Satellite A300 LED on/off (TBS) problem fixed

If your illumination buttons are not working, try
opening Windows Registry (open: regedit)
go to
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Pol icies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun
and change it's value to "0".
I'm not sure if it works without reboot, but after all when you will press the hotkey button the wizard will pop up to define button function.
Good Luck!

Hey thanks for this useful info.

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Toshiba Satellite A300-129 Crisis Recovery Mode Phoenix BIOS with USB drive

When flashing my BIOS back from v4.20 to a v3.90 I found on the net, everything went alright in windows, but as soon as I rebooted, the laptop showed the symptoms of a failed BIOS.
I'm now trying to repair the BIOS using the crisis recovery tool. I used the following procedure to create the USB stick and recover the BIOS
-Run the WINCRIS.Exe file in administrator and compatibility mode (Windows XP SP2)
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-Take the BL5S3D57.WPH file from the toshiba BIOS update and rename it to BIOS.WPH, and copy to the Crisdisk directory
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-Take the drive out
-Plug battery out, plug AC out of laptop, hold the power button for a few seconds to make sure no remaining current is in the laptop
-Plug the USB Drive in
-Hold Fn+Esc in my case, this is the key combination where the laptop tries to read the USB drive the moment it boots up. It has something to do with enabling a boot block in the BIOS with that key combination.
-Plug AC in while still holding the F button
The F button does not nescessarily need to be held while plugging in AC, the laptop also tries to read from the drive if I hold it after plugging AC in, and before pushing the power button.
-Press the power button
I need to push the button twice, because the first time after plugging in AC the power button doesn't do a thing. When holding the power button for around 10 seconds after right after plugging AC in, the laptop boots sometimes, didn't find a pattern yet here.
The easy thing however is to just push the button 2 or 3 times, then it boots, and the booting procedure seems exactly the same as when holding the power button
-Wait for the LED to flash on the USB Drive. Very important: it seems to only flash ONCE for me, so it means it tries to access the drive, but I think it doesn't contain the right files or isn't formatted correctly. If I keep holding the F button while the laptop is on, the LED flashes once every 10-20 seconds.
From here on out the laptop is supposed to be reading the BIOS files from the USB drive, but apparently I'm doing something wrong. So here comes my question:
What could I be doing wrong in formatting the drive or writing the files to it?
Do I have the wrong CRISDISK? Is it normal that the files arent copied by CRISDISK to the USB Drive and that I have to do it myself?
Am I using the wrong WinPhlash? Or should I use the files that are supplied in the official BIOS rar from toshiba?
I have tried different versions of CRISDISK, different USB Drives (one 4GB would not be read by the broken laptop, and another 1GB would not be read by CRISDISK when trying to format the drive)
Tried different files on the USB Drive, tried bios.wph instead of capitals, tried BIOS.FD,...
I'm kind of running out of options here to try. Is there anyone who has experience with this recovery mode flashing that could tell me what I might be doing wrong? Or that has any suggestions on which other CRISDISK or toshiba updates to use?
Thanks anyways to people who read this and try to help!

> {quote:title=Xardas wrote:}{quote}
> Hi TwinCat,
>
> I think so to and that's a really good decision.
>
> From my own experience I can say that my authorized service provider works pretty fast and the technicians are friendly guys.
>
> I hope everything can be clarified as fast as possible! :)
I hope that Russian service provider will be as honest as the European one and won't solder something out as a souvenir :)
They said, it will take approximately a week.
Serviceman said that L30 has no built-in crisis recovery routine.
So I wasted money by buying an USB floppy disk drive and risked to burn something in my laptop by frequent powering it on and off (and may be burnt, will see).
The lesson I learnt is never flash BIOS if everything works and if even flash then not from Windows (btw. I flashed successfully my Satellite A300 from Windows without any problems).
Phoenix makes its BIOSes since 2001 with a crisis recovery boot block, but Toshiba locks this feature in many laptops, I think, not without a reason. Service providers want money too :)

Satellite A300 doesn't boot - black screen afer Toshiba splash screen

My laptop (Satellite A300) has recently a big problem after when i turn it on.
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I tried this method before. it doesn't work. The problem is not with windows. Once i notice this issue, i installed the Windows vista again and i still face with this black page... but let me tell you something strange... this can fix temporarily when i press F2 button when i see the Red Toshiab logo and then i go to exit to save and chagen and then i restart, and windows runs....it's quite strange because i change nothing and i just save and exit.!!!!!!!! I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS BECAUSE I AM SORT OF SUSPICIOUS THAT SOME HARDWARE IN MY LAPTOP HAS SOME PROBLEM..... I DON'T WANT THIS TO GET WORSE :(

