Toshiba Satellite battery/AC problems?

After days of agony, I broke down and order a new AC adapter and battery for the Toshiba Satellite from Amazon (which cost about $20 for both, new, including free shipping; Toshiba wants over a $100 for the battery and nearly the same for the AC adapter). Anyway, I also ordered new systems recover disks (which cost more than both the above two items). After going through hell--since the instructions on the disks didn't work--I finally got the new system installed--no thanks to the instructions. But the problem is this: when I boot up with just the battery, everything works fine. When I tried booting with the AC adapter plugged in, it doesn't boot up. Both the battery and AC adapter are new. What's going on?

yes, unfortunately Peter. But it's not worth it. New ones are about $329 at Office Depot and it still works in Safe Mode with Networking with the AC plugged in--which makes me think it's a driver problem. Ah well, It's a better option than having it serviced.

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How I fixed my Toshiba Satellite sound distortion problem

I've been trying to get the garbled sound recording problem fixed on my Satllite L745-S4210 for months. I have been on this forum and other forums. Alot of people have given me their time trying to fix it, but I managed to do it myself. In the Microphone Properties Advanced Section is a box "enable audio enhancements" I unchecked that box and all my recordings are now crystal clear!

Satellite L745-S4210
garbled sound recording ... a box "enable audio enhancements" I unchecked that box and all my recordings are now crystal clear!
Thanks for that contribution.
The box should be labeled "enable garbled recording."
-Jerry

Toshiba Satellite C645-SP4145L enters windows boot manager and reboots[solved]

Toshiba Satellite C645-SP4145L
Problem description:
When the laptop is turned on, it goes for about less than a second to the Windows Boot Loader Screen, then it reboots itself, this loop repeats continously.
If you press the enter key quickly, the system boots to windows normally.
If you press the tab key it will allow you to execute memtest
If you try to boot from a cd or a usb, either changing the boot order in the BIOS menu or by choosing the option in the boot loader menu (F12), the laptop will crash and start beeping.
The problems persist either if the ac adpater if connected or disconnected. The problem persist if you remove the battery and work only with AC.
Tried solutions
1) Windows 7 reinstallation: Reinstalled windows (not booting from the cd, but from the older windows version). The problem persist
2)Reflashing BIOS: Download the Toshiba Boot Flashing tool, I upgraded the BIOS version, but the problem persist
3) Pressing F8 and trying to repair the laptop: It enters Advanced Boot Options, I have tried with al the options.
Startup Repair
System Restore
System Recovery Image (there is none)
Memtest
But the problem persist
4)Diagnostics performed
memtest: shows everything is ok
chkdsk c: shows no problem on the disk partition
Additional Info: Checking the OEM partition the recovery folder seems to be empty
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Satellite C645-SP4145L
When the laptop is turned on, it goes for about less than a second to the Windows Boot Loader Screen, then it reboots itself, this loop repeats continously.
If you press the enter key quickly, the system boots to windows normally.
Well done so far and good reporting. So Windows' loading sequence is messed up.
Try a System Restore from Windows first.
   What is System Restore?
If that doesn't fix things, burn a system repair disc (you should make that in any case) and use it to access the recovery environment.
   Create a system repair disc
   What are the system recovery options in Windows?
Try first a Startup Repair and let us know what happens.
-Jerry

Multiple Problems with Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980 laptop??

Hi,
We purchased the Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980 laptop at Best Buy about a week ago. However, we seem to be having multiple problems with it, that I wouldn't have expected from a brand new Toshiba.
Problems:
Whenever I'm in Mozilla Firefox browser, it crashes 90% of the time. Firefox was always my favorite on our previous computer, and still is, I just can't use it because it continually crashes.
In Outlook, whenever I try to open a message or reply, or basically any general command, it pops up an error message that says, "Could not install the custom actions," and then does whatever I'd wanted it too. It's a pain, as we do a lot of email and calendar through Outlook.
In Outlook, when I tried to import our Contacts, it says that we do not have the appropriate permissions to access the files. We are the only user account on this computer. We don't do seperate ones for each family member; we just turn on the PC.
It seems to me like the internet crawls on this computer. Every time we try to play a video (e.g. ABC, CNN, Youtube), it won't buffer. It just stops and starts all throughout the video about every 3 seconds. HUGE nuisance. We watch a lot of videos.
Minor issue: In Firefox, before it has crashed that is, on my old computer I used to be able to type "cnet" without the quotes into the address bar, and it would take me to www.cnet.com. If it couldn't find the page, it would take me to my default search engine's page (Yahoo) with the search results. On this one, if I type anything into the address bar (like search terms/keywords) it bring up search results with a My Start Incredimail search engine. I want my Yahoo search engine, and I want it to find the page if it can.
I cannot seem to get the Aero Flick (I think) to work. That was one of the main things I was looking forward to, but I can't figure out how to do it.
It seems to me like the Windows Explorer freezes a lot.
There have been multiple times when I'm typing that the keys don't work. Like I would have to press the A key about 10 times to get it to show up on the screen once. It's hit and miss and doesn't do it all of the time.
This isn't a problem - just a question. Is it best to leave the computer plugged in all of the time if it's stationary? Or once it's fully charged, should I unplug it and let the power run down, and then re-charge it?
**CLARIFICATION: It's not Outlook Express, it's Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. The one that you have to pay for. Surely it works with 7, considering it's Microsoft?!?!
If you can help me answer any of these problems/questions, I would really appreciate it.
Have a safe and Merry Christmas!

