Satellite Pro 480cdt - Win98 installation after HDD replacemnt

:| What a struggle! I have a Satellite Pro 480cdt.
It came with no working drives...
I've got a reconditioned floppy drive in it now, and an external cdrom plugged in using an external caddy.
I purchased a reconditioned HDD for the machine, popped it in the caddy, and now the machine has drives.
The hdd is blank, but I have a cdrom of windows 98, so put it in the drive, to get the message, 'Insert system disc in drive, then press any key... So I've put the cdrom in, and also put a downloaded boot disc in the FDD.
It's now asking me to remove all disks and media, and press any key!
Magic! How do I get round this one on little or no budget! (I'm retired)

I think it's sorted... It appears that the backup 98 disc to my last computer was faulty, so the whole thing is going to a computer expert for sorting... And if that doesn't work, it's going on the bonfire!

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I have tried several hard drives in my Satellite Pro 480CDT but none of them will boot. The screen stays black and the power led flashes orange (long, short, short, short, short, long, short, short). If I take the drive out the machine goes to the 'In Touch With Tomorrow, TOSHIBA' screen. It will see Windows CDROM or a floppy. I have tried with 6 HDDs all below 6Gb and as far as I know working. I have tried with another 480CDT a 220CS and a 2140CDS. Surely all HDDs and laptops have the same fault? Do I need to update BIOS or something as none of the drives are original to the machines.
Please help!
Thanks
John.

Hi John
I am afraid there is nothing you can do alone. When power supply electronic detects some power problem it sends hexadecimal code. In this case you must contact technicians. They can read this code and will know what is wrong there.
Just for info: I have found out that original HDD for this unit has part number P000244000. Maybe it will help you to obtain some other HDD for tests.
Sorry I can not tell you more about this oldie.

Satellite Pro U200 shuts down after 5 mins then starts after a while

Satellite Pro U200 shuts down after 5 mins then starts after a while. When it shuts down the
blue screen says - stop: (0x0000008e,0xaa846f58,0xa9f29808,0x00000000)
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Believe me; its not easy to say exactly why the BSOD appears.
Generally it happens because of the serious software malfunction or hardware fault.
Did you use the OS from the Toshiba image?
There message says something about sysaudio.sys.
This file is a system audio WDM filter process and its a part of Windows OS. It controls the hardware like printer or graphic card on a lower level.
Note: The virus uses such files as a camouflage. You should use always a anti virus application.
Furthermore you have suggested that the notebook shuts down after 5 min.
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I you use the notebook in the right position and this will happen again so I would recommend asking the Toshiba service partner for the help. They should check the notebook.

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It will then boot up again. I have used two different power adaptors and two different battery packs. It also happens if running on mains with no battery in. My suspicion is an overheat cut-out. Does the Sat Pro have one? Might it be clogged with dust inside (it is 5 years old)? If so how do I clean it out. I don't think it is fan failure as I can hear the fan cut in. Advice much appreciated. Thank you.

Hi there,
Me and my partner, have the same LapTop, and I've located the problem in connector between PSU board and MainBoard. So, if you've never opened your LapTop, now is the time, but be prepared with tools for SMD soldering. Usually, the connector on MainBoard is the problem. The reason for this is that Toshiba made flaw in design of the housing and admitted that, which resulted with court order for replacing the LapTop with some models from newer line for that time, or paying cash amount ($1.000). I intend to repair my LapTop in a way that I will replace the connectors (both on PSU and Main Board) with thin wires. I know that this is a hell of a job (160 solder points) but what can I do, I love this machine. I am working on Compaq EVO N-610c, but he can only eat the dust from Toshiba.
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P.S. If you want to consult me about that matter, feel free to contact me on my e-Mail: [email protected]

Satellite Pro 480CDT: Wave Device for Voice Modem

I have reinstalled Windows 98SE on Satellite Pro 480CDT and it seems to work ok. But, when I go into device manager there is a yellow exclamation mark in front of >>Wave Device for Voice Modem<<.
Do I need to install a driver for this? Could you describe it or point me to it?
Thanks.

