Satellite U400-15E takes 3min 12sec to boot up

Hey everyone,
As the title says, my Toshiba boots Windows Vista Home Premium in 3min 12 sec, compared to my brother's notebook 1min 42s and my old notebook (this one with XP) 40s.
Is there anything I can do to improve this boot?
Its really ennoying. Any update should I preform?

>isnt Tempro important? Why should i uninstall it?
For me its not important because it sends only a notification that a new driver or tool update has been published on the Toshiba page.
I dont update the drivers and tools if its not really necessary if follow always the advice like; never change a running system ;)
>if i remove it from startup, msconfig. will it decrease boot time or Im forced to uninstall Tempro?
Of course you can firstly try to disable it n msconfig
PS: I found something interesting
+Why does my Windows Vista start so slowly?+
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB9102IB0000R01.htm

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Hello.
Recently a bought an external WD My Book with 3TeraByte to use with my Satellite U400-15E. I can use it inside Windows 7 Ultimate with no problem. But if I try to boot from it (by pressing F12 key), the BIOS doesn't even see the drive.
Is this because Toshiba doesn't use Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)? UEFI BIOS can overcome the 2.19TB limitation in todays computers easily, like the following Western Digital document explains:
[http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/Flyer/ENG/2579-771501.pdf]
This would allow me to use my new external drive to store a Ghost image of my Toshiba's internal HDD for instance. I mean 3TB and even greater capacities are a reality today. When will Toshiba update their BIOSes to support UEFI?
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Toshiba Satellite U400-15E (BIOS v5.00 26-10-2010)
Western Digital My Book Essential 3TeraByte - Firmware v1.014 (USB 3.0 interface)
MS Windows 7 Ultimate - 32bit version
Thank you

Hello
Well... with this same computer, I already tried booting (successfully) from the following pendrive capacities:
8GB
16GB
32GB
All without problem.
And besides, before having the 3TeraByte WD, I had a 1TeraByte Iomega USB HDD from which I could store Ghost images, because the BIOS would show the 1TB Iomega drive after pressing F12 and Symantec Ghost could also detect the drive without problems.
But with this new 3TeraByte WD... the BIOS doesn't even show the drive after pressing F12.
So when you say +{color:#0000ff}So USB HDDs are not supported{color}+ are you refering booting from USB HDD?
Hum... I'm not sure about that.
I never tried booting an OS from the Iomega.
But that was never my purpose either.
My purpose is for the BIOS (and hopefully Symantec Ghost) to detect the WD USB drive, like it happened before with the 1TeraByte Iomega.
I was using a 1TeraByte Iomega "Select Series" drive.
With the Iomega I could create Ghost images of my Toshiba without a problem.
+{color:#0000ff}But you’re absolutely right: 3TB and greater capacities are reality today but Satellite U400 is older notebook model and not newest one.{color}+
A Laptop computer that has Two 64bit CPU cores and 8GB RAM capacity is not that old!
I think it could be a BIOS limitation, since it's not using UEFI.
Any more ideas?
Thank you.
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Satellite U400-15E - Upgraded to Windows 7 32-bit now NO sound through HDMI

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Bluetooth on Satellite U400

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I recently bought a new Satellite U400-15e and assumed it had bluetooth installed. After switching on the communication switch I set my phone
to search for devices but it found nothing. I tried searching a few times with the same result. So I now assume that bluetooth is not installed
on my U400
Can some one tell me how I go about getting and installing bluetooth on my laptop.
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ps. Is switching on the communication swith all I need to do to activate bluetooth?

Is switching on the communication switch all I need to do to activate Bluetooth?
No. when the WLAN switch is set to ON you must enable BT using FN+F8 key combination.
After doing this for the first time BT software will be installed and T module will be configured.
When finished you must start BT software end configure it with your external device.
Useful FAQ documents you can find under http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/bluetooth/
Check:
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSD57013L000QR01.htm
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD8B02HH0000R01.htm
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> However, the machine will generally boot up fine on one attempt out of every 30 or so.
In my opinion you should firstly check the HDD
A friend of mine installed Win 8 on new notebook from another manufacturer
After some time the notebook could not boot up I thought its something wrong with motherboard but finally it was just an HDD malfunction
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Slow boot on Vista Home Premium - Satellite U400-15b

