Core2Duo on old Satellite A100

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• Restoration of an old Satellite A100-204

  I am struggling to find any software at all for my Satellite A100-204.
  I had to reinstall windows XP on it and obviously lost all software pre-installed to the touchpad, software control unit wifi etc etc. It's been a while since I used this machine, so I don't remember even what software have even called, still less how they worked!
  The machine is a hand so I have none of the provided disks.

  Is there anywhere in support of Toshiba systems to get the software for a machine of this old?

  Thanks in advance.

  I think Liam has already mentioned what you need: the drivers are placed in the archive area of the Toshiba UE driver page.
  Installation command isn't very important; Simply start by current drivers such as chipset, LAN, WLan, etc.
  Finally, install the Toshiba tools and utilities.

• Recovery of old Satellite A100

  Hello.. I'm new to this, so please be patient with me.

  I have an 'old' Toshi A100 with Vista that I replaced with what I hoped would be a faster Toshi A660 Win 7 (because I could not stand Vista) and decided to try to reset the A100 back to factory settings so I could give it to my sister.
  I had a Recovery DVD - ROM product that took me all night to figure out how to use...
  I worked on that I was restarts from the HDD instead of the DVD.

  In any case, I had once the Recovery Wizard to start successfully... He said he was copying the files... copy files... for ages and it came with an error message which unfortunately I did not write down, but something like "Cannot read the file" said called the management of stormwater? and some options to RETRY or SKIP, I hit RETRY, but it came up again so I hit SKIP.

  Far she returned Copying files... then he came with a message of error again, I was not to write it again, but the DVD ejected, so I then pushed in. Then he said:
  "Bootmgr missing".
  Press CTR ALT DEL

  Now, I can't restart the recovery process no matter what.

  I have a defective drive?

  How can I recover it now?

  If I m remembering good old A100 can be recovered with recovery DVDs only. At this time Toshiba didn t have the option to drive HARD recovery.
  I really put t learn how you can begin installation of HARD drive recovery. As far as I know with original Toshiba recovery image something like this is not possible.

  If you have the original recovery disk use for installing the OS. Before he set BIOS to settings by default, restart the laptop, press F12 at the next startup to enter the boot menu. Put the recovery DVD in the optical disc drive, choose the CD/DVD drive in the menu and press ENTER. Optical disc drive should start reading the disk, and you should see recovery on-screen options.

  Can you do what you and send feedback?

• Satellite A100 - keeps freezing and crashing

  Hello
  I've got a 2.5 years old Satellite A100. He was going well until recently, when I found that the pc freezes completely - this looks only happen when I move the cursor on the screen. The only thing I can do, it's a hard re-boot.
  The problem has become more common, and I had to reinstall the operating system (using the disc that came with the laptop). After you have reinstalled everything worked well. But all of a sudden the same problem reappeared. I thought maybe it was different software clash between them and so I once again re-formatted the hard drive and reinstalled the operating system.
  This time it froze once more as I move the mouse around the screen. But it's happened before that I had installed anything on the PC. It is an entirely new installation.

  I also want to mention that this problem occurred first a year ago. At that time I had to wipe the hard drive and reinstall the OS and it worked fine until about 2 weeks ago, when I've updated my "spybot search & destroy ' software." It was after this the problem started again. The rest of the story is as above.

  Just to mention that, after that the problem started 2 weeks ago, I reinstall the mouse driver using the touchpad driver that is available on the Web from Toshiba site.

  Please help - I have been re - install the OS on / off power for 2 weeks now and I still have the problem. I am close to giong out and buy a new PC!

  Hello

  It's strange, and I think it looks like a hardware issue because you used the disk recovery Toshiba and after that, the same problem occurs.

  But it's not easy to say what causes this problem. You can check the RAM and HARD drive using Drive Fitness Test and Memtest86. Use Google to find the two programs. You can download an image bootable in these two programs. You must burn it to a CD and boot from it.
  If the peut t-tests is a mistake your laptop should be checked by a technician for laptop.

  Maybe you can find the problem yourself, and to swap the RAM or HARD drive, it's pretty easy.

  Welcome them

• Satellite A100 - buttons on the touchpad enabled without clicking

  I have a laptop pretty old (Satellite A100).
  My touchpad is upward - the left keeps activating button that no one touch.
  Is there something specific I should do to fix this?

  I tried updating the driver and restarting the computer several times - no luck so far. My knowledge is pretty basic, so I would appreciate the simple answers in layman's terms... Thank you very much!!

  Julia

  Hello

  Hmmm I think that it s touchpad hardware question too.
  So, I agree with Akuma parts needs to be replaced.

• Satellite A100-386 - how to upgrade the BIOS?

  Hello

  I wanted just to update my old Satellite A100-386 with 4 GB of RAM (2x2gb Crucial) instead of 1 GB, as I am now running Windows7 Pro 64 bit instead of the original XP 32.

