20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite A135 Notebook - Page 3 Questions & Answers

· Hi, we are going to try to “Fix” this problem. Follow these instructions carefully. First, go to the “Control Panel” select and open. “Next, click to open the “Device Manager,” or Hardware & Sound.” Select, “view, or update” Drivers. Click on to open the Disk Drive icon. In the Device Status, check to see if, “working properly” If so do the following; Click on the Driver button,” once the window open “check (two) areas; the Rollback Driver, “if this area is not “Grayed-out; rollback drivers, “apply, and click “OK.” Restart the computer.” The second area is the “Update Driver,” Click to update! Apply and click OK. Final step is to “restart the computer.” Important sometimes the ‘Drivers” can be “inactive mode” not (disabled, nor recognized), just not functioning correctly. In a final attempt to get, the drivers up and running, take these steps: Click on the “Update Drivers” choose (“Browse my computer for driver software”), select to open. “Next, select: (“Let me pick from a list…”) ‘once the next ‘window appear, click to “highlight” the Driver, and click the Next (tab), follow all instructions thereafter; restart the computer. “Did this solution help”

when booting up press f8 and should bring up a windows start up menu select last known good configuration, r failing that safe mode

The manufacturer does not list a driver on their site http://www.optomausa.com/Product_detail.asp?product_id=24, I would follow the user guide on plugging in the projector.

Check you have Audio driver installed in yout Notebook and make sure your windows audio service is running by typing "services.msc in run prompt.
If all is in place.goto control panel and double click "Sound" and click "Recording" and check "Microphone" and "Line In",it should not display "Not plugged in".If that's the case,replace your microphone.

Again click "Playback" after plugging the speakers
it should not display "Not plugged in".If that's the case,replace your microphone.


Note :Sound card color code: 
  Color Connector
  Lime Green Line-Out, Front Speakers, Headphones
  Pink Microphone
  Light Blue Stereo Line In
  Orange Subwoofer and Center out
  Black Rear Surround Speakers for 5.1 and 7.1 systems
  Gray Middle Surround Speakers for 7.1 systems
  Gold Midi / Game port (Joystick)

Hello there tpgoodwin.

Here's your geek-steer ...

1. Start > Run... > type "regedit" (without quotes), then "OK"
2. Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

3. Delete the "lowerfilters" and "upperfilters" values in the right pane.
4. Close RegEdit
5. Reboot

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It would appear that you have number lock turned on. Try turning it off by pressing and holding Fn key and then F10/F11/F12 key (can't remember which one is for number lock). That should release your keyboard back to normal.

HI:
The USB ports are part of the motherboard, and you would have to replace the whole thing, which can get expensive.

They do sell a USB card that wil plug into your PCMCIA card slot , on your laptop that would get you some new, working ports.

If you have a red/white "x" on the volume icon next to the clock in the system tray then most likely the driver to the audio device is either damaged or the driver is corrupted or missing. Go to support.toshiba.com and go to download and look up your model. Change the filter to "sound" and look for a new audio driver. Download and install and this should fix your problem.

I've repaired 1000+ Toshiba and replacing the FL tube is something I would never attempt to do because of how hard they make it to do. Generally there is a FL Inverter below the LCD that goes bad which causes the backlight not to light up correctly. The actual FL tube rarely breaks and unless you know you dropped the laptop it probably isn't what is wrong. 95% of the time when the backlight isn't lit up it is the FL inverter board.

The power-on password cannot be removed -- this is a "security" feature to prevent a thief from using your lappptop, after stealing it from you.

Find the original sales-receipt, to prove that you are the owner, and telephone Toshiba, and ask them for assistance.

backup whatever information you have and run the system recovery through the disks you received when you purchased the computer. If you can perform the recovery then you know the hardware is fine and that you were experiencing software corruption.

The only thing that can be done besides replacing the fan ( no small job) is to get a can of air and blow out the fans and all open spaces. make sure it is unplugged and battery removed and it's shut off and dont shake the air can or it will foam your computer.

Hi, the error code that you have is a known issue from Microsoft that needs a registry tweaks. Error code means "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (code 39)". You can click on this link for your reference http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929461/en-us

To resolve this problem, remove the affected filter drivers. To do this, follow these steps:1. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then click regedit in the Programs list.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.
2. Locate, and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
Caution There can be many instances of the registry subkey that is mentioned in step 2. You must make sure that you are in the appropriate registry subkey before modifying the UpperFilters and the LowerFilters values. To verify that you are in the appropriate registry subkey, make sure that the Default data value is DVD/CD-ROM and the Class data value is CDROM.
3. In the right pane, right-click UpperFilters, and then click Delete.
4. Click Yes to confirm the removal of the UpperFilters registry entry.
5. In the right pane, right-click LowerFilters, and then click Delete.
6. Click Yes to confirm the removal of the LowerFilters registry entry.
7. Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

This will surely help you resolve your issue. Good Luck!!!

Thanks

Hello and thank you for using Fixya's services.

The only option here is to restore your computer to factory settings. You will lose all of your information including pictures, music, etc.

Are you running Windows Vista? If so, turn the computer on, press F4, choose advanced and you will see the option to do a factory restore. You can aslo try the other options first such as windows restore and it may fix the file.

Last resort is the factory restore but you are at that point.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

With all that you've done, you might have worsened your PC mobo's condition. Now try to remove the processor and memory then PLUG it normally to the power outlet and see if the led in the mobo lights. After 3 minutes, unplug it and reseat the rams and processor. Now, turn the PC on!

You will have to open up the '**** shell' and remove all of the B25 and F6 screws from the bottom, as well as the B16 and B6 screws under the keyboard. To remove the keyboard, I had to pry up the trim piece that holds the power button and remove three screws. Be careful of the wireless wire leads, as you'll be tempted rip them out!

The CMOS battery will be under the right side of the hand rest, next to the mouse. It has two leads and the battery is in a blue 'bag'.

it depends on your operating system your using ex. windows xp pro,windows 98SE,vista,linux,ubunto...in xp click start-all programs-accessories-system tools-system restore from their choose a restore point to an earlier time before that problem occurs

if you are able to boot from the recovery media then you can justify reimaging the system as it would seem that it is a software issue. backup your files beforehand and you should have no problem.

go to settings, controll panel, sound, check if it is on, volume up etc.

For disable toucpad.
Go to start menu ->control panel then touchpad option .
You can find in control panel touchpad utility or go to accessibility then disable touchpad.
Let me know if you need more assistance.
Thanks.