Mute or LED On/Off button issue on Satellite A300-15C

Hi
I have a simmilar problem. I have Toshiba Satellite A300-15C notebook.
Until recently the multimedia keys worked fine. I have assigned some exe file to the second to left key, and been happily using the lights on/off button to switch the dimmer.exe, but a few days ago the dimmer key stopped turning the lights and instead acts as a mute/unmute key. I have doublechecked the TBS and the key is still associated to the dimmer.exe . I have even tried associating the key to another function, but it still just mutes/unmutes the sound. Have you got any idea as to what might be causing this problem and how can I fix it?
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Hi,
I've done everything following the steps from Raver's post and now I have a new problem:
The Toshiba Button Support doesn't display any buttons.
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3052/19004197nq4.jpg
It should look like that, but instead it has neither the Mute, nor the CD/DVD button, it's empty... I have tried following the advice from the last post from this topic:
http://forums.computers.toshiba-euro...ssageID=135421
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Satellite A300-202 - problems with the AC power

Hi,
I bought a Satellite A300-202 a couple of months ago and I'm having intermittent problems with the AC power.
Sometimes I plug the AC power and it won't start charging (the indicator leds are off and windows says it is on battery). Other times it is charging and suddenly stops.
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Anyone got a similar problem? I wonder if is there any way to just replace the AC power parts so I won't have to send the whole laptop for reparing.
Thanks
Pedro

Hi
I never had a problem with my Toshiba chargers but one old non-Toshiba AC adaptor died after 6 month of usage. After the replacement it works without any problems.
I think you should check the BIOS update as mentioned by Akuma but for me it sounds more like a AC adaptor issue.
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Satellite A300 cpu problem

Hi all, I have got a Satellite A300 running Vista 32-bit
I posted in this forum previously about my reboot loop problem
(http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=77256&stqc=true)
I finally found that my laptop is fine when in safe mode, or when only running on battery
Once I plug in AC power the loop comes back, I saw in another post that disabling both processors in device manager can solve the problem, and it worked for me!
However I would like to do a factory restore since my OS is corrupted quite badly (probably due to virus?), lots of services cannot start and also no internet access
Problem is when I do factory recovery, the processor driver will probably get installed at some point then my laptop will go into the loop again and never able to finish the recovery?
I tried other OS like ubuntu but problem still exist so I am sure it is not OS problem.
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1. Whats the difference of CPU running mode in safe mode/battery only mode/AC power mode?
2. What does the processor driver do? What happen when I disabled them?
3. Any way to set the CPU mode in BIOS? (so I can keep the recovery process working) (I tried "dynamic/always low" and disable "multi core processing", no help)
I have been trying to fix my laptop for weeks, your help is much appreciated!

> Problem is when I do factory recovery, the processor driver will probably get installed at some point then my laptop will go into the loop again and never able to finish the recovery?
I think this will always happen whether you install the system using recovery disk or clean MS disk.
> 1. Whats the difference of CPU running mode in safe mode/battery only mode/AC power mode?
First of all if you run the notebook is safe mode, only some essential system processes would be load and many non-core components are disabled.
The CPU supports also different power saving modes (C1, C2, C3) in order to save energy
Each CPU has several power modes and they are collectively called C-states or C-modes.
> 2. What does the processor driver do? What happen when I disabled them?
Its an essential system driver. Without the CPU driver, the system would not recognize the CPU properly and the CPU cores.
> . Any way to set the CPU mode in BIOS? (so I can keep the recovery process working) (I tried "dynamic/always low" and disable "multi core processing", no help)
No.
The CPU seems to be the troublemaker and i guess it needs to be replaced

Satellite A300-247 - Logo of the model always turned off

Hello
have a problem that I bought the computer Toshiba Satellite A300-247.
The logo Satellite was always on fire Ohcshio off or how do it would be always a crush

Hi!
To be honest I dont know what you mean exactly. Do you mean the illumination logo on the keyboard?
As far as I know the illumination of the notebook (multimedia keys, etc.) controls the Value Added Package so I think you should reinstall this tool. You can find it on the Toshiba website:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/ => Support & Downloads => Download Drivers
Before you install the newest version you should remove the old version first and then restart the notebook. Now you can install the new VAP.
By the way, did you install some Windows updates? I had a problem with the illumination after I installed some Windows updates.
Bye

My Satellite A300 turns off spontaneously

Hello,
Somtimes my laptop (Toshiba Satellite A300) sunddenly spontaneously turned off. Very often it happend during system startup. Everything it happend when my laptop work only on power supply. When my laptop work only on battery (without power supply) everything is ok.
1) Does it mean that i should change the power supply?
2) I use surge protector but my power socket is without graunded. Is it possible that power socket without graunded broke the power supply?
3) Should i use power socket only with graunded?
I live in Poland if there is any help.
I will be gratefull for answers.

