Satellite Pro L20 dies on 70% battery power

battery had approx 3.15 hours remaining, and the laptop turned itself off twice and reset the clock and date to 2300hours on jan 10th 2005. technical help say that i need to send the whole laptop battery etc away just to get the battery replaced. I'm not happy.
could the problem be something deeper internally?

Hi
It's strange and I assume it could be something wrong on the motherboard.
If the technician says you have to send the whole notebook so I don't see any other possibilities.
I think the diagnostic test is needed to find out what's going wrong.
Believe me without any test it's not easy to say why this happens.

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Please can you let me know where I can download the Power Saver utility for a Satellite Pro L20?
I have tried to install a copy of the software but am not sure if it is for an L20 as it crashes
at the end of the install, and when I try to open Toshiba Power Saver in the control panel it says
it is not running, but there is no option for in the Power Schemes list.
Many Thanks
Martin Dawkins

Does the L20 only use the standard Windows XP 'Power Options' for power management then?
I wonder why they did not install their own power management software as well as that
normally has more options for extending battery life.

Satellite Pro L20 - power cable overheating

Hello
For several months I've had problems with keys suddenly working intermittently. Although brushing below keys with a toothbrush eased the problem for a while it obviously wasn't the main cause. Different keys each time, so not attributable to individual damaged keys.
When unplugging the power cable the metal part is very hot, and I've worked out the keys problem happens only when the computer is running on a/c AND the battery is fully charged. In other words, no problem on battery or re-charging battery. The adapter is also hot but presume this is 'normal'.
The power cable has been tested directly from another socket and not running from the usual belkin surge protector, so external sources seem ruled out. I have been trying to find another cable/adapter to test but living very rurally doubt this will be possible/practical.
The fan seems to be running OK, the air coming out the side is very warm. It doesn't appear to be dust-clogged. The area of laptop above the fan also gets warm.
Sometimes the computer crashes to black screen or blue screen (on iplayer most recently, maybe other progs too) but sound continues. I off by holding the on button for 5 seconds but it won't power on again for a while. I assume from overheating. But not certain this is always on a/c-not charging, it may be on a/c-charging as well.
Sometimes the computer seems confused whether it's re-charging, on a/c or on battery. At least the icon switches, and requires a session of unplugging before getting it right.
Other times it's the angel machine it's been for the last two years! It's a Satellite Pro L20, the adapter is LiteOn 65W clover, 19V 3.42a. part no PA3396E-1ACA (which I see Is no longer available).
Have searched through but not found any similar problems, but hope someone can advise me what to do next!
Many thanks in advance

Hi
I had the L20 series several years ago and as far as I can remember the DC in was at the back near the left notebooks side.
The cooling modules are placed at the left too and I assume the AC adaptor plug could be a little bit warmer due to the hot air which flows out from the left.
But listen Robin, this is only my personal theory and speculation and as the previous user already said, this issue could be related to the faulty AC adaptor too.
Therefore contact the ASP in your country and ask for the further handling.
Possibly the technicians will need the faulty part for a check and you will need to send it.
Anyway. contact the guys and ask for the help.
Good luck

Satellite Pro L20 doesn't work properly with USB Fast Track audio i.f.

Hello!
I have used my Fast Track USB on new Toshiba Satellite L40 and I never had problems with it. I could set low latency and I did few songs with it.
Yesterday I bought another notebook, thinking of home recording studio. It's used Toshiba Satellite Pro L20. It doesn't work properly with my interface. When I listen music on Winamp or do anything on Fruity Loops I hear loud clicks, pops, noises. They introduce samples, or they appear during playback or after a sample is stopped.
I noticed, drivers for Satellite Pro L20 are a problem. Its not supported by Toshiba anymore?! The only drivers for chipset are very old and you can download em only from Toshiba website. The chipset is ATI Xpress 200M. Its drivers are with graphic card. Recently I noticed you can download "ATI Catalyst Legacy Display Driver for Windows XP - Motherboard/IGP Drivers 9.11" and CRACK IT to make it possible to install on mobile unit such as L20. Yep its funny but its impossible to do otherwise!
things I have tried and they still not help:
# drivers replacement, original were released in 2004. I installed recent version.
# driver settings, low latency, high latency
# asio and different settings
# pluging the interface to another usb socket.
# trying what happens when I use battery and when I use adapter
# updated bios
# turned off onboard units such as wifi card, sound card
# checked IRQ list
pops still appear.
my config:
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Win XP Home SP3
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M-Audio Fast Track USB, drivers: 6.0.2
Kind regards

