Satellite M30-154 - no color on TV

Connected a TV by s-video-to-scart-cable. Image is perfect but in B/W, no color.
Tried to find any settings in the display drivers but until now nothing brought the color back in the image. (tv is fine)
In the settings there is a possibility to choose a color profile, may be thats the problem but I cant find any of them working.
Any suggestions??

You can check the scart pins if you want but believe me; you will not find any faults.
The user R2D2 said that there could be a wrong assignment. But this does not mean that the pins are broken or something like this the pins could be placed in the wrong order.
Except of checking other cables please also check if you are using the right NTSC (for North America) or PAL (for most of Europe) settings!!!
Such settings should be placed in the BIOS.

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Satellite M30-154 cant connect with wireless internet (wifi)

hello,
i did a product recovery on my m30-154 a couple of days ago, and now he doesnt connect with the wireless internet we have in our house. he sees the SSID but he just dont connect, i allready did a BIOS update and an Intel update and I dont dont know what to do now. Can somebody help me?
cheers

> he sees the SSID but he just dont connect
The SSID is secured. Right?
Can you connect to open Wlan?

Satellite M30-861: why can i not write to DVD?

Hi I bought Satellite M30-861 about 15 months ago and until now have only tried to burn CDs - no problem. Now I want to try to burn onto a DVD but it doesnt seem to be recognised (I tried drag n drop and also NERO). I can see on the drive unit that it says DVD R/RW and according to my warranty info on Toshiba website I should be able to burn DVDs (this was a question I asked when buying!). Any ideas what I am doing wrong??!
Thanks!
Marving

Hi Marvin,
According to the specifications for your notebook you should be able to burn DVD-R/RW only. Are you sure that you are using the correct media ( -R/RW and not +r/rw).
Also if you are using RW media then these will need to be formatted before you can burn to them. (you can use Nero INCD to do this).
regards,

Satellite M30-344 would not boot up

Hello!
I have there a Toshiba Satellite M30-344.
I didn't use the notebook since several weeks. Now everytime I boot the Notebook an error appears: "0203: Failure IDE #2 - Do you want to run setup".
Since the last use I didn't change anything on the configuration.
The only problem there was, is that I has forgotten to turn him off and he kept running under my table for more than 2 weeks.
Is there a way to solve this problem?
Thank you for your help.
Greetings from Germany!

Hi,
...oh dear, you are not kidding?? You forgotten to turn him off and kept him under a table??? Man, THATs REALLY weird. :)
And now to help you with your problem:
IDE#2 means the DVD-drive, so you have some options to bring your machine to life, since your DVD-drive maybe could be faulty.
Firstly, try to get into BIOS and make everything to default. If you didnt get any results, then remove the drive by unscrewing the screw under the drive and pulling the drive gently out
of tha machine. You can also after you unscrewed it, open the drive and then gently pulling it by the inner carriage of the drive.
If unsure how to make or to much fear to damage something, then bring your machine to an local ASP and they will help you with your little problem.
So I think, your drive is probably faulty.
Greets
P.S.: And try to remember next time when what you keep under your table like notebooks, pets, humans, gremlins.... ;)
Nice weekened

How to change the cooler on Satellite M30-344?

Hello,
I´m pretty lucky with my Satellite M30-344 but since 2 months the cooler starts to get louder every day. Is it possible to change the cooler on my own and how expansive is the original cooler? Do you know something like a tutorial for the changing process?
Originally 2 256MB Ram pieces is installed. Now I´m thinking about a bigger RAM piece. As far as I know the are only 2 slots for the RAM or am I wrong. Is it possible to install two 1GB RAM pieces???
Thank you for your help!

Hi
The replacement of the internal devices is not easy and a little bit risky.
I would not recommend replacing the cooling module yourself.
You could damage something on the board and as you know the motherboard is a one of the expensive parts of the notebook. The manuals are not published because such documents are only for the technicians and service partners.
Therefore I think you should ask a service partner for the help because these guys have more experience in such procedures.
I found a online site with the memory modules for Satellite M30-344
http://www.orcalogic.co.uk/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=6958&ft=m&st=3
It says that its possible to update the memory to max 2GB. Therefore I Think its possible to use 2x 1024MB module.

CPU upgrade on Satellite M30-106

Hi folks
Could do with some help please?
Just got an old Toshiba Satellite M30-106 a few weeks ago and [to be fair] it runs not bad with xp on it. I purchased another 2 gig DDR which does make a difference speed wise but can I upgrade the processor from the Intel Pentium M processor 725 1.60 GHz front side bus : 400 MHz,2nd level cache : 2 MB thats in it just now ?
Can it take a higher CPU if so whats the highest? Would be very gratefully of some advice please.
Thanks in advance.......

