Satellite A660-18N hanging and needs hard reboot

My Satellite A660-18N hangs every other day about 2/3 times. I cannot press ctrl + alt + del and the mouse does not move. I have to hold down the power button to reboot it manually. It started about 2 weeks after I got it which was in September. I watch a lot of videos online (and offline) and usually after the screen freezes/hangs, the audio continues and stretches. I thought that this was a problem with IE8 so I switched to Google Chrome but this still continues. This problem also occurs offline. Also, after my laptop hangs, the fan speeds up so I thought it was an overheating problem. I bought a cooling mat a few days ago and the system still hangs. I'm not sure what to do now, can anyone help?
Intel core i7 q740 @ 1.73Ghz
4.00GB ram
64-bit OS
Windows 7
Nvidia Geforce 310M 512MB dedicated video memory

I'm having the same problem as the OP, with my A660-11M.
At the moment the display is freezing a few times every day and it's been like this for the last week. Before that, (almost) no problems for a few months after having similar problems.
So, it seems to be coming in bursts which is, needless to say, bizarre.
I too experiences it mainly while watching video (and similarly the audio would continue after the freeze) so I disabled Hardware Acceleration in the FlashPlayer settings after reading this post:
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Video-Display/Toshiba-A660-Screen-Freeze/td-p/189944
But this didn't help.
Then I thought it might be Chrome, so I switched to Firefox 4.0.1 but this didn't help either.
Now, I have disabled the Flash plugin to see if that works - too early to say so far.
BTW, these days the crashing is occuring mostly when I am NOT playing video - although I don't play much video anyway.

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iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac13,2
1 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4-core
32 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 0/DIMM1
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
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Core Storage: disk0s2 120.99 GB Online
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These instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Step 1
For this step, the title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
          SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
          View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
In the top right corner of the Console window, there's a search box labeled Filter. Initially the words "String Matching" are shown in that box. Enter "BOOT_TIME" (without the quotes.)
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the BOOT_TIME log message that corresponds to the last boot time when you had the problem. Now clear the search box to reveal all messages. Select the ones logged before the boot, during the time something abnormal was happening. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
For example, if the system was unresponsive or was failing to shut down for three minutes before you forced a restart, post the messages timestamped within three minutes before the boot time, not after. Please include the BOOT_TIME message at the end of the log extract—not at the beginning.
If there are long runs of repeated messages, please post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
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Need to remove password on Satellite A660-18N

Hi there,
I have problem with an access to my laptop Satellite A660-18N, it is asking for the password, that i do not remember (or know). I bought it in UK back in 2010, since then it is the first time i am dealing with this problem. Is there any possibility to obtain this password remotely, because i am afraid there is no toshiba service center in a town (or nearby), where i am located now.
Any advice that helps to solve this issue is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

I presume you are writing about BIOS password.
This password can be removed by authorized service provider only so any kind of remote fix is not possible.
BIOS password is very important security feature and such issues must be handled very carefully.
Visit http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/generic/ASP_SUPPORT/
There you can find addresses and phone numbers of all ASPs in your country.

Satellite A660-18N - Screen it too bright so how to update the BIOS?

Hi guys, I need your help with this laptop because it is giving me a lot of problems.
I have changed the screen of this Satellite A660-18N because the one that was fitted in was damaged. I have installed it and is working fine but I'm having problems with the brightness. When I click - on the brightness it goes up and when I click + it goes down. It's way too bright and want to do something to fix it.
Does the bios help to fix this problem and how do I flash the BIOS on these laptops? I did flash BIOS on desktop pc but on this I can't see any way of doing it. Is there any way of fixing the screen without changing the BIOS? Some people said that I have to flash the BIOS because new screens wont work 100% with old BIOS.
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Thank you very much Xardas for your reply.
It is 3rd party screen. I bought it from ebay. They said that it's original. It says made from Samsung. The original one was also made from samsung. The guys from Toshiba said that you might have to update bios so that it will accept other screens. I told them which one I bought and they did confirm that it should work fine.
I wanted to flash the bios with the latest bios and maybe it could work fine. I just don't know how to do it? I did create a bootable usb and placed the bios in it but don't know the command to flash it. I did go in bios but did not find anything that would be helpful to flash.
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Turn on wireless capability - Satellite A660 - 18N

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I have used this laptop to connect to the internet via a wireless connection since I purchased the unit some 3 months ago.
Just over a week ago the wireless connection dropped out and I have not been able to reconnect via a wireless connection, cable connection is okay.
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For A660 series make sure that the wireless button is lit up on the media controllers (the one across the top) if it doesn't stay lit up, try to uninstall the TVAP - Toshiba value added package on the control panel, reinstall it using TOSAPINS - Toshiba application installer (go on mytoshiba folder and look for toshiba application installer), restart the laptop. Try to Fn + F8, make sure that the wireless is on and try to connect to your network
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Satellite A660-18N - Solution for disabled WLAN switch

I have at last solved this annoying issue, my laptop is a Satellite A660-18N
Out of the box it just would not connect to wireless networking. With the Fn-F8 key combination reporting: "Wireless communitcation is disabled, please turn on the wireless communication switch"
Of course there is no such switch, just the FN-F8 Combination key press. Having tried various forums, and tech support, I solved the problem my self.
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Bye all