Thanks for answer. I still have L40 but I try to run my homerecording on L20. The L40 is now used by whole my family. It's possible to swap them but there's a problem - L20 has Norway keyboard and I'm the only person at home who doesn't often look down while typing. In Poland, we use standard ms keyboard. I'd buy special stickers, it's about only to make special chars get back to their places.
I installed Windows on this computer end set it to best performance possible.
Since I created this thread, guys from M-Audio support tried to solve my problem - nothing helped. I think potential solutions are exhausted.
Message was edited by: lidia.pochron

Satellite Pro L20 - Is MS Office is on the recovery disc

Hi,
This is my first time on this forum and I have limited technical knowledge - please be gentle!!
I have a Satellite Pro L20 laptop which is now 4 years old (I got it in Nov 2005).
It has been running extremely slowly over the past year so I removed any software that I no longer use, have backed up any files that I needed to keep and defragmented the hard drive.
I haven't really noticed any difference in the speed, I understand that I can now try to format the hard drive and reinstall windows using the Product Recovery disc.
When I first had the laptop, all I needed to do was press the power button, enter in a couple of passwords and a computer name and it all very nicely loaded with Office 2003 waiting there for me to use!
Could anyone tell me if Office is on the recovery disc?
It says that One Note 2003 is there and I have a code for that, but doesn't mention Word, Excel, Publisher or PowerPoint - these I use daily.
I've looked on the Additional Software disc that also came with the laptop and it doesn't seem to be on there.
Your help will be very much appreciated.
Thanks.

Hello
As Jimi said Microsoft Office is not preinstalled on Toshiba notebooks. Maybe its a trial version but not the full version and One Note 2003 is not the same as Office 2003.
Dont forget that the product key on the bottom side of the notebook belongs to the Windows version and its not for Office because sometimes I can read here that people try to use this key with Office. ;)
Greets

Satellite Pro L20 - broken hinge baseplate - where to get the parts?

Hi there ,
First post on here so please excuse any lack of local etiquette.
My son has a Toshiba Satellite Pro L20 with a broken Hinge baseplate. I'm am calling it a baseplate as i cannot find the name of the part anywhere on the web so far.
Its obviously the metal plate on the base that the hinge attaches to.
You can even see it if you remove the battery.
Does anyone know what this part is called and where i could possibly purchase one ?
Kind regards
Jimmy

Hi
I think in such case the Toshiba ASP (authorized service partner) could help you.
You have to get in contact with this ASP in your country and the technician should be able to order a compatible part for the notebook.
Here you can find all ASPs worldwide:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com -> Support & Downloads -> Find an Authorized Service Provider

Satellite Pro L20-212 - USB2.0 does not work

Hi,
I own a *Satellite Pro L20-212*, *Windows XP (SP2) is installed, but USB2.0 does not work*. I can't see anything about USB2.0 in the Devicemanager and the speed of the attached USB2.0 devices is at the USB1.1 level.
I don't know which information is needed to help me out with this problem because it should normally work on my notebook (and I know that the notebook has USB2.0 ports).
Do I have to install a special driver in order to use USB2.0 or is there any software on my notebook which I have to enable?
Thank you very much,
Frank

Hi
+Fact is that the notebooks hardware is ok and it seems that you only need to install some MS updates and maybe a chipset driver.+
True.
+But lets begin with the basics? as I??m not mistaken; the Satellite Pro L20 belongs to the PSL2YE. Therefore you have to choose this series number if you download the drivers.+
That's what I did.
+On the Toshiba European driver page you will find the Intel Chip Set Utility. Please install it firstly. Do you have an ATI card? If yes install the graphic driver from the Toshiba page because this driver contains the chipset driver for the units with ATI graphic card!!!+
I have an ATI card and I installed the driver from the Toshiba page which includes the chipset driver. That's the first driver I installed on my notebook.
+Secondly you will find the Quick Fix Engineering on the Toshiba page. These are the MS updates which must be installed!!!+
Every single update of Microsoft for Windows XP is installed, so this shouldn't be the problem
+Then the USB ports should be correctly recognized in the device manager and should work.+
USB is recognized, but not as USB 2.0 :-(
+By the way; you should test the USB ports with different external USB devices to ensure that it??s not a USB device malfunction?+
I did that, too. And I used the same decives on Ubuntu to test the USB 2.0 function. And everything worked perfectly.
That's tricky. I don't have the slightest idea what I can do now. The hardware works, the drivers are correct, but it still doesn't work. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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What is the fastest CPU I could put in Satellite Pro L20

This is a desperate request for help!!
The Football Manager 2010 is coming out soon and my laptop needs to be up to scratch.
I know I need to upgrade it because Football Manager 2009 nearly killed it!
At the moment I have 1.4ghz Intel Celeron M chip and 704mb of ram.
What is the fastest chip I could put in? I've done a bit of research and found I can only have 2gb of ram
The laptop is in perfect working order so I don't want to buy a new one just for the sake of it and its served me well over the last 4 years - I've dropped it enough times! Just need to speed it up a bit!

