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• Satellite A660 - fan 90% on battery optimized mode

  Hi all my dear users of Toshiba that I really respect because they use such great brand Toshiba. I hope you have the time to read my problem and that its length can not bother you and you can do me favor and answer me.
  I am from Egypt and I recently bought the Toshiba Satellite A660 - 17M. It is really a great device and I've updated the BIOS twice on the official website of Toshiba and now I have the 2.00 BIOS os independent.

  My problem now is that the fan cooling and here's what happens with me. When I adjust method in the Toshiba cooling ensures peak performance so that the temp is between 36 to 63% and the fan speed is 52 to 75% and it takes a lot of time turns off because it is not easy to reach the beach of temp which makes it either stops when I'm inactive or work.

  The largest part of the problem is that when I change the method of cooling battery optimized mode everything working the fan going to 90% and rest, so never or up to this I put the laptop before in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 minutes. Then it is cool and it stops. So in the meantime either inactive or work done, it jumps again to 90%. When I turned off my laptop and wait to be completely cooled, then turn it on while in battery optimized mode the fan starts working during start-up only stops until Windows starts completely then it climbs to 90% and remaining so ever except when I force him to be cool by placing it in front of the fridge.

  My friends, I think that it is not logical to always work in conditions of refrigerator and also it is illogical to have fan always 90% especially that I'm on battery optimized mode.

  What is the problem in your opinion, and if someone has the same laptop can help and describe what is happening with him also. I do not remember if these events are produced before BIOS set to day or not as I they weren't in my mind before BIOS update and I don t know whether or not this happens also before the BIOS update.

  From what I understand, is that the battery optimized mode fan running weaker than the maximum performance mode. Then what's happening and if you say he remains silent until this than complete Windows starts and runs then 90% to compensate for the accumulated heat, I agree with you, but shouldn't t happen to some extend then stops at the battery life optimized according to the name of the battery optimized mode.

  Really I am so disappointed and now know what the problem is. Please help and don t advise me to call Toshiba. Whatever they say please send us the laptop. I m waiting for your responses and thanks a lot for the time spent reading my message.

  Hey,.

  Normally if you use the battery mode optimized for the method of cooling the fan will run less maximum performance. So your laptop will work more silent, but with a higher temperature but usually you don't notice it.

  So if this happened only since the update of the BIOS is you load the default settings in the BIOS after update? Go to the BIOS Setup and press F9 to load the default values. Then save & exit the BIOS Setup.

  I would be also interesting to know what operating system you are using. What is the version preinstalled Windows from Toshiba or your own installation?

  The fan should be cleaned from time to time using a jet of compressed air to blow the dust from the cooling fans. This can also help improve the cooling. An accurate and interesting article on cleaning the notebook, you can find here:
  [How to clean a Toshiba laptop cooling system? | http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=40]

• Official Satellite A660 cant get and iTunes-64 updates moved

  Hello

  I've had my laptop for about 3 weeks now and have a few problems that maybe someone here can help with :)
  It's a Toshiba Satellite A660 Windows 7 64 bit, with all the options of support authorized toshiba - tempro, health bulletin board etc.

  Problem 1:
  The chips toshiba Board asked me to update a load of stuff - Bios, display drivers, wireless drivers etc.
  The only update (seems... it did not freeze at least) worked was the update of the broadcom wireless driver.
  So, for the update of the display, I download the file, unzip it and nothing is passes - I have tried to run the tinstallwb.exe.
  I am asked if I want the program to change the hard drive, I say Yes... and that's the last I've heard of it... tried for hours to make it work, but I look at a desktop computer without activity. In the folder to archive, if I try and run the setup.exe (the nvidia part) it says that no valid nvidia hardware has been detected.

  Problem 2:
  I tried the bios update, Bulletin Board asked me to install... it didn't, didn't want to install.

  Problem 3:
  I spend most of the time the laptop turned off, because it freezes on the screen of closing...

  Problem 4:
  Prob not a toshiba problem - but I can not install Quicktime or iTunes... the installer just freezes (it goes in not responing well) - I left runningn elaptop th for about 4 hours yesterday, trying to install itunes 64-bit until I had to kill the task (and turn it off, like shutdown does not work)

  Any ideas, I've given up trying to update the updates that the toshiba Council services told me to put up-to-date?
  I tried the update obvious everything I can, but the toshiba updates do not update :(
  Other software: MS Office and Outlook, firefox.

  Thanks for any help,

  Andy

  Hello

  (1) you can download all the drivers directly from the page of European driver of Toshiba.
  If you really need an update, then you must download the file, should save on the HARD drive should unzip the package and must be run setup.exe or should update the driver from Device Manager.