Yes, everything was fine with Firefox. However, I have uninstalled it, and am just using Internet Explorer for now.
Thanks for battery info...
I'm well within the return window, but overall really like the laptop. I've put a lot of time into it, and just want it to work right if possible.
Thanks for the info.
ScottinFla wrote:Concerning Firefox, have you checked your add-on list for any faulty plug-ins or extensions? Try disabling them and see what happens. Also, that search engine you mentioned may have somehow been installed on your machine. Have you checked the "Manage search engines..." window available from the search bar? Check your add-ons as well. You could always reinstall Firefox from scratch.
As for the battery, it may not be best to continually run down the battery - followed by a long charge. Once a month or so should be fine. Otherwise, just try to give the battery some exercise every now and then.
Are you still within the return window? Your unit may have a bad install, some bad RAM, or...
I have the same model and it works just fine.

Toshiba Satellite A305 S6839 Battery Not Detected

Hellos all.
So as you can see, I have a toshiba satellite A305 S6839. Recently my laptop has been telling me I should probably replace my battery, so along comes Cyber Monday...
This is the replacement battery I bought.
Technical Details
Battery Type : Li-ion
Voltage :11.1V Capacity :7200mAh
Weight: 584g, Battery Cells: 9 cells
Brand New Replacement Product, Works as Genuine Parts.
The Replacement Battery come with Full 1 Year warranty,Batteries are in high grade quality and certified by CE and RoHS
Product Description
Product Features:
* Over-charge protection
* Over-discharge protection
* Over-heat protection
* Over-current protection
* Short-circuit protection
* High capacity circulatory function
* Low Power Consumption IC Design
* No Memory Effect
* High Charge current
Fit Machine Model:
Toshiba Dynabook TV/68J2 Satellite A350D series AX EX TX Series A200 A205 A210 A215 A300 A300D A305 A305D A350 A355 A500 A505D L200 L300 L300D L305 L305D L500 L500D L505 L505D L550 L555 L555D M200 M205 A200 A210 Pro A300 A300D L300 L300D L50 L550
Compatible Part NO: ASUS: Toshiba PA3533U-1BRS PA3533U-1BAS PA3534U-1BAS PA3534U-1BRS PA3535U-1BRS PA3682U-1BRS PABAS098 PABAS174
At first it didn't charge. But after doing a power reset, it charged up. And then I did a charge/discharge cycle. The problem is that right after I did my first discharge to break it in, the battery was not detected again. So I ran through everything. Power cycles. Uninstalled ACPI battery driver and reinstallled it to no avail Updated my bios to 1.80, since there's not 3.0 version for my lappy model. My old battery still charges though my laptop still tells me it needs to be replaced.
So...
Is there anything more I can do? Should I just return it and get a new replacement battery or is there still anything else that can be done? Was it just not compatible with my laptop even though it said it was? Any help would be great! Thanks!

You may want to look at the fixes in this article:
Battery not charging, not being recognized, or losing charge
If it still doesn't work, there may be a problem with the battery or a hardware problem in the laptop itself.
- Peter

Satellite A60: battery charging problem

Hey,
I have a toshiba satellite A60 notebook. My notebook is 2 years old. After I used my laptop in battery mode, it fell out because the battery was empty. When I plugged it in on the net, the battery led flashed amber for less than a second and went out again. The battery won't charge anymore and the batteryled is out.
Windows detects the battery though. The laptop still keeps running on the battery for some minutes. I already had this problem a year ago and after a few months the battery started charging again.
Does anyone have a simular problem and how do you solve it?
Thanks (sorry for the bad english)

Hi
Possibly the battery cannot charge properly because it has a malfunction.
Generally the battery performance decreases in process of time.
I read that you can charge and discharge the battery about 500 times and then the performance goes down.
You can try to remove the battery for a several time. After this time try to charge it.
I would also recommend checking if this issue happens also with a new battery.
But its also possible that there is something wrong with the power supply electronic.
This could have a bad influence on the charging procedure.
I have also read that the BIOS update have solved some battery charging problems.
But if the battery charging has worked since 2 years so I assume the BIOS is ok.
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Windows Detected a hard disk problem Toshiba Satellite L505-S5988

