SATA II or SATA III in a Satellite A660 (PSAW3E)

Hi.
I will buy an SSD and I have a question: My laptop (Toshiba Satellite A660 PSAW3E) has Serial ATA II or Serial ATA III?
I have searched and not found this information.
Thanks,
Greetings.

Ops, I expected it to be SATA III.
Thanks!

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Satellite A660 - Will not boot up and HDD boot fail

Hi,
firstly thanks for your time.
Model: Satellite A660 (PSAW3A-07U00R)
The problem started yesterday, the computer was going slow as an application closed, so I held the off button untill the pc turned off. When I restarded the laptop it went to a screen saying: Start windows normally or repair Windows (recomended)
When started normally it just hangs at a blank screen, the repair Windows recommends a system restore to earlier point which didnt work. As it just hangs again. I tried pressing F8 and starting in safe mode but again it just hangs. Then after a few times trying safe mode and another system restore the computer then hangs when I press F8. After this the computer goes past the Toshiba logo screen with F2 and F12 options (which both still work), and then it comes up boot failed then goes blank and comes with boot failed bootfailed with some numbers and letters, then it goes to a small box titled boot menu with 4 options.These are
HDD/SSD Toshiba MK6465GSX
CD/DVD MAT****ABD-CMB UJ141ES
FDD
LAN
If I press ESC it goes through the bootfailed loop and ends up at same screen, if I press enter on "HDD/SSD Toshiba MK6465GSX" then it quickly comes back to screen and at the bottom it says [HDD/SSD Toshiba MK6465GSX] is failed.
I dont understand why it got worse over time. Can anyone think of why this has happend and more importantly how can I get my pc working again? Note: holding 0 then starting does nothing for me atm
regards, Matthew

All you people looking here on this dead thread.....
Toshiba A660 laptops are renowned for having hard drive fails and boot up problems after grinding to a halt.
My solution (after losing 3 hard drives [and a terabyte of family treasured times]) is the following.
Use MALWAREBYTES (free download and use for 28 days)
Scan and fix. Mine found over 300 trojans that 2013 Norton 360 could not find.
Re-boot into safe mode.
SCAN again.
Re-boot and empty the malwarebytes repair files it retains...
Run Norton/McAfee (whichever you have) and you should still have no issues.
Make a back-up repair disc. Ooooops......no you cant...........at least my laptop can`t.
I don`t know why.....
Tell me tosh..... why does windows x64 refuse to allow me to make a system boot disc (even though the laptop is all driver updated and Windows updated)?
Uninstall MalwareBytes when Norton/McAfee tells you there will be a conflict between the two programs.
It tells you to re-boot after uninstalling it.
Then when it re-boots you get a black screen. You cannot even get to bios. You think ytour laptop is turned into a brick frisbee. You pull out the battery in frustration after five minutes.
You replace and re-boot....but again you get no bios or boot up.... you think its destroyed the Bios or graphics somehow....youo can hear the hard-drive but you have no clue whats going on..
Around this time you shake the laptop in frustration.....
Calm down.
Switch on and leave FIFTEEN MINUTES....Ten of which will be a Black nothing screen with maybe a single white underscore line in the top left corner.LEAVE IT ALONE.
Make a sunday dinner for ten people....When you go back to the computer it will be up and running.
When you re-boot again, it will be dead black for five minutes...then boots up... you still think it has a problem... LEAVE IT.
When you reboot again it should work perfect (assuming you have not been overheating it by using it on a cushion on your lap and overheating the insides [use a laptop fan tray]) if you have not shaken your hard drive or caused scrambled damage by pulling the power fifty times like some people do.
I have lost three hard drives and thousands of Gigabytes of treasured family memories discovering the secret the hard way.
Enjoy.
Buy a different brand next time.
ALL Windows system files should be on a SWITCHED (to update) version of Windows.
Spinning drives should be for Data only.

Satellite A660 - Camera device failed to initialize after BIOS update

I bought a Satellite A660 PSAW3A-07P00R last December. Yesterday I updated to BIOS version 1.9 (did not record what version before the update). Running Windows 7 Home Premium.
After the update, I got this message when I want to use the built-in webcam. The message is "Camera device failed to initialize. Either the device is in use by another application, or it is not recognized by the system." I have tried to open the device manager but cannot find any image or camera device there. I have also download the webcam application version 1.1.1.15 from Toshiba site but it does not install.
Is it any way to revert the BIOS back to the old version? Can Toshiba look at this problem for BIOS version 1.9? Has any one come across with this and finally fix it? Your suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Will

