you want you can install the OS from the original Microsoft Windows CD and all necessary Toshiba drivers you will find on the Toshiba European driver page!!!
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Just bought the Qosmio G40-108 loaded with Vista Ultimate. Ead all the reports and went for the stunning display report. I am sorely disappointed with the quality of playback on DVD and avi (divX Xvid h264). The colors are wishy washy and not all that sharp.
Compared to my 3 year old Toshiba mid range machine running WXP it is pretty poor. I have not messed about with anything.
Am I missing something or is this the fault of Vista. I tried loading WXP but couldn't as it came up with the message "blocked" since WXP is a downgrade. Can anyone help?!! Please.

I presume you are speaking about this other thread;
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums//thread.jspa?threadID=29745&messageID=107523#107523
Well, according to the second thread which you have posted the same video quality appears on another computer. So I dont think that your notebooks would malfunction.
Regarding your XP installation;
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bye

Qosmio G40-108: starange display issue with highest resolution

I just got mine but on its highest resolution all webpages have these 11 semi-rectangular blocks, barely visible, only the bottoms, each about an inch long, is this normal and should i send it back to be investigated?

Hello
It is very nice to hear that you already have newest Qosmio notebook. About your issue I can not say much because without one screenshot it is not easy to understand what you mean exactly. On my Qosmio G30 (with the same HD resolution) I have no problems at all. Because of that I can really not understand what is wrong there.
If possible post a link where we can see how it looks like. Your description is not enough.
BTW: have you noticed this on web pages only?

Qosmio G40: HD-DVD - BluRay drive replacement

Hello,
Due to the latest events and Toshiba agreeing that it's lost the format war, I wonder if it is possible to replace that very-soon-unusable HD DVD drive to something that will be able to read/write upcoming movies WITHOUT loosing the warranty (G40).

Hi there, I have the same problem. I wanted a high-end laptop with a WUXGA screen and was torn between the Qosmio G40-108 and and another notebook. In the end I bought the Qosmio G40-108 because of HDMI 1.3 and the 512Mb nVidia graphics. Still it's a great laptop and the HDMI output on my Samsung HD TV is brilliant. I play everything using the latest PowerDVD Ultra and there's no need for standalones anymore.
In a way I'm glad that this latest format war is over (at least until the next new thing comes out).
I think the Qosmio drive is a 9.5mm SuperSlim drive. At this point I'm sure there are no BD drives of that size (and when they come out they'll be mega expensive anyway), so we have to wait and see.
I recently bought a Pioneer BDC-202 Blu-ray player/DVD recorder and I use that on the Qosmio via SATA to USB2 adapter, this setup covers all my BD playback needs.
It'be be good to know if changing the drive will invalidate warranty.

Qosmio G45-AV680 - Windows failed to start

My cousin have this laptop and it could not boot the system. It shows message:
"Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:
1. Insert your Window installation disk and restart your computer.
2. Choose your language settings, and then click "Next."
3. Click "Repair your computer."
If you do not have this disk, contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance. Status: 0xc000000f
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If recovery DVD is not delivered that means recovery installation can be started from HDD. I don't know how it works exactly on US notebooks. Try to press zero button after start up to see if HDD recovery option can be started.
By the way: check Toshiba US support forum under http://laptopforums.toshiba.com/tshb/
Maybe someone there can explain to you how it works to start HDD OS installation.

Qosmio G40-10Z: Question about energy use in sleepmode

When I turn my new Qosmio G40-10Z in sleeping mode, with full battery (and off the AC power), I can't start the computer next day. I can only start it up after connecting it to AC power. I get a message windows Vista wasn't closed properly and I am asked to start in normal way or safe mode.
After starting the battery indicates only 2% power. So, what is using power in sleeping mode? Why isn't the sleep mode not transferred to hibernation state when the battery is almost empty?
(New notebook, only vista and office installed and only television antenna is connected)

