Re: Unable to enter BIOS on Tecra S11

Anyone have exact instructions for clearing the BIOS on a Tecra S11?
And does anyone have the maintenance manuall for the S11? I see it available on third party sites for a fee but can't seem to find it elsewhere.

It appears that the password may not have been confirmed prior to you exiting the BIOS.
So BIOS password is like it is limbo and so it resorts to locking itself.
Here is a trick you can try:
Press "Power" to turn on your Toshiba Satellite. If the laptop computer was already on, restart it.
Hold the "ESC" key until you hear your computer beep.
Tap the "F1" key to unlock your BIOS.
If the above does not work then you may have to resort to removing the cover of the notebook and pulling the CMOS battery out for 30 minutes to reset your BIOS altogether.
Here is the GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS to Changing the Passowrd in your BIOS
Turn off your Toshiba laptop.
Wait 30 seconds and turn your laptop back on.
Press “F2” repeatedly as soon your Toshiba laptop begins booting until the BIOS menu screen appears.
Enter your existing BIOS password and press “Enter.”
Press “F2” again to enter the BIOS, if prompted.
Use your arrow keys to select the “Security” tab in the BIOS menu.
Use the arrow keys to select “Set User Password.”
Press either “F5” or “F6,” depending on your Toshiba laptop model, to open the Password section.
Enter the current password into the “Old Password” prompt and press “Enter.”
Press “Enter” when the “New Password” prompt appears. Do not enter any text in this box.
Press “Enter” again to confirm the new password.
Press “F10” to save your changes and exit.
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Unable to enter BIOS on Tecra S11

Unable to enter the BIOS on a Toshiba Tecra S11 using the ESC/F2 method after setting a Supervisor password.
Previous (working) behavior:
- Press ESC on boot
- F2 (bios) and F12 (boot order) options are displayed
- Press F2 to enter BIOS
A Supervisor password was set on this machine. The User password was left blank.
Current behavior:
- Press ESC on boot
- F2 (bios) option is displayed. F12 option no longer displays
- Press F2, screen blanks momentarily than proceeds to first boot device
At no time is there a prompt to enter the password. Tried blindly typing password while screen is blank (after pressing F2). Nothing.
Thoughts?

It appears that the password may not have been confirmed prior to you exiting the BIOS.
So BIOS password is like it is limbo and so it resorts to locking itself.
Here is a trick you can try:
Press "Power" to turn on your Toshiba Satellite. If the laptop computer was already on, restart it.
Hold the "ESC" key until you hear your computer beep.
Tap the "F1" key to unlock your BIOS.
If the above does not work then you may have to resort to removing the cover of the notebook and pulling the CMOS battery out for 30 minutes to reset your BIOS altogether.
Here is the GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS to Changing the Passowrd in your BIOS
Turn off your Toshiba laptop.
Wait 30 seconds and turn your laptop back on.
Press “F2” repeatedly as soon your Toshiba laptop begins booting until the BIOS menu screen appears.
Enter your existing BIOS password and press “Enter.”
Press “F2” again to enter the BIOS, if prompted.
Use your arrow keys to select the “Security” tab in the BIOS menu.
Use the arrow keys to select “Set User Password.”
Press either “F5” or “F6,” depending on your Toshiba laptop model, to open the Password section.
Enter the current password into the “Old Password” prompt and press “Enter.”
Press “Enter” when the “New Password” prompt appears. Do not enter any text in this box.
Press “Enter” again to confirm the new password.
Press “F10” to save your changes and exit.
"Knowledge should be unrestricted and the most important commodity we can offer to help one another."

How to downgrade BIOS on Tecra S11 - annoying CPU

I have a BIOS which is "solve" the High pitched noise problem about the i5 CPU.
But I have the latest BIOS and since then I cannot downgrade to the older BIOS that "solves" the problem.
*My question is how to downgrade BIOS?*
Because I will not send my Toshiba to RMA any more because they will not repair it!!!
My Tecra S11 went to RMA 2 and 2 different Toshiba authorized service partner for about 1 month. None of them repaired my laptop! Most annoying thing is that hungarian services are absolute useless!! I have a 2 year old issue with the CPU high pitched noise.
They did not replaced the faulty CPU, they replaced the motherboard!!! for no reason. OMG!
Be very careful when you buy Toshiba laptop in Hungary, and its not the Toshiba's fault but the authorized service partners!!
Please Toshiba do something!

