Cannot Flash the BIOS on Satellite L500 due to low battery

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• Cannot Flash the BIOS on A100 (PSAA8E) - flash process freezes

  Hey everybody.

  I am owner of a laptop Toshiba Satellite A100-283 (PSAA8E-1DL044GR)

  I intend to move the CPU (T1350) to a T2400 dual core.

  Before I open the laptop to install the new CPU, I want to assure you that the BIOS will support it-so, I want to upgrade the BIOS to the newest 6.00 version on the Toshiba support site.

  The flash BIOS (S10V600.exe) file is a self-extracting RAR starts automatically the good process of WinPhlash.

  Unfortunately, the last step in the WinPhlash process does not start.
  Instead, the system locks up completely with a CPU usage to 100% (spinning fan at full speed).

  The new BIOS only if written to the BIOS chip since I hard-restarting the laptop and normally boot my linux system. The BIOS is always the version 2.00.

  My questions:

  -Any of you who have already updated the BIOS on this system knew what could cause this?
  -What operating system did you use to Flash the BIOS?

  I was running Flash on a WinXP SP3 LiveCD (Hiren Boot CD) utility, the file loading flash BIOS from a USB storage device (I don't have Windows and would like to avoid to get a new SATA drive and install a 'real' windows there just to upgrade my BIOS, but I would if it could be the only way to get the BIOS flashed)

  Your help is greatly appreciated, thanks and greetings from Germany to the rest of Europe!

  > Before I open the laptop to install the new CPU, I want to assure you that the BIOS will support it-thus, I would like to upgrade the BIOS to the newest 6.00 version on the Toshiba support site

  First update the BIOS won't help you if the old BIOS would not support the new processor.
  In General, you can only use the CPU that is supported by the chipset.
  As much as I know, that the new processors are not added to new versions of BIOS
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB9401AX0001R01.htm

  > What OS did you use to Flash the BIOS?
  Since the available BIOS version is based on the Windows version, you must use the Windows which has been pre-installed by Toshiba.
  In many cases, the update of the BIOS requires VAP (value added package) which is necessary if you are running Vista or Win7.

• Cannot find the BIOS for Satellite 1900-803

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba satalite s1900-303 (model number-ps192e-00g1n-en) and I'm not.
  I have somehow locked myself out of the laptop. I used to haver a password to use the laptop. This password is not only for the bios, it is also necessary for the operation of the laptop.

  Somehow the password has changed and that's why I can't use the laptop at all. I contacted toshiba store and theyu said to use a loopback serial cable to fix it somehow and he also mentioned in an attempt to crush the bios with a new.

  I would like to try this, but I can't find the Bios or drivers. I was wondering if someone can help me solve this problem please.

  PS: When regestering on the toshiba site I had to enter the serial number for the laptop.
  The model under my name says 1900-803 when the sticker on the laptop clearly said 1900-803

  Hello

  > I have somehow locked myself on the laptop. I put a password for the laptop. This password is not only for the bios, it is also necessary for the operation of the laptop.

  I think that you have set the BIOS password.
  Unfortunately, the BIOS password can be removed from the laptop if you n t know the old password.
  You can not remove also the BOS password by updating the BIOS. If you would try to update the BIOS while the password is set then the ROM module flashes not properly and you laptop will not boot! It s dangerous!

  Only Toshiba authorised service provider can remove the BIOS password. Ask the technicians!

  PS: You book is a model of Satellite 1900-803 and BIOS, drivers, tools, etc. can be found on the European driver Toshiba page in * file Archive!

  Select * Archive Archive Satellite Satellite 19xx *.

  Good bye

• How to enter the BIOS on Satellite L500

  Hello
  I have satellite l500, and I would like to ask how I can enter the bios and change the size of agp aparture.

  Thank you

  Hello

  AFAIK, you can enter the Bios by pressing f2 at startup. But I don't think it is possible to change the size of aparture gpu. (allocate memory gpu)

• Cannot upgrade the BIOS on Satellite P30 - 145

  Hello world

  just inherited a laptop P30-145, impossible to pass the bios. When I run the file, I get the message"BIOS update rom wrong format! "and then the installation program stops. How to pass? I do all right according to the Web site.

  Just one thing, the original restore disc wasn't available, so I installed a standard XP and updated the necessary drivers on the Toshiba site.