Hello guys
At first I just want to write a little bit about theory. Microsoft has implemented standby/Hibernation mode to offer PC users comfortable OS usage and make switch ON/OFF time much shorter.
According to the definition standby mode should be used for short time (launch, meeting and if you must leave the notebook for few hours). Hibernation mode should be used if you leave the notebook over the night or maybe day or two. In standby mode all data will be written in RAM and to keep them notebook needs power. In Hibernation mode all data will be saved on to HDD and notebook can be switched OFF. In hibernation mode the notebook does not need permanent power supply.
For me it is really strange that you use standby mode with battery and almost 20 hours. With this I do not want to say that described battery issue is normal but for 20 hours it is logic to use hibernation mode.
Back to battery issue: only 20 hours under standby mode is really to short. I have tested it with my Tecra and after 5 days I was able to switch ON notebook as usual (only battery power supply.
In your case I see only two explanations:
1. Somehow notebook can not switch into standby mode properly and stays running (I do not believe this because you can see if something like this happen)
2. The battery is defective
What you should do is to contact Authorized service partner in your country. Make a call and explain the situation. Maybe you will get new battery or they should test it using your battery.
Sorry for this long posting. I wish you luck and hope you will clarify this issue very soon.
Bye and good luck!

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I am not talking about re-installing Vista starting the re-installation disk but about a master disk.
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Problem with BRIGHT.EXE in QOSMIO G40

Hello and good morning,
I'm a new user here at the forum, and i hope i'm posting in the right place :).
I just bought, well in march a Qosmio G40, and i'm very pleased with it, but 3 days ago I noticed a problem with it, the program BRIGHT.EXE, which controls the brightness of the flatscreen is not working (well, it stoped working), when i press the button in the operacional front panel, or use the combination FN+F6 or F7, it doesn't work, windows says that the program BRIGHT.EXE gave an error but doesn't specify which error.
Does anyone have any idea of why it is happening and a way to solve it ?
Best,
Ricardo

Thank you guys for your answers.
I'll try first to install the Value Added Package first. Do I have to uninstall the version i have first? or can i start the instalation and it will uninstall automatically ?
And then if the re-installation won't work, i'll try to rollback my OS.
Ricardo Monteiro
BTW: as i have Vista in Portuguese (:( ) i still don't have SP1 ehehe
Message was edited by: ricardo_monteiro

[PARTIALLY SOLVED] HAL fails to start

** UPDATE: PARTIALLY SOLVED - SEE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST POST
HAL fails to start. I'm not exactly sure why this is, but I believe it has something to do with my attempts to get automounting working under gnome.
[zen@intellitech ~]$ sudo /etc/rc.d/hal start
:: Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer [FAIL]
[zen@intellitech ~]$ vim /etc/rc.conf
MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand e1000 iwl4965 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore thinkpad_acpi uinput vboxdrv)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @network !net-profiles @net-auto @netfs !samba !crond @acpid @dbus @hal @alsa !daemoot !avahi-daemon @cups @ddclient @bluetooth)
[zen@intellitech ~]$ pacman -Q | grep hal
hal 0.5.11-1
hal-info 0.20080508-1
[zen@intellitech ~]$ /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=no --verbose=yes
03:13:37.451 [i] hald.c:669: hal 0.5.11
03:13:37.451 [i] hald.c:734: Will not daemonize
03:13:37.451 [i] hald_dbus.c:5381: local server is listening at unix:abstract=/var/run/hald/dbus-pdtZvbqaVq,guid=312b47921cba4c5cdbee099a48ec87d1
03:13:37.452 [E] ck-tracker.c:367: Error doing GetSeats on ConsoleKit: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit was not provided by any .service files
03:13:37.452 [E] ck-tracker.c:792: Could not get seats and sessions
03:13:37.452 [W] hald_dbus.c:5806: Could not initialize seats and sessions from ConsoleKit
Runner started - allowed paths are '/usr/lib/hal:/usr/lib/hal/scripts:/usr/bin'
03:13:37.453 [i] hald_runner.c:301: Runner has pid 3675
03:13:37.453 [i] hald_runner.c:182: runner connection is 0x15bdec0
03:13:37.456 [W] osspec.c:373: Unable to open /proc/mdstat: No such file or directory
03:13:37.457 [D] util_helper.c:124: drop_privileges: could not set group id
[zen@intellitech ~]$ vim /etc/group
root::0:root
bin::1:root,bin,daemon
daemon::2:root,bin,daemon
sys::3:root,bin
adm::4:root,daemon
tty::5:root,zen
disk::6:root,zen
lp::7:daemon
mem::8:
kmem::9:
wheel::10:root,zen
ftp::11:
mail::12:
log::19:root
smmsp::25:
games::50:
network:x:90:zen
video:x:91:zen
audio::92:root,zen
optical::93:root,zen
floppy:x:94:root,zen
storage:x:95:root,zen
power:x:98:root,zen
nobody::99:
users::100:zen
locate:x:21:
uucp:x:14:
http:x:33:
scanner:x:96:
dbus:x:81:root,zen
hal:x:82:root,zen
avahi:x:84:root,zen
camera:x:97:
gdm:x:101:
vboxusers:x:108:zen
samba:x:109:zen,root
* Yes, I know it is bad practice to have a normal user listed under the disk group. It is necessary, however, in order to have raw disk access for virtual box.
[zen@intellitech ~]$ sudo /etc/rc.d/dbus stop
:: Stopping D-BUS system messagebus [DONE]
[zen@intellitech ~]$ sudo /etc/rc.d/hal start
:: Starting D-BUS system messagebus [DONE]
:: Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer [FAIL]
It's odd, because D-BUS will start but hal will not... Anybody have any suggestions?
* UPDATE (10/08/08): Did a full system upgrade and removed dbus from daemons array in rc.conf. UDEV EVENTS Processing speed seems to be back to normal.
** SOLUTION UPDATE: After removing custom ntfs-3g fdi policies from /etc/hal/fdi/policy/, hal seems to load without any problems. This seems to be a bug, since my policies were working at one point, and I believe a hal update caused the problem. I'll see if I can track down the exact hal version that it breaks on, and submit a respective bug report for it.
** OFF-TOPIC UPDATE: Using hwdetect --modules to get a modules list, and using these modules in rc.conf with MOD_AUTOLOAD turned off (and also in mkinitcpio.conf and running mkinitcpio -g <path>), seems to have dramatically increased my "Load udev events" processing time. After doing this, my udev speed went from almost 4000ms to literally < 500ms.
Last edited by intellitech (2008-10-08 14:58:53)