Hi
I assume youve got a Tecra S11 PTSE3E
The BIOS for Tecra S11 is compatible with Tecra M11 and Tecra A11
On the Toshiba USA driver page you can find all BIOS versions
The BIOS for Tecra A11-S3541 PTSE3U series should be compatible with Tecra S11 PTSE3E series.
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp
Choose Tecra A11-S3541 and download the BIOS version you want to install.
Unzip the package and check the readme.txt
There you can find info how to flash the BIOS using tradition BIOS version.
I think the win-based BIOS version would not function because youve got already the newest BIOS version installed.
But in my opinion you should not downgrade the BIOS because it looks like many fixes has been added to the new version

Portege Z30 - unable to enter bios setup

Hi,
I am unable to enter the BIOS setup upon boot. Pressing F2 allows me to enter both master and HDD/SDD password (validation confirmed), but the screen freezes at the "Toshiba Setup Utility" graphics without any progress.
This problem started to appear quite suddenly, I did enter the BIOS setup several times before without any issue. The only change that happened as far as I know is a failed suspend/resume event.
My suspicion is that the laptop is now in the hi-speed boot regime. Can anyone confirm that? Is there any way to force it to normal boot at the boot time? I am running Linux so I cannot use the Windows utilities from Toshiba.

> I am running Linux so I cannot use the Windows utilities from Toshiba.
Thats bad :( within the Toshiba HW Setup you would find a setting to change the boot speed option.
> My suspicion is that the laptop is now in the hi-speed boot regime. Can anyone confirm that?
Hmm in my opinion if boot speed would be set to fast, you would not be able to press F2 and to input the BIOS password.
However, in other cases if boot mode was set to fast, you could enter the BIOS pressing firstly INS button and then F2 button
Try it out.

P6N Platinum - Unable to enter BIOS. HELP!

I have built many systems (mostly with ASUS boards), and have NEVER had an issue like the one I'm having now.
I just recently purchased an MSI P6N SLI Platinum. After installing the hardware, including two sticks of Mushkin 2GB (996561) with 2.2-2.25 voltage, I have been unable to enter the bios.
If I push the "delete" key several times, I can get to a screen that shows the board info and bios version (1.0), CPU info (dual core 2, 2.4ghz), and then the memory total (shows the 4 gb and "ok").
But that's IT. The system just stays there - it won't go into bios. The four led lights on the D-Bracket 2 Connector indicate the system is "Testing Base and Extended Memory"). I have tried some Corsair XMS2 memory with 2.1 voltage, but same problem.
Is this issue due to the fact that the memory modules are not 1.8 volts, as specified in the manual? I thought the bios would allow the higher-voltage sticks to work and then make modifications in bios.
If anyone can suggest a fix, please let me know. I've tried resetting the CMOS, placing sticks in different slots, in different quantities.
Thank you!

Try with only one memory module in Slot 1.
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I've tried resetting the CMOS
Was your PSU unplugged, when you did that?
If not:
Turn off computer, unplug main power cable from PSU, hit the power-on button a few times to drain capacitors and CLEAR CMOS again.
Turn computer back on and see if that helps.
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After installing the hardware, including two sticks of Mushkin 2GB (996561) with 2.2-2.25 voltage, I have been unable to enter the bios.
Please give FULL system specs with detailed information on all components.
Which BIOS Version are you using?

Re: Satellite Pro L300 - Unable to enter BIOS or boot

I have a Satellite L300 that will not get past the POST or the Toshiba Splash Screen. It states to press F2 to enter setup or F12 for boot sequence, but pressing either button does nothing and nothing more happens --- it just stays there. the HDD activity light blinks for a few seconds and then stops.
I have tried new RAM and a different HDD, both with power connected and only battery to no avail!
anyone have any suggestions?

Hi jhilton0105,
Hmm I think you have already tried everything what you can do and in my opinion it seems to be a hardware malfunction. Maybe its related to mainboard, CPU, ROM module or something else
I think your notebook must be checked from professional people to get rid of this problem.
You can find a list of ASPs here:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > Support & Downloads > Find an ASP
Good luck! :)

T61 at boot everytime enters BIOS (unable to skip BIOS)

I have a T61 with Windows 7 64 bits installed,
T61 did work fine for several months untill last week,
but now when booting immediately after the message to enter BIOS press F1 there is a message entering BIOS setup and then BIOS windows appears, by pressing F10 or ESC Windows 7 starts without reporting problems,
apparently there are no errors reported and I am unable to understand why BIOS setup window appears,
I did several attempts to restore BIOS to default values etc. (hoping to avoid the reported problem) without success,
when booting T61 enters everytime the BIOS Windows and I have to press Esc or F10 to continue normal boot,
How can I restore the original behaviour (i.e. booting without entering BIOS windows) ?
Has someone experienced a similar problem and found a solution ?
Thank you for help.

Have you checked the date and time to make sure they're correct?
They will enter bios if the date isn't set or if the cmos battery is bad, but I've never seen a T61 behave like this otherwise.
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Tecra S11 - After HDD replacement I can't update BIOS

My Hard Disk in Tecra S11 died, and I have purchased a new SSD.
Everything work OK, but I can not update BIOS any more. Update utility show an error:
Error: Preparing to update was failed.
You have not given permission to execute the update.
What to do? Please help.

