Upgrade HDD in Satellite L20-155

Can I replace the actual HDD of 60 Gbyte by a HDD of 120 Gbyte without any other upgrade?
I am using Vista with 1Gbyte Ram. Thanks. Tony

Hi,
I think this will be no Problem also without any other changes.
cu

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Satellite L20-155 BIOS restore

The BIOS on my laptop appears to be corrupted.
I checked under service and support but my (Dutch) is no longer on the current list.
The download for L20 laptops refer to different models than my -155.
Who can help me to a suitable BIOS restore file, or can I use any L20 BIOS?

Hi
why BIOS corruption: WindowsXP fails to start up. Recovery attempt with ubuntu-mini showed prompt during startup that laptop has BIOS corruption. Some services are disabled. This happens to affect DHCP so the laptop cannot connect to my home network under the recovery.
Yesterday evening in desparate attempt I have reset the bios settings to factory default, and then manually back to my preference (1st boot from CD). This has improved situation to the level that Windows now boots again (very nice), but I experience weird access problems on the home network. Also, the windows boot sequence in safe mode did skip at least one module.
I noticed the L20-PSL2XE BIOS, but I am not aware that my model is part of that range. What is the source of your knowledge? (just to be double sure, I have no way of reverting from a mistaken BIOS upgrade)
best regards

Memory upgrade on my Satellite L20

can anybody tell me if i can get extra memory for my laptop

Hi
Your unit can handle with 2GB max of memory. Compatible modules are:
DDR2-400/533 256MB (PA3389U-1M25)
DDR2-400/533 512MB (PA3412U-1M51)
DDR2-400/533 1GB (PA3411U-1M1G)
The part number will help you to find it on the net by some online supplier. You can also order them by service partner in your country.
Good luck!

Memory Upgrade on Sat. L20-175

Dear Toshiba,
i want to upgrade my Toshiba Satellite L20-175 with more memory (512MB more)
But the problem is that i can't find on any website at the internet memory designed for the L20-175. I can find one they have propietary memory for L20-173. And when one website says that i should use PC-2100 or PC-2700 the other website tell me that my notebook is compatible with DDR2/PC4200. With my notebook there is a paper supplied where is described that i can use easily PC4200/DDR2 in place of PC-2100 or PC-2700 DDR.
Now my 2 questions are:
-What memory is already installed in my notebook (the standard 256 MB)
-What memory can i use? PC-2100 or PC-2700 or PC-4200/DDR2?
Thanks alot!

Hi
As far as I know two slots are available on the unit and DDR2 -400/533 memory modules are supported.
Furthermore you can upgrade the memory to max. 2GB and these modules you can use:
DDR2-400/533 256MB (PA3389U-1M25)
DDR2-400/533 512MB (PA3412U-1M51)
Bye

Satellite R630-155 - Fan is too noisy and SSD upgrade

I am the owner of a Toshiba Satellite R630-155 (Core i5-480). My problems are:
1. The fan is too noisy and never stops. In normal operation (browsing and general office work) there is a constant high pitch noise that is audible three to four meters away in an office environment - in high load you just can't stand it!!! The fan never stops... even when you are doing nothing...
2. Heat is a big problem. The bottom of the laptop is constantly overheating and i have to place it on my desk in a way that the bottom left corner is outside of the table so it can breath fresh air from below - if not, the temperature rises and the (loud) fan is unable to keep up. When i work with the laptop while sitting on a sofa, i have to place a thick book between the laptop and my legs. The book must be thick (more than an inch) with hard covers, otherwise the heat passes through the book!!!!
3. Last (but not least, i just mention the biggest problems here) it's the problem with SSD installation. I bought a used Corsair F80 (80Gb SSD) from a friend, but i was unable to use it with the Toshiba - the BIOS was not detecting the disk. I tried installing all latest firmware updates for both laptop and SSD but i had no success. Then i gave the disk back and i bought a brand new Zalman 128Gb SSD (SSD0128N1 Sandforce) but i had exactly the same problem. I contacted my local Toshiba support and after a lot of conversation the only answer i got is that the laptop is not compatible with those SSD's and this is acceptable by Toshiba and not their problem. They told me that if i need an SSD upgrade i can only go for the Toshiba SSD that is installed on the portege series, which is sold by Toshiba for a ridiculously expensive price - about $500 for 128Gb. I contacted the European support center and i got the exact same reply. I searched on the Internet and i found someone else with the exact same problem with a Corsair 128Gb SSD - he found that the laptop detects the SSD after ten to twenty reboots. I tried that and it was true - after a lot of reboots the laptop detected the Zalman disk and i was able to install Windows 7 successfully, but the process is unacceptable. Also the disk is benchmarked by official sites at the speed of an OCZ Vertex 2 128Gb (and slightly better), but when i ran a benchmark in the Toshiba, the results I got were below half of the advertised speed. Same benchmark in another machine for the same disk, resulted in the advertised speeds.
Shame for Toshiba... nice design and portability but everything else is a big flaw. Their support in non existent and they do not value their customers. I feel they stole my money and I'll never buy a Toshiba laptop again.
Sorry for the big message, but I need I have to warn potential customers. Can someone help me with any of the above problems? Do you have the same problems too?
To be continued...