  Hello

  Try the 1.40 BIOS driver Toshiba page we:
  http://www.CSD.Toshiba.com/cgi-bin/TAIS/support/JSP/downloadDetail.jsp?soID=1236378&PF=true

  The BIOS is for Satellite P30 PSP30U. It the same series as the European notebook PSP30E series.

  Download the exe file and save it to the desktop. Then, create a folder and unzip the sp35v14.exe file in this new folder created.
  Now go to this folder and inside that folder, you will find some files.
  Read the Readme.txt file for the complete instructions for use the BIOS update.

• New motherboard for Dell, the new Dell battery, Dell new AC Adapter. Does not charge batteries, power adapter not recognized. Cannot Flash the BIOs because of the latter.

  Dell Studio 1737 laptop

  Hello

  To add a bit of good Council of Halima S.:

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  Check with support from the manufacturer of their books online and the drivers and their forums system
  (as applicable) for known issues. Some manufacturer issued BIOS and other updates to help the battery
  problems.

  Dell support
  http://support.Dell.com/

  Dell support drivers - product manual & warranty Info (left side) - and much more
  http://support.Dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=DHS

  Dell forums
  http://en.community.Dell.com/forums/
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  Control Panel control - plan change Options - power plans - power - advanced settings
  Parameters for the drainage and the use of parameters (this is how much to use and not how much or how)
  long to load).

  In fact, what causes a lot of wear on a battery empties it too low on several occasions. With today
  systems overload are not a problem.

  Here are some tips to help and troubleshoot battery issues.

  Old battery? Unplug the power to the computer - remove the battery and clean the contacts with a pencil
  eraser (do not use this, if your battery is fine slots - just clean up the edges of the knife which fit in)
  them and be careful). Batteries are old, or it could be a problem with the computer.
  Check with the support of the machine system, and many of them have on line forums.

  New Lithium-Ion type battery usually last longer if you do not unload then less than 30%
  However on a laptop that not extend their life a lot. Best is to use the a/c adapter
  When this is possible.

  I use the free version of BatteryBar to monitor my battery. Click on the green button on the
  Yellow box on the right side of the page to download the latest stable version.

  BatteryBar - free version available
  http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/index.html

  Another good program

  Vista battery saver - free
  http://www.codeplex.com/vistabattery

  Problems with the lives of its use and the battery of power - Mr Fixit
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/windows_battery_power_settings

  You can also check with the manufacturer of system and forums that many use their own
  proprietary software to monitor the battery and they could be known problems with your battery.

  ============================================================

  Try this - to make a Restore Point

  How to create a Vista System Restore Point
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/76332-system-restore-point-create.html

  How to make a Vista system restore
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-System-Restore-how.html

  Then Control Panel - Manager of devices - Batteries - Double click on each item - drivers - tab
  Update the drivers (which can do nothing) - then do a right click and UNINSTALL each.
  RESTART which will update the driver stacks.

  Problems with the lives of its use and the battery of power - Mr Fixit
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/windows_battery_power_settings

  I hope this helps.

• Satellite Pro A300-257 while flashing the BIOS

  Hello

  I have a dilemma. I recently installed windows 7 on my laptop of girlfriends who is a Toshiba Satellite Pro A300-257, everything went well until I tried to update the Bios. I followed all instructions on the toshiba site had to put the model number in to get good bios double checked and triple checked before running the program, but when I ran the system crashed to halfway through the closed system update and now it wont even boot lights are on cd player is ROAR a few stays on black screen.

  I read many forums and it seems im not the only one with this problem.
  I just got the phone to toshiba and they say im not covered because I does not you can call and go through it with them on the phone, even if at no time did he tell me to do that I followed the instructions of there Web site.
  I also confirmed with them that I used the correct bios but they say that they are unable to prove that and I can put in the wrong information that I did not.

  In my view, there is a program that will allow me to boot from the cd so I don't have to go out and buy a reader external floppy to Flash the bios, I think that his winflash. Unfortunately, all I can find is the executable program on there website which im guessing will not start work.
  Anyone know where I can find the prog to update the bios and the bios file so I can create a cd bootable to Flash the bios.

  Any help will be appreciated with gratitude

  Thank you very much

  Hi mate

  I m afraid there is no alternative to reflash the BIOS to the traditional version of BIOS who can start the BIOS updated using an external USB drive and the floppy disk.

  The European driver Toshiba page contains only the BIOS Win-based that can be updated when the windows operating system. The traditional BIOS is not available for download. Only authorized service partners have access to this version of BIOS and that's why I don t see any alternative as to get in touch with the guys and to ask for help.

