My external microphone jack and USB's doesn't work on Toshiba Satellite

Follow the link below, it is an illustrated guide to the disassembly of the P15. Pages can be changed at the bottom of each page shown. Just copy and paste the link into your web browser's address bar.

http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/toshiba-satellite-p15/removing-motherboard-1.htm

Take apart laptop and see what type of jack is on your system. There are two types. one is soldered on and the other is a module that connects to the motherboard with a wire connector.

If you have a soldered on type the you will need to de-solder it from the board then solder a new one onto the board. most ac jack issue just need to resolder it unless the jack itself is broken.

cd tray button dead? means power failure. step one is remove that old bad shorted huge battery first. and run on AC pack only(even forever) bad power pack (or wrong kind) bad power jack on PC side it for sure needs service, guessing is not possible (or very expensive) if the P15-s420 (the dash matters ok./) Satellite P15-S420 (is the full name ok?) a true relic with only XP OS loaded. XP is trash, a pure virus magnet. 15 years old today. all batteries inside and outside are bad 15 years old not one will be good, and that is bad. the HDD will be bad too as will the CCFL LCD back lamps bad.(black screens forever) 2004 made, a pure relic with zero value.


worse yet is the DC jack is soldered down and all are cracked now. all are, if not parked on shelf for 15 years.
a better PC has pig tail jack that lasts 10x longer.
like HP 8540 has. and all top grade HP and Dell have.
not this toy grade old laptop

That will require a soldering iron, and a another battery with the same numbers. It is not a user replaceable part. the unit will have to be disassembled to access the battery properly.

i think u have connected a device via USB like External HDD so u need to remove it

check in back side remove battery then clean it from dust then refix it.
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This should do it for you.

On the Phoenix BIOS:
Go to "Advanced BIOS Features".
Go to the "1st Boot device" and set it to "USB-ZIP".
(Phoenix BIOS, Revision 6. you need to go to the Boot Order screen and select "Harddisk" and hit enter, giving you a list of IDE hard drives this BIOS prefers to call a USB device an IDE harddrive)

Hi Ferchichi,

Try looking here, theres 4 pages of drivers available for your laptop. You may not have found it before because I believe it to be an older model.

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=DL&os=&category=&moid=556034&rpn=PSP10U&selCategory=3&selFamily=1073768663&selModel=556034|PSP10U

You may have to copy the whole of the link and paste it into your browser. Otherwise try this link (I've tiny url'd it for you)

http://tinyurl.com/5m5fyr

Hope this helps you out!

David

You have to remove the DVD and after that you will see the HDD under metal shield held in place with 4 screws labeled M2.5X6. Screw to remove DVD was also labeled (F6).

If you don't know how to do it, i suggest to get on line the service manual for further info.


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Pablo

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop and experience this problem with the mike stopping suddenly too. Your solution may not be as easy as mine was, but here goes ... Did you check the audio setup? Go to Audio Properties, and click Advanced so you can see the Microphone properties. Mine was muted and it wasn't me that muted it -- just seemed to happen suddenly and hopefully it's that easy for you!!!!