Re: Sometimes my Satellite P300 forgets to load video driver

My laptop (Satellite P300) sometimes "forgets" at startup to load the videodriver.
So the resolution is default in the startup screen of Windows.
Doesn't matter which Windows version I have and all the drivers are up-to-date.
When I restart mostly the problem is solved....

Indeed, its very strange issue but I think it should be possible to solve this driver problem by driver reinstallation even if the driver is already up to date.
I would recommend you to uninstall the GPU driver from device manager.
Reboot the unit and clean the system using 3rd party software called CCLeaner.
Then install the GPU driver again.
The package should be available on the Toshiba EU driver page.
Good luck

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Satellite P300-1FY - BSOD due video driver issue

Hi,
I've bought this laptop a good month ago to replace my old one that had crashed beyond repair and I've been having problems with the video drivers ever since. I initially hoped the problem would solve itself since I am in the middle of my exams and I really don't have time too much extra time to spend on mending it myself, and I also can't give it back to the store since I need certain software for my exams.
So the problem I think lies with the video drivers for the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 graphic card. Whilst I am working on my laptop my screen all of a sudden turns black and my computer freezes (including very unpleasant sound when I'm playing music at the time) an after 5 seconds it flashes back into live and displays a message saying a beelschermstuurprogramma werkte niet perfect en is nu herstela. In English this would be something like s video drivers were not functioning correctly and have now been repaired.
This is of course hugely irritating but it became even more so a couple of weeks ago when I first got a blue screen because of a similar error. Leading me to lose half a hour of work on my laptop. (and as anyone who has ever had exams knows, half an hour is not something you can always afford to lose) I ran the wizard and it sent me to the ATI website to look for drivers.
The inconvenience is that I've been able to find a lot of drivers, but none for the 3400 series. After searching internet for a while I finally found some drivers for these series (or they claimed to be), however this installer was corrupt. I also searched the Toshiba website but I didn't find what I was looking for.
The laptop also freezes from time to time without the screen turning all black.
Could someone help me with this issue?
Louis-Philippe
P.S.: quality of the keyboard is really bad too

First of all you should post the exact BSOD code and what OS do you use. Then we can search on the Microsoft Knowledge Base for this issue and what is the reason for this.
So please post the BSOD code.
Furthermore I dont understand why you cant find a driver on the Toshiba website. The Satellite P300-1FY belongs to the PSPCCE series and therefore I can find a display driver for XP and Vista. So where is the problem? Maybe you should try to install this driver:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com => Support & Downloads => Download Drivers
But before you install the driver, remove the old driver first. Restart the notebook and clean your system with CCleaner. Restart the notebook again and then install the newest version from the Toshiba website.
The display driver on the manufactures website (ATI) doesnt work because its only for desktop cards and not for notebooks. So you cant install it and your notebook is only tested with the Toshiba drivers.
If the new driver doesnt work you should try to update the BIOS too. You can find on the Toshiba page.
Good luck!!

Satellite A305-S6858 win XP video driver not working

I recently bought a Satellite A305-S6858 in the States and I downgraded the Vista Home premium pre-installed
to Win XP 32 sp 3. I had several problems in getting the computer up and running. After reading several posts
on various forums I managed to install the OS but I am still unable to use the Intel video driver.
After installing the ones available on the toshiba web site I still have in Device Manager under the video adapter node
2 Mobile Chipset 965 entries with an exclamation point.
I recently discovered that not having the video driver installed the OS doesn't allow Stanby and Hibernate as power down options.
Has anyone stumbled in the same issue?
Thank you

You need to install the Base drivers first.
Try installing the Intel Chipset Driver first, then the Display Driver.

Satellite L300 - after Win8 load DVD drive is not working

I have just loaded Windows 8 on my Satellite L300. The DVD no longer works with an error message 39 it says the driver is corrupt. Also external attached DVD's are not recognised. I cannot find a driver to reload.
Any suggestions.
Regards

Check this article:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/bulletinDetail.jsp?pf=true&soid=3516888
If the TOSHIBA Recovery Media Creator or TOSHIBA Disc Creator are installed on the HDD, there might be a issue between Win 8 and mentioned software
So uninstall these tools, then restart your PC using the Power-->Restart option in Windows 8. Your CD/DVD should be accessible now.