  I read that I had to upgrade the BIOS as mine is v2.00. So, I downloaded the last of them.
  It seems to be an automatic upgrade of BIOS (S10V600.exe) as mentioned on the site Web of Toshiba.
  But when hit the .exe, I have a box of error message saying:
  "LOADPEDRV. "EXE: could not start the service.

  My question is: do I have to be 32-bit OS to run the upgrade of the automatic BIOS or is it possible to Flash the BIOS with a Windows7 64 bit OS run?

  Thanks a lot for all answer as I found no 'how to' in search on this forum.

  Best regards
  François

  Hi FPSim,

  Who said that you need to update the BIOS to upgrade RAM? The maximum RAM capacity depends on the motherboard and chipset and not BIOS.

  Official website of Toshiba, I have seen that the model supports 4 GB of RAM so the BIOS update is not necessary. Increase the RAM and everything is ok.

• Satellite A100 display empty but external vga works

  Hello
  my two-year old Satellite A100-847 screen has stopped working. I used the external VGA monitor for a few days,
  and then switched back to laptop computer LCD and discovered that it doesn't work. It shows nothing, only the gray backlight.
  The LCD does not work even at start-up in WIN XP, or AC or battery power. I tried to disassemble the screen according to some guide
  to check if the cable is firmly in his place in connection to the LCD, but it has not solved the problem.
  I use the original BIOS and the somewhat updated nvidia display driver, it worked fine until now, so I suggest this isn't a driver/bios problem.
  (but maybe that is it, so I tried to install the original display with no effect driver.) I don't want to try to Flash the new bios and meet up with Kiss to the top view and bios too)
  Video output for external monitor is quite well, start-up or in the victory.

  Everyone sees a solution, please? Or should I just go to the service provider...
  Thank you
  Pepe

  I think that it s a hardware problem of the display or the FL-inverter.
  The FL inverter is part hidden somewhere close to the screen.
  It controls the backlight of the display.

  So you should go to an ASP, they can order the parts and exchange it or looking to ebay for a complete display and Exchange yourself.

• Impossible to install old windows on Satellite A100-787

  I bought the Satellite A100-787 with Vista home premium installed. I wanted to remove vista and install older windows.
  I tried Win XP without service pack, but the installation gave me a lot of blue screens and could not continue.
  I tried Windows Millennium, but even once it froze during installation because of "material conflict". How can I install old windows on this computer.
  Pls don't tell me that it is not compatible with the old windows, because this makes no sense.

  > How to install old windows on this computer?

  Thank you for using Windows XP edition family SP2 not SP1. I installed Windows XP SP2 home edition on the new Satellite A200 and if I can do it on the A200 you can do this on A100 also.

• Satellite A100-216: can I move Windows.old for drive external HARD

  Hello

  I got my satellite A100-216 almost 12 months, (and I'm pleassed with it, incidentally), and bought with XP, but she has the option (taken) to get the upgrade to Vista Home Premium.

  I have finally plucked courage to Vista and have a question.

  In the book, it says that the hard drive will be completely erased, and all must be safeguarded. OK - did this.
  It lights up during loading to say that only a full upgrade is possible and that the old windows will be stored in a folder called "Windows.old" even if the operating system will be unusable.
  There seemed no option but to agree with what is happening and lo and here is the record + Windows.old + is here, and it's * Gb * 6 in size!

  After saving everything, can I really keep this large amount of things on my HARD drive. I can move it on my external hard drive?

  The capacity of the HARD drive, (nominally 100 GB) but showing 93Gb shows 24,6 now used by Vista without other programs or drivers installed.

  If I remove this 6 GB, I'll have a more reasonable 75 GB to play with.

  The other option would have been to start on an OEM XP disk, opt for delete and re-create a primary partition and load Vista from there after the format. Would it be: r: work and B: use less space.

  If the 6 GB file is all that it would save, I'll just save it on my external HARD drive.

  Thanks :)

  Post edited by: dave1510

  Hi Dave,.

  The Windows.old folder is a backup of your files/folders/settings of your XP system etc.

  It is automatically created during the process of update for Vista and is designed as a quick way to return to the earlier version of the operating system if you need to do. \obviously its value will decrease over time, once you start using Vista, because different files will become obsolete with the use.

  The normal procedure is to remove these backup files "shadow", once you are happy that Vista is not working properly and there is an option to do it for you in the utiliy Vista disk cleanup.

• Satellite A100-new or old battery is not

  Hello
  I have a Satellite A100 - 543 (PSAARE).

  The original battery was not charging so I bought a new. Now a new charge or the other. I then ordered a new charger before coming on this forum so I'll try that when it happens, but I think that the problem is not resolved.

  With the new battery, the icon says "10% usable, plugged, in charge. The icon, when the laptop is first turned on, shows the load bar moving (load) but after a few moments, stop.

  With the old battery in the icon says "connected, charge." It shows the empty.
  In both cases, the battery light is on.

  If I get the charger to the laptop computer, the computer stops immediately.