Hi buddy,
Regarding the fan and heat issue: Did you make BIOS update? Friend of me has Satellite R630 too and he told me that fan activity with new BIOS version 2.10 is reduced. Furthermore the notebook is cooler than before so I would recommend installing this update. You can download the BIOS update here:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > Support & Downloads > Download Drivers
But before you start the BIOS update you should consider the following tips:
-Run update as Administrator only
-Unzip all files from zip archive before you start the update file
-Close all running programs and also the antivirus and firewall
-Make sure that battery is fully charged
Regarding the SSDs its always a little bit complicated installing 3rd party products and nobody can guarantee that such parts would work. You are always on safely side with original Toshiba spare parts.
Everything what you can do is installing the newest firmware for SSD and hope that it works but who knows maybe the BIOS update will also help you in this case ;)

What is the HDD speed on Satellite P200-155?

Hello,
I am interesting on Satellite P200-155 or Satellite P200-143, but I don't know Hard drive speed.
What is Hard drive speed in this models? 4200rpm or 5400rpm?
Thanks
PS: Sorry for my English :)

Hi
The P200 series is very new and as far as I know since several weeks on the market.
Such new generation notebooks use a newest HDDs!
After a long investigation on several internet sites I found out that this notebook was delivered with a 160GB 5400rpm SATA HDD!
Hope I could helps ;)
adis ;)

Upgrade HDD - Satellite Pro 4270

Is it possible to upgrade HDD more than 6 GB? Thanks

Hello
Unfortunately there is no public document about HDD upgrade but i presume that 10 or even 12 GB HDD should work well.

Satellite L20 - no audio output device using Win7

I purchased a 2nd hand Satellite L20 which was upgraded from xp to win7 on the task bar says no audio output device is installed.
Tried update driver in device manager -- no good
Downloaded Realtek AC97 driver -- no good.
It will play sound from dvd through usb sound device to head phones.
But how the hell do i get the sound to work on internal speaker.

Do you know which sound chip is inside?
This old notebook model is not supported for Win7.
Try to install THIS driver.
If this will not help try to install Vista driver or drivers designed for other notebook models.
It is not easy to help with this. Check sound chip.
By the way: I asked you for model name and not model number!!!

Can i have minipci WiFi on my Satellite L20-182?

Hi!
I have Satellite L20-182 without wifi card but I want to install one. I have spear minipci slot but I dont know if I have aerial preinstalled. When I ve looked under the cover of minipci slot. I found 2 wires (red and black) but they seem to be connected to something. Are they wires form aerial?
If yes could somebody explain me how to install the card and what type of wifi card to buy, please?

No, its not possible to upgrade and to use a minPCI WLan card in this notebook.
If you want to use the WLan technology and the wlan connection then you have to switch to an external solution like a USB WLan stick.
There you can choose between different WLan modes like 802.11 A, B, G

Satellite L20-100 can be booted from external USB hard drive?

I recently bought Toshiba Satellite L20-100 and I wonder if:
1. is there any possibility to boot this machine from external usb hard drive?
2. it is possible to attach another internal hard drive?
Supposing that the both answers above are 'no', how can I solve the following problem: I need hdd space, I need to boot 3 separate Wxp Operating Systems onto the same machine (Toshiba Satellite L20-100).

