20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405 Notebook - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Follow the procedure: Device Manager USB Root Hub (USB 3.0) Change driver, manually, to "Generic SuperSpeed USB Hub" Now the hardware is working Upgrade the driver again, automatically

• The CMOS is, in basic terms, the part of the motherboard that stores the BIOS settings. To remove the BIOS password from your Toshiba laptop, your best option is to forcibly clear the CMOS. To clear the CMOS, you must remove the battery from your laptop and leave it out for at least 30 minutes to an hour. The way to remove the battery from your Toshiba will largely depend on the model. A common way to remove the battery--particularly with newer models--is to release the battery lock on the bottom of the laptop, while sliding the accompanying tab over to the side. This will pop the battery out from its tray so that you can then pull it out all of the way out. Before you remove the battery, turn off the laptop and remove the AC adapter. Otherwise, you could end up harming yourself or the laptop components. You must also ground yourself to prevent damaging the laptop with static electricity. After about a half an hour or more, return the battery back to its tray and lock it into place. Power on the laptop. The computer, ideally, should no longer ask you for a BIOS password. It's important to keep in mind that resetting the CMOS means that all of your BIOS settings will be reset to factory default. Also, sometimes you may need to leave out the battery for much longer than an hour to reset the password.

• If resetting the CMOS doesn't work, then your next bet is to try using a backdoor password. A backdoor password is basically a password that manufacturers include with the BIOS so that technicians can access the computers that people send in for repair. An example of a Toshiba backdoor password is, unsurprisingly, "Toshiba." When the BIOS prompts you to enter a password, entering "Toshiba" may allow you to access your PC and clear the old BIOS password. Another option is to hold the left "Shift" key down while booting.

ok like all old laptops the CCFL lamps are now dead. all are. if used every day and 20,000 hours hit, bam DEAD. the CCFL are dead, all LT made before 2010 had CCLF back lamps.(and monitors) you hear the fan blow?, and no text on screen? (2 things) your 14year old (today) the screen CCFL lamps are bad. do this, 5 minute work. ok> and tell what fan does.????? http://www.pcdied.com/monitors_and_screens/flash-light-trick.html

Go to these sites: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/commandlinereference/tp/command-prompt-commands-p1.htm http://www.tweakandtrick.com/2011/09/command-prompt-tricks-hacks-codes.html http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr05/cos126/cmd-prompt.html

gmail works of the speed of your connection if your d-link is faulty it will course connection problems try another router or connect straight to your modem [if your on cable] if adsl try doing a speedtest first.

Hi, You need to set your bios power management. Press F2 after pushing the power button then find power management and set disable for a wake up with any keys

Backlights turn on automatically when you power on the computer. If you have no image on the screen, either the lcd inverter or screen is bad.

I doubt a Windows 8 driver will work in your case. I would use Windows 7 or 10. You may need to use a USB graphics adapter in place of the internal. Many USB video adapters are more useful for that sort of thing.

What version of windows?

Do you still hear (feel) that the cooling fans are working ? Maybe the fans are clogged by dust and the processors are overheating! Try a vacuum fast clean on the exhaust hot air holes, it can help!

Try opening Device Manager in Control Panel and deleting the driver. Reboot, plug the mouse in again and see if that works.
Alternatively try restoring your PC to before your last update.

I have had even new sticks of ram not work in one machine, but are fine in another. Put the old ram back in and make sure everything works like you want, then try the ram again. If they are still giving problems, unfortunately it looks like even more ram is your solution.

Reformat your Pc. Possible virus attack

May be a faulty wifi card. But check Adapter settings in control panel to ensure wifi card is "enabled" and check device manager to ensure correct wifi driver is installed.

It may be stuck in hibernation. Just press and hold the power button for 8 seconds until it shuts down all the way. Power it back on and you should be good

I would say the laptop is done. You have given it more than enough time to dry out so you have shorted out something on the motherboard. Remove the hard drive so that you have access to the information stored on it. You can pick up a refurbished laptop from micro center for under 200.00.

this is HP forum(not real, fixya+HP)i moved YAH.your pc is toshiba, why post to HP?>Toshiba Satellite L30/L35 Series!NO OS stated, XP?the battery is bad, some fail in 2 years old , abused, (ask)run now on AC power onlydoes run ok now?Learn 2 things about LTbatteries love to fail, remove it.and it runs on AC all day long for ever.see?do so and report problems to Toshiba forum the enemy of HP.what is CPR?ahh"depend on CPR for professional Toshiba computer repair services!"if it runs bad on AC power tell the helper it fails on AC battery removed then tell helper what OS (XP windows or what)?then tell of windows login fails, no screens?or if black screen of deathhor blue screens of deathh. BSOD'sthat would be a great start.(no pun)

it is may be blow off protection resistor or capacitors, pls check the area with multi meter

Things which you should know and do before upgrade: 1. HP may demand you to reinstall back Vista if you will have any hardware problems to troubleshoot them. 2. HP will not help you if you will have any software problems because this models are not officially supported with Windows 7. 3. Before you will upgrade to Windows 7 please make Vista Recovery CD/DVD. How to do it all informations here. 4. All Vista drivers and pre-installed software by HP for your model are in C:\swsetup folder. If you still have it on your HDD then copy this folder to CD/DVD. You may need them someday. 5. Users with nVidia graphic card should check temperature of this device before upgrade. This way you will know is it working ok in Windows 7 too. How you may check your notebook CPU (processor), GPU (graphic card), motherboard or HDD temperature? To do that use HWMonitor (free and recommended) or Aida64. How to find out which model you've got and specifications for it: 1. Click on Support & Drivers link. (Upper part of this page.) 2. In search box type your laptop product number (p/n). Resource: How to Locate the Notebook p/n 3. Under notebook picture you will find your notebook model name (example: HP Pavilion dv6205eu Notebook PC). 4. On the same page click on Product Information -> Product Specifications and you will find all informations about your notebook hardaware. How to install Windows 7 and what you should know while upgrading: 1. Guide: How to Do a Clean Installation with Windows 7 2. All Windows 7 drivers you will find in next post below. 3. Some drivers have comment then they are originaly made for Vista system. When normal installation will fail, then try to run unsuccessfully installed file in Compatibility Mode (Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2). Resources: Make older programs run in this version of Windows How to Run a Program in Compatibility Mode in Windows 7

Did you replace it with an identical part? Should work fine if you did. I would contact Toshiba tech services for guidance on this matter. Have you tried it with an external monitor?