Satellite Pro A200: How to reboot from hibernation

I must be an idiot.
I set on/off button of new Satellite Pro A200 to activate hibernation.
Then set BIOS password. Despite password correctly entered, it will not start windows.
Nor can I shut down laptop by holding down the on/off button to force reboot.
So
1) how do I reboot short of waiting till the batterys run flat...... And
2) when and if I do manage a reboot, which key (s) should I hold down to enter BIOS.
Many thanks for help.

> Despite password correctly entered, it will not start windows.
>Nor can I shut down laptop by holding down the on/off button to force reboot
Do you have a Phoenix BIOS? If yes then you have to press the F2 button immediately after notebook starting to access the BIOS. But you will be not able to access the BIOS if the password is not right and cannot be verified!
The unknown BIOS password can be deleted only by an ASP in you country. There is a special procedure which is only known to the Toshiba authorized service technicians.
Therefore follow the recommendation and contact the guys!
PS: The notebook should shut down when you press the power button for about 4-5sec.
Otherwise disconnect the AC and remove the battery to disable the computer!

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>Satellite Pro A200 laptop is just over 1.5 years old and I have a huge problem with the battery - it only lasts for a total of 26 minutes under "high performace" mode in Vista
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Date 2008/08/30 01:47:12
[PC Information]
Model Name Satellite Pro A200
Part Number PSAF4U-00D004
Serial Number Y7312740Q
OS Version Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
BIOS Version 1.70
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz
Physical Memory 1024MB RAM
Hard Disk Capacity 120,031,511,040 [Byte] 111.788 [GB]
Hard Disk Free Space Capacity 92,245,069,824 [Byte] 85.910 [GB]
Video Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family version=6.14.10.4833
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Sound Realtek High Definition Audio version=5.10.0.5440
Network Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller version=10.14.6.3 MAC Address=
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Modem TOSHIBA Software Modem version=2.1.77.0
IDE Device 1 TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H FW version=TO01
IDE Device 2 None
IDE Device 3 None
IDE Device 4 None
IDE Device 5 Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00
IDE Device 6 None
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Hi
>I tried to repair the Winsock using Microsofts articles with no luck
I assume you are meaning this MS knowledge base article:
[How to determine and to recover from Winsock2 corruption in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows Vista|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259]
Well, I searched a little bit around and found out that the solution described on 811259 article doesnt help in all cases
So searched on 3rd party website and someone has suggested to try this advice.
Its also from Microsoft:
*[How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357 ]*
So check it out maybe it helps
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Hi
> I've got Satellite Pro A200-PSAE7 with ATI HD2600 Mobility Radeon. I've downgraded to XP SP2. I get blue screen saying that ati2dvag went infitive loop quite constantly. Any solution to this?
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