Hmm... Do you really want to upgrade the pretty old Satellite Pro L20? I mean new notebooks are not so expensive anymore and I doubt that you will get a strong performance boost with new CPU.
Anyway, in your notebook is only the preinstalled CPU pretested and nobody is able to say what other CPUs will run. But you should look on the specifications for other Satellite Pro L20 notebooks. If another L20 is equipped with faster CPU, it should also work in yours. You can try it but in worst case it will not work.
Good luck!

Satellite Pro L20 - Can't get WLAN to work

Hi,
I'm having problems with my Satellite Pro L20 after a reinstall. The wlan wont work.
I installed the correct driver but have had no luck.
Any body have the same issue?
Any help would be great

Did you reinstall your notebook with the recovery disk or Microsoft disk?
Which driver did you install?
You should use the driver from the Toshiba website. Check it again:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com => Support & Downloads => Download Drivers
Maybe a BIOS could also solve the problem.

Need to reinstall windows but don't have any CD - Satellite Pro L20

Hi, I wanted to reinstall Windows XP home onto my Satellite Pro L20, but don't have any of the software my laptop came with (read lost the disks). I have a valid XP home key (as its stuck on the bottom of my laptop) but no disc so I tired using a copy of a Windows XP home cd, which didn't work, but did let me get as far as formatting the hard drive.
So right now I'm using Ubuntu, but want to reinstall Windows. Have valid product key but no software to reinstall.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Christopher

Are you kidding now?
Do you understand English or what?
I will try to be clear enough and constructive too in hope you will understand your situation.
Some facts for you:
- Recovery image *CANNOT* be downloaded
- Following link http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com >Support & Downloads you can find all drivers, tools and utilities for your notebook model
So back to your situation:
For clean OS installation you have *_two_* options only:
- if possible order new copy by Toshiba authorized service provider in your country *do you have more questions about that?*
- you can install operating system using Microsoft installations CD *if you don't have it, it is your problem*
Can you please tell me if all this is clear now?
If you have more questions please ask.

What is Toshiba part number for Satellite Pro L20

Morning
Does anyone happen to know the Toshiba Part Number for the Satellite Pro L20? I seem to have mislaid mine.
Thanks
Si

Hi
I dont know which number you mean exactly but there are many different Satellite Pro L20 models which different numbers.
All necessary details and serial numbers you will find on the label which was placed at the bottom of the unit. Please check this.
If you need these details for part ordering or recovery cd you should contact the Toshiba service partner. There you can order all supported parts.

Mac Book Pro will not start on Battery Power

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If the SMC reset does not solve the situation, post this from your MBP:
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LAN driver for Satellite Pro L20 Windows 2000

I am looking for a LAN (ethernet) drive for my Satellite Pro L20, which has Windows 2000 on it.
I have found one for the WiFi, but not for the Ethernet (cable/CAT) connection.

Hi
Well, you cant find any LAN drivers for Win2000 on the Toshiba page because this unit was delivered and tested only with Windows Xp OS.
Nevertheless I found the information that this unit has a Realtek 8100CL LAN card.
In this case I assume to visit the Realtek website. There you will find a compatible driver for this LAN card.
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?keyword=8100
Bye

Satellite Pro L20: 37,5GB on HDD instead of 40GB?

i have bought a satellite pro l20 which is supposed to have a 40gb hard drive, but it only has a 37.5gb hard drive. is there any reason its slightly smaller than its supposed to be?

Hi Matt,
The capacity of your hard drive is usually quoted as 40Gb because the actual capacity is measured in Bytes. For 37.5Gb this would equate to 37.5 X 1024 X 1024 which gives a figure of 39,321,600 (usually quoted as 40Gb).
I use an 80Gb hard drive in my SA30 and this gives an overall capacity of 76.29Gb.
This is just the way in which the hard drive industry quote the capacity of their drives. :-)
regards,

Satellite Pro L20 - No colour on TV

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Hope not, as I bought three laptops of this type and was wanting to connect these to tv's throughout the home. Any help appreciated;)

Hi,
I'm using the same cable that I used with my other laptops, a regular yellow cinch cable that goes directly into my front connection of the tv.
This cable works with other laptops, cameras, ... The installed driver is model 6.14.10.4656, if i try to update it from the Toshiba site, i can only get the 6.14.10.4332. So i definately have the latest driver;)
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When using the cinch on the tv-out i can use whatever setting i want from all the NTSC and PAL choices, it's always in black and white. When i search for it on google, others say this series is NOT able to produce PAL as it is native set to NTSC.
I cannot believe nor accept this as these models are all from the Belgian market and we do not use NTSC at all.
I can try and hook up another model of this on a TV at work (which still has xp on it) and see if the operatiting system has something to do with it but i doubt it.
This is really bugging me as i normally resolve my mess on my own;)
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