Booting from external USB HD - "No" would be the official, mcrsoft sponsored, answer. However, it is possible. Not easy but it can be done. I've seen it done with my own eyes and there are guides how to do this. Just look for it with search engine. But if you have enough disk space you better do what was suggested here - create 3 partitions and use boot manager.

Satellite L20-101: Question about memory modules mixing PC2-4300 and PC2-4200

Hello
I have Toshiba Satellite L20-101. It has onboard 512MB RAM (PC2-4300). Today I added another RAM module but this new module is PC2-4200. Is there anything wrong doing this? Both modules are DDR2 and 533MHz and 512MB.

Hi Pawel,
In principle there is no problem with mixing RAM modules of slightly different types but normally the total RAM will only run at the speed of the slower module. If your notebook recognises the correct amount of RAM from both sticks then there will ne no problem.
regards,

Re: Memory upgrade for a Satellite 1800-921 PIII 1.1GHz...

I am trying to find out the memory upgrade for my Satellite 1800-921 PIII 1.1GHz... Part Number : PS183E-00HTT-EN .
It currently has a Nanya 256MB SDR-133 Mhz-CL3 & I undestand it can be upgraded with an additional 256Mb card.
The only problem is I cant seem to find one compatible! Any ideas what is require & where I could get it from?

Hello
The compatible module is PC100 256MB with part number PA3069U-1M25.

After some upgrades on my Satellite P200 cannot use HD-DVD Player

Since I upgraded my PC Satellite P200 (BIOS, Driver ATI HD2600, Package VAP and HD-DVD Player), I can no longer read my HD-DVDs
Error message is: "Unable to send the video to an external device. Please turn off the display device."
I had no problem before the upgrades.
I have no problem with my DVD player on medias.
What happens?
My drive is a HDDVD SD-L802B.

I installed on my PC (P200-1DE / PSPB6E / OS Vista) proposed TEMPO software.
This software referred me to the site Toshiba and proposed several updates to:
- The BIOS (2008)
- HD2600 Drivers ATI card (2008)
- HD DVD Player
- VAP Package
At this time, I try to find the references on the site, but I am surprised ; they are no longer in the "Downloads & Drivers BIOS site TOSHIBA
I downloaded the drivers on my PC.
I can give you the exact references tonight (I write on another PC).
Were there any problems in the proposed updates on the period of November 2007 to the end of February 2008 ...
Besides, the problem of reading the HD DVD, I have not noticed any major problems except perhaps:
- I start a bit slower (It seems to me that this is the connection to the Internet via WiFi, which slowed the start)
- an error when burning a CD
- a problem of installing software as the DVD no longer wanted to stop rotating; I had to stop and to do again PC installation
Do I go back? ...
I made a Ghost of my machine before these updates, but if it is a problem of BIOS, I think I will not be able to do

In some cases modem in Satellite L20 doesn't work

Hello,
a friend had bought a Satellite L20 last summer. In January she began to work on the Internet irregularly but has experienced trouble. So I looked after the notebook last week:
When trying to connect to the Internet the connection to the provider sometimes fails. If she finally gets the connection there often occurs the message that the page couldn't be found and only after clicking on the button "Refresh" several times the page finally shows up. But oddly enough, every time I disconnected the power supply the connection became noticeable better.
(Win XP; driver/diagnostics: no problems showed up; provider works fine on different computers)
Unfortunately, there was no chance to check the connection right there with different hardware. I can't tell if the last driver is installed but think so because of the date of purchase. So, my guess is that the power cable isn't sufficiently shielded. But if so what to do? Or what else could be the reason for the unexpected behavior of the modem?
Thanks for any suggestions!

Hello
I have heard about similar problem on some other Satellite model. Solution was to install modem driver from Satellite A110. Please dont ask me why but test it.
The modem driver you can find HERE
Good luck!

Question about new BIOS on Satellite L20-182

Hi :)
I've got one question: may I install new BIOS 2.20 on my Satellite L20-182 model no. PSL2XE?
If I can't, why users PSL2X can do this? Are there so many differences on both models?
Greetings and sorry for my English - I'n not the best :)

Hi,
just for explanation: the bios you mentioned is the right bios for the machine. Toshiba is not writing the full model number since there is a range of model numbers of the same model, so dont worry, they are not different. Maybe the last digit but this is not important for you.
Why I am knowing this? Because many manufacturers are doing this and I was many times confused when updating bioses from another manufacturer...
Greets

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