It has been about 2 months since I had my new laptop and first I coudnt get the flash cards to work so I finally fixed that and now everytime I start windows an error message comes up and keeps coming up every 10 minutes saying:
Windows detected a hard disk problem
Back up your files immediately to prevent information loss, then contact computer manufacturer to determine if you need to repair or replace the disk.
-> Start the back u process
-> Ask me again later
Show details
Which disk is failing?
The following hard disk are reporting failure:
Disk Name: Toshiba MK3263GSX
Volume: C:\
Please tell me how I can fix this because I called Toshiba support and the guy couldnt even figure out the drivers name for flash card.
Toshiba Satellite L505-S5988
Thanks

your hard drive is failing. you need to do what it says. back up everything and then either call toshiba to have it replaced under warranty or buy a new one and change it yourself. this is where all of your info and files are saved so if it fails without you backing it up you lose everything.
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Post all info about your laptop and version of windows. We are working on it but still do not have the powers to read your mind.

Problem with updating bios toshiba satellite l655-s5144

Hello first of all having a good day, four months ago a problem with my laptop toshiba satellite l655-5144 I have something crazy ,happens that when starting Windows 7/8 freezes there and I can not access windows, I thought it was an error of hdd, but I think I'm surprised that it is not, since changing the hdd and still gives the same problem of being paralyzed in Home windows, all this began to update the BIOS to version 2.8 that turned out to be the operating profit that was for windows 8, not sure if this is due to the problem but I've tested the ram, hdd, cpu, etc and everything about the hardware works well and gives no problems, I think that the problem was caused by updating the BIOS to version 2.8, my question is whether you can return to the factory version was 2.2, or at least the previous version to 2.8 which was the one I worked thanks for your answers and spend time helping me, is the agradesco much.
And sorry for my bad English.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hello and thank you for coming to see the problem I had with my laptop, that seems to fix the problem so far, I hope q not refreeze operating system again, and I could restore the BIOS to version in which was when purchased.
If anyone has the same problem as I leave then follow these steps:
1.Find BIOS version with which acquired the laptop
2. Use of mnetodo booted by CD.
3. Insert the CD from the boot.
4. Upon resumption of the program ran hidden PC (that I saw no message)
5. After restart, windows restart again and enter the bios to see if it had changed the version of this and it turned out was successful.
Well I hope this problem the laptop again, and thank you for deigning to read at least my problem.
Satellite l655-s5144

Toshiba satellite A 100 sound driver problem

Hi,
I have recently downgraded OS to XP sp3 on my Toshiba satellite A100 notebook, which originally had vista. I am having problems regarding sound drivers. When I install them (tried ones on toshiba website)..it posts a warning saying " this driver does not meet logo requirements for windows xp" in case I continue anyways...it does not start the sound on the system.
Please help!
Thanks.
Shaunak

Which Satellite A100?
The product number looks something like PSAARE-03G00JEN.
-Jerry

TS3212 I have a problem with running the itunes download on my new toshiba satellite pro laptop,

I have downloaded the iTunes software no problems, but when i come to run it a windows pop up comes up saying,
"This installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact
the application verifier to verify that this is a valid window installer package"
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mark

A lot of people have found this works for them:
Settings/General/Date and Time Turn OFF Set Automatically
Set the date to several years in the future
Try to update again - you will get a different error message
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How to replace the battery in a Toshiba Satellite S55DT-A5130

I'm not finding anything in searches. The battery is not replaceable. So, how do I replace it? Is the laptop considered a disposable when the battery dies or is it really replaceable, with a little work? The battery is fine for now. Just planning ahead. Thanks

Satelllite S55DT-A5130
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You crack the case this way.
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2 toshiba satellite laptop problems

These are my problems
1. My HDD indicator is blinking even when I do nothing ( blinks every half second or so)
2. When I go somewhere my display turns off and when I move my mouse display turns on but nothing is happening. Everything is standing still (sometimes 20 seconds, sometimes 2 or 3 minutes ) and than he is ready to work.
Upgraded BIOS to version 2.20
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Laptop: Toshiba Satellite A300-PSAG8E
anyone know the solutions?
Need help please! Thank you

Sounds like windows search.
Windows search provides content indexing, property caching, and search results for files, e-mail, and other content.
I used the administrative option to stop and disable it. It's reversable and can be restarted and set back to automatic.
http://windows7.iyogi.net/tips/windows-7-indexing-service
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Strange Problems with Two Brand New Toshiba Satellites