  (2) this is a HowTo doc on update of the BIOS:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/Ann.jspa?annID=60
  If this is not possible, then your Windows operating system might be confused to the top and maybe you should get the phone before performing a BIOS update.

  (3) as suggested above; all these questions could be linked to the damaged operating system and maybe you need to reinstall the operating system to make it work again.

  (4) see point 3

• Satellite A660-155 freezes and needs of startup repair or does not start

  Hello, in the middle of the month of August, I bought a satellite a660-155, PSAW0E-00U00DEN S/N 5A214647K.
  It is registered under warranty until the Aug2011.
  After less than a week, it refused to start.
  I rang support and they recommended that I use the recovery discs to restore to factory condition. I did and spent the next 3 nights reload software and my backup disk data.

  Since then he refuses sometimes to start the hard drive with a relative error that it cannot rfind and then ask which drive to boot from. If I select the hard drive, it starts later. Sometimes when running he crashes and then restarts.

  Last night, after that it had not been used for a few days, I woke up he "sleep" mode. I logged on okay, but then the blue logo 'circly' comes on, spinning away happily, and nothing else (just for logging on the text). After 30 minutes, I pressed the power button to turn off because the cell phone was totally insensitive.
  On commissioning, I got a white screen for 30 minutes, then the Startup Repair option.
  I launched it and check start lasted almost an hour and an hour, then he said, trying to repair. After a few hours, I left and went to bed. This morning, he showed the guest of logon and connected properly, as if nothing had ever happened.

  I lost confidence in Toshiba laptops, (I am responsible for computer SCIENCE) and I've never seen this problem before on a so-called quality machine. I only ise it fot simple e-mail/internet/word documents.

  All I can conclude is that there is little material defective (hard drive) that stops responding intermittently.

  I sent support at 07:00 this morning, but have not had a response.

  Can you help me? This machine needs ideally replace or repair collection, back in working condition 100% reliable. Could someone please contact me to see where I go from here?
  Under the law of consumption, you have a duty to rectify my sad situation, that the flaw exists again.

  Thank you

  Thanks for the info!
  Seems to replace the HARD drive would solve!

• Satellite A660-18 suspended and needs hard reboot

  My Satellite A660-18 crashes every two days about 2/3 times. I can't press ctrl + alt + del and the mouse does not move. I pressed the power button to restart manually. It started about two weeks after I got it in September. I watch a lot of videos online (and offline) and usually after the screen freezes / crashes, audio continues and extends. I thought that it was a problem with IE8, so I switched to Google Chrome, but it still continues. This occurs also in offline mode. Also, after my laptop crashes, the fan speeds up so I thought it was an overheating issue. I bought a carpet of cooling a few days ago, and the system still hangs. I don't know what to do now, can anyone help?

  Intel core i7 1.73 GHz q740
  4.00 GB ram
  64-bit operating system
  Windows 7
  NVIDIA Geforce 310 M 512 MB dedicated video memory

  Hello

  It's not easy to say what causes this but you should check different things;

  (1) reinstall the OS. Dirty registry entries affect the OS eth feature
  (2) clean OS using CCleaner
  (3) check the bars of memory. Run the test using a tool like memtest86 + or similar
  (4) check the HARD disk. You can use Drive Fitness Test, which is free.
  (5) update BIOS and other pilots like graphics card driver

  Good luck

• Satellite A660 - Tempro alerts and the status of the guarantee

  I have a laptop Toshiba Satellite A660. Windows 7 64-bit.
  First Tempro worked but I have not had an update since October 6 and my warranty status now says
  'Standard Standard warranty Toshiba unregistered'?
  Think this should happen when Tempro advised me on a Tempro itsself update: update around 6 October?
  I registered my guarantee that some moths back, I can not re - save that I am already registered, I can confirm that my warranty is until August 2011 on the toshiba support site.
  I can browse and then install updates from toshiba but not by Tempro. Infact today I downloaded Tempro 3.3.4 and installed.
  TEMPRO is activated and shows my correct series and number of model, but always said that my warranty is not registered.

  Under condition of the guarantee: guarantee offers, help and register buttons all work, but clicking on the button "Refresh" seems to do nothing. If I disconnect my internet and press "update" button there is no percievable difference?

  I'm sure theres no firewall problem, but put exceptions in TemproSvc.exe and TemproTray.exe to be sure.

  I know that Toshiba say wait 5 days for the warranty to show registered but surely that does not mention when you click on the update button, but since time of your registration?
  Which for me was long August/September.