koch wrote:
intellitech wrote:DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @network !net-profiles @net-auto @netfs !samba !crond @acpid @dbus @hal @alsa !daemoot !avahi-daemon @cups @ddclient @bluetooth)
you have dbus starting before hal but hal starts debus by default so please try this...
DAEMONS=(...@acpid @hal @alsa...)
and delete debus from that line.
Removed dbus from the daemons array and hal still won't start. Also, I noticed that the "Loading udev events" portion of the boot process seems to take a lot longer than it used to. Last boot, it took about 19130ms, whereas it used to take < 3000ms. Could these be related?
Also, I ran a full system upgrade, both udev and hal were upgraded.
[zen@intellitech ~]$ pacman -Q | grep hal
hal 0.5.11-4
hal-info 0.20080508-1
[zen@intellitech ~]$ pacman -Q | grep udev
klibc-udev 128-1
udev 128-5

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http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=49108
http://www.nvidiadefect.com/toshiba-qosmio-g40-12c-t1149.html
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I bought my laptop January 2009 as a demo model from a dutch store called Qplaza http://www.qplaza.nl/
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Dear Debzel,
As the proud owner of an attractive piece of scrap with G40 stamped underneath, due to what is almost certainly the same fault as you have, I have been through the customer service route and found that they are not going to officially recognise that the n-vid fault exists on our laptops and will only offer you a repair at your cost.
Due to the conspicuous lack of messages on this forum regarding this inherent fault, I suspect that this message may be quickly removed from the site. Having taken advice from the chap who runs the n-vid defect website, I realise that the only way forward is to take on Tosh legally. The consumer has strong rights in the UK as I suspect is parallel in Holland (assuming that's where you're based). I would be willing to send you my letters, based on templates from the defect website and Consumer Direct (phone them if you're i the UK and get it from the horse's mouth that your product should have lasted longer than it did - 08454 04 05 06), but with some information about my personal situation added.
You also have to send a copy to the credit card company that you used when making the purchase, if that was the case, as this puts you in a stronger position. If you didn't use a CC then that's a shame but not the end of the road, you can still take them on and by all reports, you should be successful as the PC is very young for the price you would have paid. The other repondent to your post must work for Tosh, which is why they were so unhelpful.
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Itunes wont open and when re-installed received this msg: Service Apple mob device failed to start. You have insufficent privileges to start system svc. Help?

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Unfortunately I tried that and it didn't work. Thanks for the help though. I tried to uninstall and it said I couldn't because the file is corrupt or something, but I think I finally got it uninstalled and/or deleted or whatever, but now I try to reinstall/download it again from the beginning and I can't. No matter what I do I can not get Firefox working again. No matter how many times I try to redownload it. Any other suggestions?

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