Satellite L550 - Can't load sound driver in Win XP

I bought a Satellite L550 with Vista preinstalled and want to use XP.
I have loaded XP and have no sound device.
I downloaded the Sound Driver TC40072000A.exe but when I execute it, it extracts and then does nothing.
Maybe I need some other drivers loaded first?
Please help, thanks,
John

Hi
The notebook needs an Realtek HD sound driver.
You can download such driver directly from the Realtek driver page.
But before you would try to reinstall the sound driver, you will need to update the Win XP!
All service packs SP2 and SP3 have to be installed!!!!
This is very important since the SP3 contains necessary patches and fixes.
After the SP3 installation you could follow with sound driver
Greets

Re: Question about the Satellite P300-18Z

Hello everyone,
I have a couple of questions about the Satellite P300-18Z.
What "video out" does this laptop have? (DVI, s-video or d-sub)
Can I link the laptop up to a LCD-TV and watch movies on a resolution of 1080p? (full-HD)
What is the warranty on this laptop?

Hello
According the notebook specification Satellite P300-18Z has follow interfaces:
DVI - No DVI port available
HDMI - HDMI-out (HDMI out port available)
Headphone Jack - External Headphone Jack (Stereo) available
.link - iLink (Firewire) port available
Line in Jack - No Line in Jack port available
Line out Jack - No Line Out Jack available
Microphone Jack - External Micrphone Jack
TV-out - port available (S-Video port)
VGA - VGA (External monitor port RGB port)
Also you can connect it to your LCD TV using HDMI cable.
Warranty is country specific and clarifies this with your local dealer but I know that all Toshiba products have 1 year standard warranty and also 1 year international warranty. you can of course expand it.

DVD-Rom sometimes not working on Satellite P300-167

Hello, my Satellite P300-167 is acting kind of strange sometimse.
When i used the computer for a while it sometimes looses the DVD-RW unit, it cannot find it, and its completely gone from the computer, when i reboot the computer i can use it again, any one other also had this problem and know a way to fix it ?

One thing you could try now would be to go to device manager and remove the CD/DVD drive from the device list.
Then open registry (regedit) and remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values completely from the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Restart your notebook and after this Windows will reinstall it and should work again.

Satellite P300 - blank screen since turned on, but sometimes working fine

Helo,
I have a Toshiba Satellite P300-1F0.
The display is blank when I turn it on, even on the boot up screen, and I cant hear the startup windows sounds.
Although if I turn it on and off, it will work after some tries, sometimes it works on the first try, some others I have to turn it on and off like 20 times before he finaly starts working. When it turns on it works perfectly.
I tried:
pressing the power button for 1 min while charger and battery out,
Checking manually the ram.
reinstalling and updating monitor and graphics card drivers.
shaking the lid to check if there is a cable broken
but none of these actions worked
I also noticed that the computer works with a external monitor (TV) connected via hdmi.
If i turn the laptop on, the screen is blank, and no windows sounds played, and after some minutes I plug in the hdmi cable, the Tv shows that windows was on, and sounds start to work from there.
While connected to the TV, I try to turn the display on by pressing (windws key+P) but it doesnt work.
In Screen resolution menu, windows cant detect the display, only the TV
Can anyone help me? what can be thr source of the problem?
Any soluction?
Thank you for your Time,
Adriano

As I can see you have started two identical threads. The second one is non http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=287272
Please continue discussion on first thread.

Re: Satellite P300-161 - Random Lock-ups/Freezing

Hi all,
I've had my Toshiba Satellite P300-161 laptop for roughly about 6 months now. However, during the past month or so.. I've been experiencing random freezing of the whole laptop.
It usually just starts off at anytime.. then it'll have a break then start freezing again. When it freezes, it lasts for about 10-15 seconds and everything goes to "Not Responding". Even Ctrl + Alt + Del doesn't load up the task manager until after the freezing stops. However, I've discovered that when it's in its "freeze" mode, where the applications are not responding, I can give the laptop a gentle tap with my hand on the open space area to the right of the touchpad... and it unfreezes.... Surely this is a bad thing.
I plan to take this back to where I purchased it from and have it sent off to Toshiba to get it fixed as I have a 2 year warranty with them IF I can't get help from here.
Much help needed.
Thanks in advance,
Benny Fung.

