Portege R500 - Question on SSD connector

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• Re: Portege R500-11 with SSD: I want to install Win XP

  Sorry if this is a common question, but I haven't had no luck with the research.

  I have a Portege R500-11 pair with SSD and I want their downgrade to XP. (speed issues)

  First question. Is it possible or are there problems?

  Second: I guess I have to install the SSD driver, with nlite or F6 during installation of the victory, but which is the correct driver? Can someone give me the exact link, please?

  Is this? Intel Storage Manager.

  Thanks for your help and sorry again if it is a question of RTFM.
  Good bye

  Chris

  I found it!

  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB85017Z0000R01.htm

• Portege R500 - question of Port Replicator

  I just bought a PA3603U-1PRP (mainly) to connect an external monitor, a keyboard and mouse wireless to my Portege R-500.
  Once attached to the port replicator (after startup) the HARD drive password prompt appears on the external monitor.

  However, until I get the password for HARD drive on the laptop the wireless keyboard keyboard is frozen (can not enter anything).

  Once I get the password for HARD drive on the laptop itself the external monitor, keyboard, and mouse work fine.

  Is there a setting/reason when the port replicator is attached to the laptop that I can not enter the password HARD drive on the wireless keyboard?

  Thanks in advance for your comments.

  What is the wireless dongle attached to the laptop or the rep of port?

  Try updating the BIOS R500 and the display driver. Also try reinstalling the driver of the Extensions of the Mobile or Toshiba Value Package added.

• Portege R500 and SSD update

  I have a Portege R500-S5006V with a 64 GB SSD installed.
  Currently I have space issues, but always so happy with this nice computer I don't want to replace it.

  Is it possible to upgrade to an SSD more? What kind of readers are compatible?
  I need to send to Toshiba, or a regular computer repair shop can do this for me?

  I think that the SSD in this machine is not a standard 2.5 "SATA or IDE Drive, it is 1.8" and has a ZIF connector and runs as an IDE device.

  Do a google search for "IDE ZIF SSD" and you will find a few commands which can be compatible. In theory, they should work in the R500, but I'm not 100% sure.

  An FSL can install for you for a fee.

• Portege R500 - can I change the SSD?

  Hello. The question of replacement, replace the ssd.

  I myself PORTEGE R500 (PPR50U-02M01W version) with SAMSUNG_MCCOE64GQMPQ_SE805B0137. He has only 64 GB.

  I contacted Toshiba service asking to replace by something big, they said it's impossible! HOW DO I? It should be possible to replace the 64 GB SSD 256 GB SSD!

  If anyone can give me the link to SSD, who's going to fit 100% into my existing ssd will be very grateful!

  > I contacted Toshiba service asking to replace by something big, they said it's impossible! HOW DO I? It should be possible to replace the 64 GB SSD 256 GB SSD!

  And why wouldn't this possible? The technician said that?
  To my knowledge, it should be possible to use any disk SSD because SSD drives use the same interface as ordinary hard drives

  As far as I know there is a common controller SATA and SSD with SATA interface should work

  That s in my opinion

• Portege R500 - RAM and disk SSD upgrade

  Hello

  I have a PORTEGE R500 bought in 2007, SERIES NO.48025469H.

  I have obvious problems with VISTA and WINDOWS 7. The two do not work well, because he seems to have a memory. I wonder if I can increase the memory and replace the drive with an SSD. I want to keep this laptop because it is perfect for all my needs.

  Thank you

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  Hello

  According to the specifications of the laptop your laptop can handle with GB of RAM, but has been bundled with 2 GB memory is not possible.
  http://www.Toshiba.it/discontinued-p...Tege-R500-11z/

  What about SSD? SSD upgrade is possible and you can use 256GB SSD for upgrade. After this system will be much faster, and you will certainly more performance and speed.

• Portege R500 - PPR50E replacement of the HDD or SSD

  Hello

  The hard drive in my beloved Portege R500 is dead.

  The model is a Toshiba MK1237GSX and am looking for a compatible hard drive to replace it with conclusion that this exact model turns out to be difficult. You can also and my first choice would be to replace the HDD with a ssd drive - is this possible and any recommendation on model?