Hi
Only the ASP can revert the BIOS to early version because they could reflash the BIOS using the BIOS DOS-rational BIOS.
But the point is that if you are using the right BIOS, then the webcam should work properly in connection with the new update.
So I agree with Xardas. You should set the BIOS to default settings and should save the changes before you would leave the BIOS.
Then uninstall the webcam software and disable also some background processes which could lock the webcam. This can be done in msconfig.
I would also recommend cleaning the registry using the CCLeaner who knows whats is going wrong with the OS registry so CCleaner helps you to clean the registry entries.
After several reboots, you could try to install the webcam software once again.
Good luck

Satellite A660 Win7 action centre - Power management system is missing driver

I replaced the battery on my A660-15J Toshiba laptop a few months back with the high capacity battery and now the win 7 action center keeps popping up with the message that I need to download and install the missing power management system driver.
The power supply was not replaced at all, nothing has changed, other than the battery.
The charge light on the laptop functions as it did before the battery change.
It comes on and is red, and after a couple of hours it goes white and the battery level shows it is at 100%
The problem is that windows 7 action center says that it is missing an ACER driver??? -> WTF???
The link that it gives to download it from DOES NOT WORK
It seems strange to me that the link that windows provides its to an acer website, but since manufacturers use parts from others manufacturers it does not surprise me at all.
I just want clarification and confirmation of what I need to do here, and why the toshiba service center is not showing this update???
I read that BIOS update can resolve this issue, however there is NO bios update for my laptop.
I have also contacted MICRO$OFT but I'm still awaiting a reply from them.
I have also read other posts on various toshiba forums that relate to this same problem but they usually say that model is not supported by toshiba in that country....
I clicked the link to this forum directly from the Toshiba Australia website, so please don't tell me that my model is not supported on this Toshiba Europe forum!
The exact message:
Download and install the driver for your power management system
Your power management system is missing a driver.
Follow these steps to solve this problem:
Tap or click to download the driver from the A+c+e+r Corporation website
Download and extract the driver files
Tap or click Save or Save as, and then save the file to your desktop. If you cant choose where to save the file, youll need to find it and copy it to your desktop. When you download files, most web browsers save them to the Downloads folder on your computer.

> I replaced the battery on my A660-15J Toshiba laptop a few months back with the high capacity battery and now the win 7 action center keeps popping up with the message that I need to download and install the missing power management system driver.
Possibly this is the problem. Is the new battery fully compatible?
Satellite A660/15J is an Australian notebook model.
Here I found some accessories for this model:
http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/products/computers/satellite/a660/psaw3a-15j06t/accessories
The compatible battery are:
Toshiba Battery Pack (12 Cell / 9000mAh / Li-Ion / 10.8V) PA3819U-1BRS
Toshiba Battery Pack (6 Cell / 5600mAh / Li-Ion / 10.8V) PA3818U-1BRS

Satellite A660 - Cannot find drivers for Win 7

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this is the driver page......
http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/support/notebooks/satellite/a660/psaw3a-07u00r/download?os=25
Thanks

Wait a moment!!!
Have you read what I wrote in my last posting? As you can see on this page you can search for drivers choosing your notebook model or using model/part number. Have you checked this second option?
Does it work for you?
Have you tried to open this page using different browsers?
For instance, using IE9 I have the same problem but Opera or Chrome it works properly.
Check it out.

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I can't find the SATA specifications of this machine anywhere - does it support Sata III (6Gb/sec)?
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Hi
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Could you confirm that its SATA II?

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I have a plan to change my old hard-drive with new SATA III SSD.
I have searched from Toshiba homepage about spec if it supports SATA III but it's very difficult to find that kind of information. If I understand correctly, it needs to support SATA III to get full performance of SSD.
The laptop is Toshiba Satellite l850-117, it has Sandy Bridge (32nm Technology), by googling it I have found some answers that if I have Sandy Bridge I also have SATA III support.
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Hi
Why you dont install some hardware diagnostic tools like Everest Home Edit or another tool like SANDR Sisoft.
Both would be able to provide you all details and info about the hardware parts and hardware properties.
The L850 series is equipped with different hardware parts but usually the ODD and HDD controller is connected to the chipset (Cougar Port / Panther point) and the chipset is connected to CPU (Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge)
However, I think and from my own experience the ODD SATA interface would support max 150Mbyte/s. Im not sure about the HDD but I assume it could be 300Mbyte/s (SATA II)
But please share the results provided by one of the mentioned tools.

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Hi, i've an iMac G5 20" iSight with an intel core duo 2ghz. I would like to know if i can install a sata III hard drive like 128GB Crucial m4 2.5" SSD.
Thx a lot.

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I emailed Toshiba regarding this issue and this is their reply:
Hi!
"On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Contact Us <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Tor
The SATA 111 will be launched mid 2012 and do not have any clear details as of yet.
Regards,
Inside Sales
Toshiba of Canada Limited"
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