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• Portege R500-124: where to get DVD Reovery

  Hello

  Just got a Portege R500-124 and they wanted to establish themselves.

  They just asked asked on a recovery DVD, as none came with it.

  I have looked at the manual and see you can use F8 at startup upward to get to the recovery partition and do a complete reinstallation shape it.,.
  but it would also be good to have a recovery media...

  Is anyway to create this laptop?

  This came pre-installed with Windows XP PRo.

  Thank you

  Ken

  Hello

  Where did you come from?

  As far as I know the European notebooks from Toshiba are always equipped with the Toshiba Recovery CD.

  However, try to contact the ASP in your country and ask if the restore CD is available for you Portégé R500.

  If this isn't the case, then I recommend to check your system and installed applications.
  Sometimes, there is an option to create a clean recovery CD/DVDs.
  In this case, you will need to burn this image of Toshiba on the DVD.

  Best regards

• Portege R500 - Slim port Replicator II: dual monitor DVI & RGB all

  Is it possible to use a double configuration monitor on a Port Replicator II slim if I connect a DVI-port monitor and the other to the RGB port?
  I have a laptop Toshiba Portege R500.

  TIA

  Hello

  I didn t find all the information about the Advanced Port Replicator II but I found some info on Advanced Port Replicator III and the simultaneous use of RGB & DVI ports

  So the point is it's possible * ONLY * if portable system unit _itself also includes simultaneous use of RGB & DVI support_.

  concerning

• Several questions on Portege R500

  I got this new Portege R500 (PPR50E) and the fan noise is driving me crazy! I can't believe why the processor should run all the time so warm, even if it isn't on the heavy load. Even online light surf starts the fan of rolling and moaning of it are really annoying. I tried to find a software that puts the CPU halt state, as CPU Idle, but no chance, none of the old applications work with that CPU. The temp is always around 60 ° C which is quite a lot even thought I've customized power management profile to use only the lightest load.
  Someone has ideas how to force the processor to stop the State?

  I am also struggling to get the standard 1280 x 720 60 Hz resolution to work for an external projector, but that's another story... Calculator of DTD disobeys his magic and now I have to start hacking the registry manually...

  Then sound card driver. I would use two audio apps at the same time, but the driver does not allow the sharing of resources, which means that I can't use Amplitube and media player at the same time.

  The CPU is supposed to be dual-core 1.2 GHz with 2 GB of memory, the machine should work pretty well. BUT Vista spoil the fun! This is the second time that I am using Vista on a laptop and now I am quite convinced, is an eater of great resources and no good OS. R500 should come with Win XP SP3!

  I'm sorry because I have to whine, but I will return it to the dealer if there is no solution to these.

  Post edited by: ADMIN

  Hey Buddy

  The machine is known to me. It s a large notebook small and powerful.
  Fact is that the laptop was equipped with a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo CPU processor that produces a lot of heat.
  To my knowledge, the internal temperature (not only the temperature of the CPU) varies and can increase and decrease at the rate of 15 degrees C.
  Fact is also that cooling modules are not oversized due to the size of small notebook and the unique fan must therefore turn more quickly to ensure cooling properly.

  He should also know that the new series of portable comes with the operating system preinstalled Vista and this OS needs a lot of resources.
  It is no secret.

  Of course, you can install you own Win XP on the R500.
  I think the laptop wouldn't create this heat using the XP and the cooling modules should run a little slower.

  Installing XP is possible and all Win XP drivers are located on the European driver Toshiba page!

  Greetings mate

• Portege R500 - network Constant interruptions

  I have a Portege R500 with Windows XP (SP3 now, but same problem with SP2 and same problem before and after all reinstall them), and the network continues to interrupt. It's desperately irritating, because I work a lot of ssh connections, and almost every time the connection breaks I lose some work. The best of cases, it's that I have to log in again and continue where I was.

  This happens regardless of whether I use WIFI or wired network, and sometimes little matter where I am - home, office, coffee internet, that, is not my connection. The network is interrupted every 15-30 minutes, and sometimes as I type or loading a page, while other times it seems just to occur. It is usually easy to tell when it happens, because all the ssh connections instantly hang, all my messenger connections are broken and Outlook complains that he has lost the connection to the Exchange Server. The connections Outlook and messenger do not realize anything is wrong before the connection started actually working again, which has probably something to do with TCP or ICMP messages finally get through, but it's really strange that TCP is not only address the problem transparently - the physical connection is never interrupted for long.