  Trawl the forums I see one proposed solution is an upgrade of the BIOS. I have the BIOS version 5.80
  See: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/05/23/toshiba-satellite-a105-battery-charging-problem/comment-page-19/#comment-151154

  However I can not find my model (see above) on the list of Toshiba! It was purchased in France and out of warranty.

  Again I am doubtful that this will solve the problem.

  Others point out the motherboard. How I know this? If it's someone have an idea of the cost?

  I hope someone can help.

  Henry

  > It looks like the card main load circuit has a defect which is not cost effective to repair.
  Yes, it seems that Yes. Looks like only a mobo replacement could help

• Can I go back to my old BIOS settings - Satellite A100?

  My laptop (SATELLITE A100 - 225 PSAA9E - 03U01EEN) started disconecting my router wireless (for 5 seconds at a time every 5 minutes or so) since I updated my BIOS on Toshiba update page.

  How would I go back to my old BIOS settings?

  Thanks in advance, Genghis.

  Hello

  As far as I know it is possible, but this must be done by service. They can install old version of the BIOS using special tools.

• Re: Satellite A100-283 - 16:9 display on external monitor resolution

  Hello

  I just got an old Toshiba Satellite A100-283 and tried to connect it to a TFT 22 ". Somehow, it seems that this laptop graphics card does not support the external screen such as 1920 x 1080 resolutions. I find 16:9 1920 x 1440 resolutions and such but not at all.
  Is - anyone here know if there is a way to get this notebook running on an external display in 16:9?

  Thank you in advance for your help!

  Heike

  Hey Buddy,

  You can change the screen resolution to the 16:9 format when you remove the brand to hide modes that this monitor cannot display as [THIS | http://blog.wildvista.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Lightroom_hide_modes-340x400.png] photo?

  Check it then [screen resolutions | http://blog.wildvista.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Lightroom_vertical_res-355x400.png] again if you select another resolution of the screen

• Sound problems after installing Vista on Satellite A100

  Hello

  I have something new, something I've never seen and I do not much [as appropriate] of you.

  Today, I installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on my laptop Satellite A100-192. As it is Vista compatible now [I added some memory] I think it's the right time to see the new operating system [that is great, he will rule the world for sure].

  But back to the topic.
  After the installation of Windows Vista, which has detected almost all of the software in my pc and have fun on this topic / and there are a lot of things an old fart like me, can have fun with / I decided it's time to get back to work.
  So I restarted my toshiba for win xp, started working and has decided that music will surely improve my / concentration i'm from Poland and as many of you know, my team lost the first game of the 2006 World Cup. so they will not pass the group stage of WC2K6--real cause my humor today. After turning on my foobar, I realized that I don't hear nothing/i do not drink, so he can't really be the cause. I've set all volume settings, all the settings of the sound and nothing! I tried headphone jack, but it does not work too. I tried reinstalling the drivers, reboot the system several times and... nothing.
  I went back to Vista and... sound works like a charm.

  Bromine to Vista my sound on XP...

  Anyone has any bright ideas, how this could have happened and how to solv it / accept to remove vista from windows...?

  I would be greatfull for some advice...

  Best regards
  Krystian

  Hello Krystian

  If you use recovery media supplied for installation of WXP is the noise problem persist?

• Cannot find drivers for Satellite A100-215

  Hello.

  I have a laptop Satellite A100-215 with
  Model No.-PSAA9E-02F00VPT
  and
  Series No. - 66063198Q
  and I can't find the drivers in one of the sites of Toshiba.
  I tried Toshiba Portugal, where the laptop was purchased,
  tried also Toshiba.eu and Toshiba.com, and this laptop seems as if it was a ghost, because I can't find it anyware.

  Haven't tried looking for serial and no, model and nothing.
  Search for Toshiba Software I tried and it recognizes the laptop.

  Can someone tell me how can I find the drivers for this gost?

  Drivers for your old laptop that you can find on http://www.toshiba.eu/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp

  As long as the type of product, choose option ARCHIVES and you will find it.

  Good luck.

• Satellite A100-811 - maximum memory capacity

  I have an old A100-811 Satellite with Windows XP SP3. It has 1 GB of memory (2 x 512). I want to improve the memory. What should I do?

  1. put another memory of 2 GB so the total is 2.5 GB (will I get in trouble for using two types of 512 MB and 2 GB memory?)

  2 put 2 x 1 GB total 2 GB (for better styling?)

  3. put 2 x 2 GB. But will I have the 4 GB memory full or only 3 GB because of the limitations of memory Win Xp?

  Do I need a BIOS update for this?

  Thanks in advance for any info!

  Hi skga100,

  The maximum capacity of RAM in Satellite A100-811 is 4 GB. This means that you can install 2 GB in each slot.

  Usually for Windows XP 2 GB is enough but I want to upgrade to Vista or Windows 7, you should think about 3 or 4 GB

  In your case, I would buy a 2GB memory module. If you are on the safe side.
  Why? If you want to install Vista or Windows 7 later, you can buy a second memory module and keep your 2 GB module. Who s the easiest way. :)

  And no, upgrading the BIOS is not necessary.