Hi Reda,
from my point of few it’s difficult to say what could cause this annoying issue.
But I think you should check the notebook functionality using another good working AC adaptor.
It’s not impossible that a faulty AC adaptor would cause the problems.
At the other hand the issue might be caused due to power supply electronic issues.
Power supply electronic is part of the motherboard and such issue would be the worst case.
Additionally you can check whether different power plant would be selected after connecting the AC adaptor. In such case switch it to the power plan which is selected using the battery power.

Cooling problems with Satellite A300-1B0: ventilator is not stopping

Hi users,
i m new in Linux and Ubuntu, i installed ubuntu 8.10 last week;
All things are ok, boot menu ok because i have XP, network connection ethernet and wireless, updates ok, packages ok!
just one thing that make me "" it's the cooling ventilator of my laptop, i explain :
it's turned on since i login ubuntu and it will be off only when i log off "shutt down" my laptop, so it's never stopping till
the use of ubuntu, because with xp it's start but if the processor is cold it's stop! and restart and etc.......
So if someone have an idea you're WELCOME !
My laptop configuration :
TOSHIBA satellite A300-1B0
processor: core 2 duo T8100 2.1 Ghz
RAM: 3 Go
SATA hard drive
ethernet Marvell Yukon 88E8040T
Wireless Intel
and i have patched it with the last bios from toshiba site
Date of the bios publcation 07 2008 v3.7

Hi,
I own a Toshiba Satellite A300-19T which comes with a Core 2 Duo T8100, 3Gb of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 3650 graphics card and guess what? I'm having the same issue!
I have spent a fairly nice amount of time trying to figure out what's going on and I've been suspecting the CPU fan for a long time. I went from enumerating the custom drivers Toshiba is installing the the machine to de-compiling the ACPI table using Intel's tools: NOTHING! (expect the fact that the BIOS isn't really ACPI compliant but much more Microsoft Windows Vista only compliant).
Then I discovered that the GPU (the Radeon HD 3650) may also have a fan attached to it to cool it down, because you know, it can be such a source of heat and that noise under Linux means that the GPU fan is actually spinning all the time, non stop, causing discomfort, a lot of noise and all. To prove this, I made a simple experiment, I went back to Windows Vista and uninstalled the ATI Catalyst driver (you can reinstall them later, they are located in C:\Toshiba folder) and rebooted the machine: I had the fan spinning all the time under Vista just like Linux!
What is causing the issue is the GPU, not the CPU! and it's due to bad GPU power management on Linux since a driver doesn't exist yet. The only way to solve this is by asking Toshiba to release the documentation about the GPU power management and fan control, so that the community can write a driver for it.
Could you please confirm my finding? Which graphics card do you have installed in your laptop?
Regards,
Ilyes Gouta.

Satellite L750 - network card on, Led ligth off

Hello.
Satellite L750 -> Laptop network card connects internet but led light off ?
Thanks

Thanks Jacky,
+What network card and what LED indicator do you mean exactly?+
Network card, RJ45 port (i think it's atheros ethernet gigabit)
+Do you mean WLan card and WLan indicator?+
NO, no Wifi. Lan card, and Lan indicator on RJ45 port
+Are you using Toshiba preinstalled system?+
Yes
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Satellite A300 - multimedia LED buttons don't work if iTunes is minimized

Hi,
I own Satellite A300-1C9 (PSAJ4E).
Is it possible to let the "Play/Pause", "RW" and "FF" multimedia LED buttons work even if iTunes is minimized?
Because atm they only work if i actually working in iTunes and from the moment i minimize iTunes to taskbar it stop responding to play/pause etc!!
Thanks,
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Hello Jonah
I don't use iTunes and cannot comment buttons functionality with iTunes but what I know is that Toshiba don't offer notebooks with preinstalled iTunes and these buttons are, by default, designed to run with Windows Media Player.
You can use these buttons with other players, if possible but Toshiba don't support functionality with any other third part application. For instance, I use these buttons with Winamp and everything works perfectly.