Hi
I dont know if it help but try to install the recommended Voice Modem Serial Wave Device driver:
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Can't install Win 8 - Satellite Pro C660 does not detect HDD

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My HDD has died, so i decided to upgrade my Satellite Pro C660-1D9 to an SSD.
I made a bootable USB with Win8, and booted just fine.
The problem is that it does not detect my SSD so i can proceed with the install.
SSD shows up in BIOS, but not in Windows install.
It says there's a driver missing.
I downloaded AHCI drivers (XP, only ones available) and even then, after selecting the only driver that appears, it says no new devices found.
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Best regards,
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Older Windows XP required an AHCI driver from Intel but I think this isnt a missing SATA driver issue because as far as I know Windows 8 as well as Win 8.1 already contains the drivers in order to recognize the HDD or SSD drive.
Furthermore the OS installation should be possible even if the driver would not be added... for this procedure you have to use the "compatibility mode".
As you said, the compatibility mode did not work too, so I think there is another problem.
However, Toshiba driver page provides also an Intel RST (Intel Rapid Storage Technology) driver (Windows 8 - Upgrade) which you could try to add while OS installation.
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I had bought the Satellite Pro L40 about 6 months ago and the speed of the laptop was too slow with windows Vista. So I decided to install an old copy of windows XP that I had bought earlier. I upgraded the windows installation to SP3 before installing all the drivers.
Now all the drivers have been installed properly except the sound driver. I downloaded the XP version of the driver from the toshiba website but it did not work. So I though maybe the vista version would work, so I downloaded that. But that didn't work either.
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Thanks

hi there,
Try reinstalling the soundcard driver for XP; Just go here -- > [Realtek Soundcard Driver fo XP|http://support1.toshiba-tro.de/tedd-files2/0/sound-20071120150900.zip]
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Hello, I hope someone can give me some advice on this problem: I have a 2 year old Satellite Pro A10. Recently it won't boot at all and I notice that if i look at the directories in the C: drive using the command prompt it says 'file not found'. Can't start Windows at all, not even in Safe Mode.
Using the recovery disks doesn't help either I get messages like No such fixed Disk and 'Extraction Failed'.
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2. Faulty connections to the HDD? - if so how do I rectify this?
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Jeffery and Ivan25 are correct in HDD malfunction. Try and remove and reattach the HDD and see if BIOS sees the HDD. If not you are going to need to order a replacement HDD. If BIOS does not even see the HDD then you wont even be able to install any Operating system, because there is logically nowhere to store the data being copied.
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my satellite pro c850 cd wont work after bios update from toshiba.
what do i do?

Saying: dont work you mean it does not power up or what do you mean exactly?
Did you flash the BIOS properly?
Possibly something went wrong during the update and this means that ROM module isnt flashed properly
In most cases a special BIOS crisis disk would be needed to get it working
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>There was no password on bios,... how would I reset BIOS to normal?
You can set the BIOS to default ONLY inside the BIOS so you have to access the BIOS pressing F2 or at the beginning of the booting order
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Re: Satellite Pro U200 - Can't install HDD protection Utility?

hi
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I have a Satellite Pro C650.
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I can see Windows starting up - after startup - the screen goes completely white.
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eeiddne

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Hi Matt,
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regards,

Satellite Pro U200 - No sound after Windows 7 installation

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Hi All,
I've owned my notebook (Satellite P300/05X, Processor P8600 (2.4GHz), 17" Display) now for 1 week and I have been very frustrated with this problem I'm about to explain.
After selecting "Shut Down" option (not "sleep", not "hibernate" etc, but definitely "shut down"), the notebook goes through the steps of shutting down, and then all the lights on the touch finger pads turn off, and then the light from the main switch turns off. And then for no apparent reason, the notebook starts up again like as if I've pressed the switch back on! This morning was the worst, I went through the steps of shutting down 3 times! before it actually switched off...very frustrating especially if you're in a hurry.
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Have you connected external devices to the notebook like printer, external HDD and so far?
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