At first I must say that I agree with you that this notebook runs well with WXP. At least this notebook model is designed for WXP. ;)
I found some info about CPUs on Satellite M30:
+The Satellite M30 computer is equipped with an Intel Banias Processor, which+
+incorporates a math co-processor, a 64KB L1 cache memory and a 1MB L2 cache+
+memory. The processor runs with one of the following speeds:+
+Intel Banias Processor 1.40GHz (1.35V) / 1.20GHz (0.85V)+
+Intel Banias Processor 1.50GHz (1.35V) / 1.20GHz (0.85V)+
+Intel Banias Processor 1.60GHz (1.35V) / 1.20GHz (0.85V)+
+Intel Banias Processor 1.70GHz (1.35V) / 1.20GHz (0.85V)+
So maybe you can use this fastest 1.70GHz CPU. I don't think you will see big difference.
Best thing you can do is to upgrade RAM to max and optimize preinstalled WXP and you will be happy with this oldie.

Satellite M30-107 does not boot correctly after Recovery disk usage

Hi
I've recently got hold of a second hand toshiba Satellite M30-107 laptop, and decided to freshen it up.
I used the toshiba recovery disk, but after doing so the laptop no longer loads windows.
When turned on it shows the Toshiba start up disk for about a second then goes to a blank screen and freezes.
When turned off and on again a screen comes up reporting an error in shutting down and gives the options to start in safe mode etc. but choosing any of the options causes the machine to freeze.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks
jt

Hi
Sounds a little bit like the notebook does not boot due to the Windows software issue
Did you recover the M30 with the original Toshiba recovery CD which was supplied with this M30 unit?
Maybe Im wrong but for me it looks like a wrong recovery CD was used and an image with non compatible drivers was installed
You could try to install the OS from original Microsoft Win XP CD and could check if it would be possible to get the notebook ruining using clean OS.
In such case we ( you and me ;) ) could find out if this issue could be related to the software or hardware.
Bye

Can't find drivers for Satellite M30-842

Hello,
I am a repair technician, and I am repairing a European model Satellite with corrupted Windows; I have reformatted and I am installing Windows with my generic Windows XP Home CD. I have had no luck finding the drivers for (as listed in Device Manager):
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- Multimedia Audio Controller
- PCI modem
- Unknown Device
Windows update was able to find the video and USB drivers, but I cannot find any information on this model on any of the Toshiba support sites.
Thanks in advance,
Tim Allix
Whistler, BC. Canada.

I dont know where the problem is???
The Satellite M30-842 contains the number PSM30E.
Visit the Toshiba driver page and select simply this notebook
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Satellite M30-604 - Hard disk mechanical failure

My satellite M30-604 is within warranty (bought 10 months ago) and my Hitachi travelstar hdd crashed out of the blue. The crash is probably mechanical so I can not use data recovery software (it makes things worse). The only way to get my data is to give the HD to some specialist who will open it in a "clean room" for something like 300 - 600 Euros (!) and try to recover as much as possible. Now:
-> Toshiba says that if I do that the warranty is void and I will also have to pay for a new disk (+ 100 euros)
-> If I want to replace the disk (warranty) then toshiba gets the old disk and I lose my data forever!!!
WAIT A MINUTE GUYS!!!
a) this is my data, my work and you CAN NOT blackmail me with this "warranty void" stuff. I want my old crashed disk back! I want to try to recover as much as I can! my 10-hours-a-day work is IN there!
b) Moreover even if the heads of the disk crashed, my PERSONAL, PRIVATE data are still in the disk and CAN be read with special techniques. How can toshiba (or any other company for that matter) ask me to hand it over to them?
What should I do?
What would you do?

Hi there,
I sympathise with your problem and can only suggest the following thoughts :
1. Recovery of your data would seem the most important factor here. I would suggest removing the HDD yourself so that it can be sent to a specialist to recover what data is possible.
2. Since removal of the HDD does not usually involve extensive dismantling of the notepad it should not invalidate the remaining warranty (other than on the HDD itself).
3. A replacement HDD can usually be obtained quite cheaply from one of the internet sellers (check using GOOGLE for a suitable replacement). you can then re-install your operating system from the recovery CDs.
4. I would suggest investing in a suitable backup software package (such as Norton Ghost) to avoid this problem in the future. (I have had four replacement HDDs on my Satellite A30 in the last 12 months).
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Satellite M30-801 - display will not work after hibernation

Hello everybody,
I hope you will help me with this issue. I have a Toshiba Satellite M30-801 and my warranty has finished.
A few days ago, my computer had stayed some hours in standby mode. When I restarted the system, the screen continued on black. No images.
I connected an external monitor to check the video card and that test was ok. Now I'm writing this letters using my laptop connected to the external monitor.
Also, i noticed that there was blacklight on the screen.
I had checked the power management for the universal serial bus controllers on the control panel.
I downloaded and installed the last bios update.
But the display is still black.
Could you help me? any ideas?
Thanks and regards,
Stalker99ES