  Any help is very appreciated

  Thanks in advance

  Agree with Akuma.
  You need an SSD that supports the SATA interface.
  You need disc SSD SATA 2.5

• Portege R500 - compatibility with Intel SSD 320 160 GB

  I installed an Intel 320 160 GB SSD in my Portege R500 (PPR50E).
  However, the BIOS does not detect the new drive. I updated the BIOS to the 1.60WIN version, the most recent that I found, but the drive is still not detected.

  Is there a possible solution? Or I need to take the drive?
  Thanks for any help

  It must be a problem of compatibility so I don't think you can force Portege to recognize this SSD.
  I'm afraid there is nothing you can do about m.

• Can I upgrade SSD 512 GB - Portege R500

  I have a Portege R500 with 64 GB of SSD.
  The SSD is very, very little.
  Can I put the 512 GB SSD?

  LOL: D it's true. To be honest I didn t find any SSD 512 GB at the moment on the market, I read that Toshiba has developed the new SSD 512 GB but production began in the second half of 2009, and I guess that these components are not cheap.

• Portege R500 USB Extrenal HARD drive question

  Recently, my boss bought a Portege R500 and I installed Win XP SP2.

  Installed all necessary drivers.

  It is, if I connect an external USB HDD's does not detect and I use the laptop after having removed the USB HDD applications hang up and it wont even stop.

  Can someone share a light on this problem?

  Thank you.

  It is not easy to share a lot of light on it. Who is the manufacturer of this external HARD drive? You have a software with this HARD drive that needs to be installed first?

• 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.

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  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 - all chances of getting a kit of renovation of 3G (UMTS/HSDPA)

  I just bought my Toshiba R500 here in Germany about three weeks ago. A few days ago, I received information that Toshiba will soon offer the R500 with integrated UMTS/HSDPA modem.
  Even more surprising: the price seems to be the same, there is no price increase.

  So, I just bought a R500 with 64 GB of SSD three weeks ago and he is already OLD. I've always wanted the R500 with integrated 3G but my dealer told me that there is no information that Toshiba will offer such a product. Of course, I can still use my 3G Express card with a PCMCIA card, but to be honest, it seems silly to have that thing sticking out of the R500.

  Now, here's my question, because I am sure that other customers are too affected: is wise and customer Toshiba kind enough to offer some kind of kit of renovation of the 3gs for the R500? I know that there is space, including for the reader of card SIM, but if Toshiba does not offer a kit of renovation, any modification may void the warranty and it can also do not work as it should.

  Chances to get a 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) renovation for the R500 kit any time soon? I love my R500 but without integrated 3G, it truly annoys from time to time (btw: the s.cks Word is censored, funny).

  Retro Kit 3G? : D

  Hey Buddy AFAIK the 3G card must be connected to the motherboard, and if someone wants to upgrade the small Portege R500, thin with this card you will need to disassemble the whole laptop.
  This would void the warranty.

  I m not sure if it of possible to modernize the R500 with such card but if yes, then you should contact the ASP in your county for such a procedure.

  I have already seen that the Portege R500 equipped with module 3G / UMTS (3.6 Mbps) high-speed.
  Maybe it's better to sell your R500 and buy a new one with the card 3G s? ;)

  Best regards

• 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: Cannot restore Vista using Toshiba recovery disks

  I downgraded Vista to XP loaded factory.
  However, I would now like to restore back to Vista.

  I have disc 1 & 2 ' product Recovery DVD-Rom; Portege R500 disks.
  They are also marked "Windows Vista Business (SSD/PATA)" has been provided by Toshiba.

  I don't know how to use these discs to restore my operating system to Windows Vista. When I insert disc 1 and after loading some files, a message "cannot read the file source or disk - Preinst2.SWM" and I can not go any further.

  An instruction step by step would be greatly appreciated

  I wonder why you receive two recovery disks. As far as I know Toshiba Vista Recovery image is stored on a DVD.
  Perhaps you have received two CD

  In any case, have you tried to boot from the second disk? I mean the second recovery CD?

  Usually, recovery is not very sensitive. You must boot from the disc and should follow the instructions on the screen.

  The error cannot read from the source file or disk - Preinst2.SWM looks like a little to the Conference on disarmament would not readable or the CD/DVD drive would not read the disc properly.

• 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