• How Flash the BIOS if you cannot start Windows

  Hello

  I have a BIOS virus which prevents ANY version of any operating system Windows to boot at all.

  (Linux will start and run fine)

  So, to solve this problem, I need re-flashing the BIOS.

  Problem is... HP offers only the BIOS as an executable Windows utility.

  Can someone help me figure out a way to Flash the BIOS WITHOUT Windows?

  THX

  Now, in response to this topic, I discovered a solution...

  HPBIOSFILE.exe - writeromfile /-writehexfile /-writehdrfile

  I hope this helps some of you.

  To use this...

  (1) download the executable file (.exe) for BIOS update for your motherboard

  (2) a copy of the program flashing of Award Bios BACK (Google it, easy to find)

  (3) obtain a downloadable copy of the BACK 6.22 (of Microsoft) and create files to start this one.  (possibly another computer to do this).

  (4) start your computer affected in BACK 6.22

  (a) copy the files in a directory

  "(b) using the bold line above... type the name of your BIOS instead of the HPBIOSFILE.exe file ' and run the command.

  You will find yourself with a ROM file, a BIN file and a header file.

  You can now re-Flash your BIOS on your HP computer outside of a Windows environment.

  ENJOY!

• 2000-2b09WM HP: flashed the BIOS and now cannot see hard drives.

  I was trying to install Win7-64 on this 200-2b09WM. I flashed the bios, and now BIOS can even see hard drives.

  I used the 67259.exe softpaq file

  http://ftp.HP.com/pub/SoftPaq/sp67001-67500/sp67259.exe

  Any ideas on how to solve this problem because I can not install andy BONE and can not boot from floppy, cause there's not?

  Have you tried to boot with the Windows disk since the last error? If this laptop comes with Windows 8, it can have Secure Boot enabled to avoid booting from cd/dvd. Check the BIOS.

• Lenovo 3000 N500 4BG, flashed the BIOS and cannot start more!

  Hi there, bought a N500 yesterday I was updating drivers, everything worked ok and then I tried to Flash the BIOS with BIOS 6get12ww on site (today) and then after a stop, nothing works anymore.  It ends with the Blue error screen Windows.  I tried many ways to get the system up, so I can copy the old BIOS from HDD (WPHLASH seemed to make a backup before flashing), nothing works.  None of my Linux can start the machine, they are all stop in the middle of the process, Linux Mint starts, but the screen is not readable.

  Also, WinXP and Lenovo CD may not start in windows or the recovery console.

  So, how can I get a copy of old BIOS, or how I can recover from such a problem? No floppy drive, nothing can read hard drive (no CD or DOS or Windows Flash boot floppies could reach the hard drive).

  System has 4 GB of RAM, 250 GB drive HARD and cpu T3200.

  Help, please.

  People, problem has been found and resolved.

  It seems the old BIOS flashing, BIOS setting has changed the HDD SATA type was changed to something other than ID and correct that, regardless of the type of BIOS resolved the problem and the system works now.

  Paymaan.

• How can I "downgrade" the BIOS on Satellite Pro P100 - 160 (PSPAE)

  I have just flashed the BIOS on my Satellite Pro P100 4.8.

  The CPU runs at 100%. (90% + for windows explore)

  Only a single core is recognized by my Vista gadget.

  85 CPU temperature

  How can I "downgrade" the BIOS? Where are the older versions?

  When the new BIOS version is available to download older versions are not available more.
  What Satellite Pro P100 you exactly (model name, model number)?

• Cannot access the Bios Uefi more on E535

  Hello community,

  I recently bought a new laptop E535, works like a charm so far. Access BIOS was possible by pressing enter directly after machine, that came a kind of JOB analysis which could be ignored by pressing any key and that came a kind of table where I could access Bios by pressing a key (do not remember which it was exactly). Otherwise I could enter Bios when the boot menu by pressing tab, who passed on another tab where Bios could be entered (also a kind of diagnosis of the programs could be launched). As mentioned in the subject, it is impossible for me to do that now, after I did the following:

  -traded integrated with a new (access still possible Bios) SSD HDD

  -changed in the BIOS boot mode, both (legacy + UEFI) in Uefi only (maybe it's the problematic point, but I'm not sure)

  -Installed Windows 7 using Uefi on ssd

  Not when I press on enter on startup it brings me to the Windows boot menu manager (you know where you can say to start Windows normally or in safe mode and so). Menu of startup has also not changed with a new section "starting windows" (finally), but when switch to another tab, it is empty now, no entry for Bios setup or diagnostic tests more.