  I guess that it probably has something to do with energy saving, but I have been unable to resolve in setting energy saving settings. Also, I have the same problem, regardless of the question of whether the laptop is powered.

  (Probably?) it is not a hardware failure, because I don't have the same problem in Ubuntu Linux and memtest does not report the errors of memory. (Speaking of which, is there a memory testing tool or self test tool integrated with this laptop?).

  Any suggestion would be appreciated. I tried calling the number of local support twice, but it didn't help much to get there.

  Thanks a lot for this great info

• Portege R500 - low volume with Win 7 and Realtek driver

  Hello

  I have now installed Windows 7 on my R500 to prepare for the end of Windows XP to life.
  I've experienced this now with Windows 7 sound does not really work.

  Build-in speaker does not work and a speaker connected to the outside with amplifier can get just a little sound in the maximum amplification I googled and saw many people having similar problems.

  Does anyone know if Toshiba has a solution for this?

  Other people with laptop computers Portege have the same problem?

  Thank you
  Markus

  AFAIK the Portege R500 supports Realtek ALC262
  I googled and found some people having problems with low sound volume on other laptops from other manufacturers using the piece ALC262

  But I found the solutions :)
  Download the utility of small noise turn Mute Off after upgrade to Vista
  [Its utility to turn Mute Off | http://support.toshiba.com/support/viewContentDetail?contentId=1671893&pf=true] and unzip it with WinRAR or WinZip
  You will find a small file called "MuteOff". Run this file as an administrator and check if your sound would work.

  Note: All drivers should be installed as well as the Realtek audio driver.

  Your comments would be appreciated

• Portege R500 - replacement of the keyboard - success

  After buying a new keyboard for the R500 on EBay about a year ago, I finally blew the courage to replace a badly scratched by a new keyboard. The reason I've waited? I was worried about how to get out the old keyboard (it is locked down to the chassis, and it was obvious that I have would hurt one during the withdrawal.

  There is a nice write-up general on how to disassemble a R500 here:
  http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Portege-R500/disassemble-laptop-remove-hard-drive.htm

  The description above is not to discuss the keyboard however, so here's some additional information and tips:

  * Read this whole procedure before you start - it's simple, but not for the faint of heart.

  * Shut down, unplug the power, remove the battery.

  * Make sure that you have the correct keyboard for your model. The US keyboard is p/n G83C000903US for example. One I removed was a Rev 1 and a new one, I had a Rev 2 (don't know the difference - they look identical). They can get as low as $40-mais check the part number before you buy.

  * The keyboard connector is located under the computer, and so you will have to take off from the bottom, carefully following the instructions in the link above.

  A couple of notes: (a) the cable Ribbon PCMCIA connector must be opened to disconnect the cable, as this is the only thing that prevents you from removing the bottom of the computer. You can easily do so through access memory on the back door, but BE careful not to damage the cable lock. It works by switch to the top the little plastic lever that is held in place by small pieces of plastic on the sides of the connector that flex * a little *. Be gentle with this connector. When you put it back later-connector, if you placed the cable all the way into the connector, you can lock with only slight pressure down on the connector, and it will snap into place.

  (b) there are other types of cable Ribbon connectors use too. For example, to unlock the keyboard connector, now visible also on the bottom of the deck, slide both ends of the connector in the direction where the cable plugs in. They are snug and will only move about 1/4 ", be gentle but firm.

  (c) the two tiny connectors blocks free access to the water of the keyboard do not have locks on them. We're a band with only a few drivers, and one is a red and white power connector. Just pull out them. All the other connectors, you will probably miss through requires unlocking, so be careful!

  _Now back to the keyboard: _

  Once you have managed to disconnect his cable on the bottom, turn the laptop and start to remove the keyboard on the edges. It is supported by many small pieces of sticky tape, 2 faces, and that's it. As the base of the keyboard is made of aluminum, it is likely that you will distort the keyboard a bit as release you it, even though it may be downplayed maybe using a tool like a rule or something plastic and pry with it. Take care of not to damage the connector of the Ribbon and try to ignore these scary cracking sounds that identify each section!

  Once you have turned it off, you must remove any excess tape before starting point and again put a bunch of small pieces of new, good quality 2-sided tape (such as 3 m). No need to use anything stronger or thicker - just put a bunch of parts everywhere on the base, especially near the edges and the space key.