Satellite A300 (PSAG8E) - Hardware problems after installing win7 ultimate

Hello and good day,
I've installed win7 ultimate a few days ago and windows managed to recognize most of my hardware accept my build in mic and camera and another component I am not sure about what it is (Windows update automatically downloaded the sound and graphics driver for me).
My questions are - where can find the remaining drivers and where can I get the preinstalled Toshiba tools and software? (The driver site in the Toshiba support page does not include those drivers and software)
Thank you very much
Roi Ben Simon

Hi
I have Satellite A300 (PSAG8E) too and installed Win7 Home premium and everything works perfect.
At first I must say that I don't know where you have searched drivers and Toshiba tools and utilities because all stuff is downloadable on Toshiba support & download page under http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com
It is logic that mic will not work if you didn't installed proper driver. Install drivers alone and not using Microsoft update. What you need are real and tested drivers and not some free drivers from internet.
Go to Toshiba download page and install all stuff following this installations order:
-Win7
-chipset driver
-storage manager
-display driver
-sound driver
-modem driver
-supervisor utility
-infrared
-patches
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-toshiba hardware setup
-HDMI control
-WLAN driver
Everything works well but missing some drivers
Added Vista stuff:
-Toshiba assist - work properly
-Card reader - installed properly
-Webcam driver for A500 - tested with Skype - work properly.
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Satellite A300-211 - illumination button stopped working

Hi
How are you people ?
I have an annoying problem with my Toshiba Satellite A300-211.
I had windows vista home premium 32 bits installed on it but then i removed it and started using windows 7 ultimate 64 bits and a result of that one of the touch media buttons that is used to turn the led light on and off changed its function and started turn the sound on and off.
When i installed the value added package because the function key was not working the button stopped working. It does not turn the led light on or off or turn the sound on or off any more.
It is blinking but not working .
Can any one help ?

Hi
You can try to install the VAP using the Advanced Option.
During the installation in Advanced Option, you can unchecked the Toshiba Multimedia Button support and could try to install the VAP without this further option.
I read somewhere in this forum that this could help
However, usually the common VAP installation should fix this if it does not fix then I assume that the registry is corrupt as already mentioned by Tonny
So what to say using CCleaner might help, if not. Try to use Toshiba recovery

BIOS Update for Satellite A300/600

Hi all,
I have a Satellite A300/600 (PSAG4A-02600M), which I have just installed W7 x64 on (I did a clean install). I am upgrading the drivers as per the Toshiba website. I noticed there is a BIOS upgrade to version 1.8 - I am currently running version 1.5.
I have downloaded the update but when I try to run it I get the following message: "C:\Users\HELIF~1\AppData\Local\Temp\isc6632tmp\\i nsydeflash.exe could not be executed."
The PC is running fine at the moment, no major glitches - do I need V1.8? If so, how do I remedy this situation?
Other glitches so far in the upgrade process for me have been:
Every time I pressed the mute button W7 UAC popped up to ask me if I wanted to allow the Toshiba program to adjust a system setting. Fixed this issue by moving the ButtonSetting.ini file and making a registry change.
Loaded Windows Live Photo Gallery. When I inserted my XD card from my camera, W7 recognised it just fine, but WLPG could not see it. Therefore I am unable to import my photos off the card. Well, I can do it through W7 but WLPG gives you the options of fine tuning the import process which is what I'm after. Tried uninstalling/reinstalling WLPG after I'd installed all the drivers from Toshiba but it still won't recognise it. Still an issue.
Lastly, in relation to WLPG, I can't seem to download Image Composite Editor, whenever I try the link to the download (ftp or html), Firefox just displays a blank page with "waiting for research.microsoft.com". Trying to find an alternative site to download it off but no luck thus far.
That's it so far, any help would be appreciated.
Message was edited by: helifella - added one more issue...

Thanks for the advice. Won't be touching the BIOS any more.
Think I found a solution to the WLPG problem = Picasa! No, but seriously, I will try the Windows or Windows Live forums when I get the opportunity. I must say I did like the face recognition in Picasa, makes tagging people pretty easy. If only tags were more standardised like audio tags (okay, I know there are a few formats but they're pretty good) so when I imported the photos I had already tagged in WLPG they were recognised by Picasa - grr.
Anyway, thanks again, case closed.

Satellite A300 LED on/off (TBS) problem fixed

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