> Error: Preparing to update was failed.
> You have not given permission to execute the update.
Do you have Admin rights?
Sounds like the issue could be related to missing privileges which are needed to run a update.
You could enable the admin account following these steps:
Choose command prompt (the black box cmd)
In the box type net user administrator /active:yes
Then log out. Usually an additional user account should be visible Administrator.
Now log in using this account and try to execute the BIOS update.
Note: in many cases the VAP (value added package) is needed to run the update BIOS.
Be sure also, that package has been unzipped correctly before running the exe file.

Unable to enter into BIOS (T430s 2353)

Hello all,
I seem not to be able to enter into my laptop's BIOS anymore. I was able to do it few days after purchase, but no longer. I'm using T430s (2353) with latest BIOS. I see "Press <F1> ..." message, but when I try to press it, nothing happens. The only way I found to enter into BIOS now is to remove battery. This clears BIOS settings and then after first power up I am forced into BIOS to set date and time settings.
I did BIOS firmware update again just to be sure, but it did not chage a thing - I still can't enter BIOS,
Any ideas?
Thanks,
J
T430s (i7 / HD+ / Intel 520 SSD / 16 GB Ram)
Previous: X60s, Portégé R100

Slightly different model (I have a T430U) but this may help.
I had the same problem after doing a clean install of windows 8, lost the hit enter to go into BIOS option.
One way to do it is to use the advanced restart facility in windows 8. To do this open up the "modern" UI settings (Win-C then choose settings-->change PC settings), go to the general page, scroll down to the bottom and you'll see an option for "Advanced Startup". If you click the Restart now button and then choose to restart on the page you get offered as the PC powers down, it should let you enter the BIOS.
The other thing that seems to have restored the option to enter the BIOS for me (or at least it happened around when I made this change), was to disable hibernate. Once I've done this I seem to get the BIOS option whenever I booted.
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U400 - I can´t install Windows or even enter BIOS

Hello,
I have really big problems right now !
A few days ago I installed Ubuntu. I deleted all the default partitions. The U400 uses a double graphic card solution. It was really hard to configure that under Linux. Finally it worked but there where to many bad issues i.e.. heat problem AND OR a freezed shutdown.
I decided to go back to Win7. At this point my sad story begun.
I inserted the Win7 (64Bit) CD and tried to install. When it comes to the point expanding files I got the error: 0x80070570. The setup is not able to read or find needed files. I tried 2 different CDs. The CDs are burned images from MSDNAA Win7 (32Bit) and Win7 (64Bit).
Google says, that the error 0x80070570 have more possible causes i.e.. RAM-Problems.
I started ubuntu again from a USB stick and played around with gparted, trying to get a state like the default configuration. It all turned worse.
Then I read something about a RAID configuration in the BIOS but I am not able to enter it. When the U400 starts up I press FN + F2 but nothing happens. FN + F12 doesn't work either. The only way to enter the BIOS now is to press the "one key". When I do it the U400 turn on with a little blue menu where I can choose if I want to enter the setup.
Does any one of you have a idea how I can get the U400 working again? Ship it to Lenovo is the last what I want but I don't know what else to do. By the way, I never saw such a ugly system where the customer isn't able to create new partitions. In my opinion this is very user unfriendly -_- !
Thanks for your reading !
Kalom

Hey,
here is my status so far. I tried to install WinXP and it worked. I was able to boot Win XP Prof. after it finished. After that I tried to Install Win 7 again but I got the same failure as before.
I Tried to install Ubuntu again to get memtest working. During the installation I got the error that the setup wants able to get >>grub install/dev/sdb<< working.
Now I try to get a running system to check the memory. (Start Ubuntu from USB Stick).
Here are some other may important info:
I am still unable to enter the BIOS with FN + F2. The only way is to press the OKR button. When I am in the BIOS at the first page there are no information about SSD and HDD.
Kalom

T530: Cannot enter BIOS

I am unable to enter the BIOS (or the boot device and application menu) of my T530. When I press Enter at the 'Press Enter to interrupt normal startup' prompt, nothing happens. It just ignores my input completely. F1 doesn't do anything either.
Otherwise my ThinkPad is working fine, but I would like to change some settings (especially change the boot device, to boot from USB).
Could anyone help me?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

ok, i'm really stretching here... what are the chances your F1 key is just dead?
does the key work after you're booted into Windows? if you have MS Word, pressing F1 brings up Help, for example.
what's your current BIOS version? you should be able to see it on the System Summary page when running msinfo32.exe.
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Can't enter BIOS or upgrade to Windows 10