  Now, finally, turn the keyboard in position, making sure that you screw the connector back Ribbon through to the correct place. Turn the laptop over and re - insert and lock the Ribbon connector (make sure that it is directly and fully forward lock connector). All other connectors back in too. Then come back and push down hard on all sections.

  Re-assembling, taking care to put the 4 mm and 6 mm screws in the right places and a tiny on the side.

  Cross your fingers and turn it on!

  Good luck!

  Thank mate for this review.
  Generally the replacement of keyboard is not really complicated and someone with small technician skills should be able to replace it

• Portege R500 - Bad optical drive delays the start - how to fix?

  The Portege R500 has recently begun does not start. Initially there not some time later, frequently. By chance, I discovered that if I left alone for a minute or two, he will continue to start. That and the noise coming from the optical driver, made me suspect the problem was not with the HARD drive, as I feared at first, but with the optical driver.

  I read in the thread below that other people had this problem. MrBear mentions * I pulled it out again and pushed on the Ribbon connecting the CD-ROM to make sure they were safe. Turned on again and he pulled up without problem! *

  Link: [http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=43300&tstart=0]

  Could someone clarify in what ribbons must be treated? Only those who are visible by opening the drive? Or it is necessary to open the notebook?

  Furthermore, if I booted into Windows, it stopped again, for a minute or two, while Windows is loading. With Ubuntu, there is no such problem. Perhaps Windows tries to communicate with the optical driver for some reason any.

  Tnaks for any help!
  Leonardo

  Hello!

  Is your laptop still under warranty? If so I put t understand why you try to solve the problem by yourself. Go to the nearest EPA and ask a technician for help. These guys are very useful and they have the most experience on laptop repairs.

  On the Toshiba site, you can search the nearest ASP:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com-online decision-making supported downloads & => find an authorized service provider

  And the problem with Windows, it is difficult to tell why Windows stops for a minute. Maybe it s a software problem so disable all programs that you start n t need in msconfig.

  Good bye

• Portege R500 - Toshiba does sell OEM licenses for Windows 7

  Hello

  I have a Portege R500 with Windows XP.
  I have now installed a version of Windows 7 without activation to see if all the drivers are working (Windows 8 is not supported I know).

  Everything looks good and Windows tells me now as planned, it is not authentic and propose to buy the license, but when I go to MS it fails (it seems that MS sells not more Windows 7).

  Toshiba sells licenses for Windows 7 for a R500 OEM?

  It would be a shame to throw it away because of this.

  Thank you
  Markus

  All you can do is to order a Toshiba Recovery disk.
  The recovery disc contains exactly the same operating system that was preinstalled on the laptop on the first day of purchase.

  In your case, this means that you will get the recovery with Win XP OS disk.

  As Timox said: If you want to use the other system than Win XP, you must purchase the Microsoft operating system.

• Portege R500: Explorer crashes cured by installing the Driver Sound R600

  The equipped Portege R500 of Vista is a great phone except that mine Windows Explorer (not IE) kept crashing without obvious reason. The taskbar would suddenly become unresponsive and then I would get the opportunity to restart Explorer. "Problem Reports and Solutions" shows 129 these events in the 44 weeks since I bought it, and it is not my main computer, so I don't use it every day

  In any case, I think I found a solution which is to replace the R500 Realtek Sound Driver (version 6.0.1.5400) by the one for the R600 (version 6.0.5655). Since doing the crash seems to have stopped.

  The idea was that almost all of the events in question 'AppHangXProcB1', ' waiting on the name of the Application: svchost.exe:AudioClientRpc', and ' bucket ID: 157806391'. Research put in question the Realtek Sound driver and revealed many reports indicate that a similar problem with other laptops.

  The original version 6.0.1.5400 is still topical for R500 according to European and us sites Toshiba. However, the R600 version is 6.0.5655 dated dated 17/11/2008. As the R500 and R600 so similar I installed and have had no accidents since then. Previously I tried to upgrade to version 6.0.1.5624 (from Windows Update on 2009-03-04) and 6.0.1.5477, which Toshiba Canada for the R500 question, but they were no better than 6.0.1.5400.

