This unit will not boot windows from any port on the laptop at all(usb ports, hard drive port). every time I try to install windows or any operating system it freezes.
You didn't mention the DVD/CD rom? Shut down, unplug, remove battery, plug in reboot and try this procedure: http://www.ehow.com/how_5766144_restore-satellite-laptop-factory-disc.html
it does from any port that includes the dvd/cd rom also.
Reseat HDD and Memory mods, reboot. If that fails, remove HDD, test, replace if necessary.
i tinkerd with it somemore, and was able to install windows 7 with a different harddrive. what i have noticed is that when turn it on, it will run fine when plug in the wall with no battery installed. but when on the battery power it free
it freezes on battery power,also the cpu speed was changed from dynamic to always low in bios, the bios has been updated from 1.70 to 5.20 and runs fine on ac power only, and it recharges the battery. what can i do to fix this?
Is the battery a replacement or original? Does it need replacing? In BIOS do you have a Battery Learning section? Have you open Power settings , Advanced Power settings? High Performance?
a quick silver fox jumps over the lazy brown dog.
its a good working toshiba batterystandard for this laptop (replaced several times) also it does not have those power settings in the bios
If you can get it to boot up into win7 , adjust power setting. That's a long shot. Was there a reason you updated the BIOS?
i updated the bios to eliminate the problem of it not booting with the hard drive.i have tried changing the power setting in win7 still will not run on battery power. the only i haven't done was replace the cpu itself.
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SOURCE: Toshiba satellite A205-S5847 booting problem
Check your GraphicCard. Have you tried downgrading to XP and can you tell if you facing same problem?
SOURCE: can i connect toshiba satellite a205 to tv?
Yes VGA carries RGBHV--RGB and Horizontal and Vertical Sync information along with DDC info where available.
Now is that port on your TV a d-sub 15 pin standard VGA connector?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector
If it is, then yeah you should be able to output VGA from a PC to the TV with a proper cable.
However if the TV has DVI or HDMI connections on it, it's better for
you to connect it that way. DVI/HDMI is a digital signal and if it's a
digital-based display tech TV, then you're better off using that. Also
if the TV does resolution above 1360x768 (i.e. if it does 1080p) you
can get higher resolution by going via DVI/HDMI...
SOURCE: My laptop Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577 does not re-boot
start the machine and immediately press the setup button to get bios setup options. In this you have to set the cd/dvd as the first booting device. that's all. good luck.
SOURCE: toshiba a205 laptop wont boot
This sounds like a file error (but not positive). My suggestion would be to change your boot order in bios ( a must since this is a Vista machine and CD-ROM is always set as one of the last. Hit F1 (or maybe F2?) when first turning it on to get the bios screen. Go to the Boot menu and set the CD-Rom as the first in order, then hit F-10 to exit and save. Be sure to put in your vista op system cd in your rom drive and see if you can't do a system recovery with it. I know that it was an option with XP.
SOURCE: cant install OS BOOTMGR is missing
Usually the installer should have a function to allow you to wipe the disk, or delete partitions.
If it doesn't, and you do not care about the hard disk content, and it is acceptable to wipe out the entire hard disk, you can do so in Linux.
(There is a utility which will do everything for you - Darik's Boot and Nuke, you find it at http://www.dban.org/ . I'm also giving you the "manual" instructions below, though).
Boot with Ubuntu Live, open Terminal, become root with 'su'.
Now you need to know how your disk is "seen" by Linux. Since you only have the one disk and nonexistent disks will fail, we can try all the likely hard disk names. The first command that does NOT fail saying "No such device" is the good one:
fdisk /dev/sda
fdisk /dev/hda
fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0
fdisk /dev/rd/c0d0
fdisk /dev/ida/c0d0
One of these commands (likely the first or second) will give you a menu ending in "Command (m for help)". type "p" and press Enter to list partitions; there should be only one and it should be a Linux type, probably 83. If it isn't, stop - something's wrong. But it should be.
The first column will say something like "/dev/sda3". Note the number at the end, here "3". You'll likely have "1".
Now type, "d" and press Enter. You'll be asked which partition to delete. Type the same number you saw earlier. Type "w" and Enter to save changes and exit. Type "q" and Enter to exit without changes. The partition can still be recovered, but the disk is now "unlocked".
Reboot and install the OS of your choice. The previous hard disk contents will be permanently lost, and you'll get a shiny new empty partition with a working OS.
You can also erase the disk without using fdisk (but you still need to know how it's named, and for that you can use fdisk) by typing
dd if = /dev/zero of = /dev/sda bs=1M count = 12
Here we suppose the disk turned out to be /dev/sda.
This will write twelve megabytes of zeroes to the beginning of the disk, effectively wiping any OS information there could be there. All disk data are as good as lost. The disk is now, to all installing purposes, a perfect blank. Reboot and install the OS of your choice.
Just for the record, omitting "count" will zealously wipe out the whole hard disk surface, all partitions, all data, irretrievably (except using residual hysteresis detection equipment - doubt if even NSA would take the trouble). This can be handy when decommissioning computers.
There are also
A series boot problems
Aseries laptops are very good normally but don't boot up if there
is a device in the USB slot or a CD/DVD in the drive.
If it still
refuses to POST, remove the AC Adapter, remove the battery and remove
the hard drive.
Power the unit up without the hard drive and it
should complete POST and complain that there is no hard drive. If
that doesn't work remove AC adapter, ensure battery is disconnected
and remove hard drive and RAM. Try again. If it still doesn't work,
you have a mother board fault and it needs a service centre.
www.Toshiba.com will help you out.
If it does work at one of the
options, when you have closed the laptop down, replace the RAM first
and test, then the Hard Drive.
Hope this fixes your problem.
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