Toshiba Satellite - Answered Questions & Fixed Issues - Page 7

• 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.

Toshiba Support > Satellite A45-S250 Notebook PC > Atheros 802.11 a/b/g WiFi driver with Cisco WPA support for Windows XP and 2000,

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=SB&os=&category=&moid=555703&rpn=PSA40U&modelFilter=A45-S250&selCategory=2756709&selFamily=1073768663

HOWEVER, it requires the Atheros Client Utility v2.4.2.18, to be installed. If it isn't installed on the laptop, this utility needs to be installed first. Then the Driver above.

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=SB&os=&category=&moid=555703&rpn=PSA40U&modelFilter=A45-S250&selCategory=2756709&selFamily=1073768663

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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

old post, there are no fuses. fan yes, mobo yes, and more all things lacking a HATCH. 11 years old, no spring chicken this. and may have CCFL lamps. CCFL dead , LCD goes dead. as all did now. this old. seem you got the wrong manual. the Toshiba web site shows NO SERVICE manuals, free. that is why I never own them, I buy dell or hp, as they do have manuals, for sure. my sis has one, and i had to use youtube to find all screws and those dang silly hidden secret plastic snap locks. yah, toshiba's SUX. the users manual shows , hatch covers off. show memory swaps. then omg fails to show RTC coin cell removal, yah. my sis, i put in a new LCD display and LED conversion kit. and new SSD drive. and loaded fresh W10 on it, so... im not helpless. it runs fast and well but I personally hat Toshiba PCs. I buy USA when I can, so there is that. i can not find true and matching service manual but see A200 series, yes. (from non OEM sources) 240+ pages there. manualsdir.com has it. here is how many work (Dismantlment) all hatches off, and what is under hatch removed DDR, etc. look for screws hidden there. remove those. dvd drive out , and screws tricky hidden there or on upper lip there. yah. hdd out, see screws below> all screws on the bottom out. ALL> remove keyboard, if not all in one with plastic top, remove it then find screws there, (on some LP the heatsink/fan and pipe assembly must be removed now. (my HP this is fact) try to know that all a215 are not the same, so manuals harder to find due to that one fact alone, (not user manuals real service man's) the if stuck still the toshiba has those dang snaps. http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/toshiba-satellite-a205/laptop-disassembly-1.htm I use cell phone plastic pry bars, looks like tiny plastic crow bar if you read the above it shows using guitar pick. step 14 those are a pain, for sure if you break the silly plastic locks. 23steps, there, 205. now the video, we always look here first, it is free. UTUBE. my guess you stuck at time stamp 3:00 guitar pick. laptops take great skills to service, no 2 models are the same is reason 1, and then ribbon connector broken, there are 3 ribbon locks. push pull wedge lock hinge lock. each type must be addressed correctly or damage is DOA end.

old post JAN 18' , let me guess the shop wants 5 times value just to tell you X is bad. right? GeekSxxxd.? sure it was ok before , all things are really. but not now, but sure you did not buy it broken, that is good clue. first off , all laptops made have this huge battery and all this old are bad and worse shorted so get that battery out first. simple , no? remove it and run on AC power pack for eternity if you want to. I guess this is black screen of Deathh(sic) post. 100% never ever shows text, even doing the long reset with power. the next step on any LT, is to carbon14 date it, (build year) it is very old, 14 years old today. with old old Pentium M processor. all PCs this old have CCLF backlamps. that all died years go. in fact most died, at about 2010 year, ok?> the lamps go dead after only 20,000 hours of use. we throw these PCs away. for 2 reasons. 1: huge labor and cost to replace those lamps. 2: and PC has no street value, at all. $23 used on ebay busted. here is the magic flash light test for all old laptops works on deal lamps from year 2000 to 2010 2010 is LED back lamp born day. power on, the fan must spin, heard and MUST Blow are or the LT will overheat. the use the flashlight like this. to see if you see data there. if yes,bingo, CCLF failure. http://www.pcdied.com/monitors_and_screens/flash-light-trick.html

I believe the L35 uses what is considered a satellite power jack which means the actual jack is not soldered to the motherboard but uses a cable and plug, therefore is the easiest of the power jack repairs. The cable can be found on ebay for around 30 bucks or less. I usually charge 50 bucks for the labor plus the part, the laptop has to be disassembled to complete the repair. Below is a link for disassembly if you want to use it as a reference and perfrom the work yourself.....

http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-L35/taking-apart-laptop-1.htm

Easy wen you turn on the lap pushh many times type F12 wen the promt apear and then it give to you the wayfrom to start chose the usb from or other is go to bios sistem and in the loader change it way from to star from hdd to usb hdd and ready post please if this is work

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.

you might have to many programs trying to or accessing your computer or the internet at the same time or a virus scroll to bottom toolbar (bottom of screen) right click select task manager applications you will see whats running if you see anything you dont need running select end now and you might uninstall that specific program if you or computer does not require it to run and some unnecessary programs that could be jamming up your computer also under processes see what is ticking over in the background again if you see something you dont need to be running select end now you might have to either restart the program , restart your computer or reinstall ashampoo commander programhope this helps

check your power pack charger it my be faulty or where the plug goes into your laptop

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

Something wrong with your southbridge or you can call it your GPU. You need to bring it to a service center.

Sounds like your CPU and HeatSink needs a fresh coat of Thermal Paste on them. You'd have to take the laptop apart to do it. It's shortening out because the paste is dry and causing metal to touch metal and shortening out.

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.

Repair your Windows installation:Note Repairing your Windows installation may change the configuration of Windows. You may also have to follow this step if you complete all the troubleshooting in steps option 1 and the problem is not resolved.

• Use the Windows XP CD-ROM to start your computer. On the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to set up Windows XP.

• Press F8 to agree to the license agreement.

• Use the ARROW keys to select the Windows XP installation that you want to repair, and then press R.

• Windows XP Setup repairs the installation files, Windows XP automatically restarts, and then the Setup program finishes the repair of your Windows XP installation.

Follow the remaining steps to set up Windows.Note You must have your 25-character product key to complete these steps.As soon as this issue is resolved, make sure that the firewall is enabled, and then visit the following Microsoft Web site to reinstall the latest updates:http://update.microsoft.com/

• Run a virus scan on the computer because problems with corrupted elements can be attributed to viruses.

• Use a sytem utility tool like ReginOut to fix corrupt registry and windows files.

Hope this method works for you.

Try Number Lock again. Or, Check the Accessibility Options (Click Start type Ease of Access Center and hit Enter) in the Control Panel (options on Keyboard tab should be unchecked)

Search eBay for windows XP. Buy a copy that comes with a CD key and install. You might try a copy that says it will just reinstall using your existing *********** if you know it. You can use Keyfinder by Magic jellybean to find the existing key and write it down KeyFinder Magical Jelly Bean

You probably need to open up a paper clip, put a hook on one end and try to pull the CD out while relieving some of the pressure on the drawer.

It could be a defective keyboard. Replace.