Hello Sascha,
++When you start your notebook without external monitor can you see anything?+
> > No. I can't see anything at all. I only can "see" the backlight of the screen. But no images.*
++When you use external monitor what happen when you try to change display mode using FN+F5 key combination?,++
> > Only two things: The external monitor goes to standby mode (when i don't use crt combination) and backlight dissapear, so the notebook screen goes to off mode.
> > Nothing more.
> > I hope you could help me.
> > Thanks and regards,

DVD recording very slow on my Satellite M30

Hi,
I have a satellite M30 with a DVD burner Teac dv-w28e. burning onto DVD (8x) takes more than 1 hour and half for 4 GB, even if the burning program says the speed is 8x and the estimated time is 10 minutes.
So, what's the matter???

Hi
Which burning program did you use?
I prefer to use the Nero burning utility. In my opinion, its one of the best burning tools. You should check if you have this issue with other burning programs.
Did you simulate the burning procedure or did you burn the DVD without simulating?
As far as I know some programs simulate firstly the burning procedure and after proper simulation the files will be burn to the DVD. In this case the burning procedure takes much longer.
Bye

Satellite M30: Replace DVD with additional HDD?

Hello!
As my Satellite M30-642 doesn't offer a modular bay to switch drives and as I got an additional DVD writer for USB which I can use I am thinking of trying an experiment: removal of DVD drive and replacing it with an additional HDD/SSD.
As the SSDs are very light weight, have no moving parts and do not necessarily require screws to be installed and as the DVD slot delivers IDE and power connector this could work. The SSD needs to be placed inside an old and modified slimline cd-rom to ensure that the modification isn't visible and the notebook is safe from dust etc.
Has anyone tried something like that before? Are there any solutions to buy for Sat M30 (model year 2004)?
Cheers, obreitfelder

Hi
As far as I know the Sat M30 doesnt support the slim select bay and therefore you cannot use such adaptor instead of the CD/DVD drive.
Sorry this is not possible
Bye

Where do I get ATI mobility Radeon 9600/9700 Driver for Satellite M30?

Hey ho, had to reinstall winxp now i cant get any drievrs for the graphic card, I tried ATI they got the ones i need, but say they dont support toshiba notebooks and i cant install or even download the driver i need.i looked everywhere . on this site in the drivers section i cant find any ati drivers or any graphic drivers at all...Anyone got a Link for me plz?
Ati mobility Radeon 9600/9700 Driver for Satellite M30
Hope this works somehow been looking all day long now :(

Hi,
its your lucky day my friend.
Check this sites and download the drivers you need:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
http://www.omegadrivers.net/
The drivers are native Nvidia/ATI drivers but the *.inf files (the files where the hardware information and the settings for the cards are listed) were fitted for mobile systems. That means you can install them on your machine and by the way you will get the most actual drivers.
Greets

Max HDD size for Satellite M30

Hi all,
I recently aquired a Toshiba Satellite M30 notebook with a defective HDD, Im just wondering what is the maximum size drive I can put in this thing, I have a 250Gb drive I can use, but dunno if it will be able to address the drive at its actual size

On this old notebook model you can use HDDs with IDE connector only and, as Akuma already wrote, there is 128 GB limitation so I recommend you to buy 100GB IDE HDD and I think it will be OK for this old notebook model.

Wifi adapter of Satellite M30 does not work anymore

During these last couple of days the wifi adapter in my Satellite M30 have had a way of dying once a day.
The first time I still had a light and I could see when I turned it on and off. When that didn't help to get it going again, I decided to reboot and the wifi died completely.
Later, when I did a scan for hardware changes in the Device Manager, the adapter popped back up in the list of devices again and worked just fine.
At least up until today. A couple of hours ago it died again for no obvious reason and now I simply cannot get it back at all.
I might mention that yesterday the light didn't come back on after I did that scan for hardware changes and got it to work again.
When I tried to update the drivers it keep telling me that the drivers are already up to date and now I don't know what to do.
Is this a hardware problem and what can I do about it?
This laptop was 4 years and well used just a few days ago btw, but it never been taken apart and I've never had to send it in for service.
I would appreciate any help I can get.
Christa

Hi there,
thats definetly a hardware problem and it can only be resolved by exchanging the wireless LAN card. You can check if it works under linux (just download some live-CD e.g. knoppix, and let the OS recognise the wifi card - if it wont recognise then its definetly broken).
You could also contact an Authorized Service Provider and ask them for a hardware checkup but I guess they will charge you for that.
You have the choice... :)
Greets

Satellite M30-154 - no color on TV

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