Hello,
Two weeks ago, I purchased a brand new Toshiba Satellite C55-A5300 from Best Buy. Several days ago, it began having strange problems and I had to exchange it for a new one. However, my new one is having the exact same problems as the original. I’ve enjoyed working on and troubleshooting computers in the past, but I’m completely baffled and cannot pinpoint what could be wrong.
Here are some of my symptoms:
Whenever the computer boots up, I cannot click on anything unless I perform Ctrl-Alt-Del.
No matter what web browser I use, there are certain things I cannot click on. For instance, I cannot click the X at the top right corner to exit the browser. When I go on YouTube, I cannot pause the video, adjust the volume, etc.
I cannot drag music onto iTunes from any of my folders or external HDs.
Whenever I try to download a program such as VLC Media Player, the computer won’t let me and considers the file “damaged.”
In Microsoft Excel, if I select one of the cells, I cannot deselect it; and in Microsoft Word, I cannot right click on certain things.
As mentioned, I had these exact same problems on the previous C55-A5300 that I returned. I’ve tried performing system restores, but they do nothing. I haven’t downloaded anything except the programs listed above. Plugging in my external HDs seems to somehow worsen the problem.
I’ve also tried using several mouses, but have still had the same problems. Perchance is there something wrong with my mouse settings, since all my problems seem to be mouse-related?
Any and all feedback is substantially appreciated! Thanks.

glad to hear it fixed itself
L305-S5955, T9300 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, 60GB SSD, Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Help - Internal Microphone Problem Toshiba Satellite M305-S4910

Hello,
I really hope someone can help me. 2 days ago I bought a Toshiba Satellite M305-S4910 after reading rave reviews on BestBuy.com. After attempting to use the internal microphone I discovered the following problem.
When I am on a video chat, it sounds like there is a lot of static on the line. As soon as I plug in a headset, the sound goes away. I called best buy for the free 14 day support and they said I have two options. Bring it in to exchange for a new laptop or PAY for a service person to come troubleshoot it for me. I have spent the last 3 days transferring files, loading programs, and now I have just about everything set up on this laptop. I do not want to go EXCHANGE it for a new one and do that all over again. I can reload software if its something simple like that. Does anyone have any ideas how I can diagnose and possibly repair myself? Part of the reason I liked this one is the built in mic and webcam since I video chat A LOT!
Thanks
Kristine

Hi,
Since that the problem goes away with the use of external mic, it is very likely that the internal mic is malfunctioning or maybe a loose wire to the mic is causing the problem. Fixing these yourself means taking the notebook apart and possibly voiding your warranty.

Problem with brightness control on Toshiba Satellite R830 [SOLVED]

Ever since I've been using Linux on my Toshiba Satellite R830 laptop I had problems with the brightness setting after wakeup from sleep. The solution I had found was to use a custom xorg.conf setup. Actually I was creating a 20-intel.conf file in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ with the following content:
Section "Device"
Identifier "card0"
Driver "intel"
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
This worked until today. Now I realised that Xorg is somewhat ignoring this configuration file. I looked in the wiki and this suggested that any such config files should be in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/. I copied the file there and rebooted. I opened a terminal and checked the value of /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/actual_brightness. Modified the brightness with the Fn + F6/F7 and checked again and it was controlling these.
But after closing the lid and leaving it for a while, and wakeing up the PC the Fn +F6/F7 keys started controlling /sys/class/backlight/toshiba/ which never worked after sleep. Somehow on wakeup the custom config files are being ignored. It seems this is related to the upgrade to Gnome 3.16. I'm using linux-lts kernel.
How do I make Xorg use intel_backlight instead of Toshiba for brightness control?
Last edited by entodoays (2015-05-18 15:21:04)

It seems that the culprit is /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gsd-backlight-helper. In this page: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11910629 there's a procedure to patch the source file (for an older version). There's a section of the code like this:
/* available kernel interfaces in priority order */
static const gchar *backlight_interfaces[] = {
"nv_backlight",
"asus_laptop",
"toshiba",
"eeepc",
"thinkpad_screen",
"acpi_video1",
"mbp_backlight",
"acpi_video0",
"fujitsu-laptop",
"nvidia_backlight",
"samsung",
NULL,
Patching this file, eliminating the toshiba device from the preferred list and adding intel_backlight to it might solve the issue.
On another page, https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-po … issues/135 they suggest another possible hack: changing the priority of device type
file plugins/power/gsd-backlight-helper.c
/* search the backlight devices and prefer the types:
* firmware -> platform -> raw */
path = gsd_backlight_helper_get_type (devices, "firmware");
if (path != NULL)
goto out;
path = gsd_backlight_helper_get_type (devices, "platform");
if (path != NULL)
goto out;
path = gsd_backlight_helper_get_type (devices, "raw");
if (path != NULL)
goto out;
Changing the order to firmware -> raw -> platform would solve the problem for me too.
Unfortunately I've never done any patching yet. How would I go about it?
Last edited by entodoays (2015-05-12 07:22:06)

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