  Hey Buddy,

  Where to check the details of the warranty for your laptop?
  For European laptops, you can check the warranty here: http://www.toshiba-tro.de/unitdetails

  If it s are not correct, you should ask a service provider authorized in your country or contact Toshiba people under [email protected] and explain your situation.

  Good luck! :)

• Satellite A660 - 11 M and fan speed controller

  Hello

  Is there anyway to reduce the speed of the fan on the A66011m Satellite?
  The fan operates at 67% and makes too much noise for use in an office environment. Is it possible to reduce this?

  Thank you

  Adam

  Hello Adam

  There is a single way to do this. Go to power management and open the advanced power settings for the management of the power supply you use.
  You will find Toshiba Power Saver options and parameters for the method of cooling. Open it and put them in optimized battery.

  This should reduce the activity of fan cooling.

• Satellite A660 - links BIOS and version history

  Just for your information, please find below the complete * A660 BIOS version history: *

  _ [Version 1.80 - 2010-10-01 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v180.exe] _
  -Limited the speed of DRAM DDR3 - 1333 Mhz to 1066 MHz on the Clarksfield CPU platforms.
  -Update: the status SM_SENSE # is maintained during hibernation for the function sleep & music.

  _ [Version 1.70 - 2010-09-22 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v170.exe] _
  -Fixed: Background becomes empty, and the wrong password will not automatically clear when setting or deleting a user or supervisor password.
  -Fixed: System hangs when you set a channel owner of 512 bytes.
  -Fixed: When enabled the Fast Boot, DMI Type12 had no data.
  -Fixed: When Fast Boot has been activated, the system did not ask passwords system and HARD disk.
  -Fixed: When PCI LAN has been disabled, the start menu has reported a network problem.
  -Fixed: When the serial number of a RAM module is all zeros, the system crashes.

  _ [Version 1.60 - 2010-08-03 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v160.exe] _
  -Updated the Intel OSB logo.
  -Fixed: Shared allocation of memory on UMA SKU problem.
  -Fixed: Blurred logo Toshiba.
  -EC-1, 60: reduces the sensor button debounce time to 50ms.

  _ [Version 1.50 - 2010-07-08 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v150.exe] _
  -Update of the MRC of Intel to 1.3 - 1 for cause of stop start hot.

  _ [Version 1.40 - 2010-06-28 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v140.exe] _
  -Updated the N11M and N11P NVIDIA VBIOS code base.
  -The M13106E5_04 Clarksfield CPU Microcode Update.
  -Fixed: The computer may crash if some RAM modules are used in the Computrace platform.

  _ [Version 1.30 - 2010-06-09 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v130.exe] _
  -Updated the VBIOS N11E of Nvidia for 3D editions.
  -EC - 1.30: added workaround for a problem of ALS function after the release of the S4/S5 and reboot.

  _ [Version 1.20 - 2010-06-03 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v120.exe] _
  -Added: N11E Nvidia for 3D SKU VBIOS.
  -Update of the optional ROM of Computrace to correct a problem installing and running SysMark/MobileMark.

  _ [Version 1.10 - 2010-05-10 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v110.exe] _
  BIOS of initial production of these models.

  Hello

  I found the same thing on the page of the Toshiba driver we.

  Welcome them

• Satellite Pro L300-128 and battery life

  Hello

  I checked the specifications of this laptop but cannot find the medium-term on a full battery.
  Although this would depend on its use, but what about the generalization? Say, surfing the web, by email or word processing?

  Does anyone know this information? Or suggest that it could be?

  If so, pls reply. Thank you very much!

  G

  Hello

  I think you can run Notepad on the battery power more than one hour.

  But as you have already said, battery working time depends on the use of the laptop. If the battery performance can change always and can be different.

  If you wish, you can extend the performance of battery changing the settings in the power options.
  A stronger battery could also allows to run Notepad as long on battery.

  If you wish, you can visit the European site of Toshiba-> Options & accessories for a stronger battery

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• Satellite A75 power sector and battery

  Someone else knows harware problem with feeding? My computer guard switching battery when I use it. I had fixed by Toshiba, but it happens again. The computer is new.

  Hi Teri,

  I have a problem similar to yours. It is caused by a bad connection power connector at the back of the laptop, which causes a loss of contact internittent. In turn, this causes the microsystem (part of the motherboard) power to detect the loss of AC power he duly launched battery powered. Unfortunately, the intermittent contact is so brief that the AC comes before the power system is ready to detect it so it never switches back on current alternative. Eventually the drains of the battery and the laptop will be turned off.