  It's really bad. I googled around and tried the following until now without success:

  -Pressing F1 instead of entry

  -Portable stop and start with F1 key

  -boot without HDD

  -from HARD drive without amendment, which was originally installed in the laptop (which cannot be started more, probably because it has been installed in legacy mode)

  I also thought about flashing the bios, but the latest version available on the lenovo support seems to be 1.04, but pre installed on my laptop is 1.10, so my version is much more recent. Should I try to still the flash?

  While looking around, I found a post that looks like a lot to my problem, but without any other ideas how to solve this problem except for mail in my machine:

  http://forums.Lenovo.com/T5/ThinkPad-edge/edge-E320-can-t-enter-BIOS-after-changing-from-UEFI-to-leg...

  Thanks for your help

  Best regards

  Morco

  It seems to be a very rare problem with installing Windows 7 in UEFI mode, thanks to the help of the "someotherguy" forum member I could solve it. Others running into the same problem should contact him directly.

• Portege R600 - cannot update the BIOS using Win server 2008

  Hi all.

  Pls help...

  I tried to update my bios to the new version, but I can't.

  I just downloaded bios update of the toshiba site for portage r600 for my model number (bios update 1.80 - winner), I unzip the zip, run the exe, but error popup came:

  Package for the TOSHIBA BIOS ver.3.2.9
  Unsupported product type is installed.
  Package BIOS BIOS Version: Ver.1.80
  Current BIOS version: Ver.1.40

  So my question is what am I doing wrong? I'm trying to update my bios from windows.

  is my version of windows: windows server 2008 Enterprise Edition x 64 SP1 (don't ask why, I just have to run Server 2008)

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Your OS windows seems not to be the Windows which was preinstalled on your Portege
  You cannot update the BIOS by using the windows server 2008 Enterprise Edition x 64

  You will need to put the system which has been pre-installed by Toshiba

  Good bye

• Re: update the Bios Z830 Satellite: "this computer is not supported.

  Hello

  I replaced the Windows preinstalled with an installation of Fedora 16, - which works perfectly btw - and hope
  to solve the "Windows only Bios update problem" with a Windows 7 bootable USB drive, which works again
  great so far, but the BIOS160_EC130_WIN.exe said simply: "this computer is not supported." ...

  Any ideas appreciated.

  Bernd

  Hello

  You cannot update the BIOS under Linux and using a victory based version of the BIOS.
  You will need to use the image of preinstalled Toshiba.

• Windows 8 fingerprint reader no longer works (need to Flash the BIOS to fix)

  I have a DV6-7014nr bought around September of 2012.  I have upgraded to WIndows 8 when it first came out.  I had no problem with the reader of fingerprints on Windows 7, but do not use for a long time.

  As the subject says.  I can run it for a few weeks (on Windows 8), and the fingerprint reader stops working.  None of the biometric devices are listed in the Device Manager.  If I try to load the driver, it does nothing, as if the player is simply not there the responsibility of the driver closes just (with no message).

  Peripheral Biometirc in the Panel control says there is no biometric device found and simplepass opens without the fingerprint reader recognized.

  The only thing that solves this is my BIOS which comes Insyde to re-flashing. It is noted in the setup of the BIOS relating to biometric devices.  I have just discovred that BIOS update solves a problem because there was an update that I applied.  Have to reapply the update of the BIOS to fix this seems excessive to us.

  Added March 29, 2013:

  I just re-applied the BIOS two days ago and already the figerprint teader plug working again.  I tried a hard reset (because I saw that as a solution previously, and it is easier and faster to re-flashing the BIOS).  Who has shut down, remove the battery, now the power for 30 seconds button, boot the system without the battery.  He has not fixed the problem and I can't even understand why the fingerprint reader keeps disabling.  A re-BIOS flash solves the problem, it seems that the problem must be with the BIOS software.  Oh I also had turned off the "Allow windows to turn off the device to save power" for the biometric device before he went kaput.  It doesn't stop of is suckier.

  There must be a better way.

  Thank you

  Hello cjwh888,

  Try to restore your BIOS then use Recovery Manager to restore your software and drivers.

  Please let me know if it helps.

  Good luck!