20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite A205-S4707 Notebook Questions & Answers

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

try upgrading the OS(vista, windows 7 or 8)

you may need a fresh install of the OS, maybe upgrade the ram to 2-3gb, or the worst case factory discs for series model laptop.

If you have a recovery partition, take a DVD disc make a copy of the operational system asp, so if your system crashes you can recover everything to factory setting. Run a full scan for virus's, go to www.download.com Type: ccleaner and run program to clean out junk files, next download smart defrag and run the program to organize hard drive files. Now if you are still having trouble run a full recovery of your operational system to factory setting.

Try deteach your battery and plug in power cord .. if notebook don't start it is something wrong with recharger.

go to realtek.com and download sound for you

Go to toshiba.com and download the correct drivers plus the updates. Any other problems use the phone number on the web site for technical assistance.
Toshiba have got it right.

A couple of thoughts,

Is this the case while connected to the charger? If not try starting it while still connected to the charger. If it runs OK, your battery may have died.

If it still doesn't run, it may be a over-heating problem. Check underneath, see if all the vents are clear and free of dust.

What needs to happen is on the motherboard underneath the power jack, there are solder points that have hairline cracks in them. The best way to fix it is to remove the motherboard from the laptop and to resolder all the solder points for the power jack.

Once you do this then the power should stay on cause wiggling the power cord won't cause the laptop to turn off.

make it reset the password, that you can open the system..

if thin bios or admin password reset it all

The disk drive could be going bad, or the lens may be dirty.

Try getting a dvd lens cleaning kit if you don't already have one, and run that. Make sure to read all the instructions that come with the cleaning kit.

ex - http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9123830

You should NEVER see sparks when connecting the AC adapter.

If you are seeing that there is damage in either the adapter, the AC plug or both although I would suspect internal damage in the plug.

Unless your handy with a sauldering iron I think this would be a good point to take it to a pro, they can test the AC adapter with a voltmeter and confirm or deny my suspicion. If I'm wrong the voltmeter will show wrong voltage for the unit, if I'm right it will be in tolerance and you'll know the AC plug is the most likely culprit.

Depending on the model and the repair shop these typically cost about $100-$200 to repair.

Chris

if ur WIN XP is Service Pack 3 then u will not have much problems in installing drivers it will come pre loaded but if not there is a solution , u can first make a list of component manufacturers like Board is from intel u will get the drivers any ways from Intel no prob

Sound = ?
VGA= ? is it intel or ATI or NVIDIA u will get it fromthe wesite dont worry just right down the model of ur vga
Modem = ?
LAN=
WIFI = normally intel dont worry u will get it from intel

if ur win xp doesnt come up with pre loaded drivers just install it and then download drivers from the brand names website

let me know if i can help

one more thing if u are going back from VISTA to XP u will find it sometimes difficult if u dont have WIN XP loaded with SP3 cd so if it does not recognize ur hard drive during inst and says that no drives found dont worry just check out the solution on this link below

http://www.zimbio.com/Laptop+Reviews/articles/10840/How+Integrate+Floppy+SATA+RAID+Driver+Windows

http://lifehacker.com/386526/slipstream-service-pack-3-into-your-windows-xp-installation-cd

pls let me know if i can help u more

hi..Yes you may be better to reformat your drive, or you
could always try "system restore" to a previous backup,
if you are using XP.
try this out..
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Try this:

Open a command prompt. If it has been opened before you should see it on your start menu. If so , RIGHT click on it and select Run as Administrator.

If it is not directly on your start menu , go to Start > All Programs > Accessories > command prompt and do the same.

In the command prompt , type "ipconfg /release"
without the quotes of course.

Then type in "ipconfig /renew"

You should have an IP Address now.

Type "ping www.google.com"

you should get something like this:

Pinging www.l.google.com [64.233.169.104] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.233.169.104: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.169.104: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.169.104: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=247
Reply from 64.233.169.104: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 64.233.169.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 14ms, Maximum = 15ms, Average = 14ms

You should have 0% loss. If not , something else is going on.

Otherwise , try your browser now and you should be able to connect.

see if the driver for sound got corrupted try re installing it from the cd provided with the laptop or download it from toshiba support section

Allright this one can be tricky so we need to isolate the problem between software and hardware.

First, get into the bios and see it's being detected.

If not then turn off the computer and unscrew the drive from the laptop, MAJORITY of laptops only need to have one screw unscrewed to release the drive. If yours doesn't then you'll have to do a little more work, let's just assume you have the majority for now.

Next, pull the drive out, feel free to give the back connector a quick puff of air, now carefully place the drive back into the laptop so that it's nice and tight.

Check to see if that solves your problem.

If not we'll try something else.