20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite M45-S351 Notebook Questions & Answers

RE-install the original software again. John

BIOS passwords on Toshiba notebooks have to be reset by an authorized service technician who has the CD available to run the utility.  Their notebooks don't contain a battery reset to erase the password.  It was done as a safety feature to prevent theft from happening and it is a very good one.
If you take it into Best Buy or a computer dealer to get it done, you might have to prove that you are the new owner of the computer before it can happen.

Hello!
What operating system?
There should be a volume control icon in your system tray (if it is windows).
If there isn't go to Control Panel-> Audio and there you will find your sound card properties.

From all of the documentation that I can find, it appears that it has no built-in microphone, but only a microphone jack in the front of the unit, which is monaural (not stereo).

Sure.  START -  MY DOCUMENTS -EDIT-  SELLECT ALL - DELETE.
After that , go to the Hard drive: . START - MYCOMPUTER- right click the hard driver image - click on properities - clock on disk clean up.  After that is done, click on TOOLS. Click on defrag now. Defrag it. That will scramble any left over enough not to worry about it. If you are really very worried about,save a bunch of junk files after defragging.  

This is normally caused by a virus or bad winlogon file, if you have a windows cd you can boot from the cd and using the recovery options you should be able to run a system restore this will restore the computer to an earlier time and most likly resolve the issue for a while, if it is virus based the core of the virus will still be there and you have to to run a full antivirus system. Hope this helps you

Remove thwe new RAM and hard drive. Does it boot to the BIOS menu? If yes, add the hard drive and do the same again then add RAM and do the same.
I suspect something does not fit in properly. Probably the RAM.
Don't forget to initialise the hard drive if trying to format it. The System disk should take care of that.

Last time I took a Toshiba apart, the BIOS battery was accessed via a hole in the plate underneath the keyboard.

I think it is a prob with the mother board.........no need t change RAM or hard drive........they dont cause this type of prob. Ur mother board is not accepting the shutdown command.
Try the following command in command prompt:

shutdown /s /f

It sounds like there is a loose connection in the area you apply pressure to. If you are confident enough you could open the machine an inspect that area. Any cables you see in that area should be disconnected and then reconnected and taped in place using an insulating tape.
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Option 1: Download the DVD drive from the Toshiba website for free and install it.

Option 2: If you could manage to a get a external DVD drive that can be connected by the USB and use your recovery disk to get a clean install.

The first option would help to fix the problem withouth going for a clean install. But in case you are going for Option 2, then I would recommend you to take necessary backup of all your data.

you can enter system setup in a toshiba system by pressing the esc key or the F1 key on the startup screen.

here you go.....

http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/ToshibaM45/Satellite_M45_disassembly_1.htm

You can connect to an external monitor using the port. If this does not work the video card can be bad. If the external screen does work then it could be your lcd.