Absolutely great job, Fin_1!
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I have a strange issue that has now occurred twice on two different physical servers running OEL 5.6. One server runs Oracle databases and one runs Netbackup.
Server one ran to 100% on the oracle binary directory. The DBA did an 'rm' to remove files and create space. At this point the server seemed to become unstable and when issueing a 'ps -ef' or an 'ls' I got partial output then the server would hang. crtl-c would not even break it. A hard reboot cleared the issue.
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Your observation that the system was unresponsive after using "ps -ef" does not necessarily mean there is a problem with the "ps" command. I think if there was such a serious problem that the ps -ef command could freeze the system then it was more commonly known. I still think your problem is rather system resource or hardware related, but of course, I could be wrong. For what it's worth, you could verify you have the latest procps package installed: http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL5/latest/x86_64/procps-3.2.7-18.el5.x86_64.rpm.
There can be many reasons for a system to freeze. Problems that can cause such issues can also be external, for instance, network issues, NFS issues, etc. Anyway, you could try to install strace (yum install strace) and then use strace ps -ef to get some clue where it hangs.

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when you get to option 3 or 4 I use 3 which is the Tech Dept. and they ask what you want to do say you want to talk to a Representative. you may have to wait a Few minutes to get connected as they may be busy but as soon as you do tell them the issue the Tear 1 will try and Diagnose what it is and if the Rep can't he or she will hook you up with a Tear 2 tell the Tear 2 the issue your having and see what the Rep can do for you..
Hopefully get it going but it may be like in my Case they may have to send you a new unit.. they Close at 11:00Pm Mountain Time.. Good Luck.. b33

ITunes locks up and forces hard reboot while playing video

I am running iTunes 8.2.1 on an iMac G5 running Leopard 10.5.7. About 80% of the time I watch video through iTunes, regardless of whether or not the video came from the iTunes store or elsewhere, the computer locks up after a few minutes of playback and I must do a hard reboot. The mouse still is responsive, but clicks are not registered and no keystrokes cause any response. When played through Quicktime or other video playback applications, these lockups do not happen.
Has anybody else experienced this problem? What can I do about it?

Ronald hello,
Shut down and restart your computer with the Command key and the letter 's' depressed.
At the prompt type or copy and paste (don't forget the space)
/sbin/fsck -fy
hit return key and wait for all clear to be displayed then type.
reboot
hit return key
Check the pemissions are set correct on the Apple installed software...
use 'Disk Utility' from Applications > Utilities > select HD... select 1st aid. repair permissions... if repairs are needed run again until none are repaired... do not worry about messages 'we are using special permissions etc... they are OK Quit when finished.
Use BatChmod to set correct permissions on your home ~ Music folder
This compact GUI will perform the same tasks as a 'terminal command line'
drag the complete Music folder with libraries and iTunes Music folder inside to the BatChmod Icon and drop....
check path is correct.... tick if not already.... Owner=R W X, Group=R, Others=R,
then tick 'Apply ownership and privileges' tick 'Unlock" ... click Apply...
provide password... all done very quick...
come back and let me know how it all goes now ... TP
iMac 800MHz PowerPC G4 17 Flat Screen. G4 iBook. Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Satellite A660 - BIOS links and version history

Just for your knowledge please find below the complete *A660 BIOS version history*:
_[Version 1.80 - 2010-10-01|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v180.exe]_
- Limited the DDR3-1333Mhz DRAM speed to 1066Mhz. on Clarksfield CPU platforms.
- Updated: The SM_SENSE# status is kept during deep sleep mode for the Sleep & Music function.
_[Version 1.70 - 2010-09-22|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v170.exe]_
- Fixed: Background turns blank, and the wrong password won't clear automatically when setting or deleting a User or Supervisor Password.
- Fixed: System will hang when setting a 512 byte owner string.
- Fixed: When Fast Boot was enabled, DMI Type12 had no data.
- Fixed: When Fast Boot was enabled, the system did not ask for the HDD and system passwords.
- Fixed: When PCI LAN was disabled, the boot menu reported a network issue.
- Fixed: When a RAM module's serial number is all zeros, the system will hang.
_[Version 1.60 - 2010-08-03|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v160.exe]_
- Updated the Intel OSB logo.
- Fixed: Shared memory allocation issue on UMA SKUs.
- Fixed: Blurred Toshiba logo.
- EC-1.60: Reduced the sensor button debounce time to 50ms.
_[Version 1.50 - 2010-07-08|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v150.exe]_
- Updated the Intel MRC to 1.3-1 for Warm boot shutdown issue.
_[Version 1.40 - 2010-06-28|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v140.exe]_
- Updated the N11M and N11P NVIDIA VBIOS code base.
- Updated the Clarksfield CPU Microcode to M13106E5_04.
- Fixed: The computer may hang if certain RAM modules are used in Computrace platforms.
_[Version 1.30 - 2010-06-09|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v130.exe]_
- Updated the N11E Nvidia VBIOS for 3D SKUs.
- EC-1.30: Added a workaround to fix an ALS function issue after resuming from S4/S5 and restarting.
_[Version 1.20 - 2010-06-03|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v120.exe]_
- Added: N11E Nvidia VBIOS for 3D SKU.
- Updated the Computrace option ROM to fix a problem installing and running SysMark/MobileMark.
_[Version 1.10 - 2010-05-10|http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v110.exe]_
Initial production BIOS for these models.

Hey,
Thats interesting list but as PauPau wrote, the same you can find on Toshiba US page.
I dont have additional information about version history but I can confirm that newest version 1.80 works properly. I use it since 2 months now and dont have any problems.
Especially Satellite A660 is a great computer and it was a very good decision to buy it. :)

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