  I haven't noticed any bad Effect to have the pilot of 'bad '. Of course, it would be nice to have advice from Toshiba on this and to know if other people have had similar problems with their R500, but in the meantime, it's great to be able to use it without the bar all the time freezing of tasks.

  Post edited by: Johnson

  Hi Johnson

  Thanks for this report. This is the solution and the very interesting question.
  Let's see if someone else will report on the same or similar topic.

  To be honest, I can't imagine that Windows Explorer may hang so easy with the settings.
  All the preinstalled images are tested and if there is a serious problem you need to Toshiba. But anything is possible.

• Toshiba Portege R500 - external display display problem

  At my work, we have a number of series laptops Toshiba Portege R500. All laptops are home in a Toshiba Slim Port Replicator II. Laptops are all running a version of Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 applied (and of course a few customization business).

  The problem is with the display on the external monitor. The laptop starts according to the normal and connects to the fine. The Fn + F5 key and so we can switch between the external LCD screen and the laptop monitor. We can also extend the desktop on the external monitor without problem.

  The problem is that when the disconnection of the laptop computer to the port replicator, when the laptop is brought back, the display of the external monitor does not display anything. The monitor receives a signal that we don't get errors about "cable disconnected" etc. By bike by Fn + F5, the monitor will go to sleep (as the adjustment is only to be on the laptop screen). By pressing Fn + F5 again, the monitor seems to wake up but there is no display on the external monitor.

  The only resolution we have found because so far, it's to stop & restart the laptop and the external screen works again. However detach and the problem occurs again.

  Thought this might be a driver problem or a problem of Toshiba Utilities, so have updated the drivers accordingly. The drivers installed by default are the Intel 945 Express 6.14.10.4837 driver version. I tried to update the drivers for the next version (using drivers from the Web from Toshiba site) and changes to the version of the driver 6.14.10.4631. I also tried the Intel driver version 14324.

  I also installed the Toshiba screen utilities and shortcut keys to see if this may have an effect, but unfortunately not. I also tried to change the BIOS settings for the display of 'Automatic Selection' to LCD + CRT RGB, and once again it has no effect. I also tried several configurations in the "display settings" does not.

  Is this just a design problem? Is anyway to fix that?

  Hello

  I Portege R500 in front of me with the same port replicator and 21 "Toshiba TFT display (connected to the DVI port on the Port Replicator).

  Please open "Toshiba Mobile Extension" utility (you can find it in Control Panel), then click on the second tab > change of display service.
  If please activate this service and choose your preferred display output.

  I tested it 10 minutes ago and it works perfectly.

  Good bye

• Portege R500 - CPU is 50% (accelerator)

  My Portege R500 has to a C2D U7700 processor, who still works at half it is the maximum speed. And when I say always, I mean that lower the CPU load makes no difference, battery/power makes no difference, and power management has also makes no difference.

  Note that I speak not of the States-P! The processor goes to 1, 33GHz when I wait for him. I have NOT also speaks the thermal throttle, because the cpu is not overheating. I do not speak of the * economy Butterfly * normal energy.

  How can I know it?

  Well, I turned this processor is actually slower than an Atom N270. This could not be true, so I went to study. I downloaded [RMclock | http://cpu.rightmark.org/download.shtml] and I noticed that the throttle is never more than 50%. RMclock can turn off gas also by the force of the lever, and then YES my laptop is literally twice as fast (which can be seen in any benchmark CPU). But after 10 seconds or more, the throttle is back and the laptop is back at half it's maximum speed.

  Here's what I've tried so far:
  (1) HWSetup, the value dynamic CPU frequency Mode "still high". No change.
  (2) in Vista, select "High performance" power plan and max on the "CPU power management" option in the options advnaced. No change.
  (3) in RMclock, define the profile to * only * use the throttle to 100% State. No change.
  (4) RMclock, disable C1E instruction. No change.

  So. How can I get the gas in order to exploit and 100% when I need to? Otherwise I could buy a netbook-Atom based as well :(

  Please help :)

  Hello Touré

  It will be interesting to know if you are still using the factory with all settings preinstalled Toshiba stuff or you have maybe clean installation of the OS?

  What is the CPU load in idle state?
  What happens if you open several applications and expect more power?
  Use CPU does only 50% and remains at this level?

• Portege R500 - fingerprint reader and SD card reader does not work

  Hello

  I hope someone can help me.

  I bought an opportunity Portege R500 (the warranty is still available until 12/2010) and set up with Windows 7 Home Premium.