  The only wau I found to correct this situation is to turn off the PC and then it reboot.

  I now tighten cable ca to the my laptop back to prevent the power connector to move if I move the laptop.

  HTH

• Satellite A660 - meter problem and the function of the power keys do not work

  Hi all

  The drop down menu that appears when I pressed on the FN key disappeared as well as when I turn of the backlit using FN + Z, light under the keyboard just turns off but the light beneath logo buttons on it near the power buttons and satellite does not turn off. How can I solve this?

  The computer displays the electric meter error and eco top near power button never lights energy saving does not work. I tried to reinstall the driver of programs/toshiba eco, but it says BIOS not supported.

  Before you try to reinstall the VAP, try to restart the Flash Cards Support utility. Utility support card Flash controls the FN keys and you can restart it in all programs-> Toshiba-> restart Flash Cards

• Satellite A660: no light and no beep touchpad keys

  Hello world

  first of all, I apologize for my English, I'm Italian.

  I am panic with my laptop, yesterday I reinstalled everything using the recovery DVD and has already had some problems with the touch buttons.

  Sometimes their light turns on, and they never do the "beep" when I touch them, work of the beep only during startup.
  Here are the main problems: I have already install the latest firmware of fingerprints buttons from Toshiba Web site.
  How can I solve it?

  Last question: the echo utility button light should be turned off when you and just be green when the echo is active, isn t it?

  Thank you very much

  Post edited by: keivan92

  Hello

  The beep occurs during startup as the POST (power self test) was transmitted correctly.
  Usually, the system beep can be changed in the BIOS in Advanced tab.
  In my case there are different levels of sound summer: Off, low, medium and high.
  In my case I put in the Middle, but even if the system beep is activated, the button multimedia don t beep. I guess they should not beep.

  With regard to the light on the button:
  It is called illumination.
  As far as I know in some cases, the BIOS contains this option and you can enable and disable the lighting in the BIOS.
  If the lighting is not available in the BIOS, check this:
  Go to the Program Files/Toshiba/TBS

  You will find the application called dimmer.
  This allows the key light.

• Satellite Pro A120 broken and battery power problems

  Hello

  I have an A120 with XP pro on it, now it is around the age of 11 months. The other day that the power failed, the wire of the adapter came loose and short circuit blowing power. Please can someone tell me how I can contact toshiba to get news that the laptop is still under warnety, I can't find a phone or e-mail contact anyhere.

  Also, I noticed that the battery life has decreased dramatically, I used to get 3.5 to 4 hours on full battery, now I get about 1.3 hours, which seems unacceptable to me. The laoptop is under the same constraints of cpu power, as it was when I brought it is not that I use also the right of the battery until it is dead and do not supply current when the battery is fully charged.

  Thank you

  Gray

  > Please can anyone tell me how I can contact Toshiba to get a new laptop is still under warranty, I can't seem to find a telephone contact or by e-mail any where.
  You can contact the service provider authorized to Toshiab for a replacement.

  Here you can find the database with all FSA worldwide;
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com-> support download &-> find an authorized service provider

  Good bye

• Satellite A660 - Win 8.1 power settings option not available

  Hello

  I upgraded my Toshiba (A660) to 8.1 64 x. (clean install)

  All if works well except idle protected function, which seem to have disappeared of power options.
  In my view, that a driver is required. (I have installed a single Toshiba driver)

  They don't seem to have VAP more.

  Can someone tell me what is the driver I need to install for this problem?

  Thank you.

  > All works well except idle protected function, which seem to have disappeared of power options.
  What exactly is the function of inactive variation? Display backlight control?

  Toshiba not stand in my knowledge of Windows on the Satellite A660 8.1 and therefore you would not find drivers Windows 8.1 for this series.

  If you want to install the utilities and tools Toshiba Windows 8.1, you will need to seek such software in your own hand. But I'm not quite sure if software published for other portable Toshiba would be compatible with the A660 m model.

  However, the fact is that there is no such thing as the package of added value to win 8.1.
  This was the case with Vista or Win 7, but it is not available for Windows 8.1.
  The VAP has been replaced by the system of Toshiba driver.

• Re: Life of the battery of the Satellite A660-141

  How does the satellite A660-141 has a battery 6 cells as many other toshiba models, but has a maximum of 4h15min! How is it?

  More than 4 hours on Satellite A660. It's great!
  I have more Satellite A300 and I can work on battery power max 2.5 hours. It's good enough for this laptop, but a little more time will be better of course.

  What is your experience with Satellite A660? To be honest, I think about exchanging my machine with this new model.