Hi.
Thanks for your reply.
Yeah, it's currently running on Vista SP1. I have reinstalled Vista _once_ for this laptop, perhaps I should reinstall it again before I take it back to John Lewis just to make sure...
I don't think it's overheating, as it can do it at anytime.. for instance, I could just be running Firefox and Messesnger and it still does it and with 3GB of RAM and 2.1Ghz, it should be able to perform simple tasks like that without overheating.
Hmm, What's this air spray cleaner thing you're talking about? How does it work?
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Satellite P300 PSPCCE: I want to remove or chang splash screen on startup

I have Satellite P300 PSPCCE laptop and want to remove or change splash screen on begin of booting laptop.
Is there a way to do it? My Bios version is v3,40

this is how it looks my BIOS setup (no options like quite boot, fast boot, etc.)
Main
* System Time
* System Date
* CPU Type
* CPU Speed
* HDD1 model name
* HDD2 model name
* Optical Disc driver
* Power on display
* Total Memory
* System Bios version
* Language
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* Legacy USB Support
* Core Multri-Processing
* Execute-Disable bit Capability
* Intel(R) Virtualization Technology
* Built-in LAN
* Wake-up on keybord
* Wake-up on LAN/Wireless LAN
* Critical Battery Wake up
* Pointing devices
* Illumination LED
* USB Sleep and charge
* HDMI-CEC
* Remote power on/off
* SATA controler Mode
Security
* User password Is
* Supervisor password is
* Set user password
* Set supervisor password
* HDD1 password
* Set HDD1 User password
* HDD2 password
* Set HDD2 User password
Boot
* HDD1
* HDD2
* CD/DVD
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* Exite saving changes
* Exit discarding changes
* Load setup defaults
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Satellite P300-1FN: CD/DVD drive issue - cannot read game DVD

Hi,
My brand new Satellite P300-1FN loaded some software ok using DVD drive but now when I put any disc in it doesn't auto run but the disc seems to run up and then a pop up window informs me after going Computer -> DVD drive to get access - Burn a Disc and wants to format.
The discs I am putting in are game DVD and other software to load but they all give the same pop up window.
DVD drive isTSST CDDVDW-TS-L633A
Can you help?

Enter Control panel > "Auto play" and define what should happen if you insert Software and games media.

Satellite P300 - 01S or PSPCCC-01S01C CPU is underclocked with each Bios update

Why is Toshiba crippling the performance of the CPU ,FSB and Memmory speed with each bios update
when perchased bios version 1.60
*    internal clock speed 2001 MHz
update to Bios version 1.80
*   internal clock speed 1995 MHz
     crippled performance by .5 %
update to Bios version 2.50
*    internal clock speed 1993.4
     crippled performance by 1.95 %
*    other issues fan coming on more often
     intel wireless unstable
     etc
in this last Bios update 2.50 a noticable drop in performance under load
I paid for >>"Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P7350 (2.0GHz 1066MHz FSB, L1 Cache 32KB/32KB, L2 Cache 3MB)" not a 1.9 Processor
>> YOU ARE CRIPPLING THE FSB AND MEMMORY TIMINGS AND UNDER CLOCKING MY LAPTOP <<
I would like it restored to its former advertised speed 2.0GHz
The reduced speed is noticable.
everyone should check for obvious reduced performance
Thank YOU
This is the make and model i perchased Model:     PSPCCC-01S01C - Satellite P300 - 01S
(Mercury Silver Top Cover - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650)
PS/AC Adaptor:     Model: PA-1121-04 Toshiba Part No: PA3290E-3AC3 (Input 100-240V~2.0A 50-60Hz, Output 19V 6.3A) Three Pins Plug Connector
FCC ID:     WiFi® CJ6UPA3655WL, Bluetooth™ RYYEYTFXCS (Sticker in the Battery Compartment)
IC:     WiFi® 248H-DPA3655W, Bluetooth™ 4389B-EYTFXCS (Sticker in the Battery Compartment)
Contains Radio Device:     WiFi® 512AN_MMW, Bluetooth™ EYTFXCS (Sticker in the Battery Compartment)
CMII ID:     Bluetooth™ 2007DJ1022 (Sticker in the Battery Compartment)
Environmental Credentials:     Energy Star 4.0 (Sticker on Upper Cover)
RoHS
Operating System:     Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition SP1 64-bit Operating System
- Bilingual English or French Operating System