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Hello
In my opinion slow boot-up or slow notebook operations depends on right OS configuration. I played with this last months and I am now satisfied how Vista boots and runs on my notebook.
I wrote about it in one another thread and if you have some time have a look under http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=134947
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Hi Will
Ive got a U400 too. Its a U400 which belongs to the PSU40E series.
I use both OS; Vista and XP.
At the beginning the Vista started slowly it was not too slow but slower as the Win XP.
I investigated a little bit and found a solution;
Firstly I found out that many background processes and applications have been loaded at the beginning of the booting procedure In MSCONFIG you can find these applications.
I have disabled some not necessary (for me) programs and the notebook booted much faster.
Furthermore I have noticed that Tempro tool update helped a lot.
So please check these both proposals.
I'm sure it would help you...
Regarding the higher touchpad temperature;
Well, my touchpad is also warmer as the rest of the notebook cover but this is nothing unusual because the cooling modules are placed below this touchpad and the left hand side is always warmer due to the heat dissipation on this notebook side
So you shouldnt be worried; this is nothing unusual
Bye & have a nice day

Portege M800 now is Satellite U400

After Motherboard Replacement everest for windows reports my M800 as a Satellite U400. Can I modify this ? or i return my laptop to the service center.
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Battery issue on Satellite U400

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> Is this possible? Can a battery to irrevocably damaged through inactivity? I think that the period was around 9 months during which he had not even unwrapped it from the box.
> If it is, are replacement batteries an option or should I order an orginal Toshiba battery? Also, are there extended life battery options available for this model?
yes, it can take place. It's recommended to charge the battery full even if not used. You should use original Toshiba batteries Don't think that there is extended life battery option available
You can read the followings just for information:
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/FAQ35007K001ZR01.htm
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB8702EU0001R01.htm

Re: Satellite U400-11Q with Vista has new HDD but no recovery disk

Hi,
Before I start a very important message: I usually don't work with pc...:-) At my work we have an IT-department for our PC's :-))
However, now I have to work privately with a PC/ notebook and I need help: I am sitting in front of a Toshiba Satellite U400-11Q with a completely newly formatted HDD and unfortunately with NO recovery CD or DVD whatsoever !!
So far I have managed to format the HDD aagain and to put a WindowsVista Home Basic (OEM Software) from my old pc onto this notebook. However, nothing works yet ( I want to get into the Internet etc.)
Therefore I now need to put on all relevant drivers as well as the original TOSHIBA drivers, right ?
How do I do this ? Which drivers to I need ? Do I need to download all relevant drivers (totally 113) one by one from the Toshiba website ?
ANY help is appreciated as I can see myself spending the whole night in front of this PC..
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Hi Dr.Lamp,
thanks for helping me with listing the drivers as well as giving me a recommendation on the use of Windows 7.
Re Windows 7, unfortunately I only have a "free" VISTA Home Basic at home and therefore I have used this operating system for tonight ! I want to get this PC/ machine running as well as possible as quickly as possible...just unfortunate that its a PC with the need of "thousands of drivers"...
If anyone in cyberspace is interested in reading about my HUGE problems with simply setting up a computer newly, I can at this point simply recommend to you PC fanatics:
Please do put onto the internet decent driver packages to download for somebody like me in a bulk !!! why make life so difficult ? How the hell will I get the right order of driver packages ( which you are listing) on to this PC if I have:
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Satellite U400 - loud noise coming from cooling modules

Hi,
have bought few month's ago Toshiba Satellite U400 and everything was perfect and i just bought it because i do not like sounds.
When i surf on the net i like it to be quite, but these last 5 days it has started to sound.
Toshiba U400 works and it takes out to much "Air" from the side and just sound all the time, even if i open IE or MSN or anything, and before it just did sometime but now it does often.
Please help me because this is very annoying and it sounds to much, and i do not like it, why has this start to happend now and not before? and what can i do about it?
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Hi
This is worth checking. I had a similar problem myself and I noticed that on my wife's profile the fan's behaved but on my profile the fans went crazy.
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Satellite U400 wont turn on & when on wont come back from sleep mode

I have a Satellite U400 and its a year and a few months old.
In the last little bit it has been acting up, and it started with when the computer goes to sleep and goes to the black blank screen it will not come back from that.
The only way to do anything is hold in the power key till it turns off and then turning it back on. This brings me to the warning screen I have turned my computer off incorrectly. It has been doings this for a few weeks and started randomly out of the blue.
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I really dont want to pay to have it fix I want to just do it myself and soon as its in great shape and never had any issues before.
Does anyone have any idea what this could be, or why it could be?
I am thinking about reformatting again as I am worried that didnt work out right the 1st time or something.
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hi aev270,
sounds like a serious problem to me.
try the following: take out battery, cd-rom, hdd and try again.
if it starts up without this components - you got lucky!
this means it probably a software issue (but i dont think so - sorry)
do you see the toshiba logo / bios messages? no - the you are in trouble.
this strange behaviour could depend on many things: defektive components like ram or grafics... or (badest thing) the mainboard...
if you have still warranty on it you should go to a servicepartner having the system checked.

Can I install Vista Home Premium 64-Bit on my Satellite U400?

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In another thread I posted a problem regarding no rescue disk for the pre-installed OS Grrr....
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