I've spent all day trying to upgrade to Windows 10, but have just received one error after another. I've tried Windows' update troubleshooter (which says that it fixes an error, but I still get errors trying to update to Windows 10) and doing the update via MediaCreationToolx64.exe, but nothing seems to help (although sometimes it changes the error code). Finally I decided to do a clean install of Windows 8.1, and then maybe I'll try to update to 10 again. So I created a bootable USB of Windows 8.1 (using Microsoft's mediacreationtool.exe). However, I'm unable to enter the BIOS on this computer. When I start it up, there is no text telling me what to press to enter the BIOS. Googling tells me that F2 is the normal key, but that doesn't work (with our without FN). I've tried all of the other F-number keys with and without FN, but none of them work. I've tried updating the BIOS using this: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/ideapad-u-series-laptops/ideapad-u410/downloads/ds101011 However, when I try that, I just get the message: "ERROR 182 - BIOS image is equal or older than ROM!" How can I do a clean install of Windows 8.1?

Thanks! The recovery button worked. I then did a clean install of Windows 10 directly over Windows 8.1, and it worked fine! I know all the websites say that you need to do the update first, and then do a clean install, but I didn't, and now Windows 10 is working fine and says that it's activated.

Re: Tecra S11 - TEMPRO does not notify me about new drivers

There are new drivers and BIOS available for my Tecra S11 but TEMPRO does not notify me.
Why?

PauPau: Bluetooth, WLAN and BIOS drivers are available for my T S11 (released in 2012). I think I reinstalled tempro a few month ago and I forgot to open it and accept licence agreement or something. When I posted this thread yesterday and after I clicked yes, I agree TEMPRO showed me there are new BIOS available. Sorry for that! But...
Macius: I have got BSOD about 6 times since 2012 january. WinDbg only shows me
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Cannot access BIOS on Tecra M11-11K after Supervisor password has been set

Hi there,
I've got 10 laptops Toshiba Tecra M11-11K here and they all have the same problem. If they turned on and I enter the BIOS to make adjustments for the first time, it's fine but if I want to return to BIOS after couple of restart (or even one), what happens when I press F2 is that the screen flashes and computer restarts. It does it on all 10 laptops. Anyone knows what to do with that? Flashing BIOS means I have to setup all of them before I can do that, which is a bit of a drag and I don't have guarantee it's gonna work. :/
Thank you,
J

Nope.
When I removed the notebook from the box, I entered the BIOS to change the BOOT order (Network First), setup Supervisor Password and changed SATA to Compatibility mode. Then I saved changes and rebuild the notebook from a WDS.
When done I wanted to change the boot order to HDD only but everytime I press F2 to enter BIOS, the screen only flashes with a blank screen, and computer restarts and I'm back at the Toshiba logo (the one you see when you turn on computer) and that is happening everytime I press F2 to enter BIOS.
It only restarts and comes back with Toshiba logo. Press F2, it restart and Toshiba logo is up again. :/
I tried to update BIOS, but no luck.
I can enter the BIOS only once, when unpacked from the BOX. After that, no chance. 10 laptops have the same problem.
Model Toshiba Tecra M11-11K (PTME0E).

Tecra S11 - High Speed Fan

Hi guys,
I need some help on a issue that really puzzle's me.
After I tried to make a bios update to the ultimate (February 2012) version, within windows 7, I've obtained an error message stating that I had no permission to make the update. Since then, the fan starts to rotate in high speed, as soon as I start the computer, just after the logo display.
Since then I've upgraded the bios using the Dos procedure, but the proble persists. It performs like a fully fledge high capacity server regarding the noise fan.
How can I troubleshoot this and solve it?
Thank you.

Hi MasterG,
Thank you for your answer but that is not the problem.
Than Fan rotation starts at Post level, long before the Os kernel starts to execute.
Another starnge thing is that when I put the pc on sleep mode, when it awakes the fan is stoped. If I restart the Pc the symptom restarts.
I tried to update the bios to ver 3.30 using BIOS330_EC200.exe
It could be a EC/KBD problem. When executing from Win7 it states:
BIOS Version : Current Ver.3.30 --> Updated Ver.3.30
EC Version : Current Ver.1.90 --> Updated Ver.2.00
There is need to update EC.
<EXECUTE THE UPDATE>
Error: Preparing to update was failed.
You have not given permission to execute the update.
Really there's a problem with the update. Then only way I could do the bios update was preparing a Dos usb device and boot executing Chgbiosf BIO0076T.com and it worked.
when I tried to update the Ec using Chgbiosf EC72V200.BIN it says that the file does not exist.
So, this is the status of the problem. I don't know if anyone can help, but I fear that th Tecra S11 will blow up anytime soon if this continues.
Thanks.

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