thank you for your repley
i am very much in favor of stability ,reliability and performance but the fact remains
that Toshiba Techs have made a conscious  and willfull decision to under clock the laptop and make no
mention that the bios updates may result in processing reduction, as for the call to tech support it was fruitless
because they are clueless as to why such things happen (Corporate Denial).
In Canada there were two very close speced laptops
one for 899.00 CAD with 1.9 GHz CPU
and the one I bought 2 months ago 1149.00 CAD 2.0 GHz
To me this looks like Toshiba overclocking the laptop to get out the retail door.
its not just affecting me, it affects everyone that buys a Toshiba laptop.
I will not back down on this point. The origional advertised and paid for specs, should
be restored in an upcoming bios update. If not, then it just confirms my original
findings.
This is refered to as "BAIT and SWITCH" and the practice is illegal in Canada.

Re: Satellite P300 just shutting off

My dad got a Satellite P300 on sunday (22nd June). It worked fine on Sunday afternoon but since Monday night it keeps just shutting off without warning. I can't figure out anything that it could be. There's no pattern to it shutting down sometimes it's after 20mins sometimes after 2.
Any ideas other than to just take it back - which I can't see him taking lightly because he's only used it for a few hours Sunday/Monday!

Hello
For me it sounds like overheating issue and I do not believe you can do anything about it.
Try to test it with two different situations. At first test it without some graphic intensively applications like Word or just using browser.
Test it also playing some game. It will be interesting to know when the notebook switches OFF in both situations.
If the problem persists I recommend you to contact your local dealer or nearest authorized service provider. They have special application and then can set notebook to work under pressure and see if the notebook switches OFF because of too high hardware temperature.

Satellite P300 - Turns itself on automatically

Hi,
I have a Satellite P300 with Windows Visa Home Premium as the OS. When I turn the computer off (through shut down) it successfully shutting itself down. However, after a while (between 15 min - 2 hours) it turns the computer on automatically without any intervention from my side.
Any advise on how the issue could be fixed?

Hi siahrigi,
Have you connected external devices to your notebook like printer, mouse, LAN cable or something else? If yes disconnect all of them and the only cable that should be connected is AC/DC adapter. All other devices you should remove and then test if your notebook turns on again.
Furthermore I would go into BIOS and load the default settings. Make also sure that Wake up on LAN is disabled and save these new settings.
By the way: Since when do you notice this behavior?

Satellite P300-1C9 - SD Card reader code 10

Hi All,
I have a new Toshiba P300-1C9, well six months old, and have just for the first time tried an SD card in the digital media card slot.
The card is not showing in "my computer". In device manager it is showing with the yellow fault sign warning of a problem.
Double clicking it gives this message "This device cannot start code 10" In Disc Management the card is not listed in the upper pane but is showing as a drive in the lower pane without a drive letter being assigned.
If I try to assign a drive letter I get a message saying the operation failed to complete because the Disc Management console view is not up to date.
It requests refreshing the view using the refresh task. That does nothing.
I have reinstalled the drivers for the SD Card listed under disk drives when the card is in, for the storage Controllers and the Generic volume listed under Storage volumes. Also I have updated the driver for SD host adaptors.
A card format has made no difference. I know the card reader is okay as a few days ago I took an up to date image with Acronis TI and then reinstalled the OS from the recovery media. The card worked fine then. I've now put the Acronis image back and the card isn't working. I've had loads of driver updates along the way from Toshiba for various things (but not the media card reader) via their Tempro service including a bios update.
I am wondering if the bios update caused the problem. I am debating whether to put the bios back to the default setting.
I have tried everything I can think of, and followed a number of suggestions after googling the problem. The MS Knowledge Base wasn't very helpful and a lot of people seem to have the same problem. I am now at a complete loss.
Thanks,
cheven
Any ideas would be most welcome.
Thanks.

Hi
Generally the Error code 10 means that the device cannot start.
Your card reader is not ready and does not run and therefore the SD card cannot be used and is not recognized in My Computer.
In most cases the driver update/reinstallation should help to sort put this issue.
The Satellite P300-1C9 belongs to the PSPCCE series.
The Toshiba European driver page provides the Card Reader Controller driver for this notebook model. This is the driver which controls the SD card slot.
I recommend downloading this driver. Then access the device manager and uninstall the previous installed driver. Then reboot the notebook.
After new reboot the OS should search for a new device and should ask for the necessary driver.
Then you should point to the driver which you have downloaded and should finish the installation.
Usually this should solve your problem.

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