  I installed all the drivers for Windows 7 from the specific model support page. Driver Vista have been installed for all drivers, which are not available in Windows 7.

  If everything works fine, except the fingerprint reader and the sd card slot.

  Fingerprints: I tried al a lot of drivers, even that of the R600 and R700 (such as proposed by someone here in the forum). When I run the Toshiba fingerprint utility, a text box tells me, that there is no connection with the sensor. Authentc software does not work either.

  SD card reader: I tried several SD cards from a card SD 2 GB simple and old (but functional) Kingston. According to the Director of devicce, the driver is correctly installed and running.
  The blue icon next to wireless light turns on and after a "long", a message box appears and asks me to format the card. It takes a little longer and then I get the massage, the card cannot be formatted. I tried the same procedure with a SDHC card 4 GB and a Micro SDHC card in a SD card adapter. Then of course the cards are identified but not usable and formatted.

  There are several reports of other users of the internet, the locations of sd card in computer models laptops different toshiba have problems under Windows 7.

  The two problems have emerged as well under Vista. My hope was, this upgrade to Win 7 solve poverty. Unfortunately remain the problems of th I have Win 7.

  Thanks in advance,

  Michael (Germany)

  Thanks for the feedback second
  By the way; It is a forum for user to user in this community, everyone is trying to help everyone, so if someone wants to say that he would be able to help, then you will get a response from such user maybe you should also pass a few simple threads in this forum and might help other users as well?

  Tip; BIOS update and setting BIOS by default (with F9) can solve many problems... it's worth a try...

  By the way; Win 7 is able to update the drivers automatically. I recommend that you run an update in Device Manager and let windows search for the update.

  I ve got another laptop and installed Win 7 as well. The card reader Vista driver has worked for me on Win 7 OS just a tip

• Portege R500 upgrade to Win 7 64 bit: lost and no scrolling touchpad driver

  Dear all,

  I have updated my portege R500 WIndows 7 64-bit OS and had the following problems:

  1. as a first step the touchpad scrolling has worked well (with no driver installed) but then it works more... so I tried a driver but
  2. There is no driver for the touchpad (Alps) which is recognized as a compatible mouse PS
  BTW, uninstalling and reinstalling didn't work and I searched a lot on the web but found no solution.

  I downloaded the drivers for VISTA 64 bit, is it safe to use?

  Appreciated advice, thank you.

  Simone

  Hello

  > I downloaded the drivers for VISTA 64 bit, is it safe to use?
  Yes, it s safe you can try to install the drivers for the touchpad for Vista in the worst case, you will get an error message that this driver is not compatible or will not work.

  But look man there is Win 7 Alps and Synaptics touchpad drivers for Win 7.
  The drivers were released for other series of laptop.
  Check the Satellite L500 area for example

  I have Win 7 64 bit drivers.
  Synaptics v14.0.11.0
  Alps Electric v7.x5.303.117

  Welcome them

• Portege R500 suddenly turns off, restarts

  Scared near death of my 16 month old Portege R500 running XP Pro.

  Symptom: It suddenly shuts down while I work - the screen turns white (black - although a fraction of a second of vertical - I think - lines), then it starts again. When it restarts automatically, I get a notice from windows saying that my system has recovered from a serious error. What happened three times in the last month. I can't be sure of that, but I think that in all cases, I was working in IE - version 6 and now upgraded to 8 (which keeps freezing upward in his own right, but seems not related). It seems to happen completely randomly and not at any relevant time as starting a program or something.

  QUestion: any experience? Anyone know what is happening? My hard drive is going to die, or is it just an overheating?

  Note relevant potential: 36 to 40 degrees celcius here for the last 8 weeks. The computer is so hot that you can fry an egg on it. It is on a raised platform and let him NAP for an hour or two after lunch. Two of us sit with a fan on us. We use an external display.

  Thank you in advance.

  > It suddenly shuts down while I work - the screen turns white (black - although a split second of worm)
  > Note relevant potential: 36 to 40 degrees celcius here for the last 8 weeks.

  Well, the high temperature might be the cause of this behavior.
  And of course, that could happen often in the summer while a higher outside temperature.

  I think you should check the cooling fans.
  Spray compressed air to remove dirt and dust from the fans.
  Ensure that there is enough free space around the laptop to get properly air circulation.