Re: RAM and BIOS upgrade on Satellite Pro 4280

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• Need info on BIOS upgrade on Satellite Pro 6100

  Toshiba said for the upgrade of the traditional Bios use the key"toshisba" to the left of the space bar to the 6100, I tried this nothing happens
  The 6100 does not turn on with this key, so the news of Toshiba was inncorrect

  And how risky are Bios upgrades running Windows

  everyone updated the 6100 to worms 1.9? That's what I want to do
  to stop this annoying missing USB

  Jack

  Hello

  No, I don't think that it is more risky to have the upgrade of the Bios from windows then the traditional way.
  I found this info in the Toshiba document that describes the procedures to update the BIOS:

  For the current offers in the range of Toshiba laptops two different BIOS update procedures.

  1 Windows base update: BIOS is updated to Windows.
  2. traditional update: BIOS is updated using a floppy disk or a CD-ROM when starting.

  We recommend that you update the BIOS from Windows.

• Satellite Pro 4280: where can I buy RAM?

  can someone help me by telling me where I can buy ram for my laptop please

  Hello

  You can upgrade the Satellite Pro 4280 memory to a maximum of 320 MB
  These modules of memory are supported.

  PA3006U 256 MB
  64 MB PA3004U
  128 MB PA3005U
  PA3003U 32 MB

  You can order these service modules to Toshiba in your country or try you to google for this part numbers in the web. I m you will find a variety of the garage who sell these modules.

• Versions of BIOS and upgrades for Satellite Pro 4200

  Hello

  I have search on the Toshiba site, but is no reference to the BIOS information for Satellite Pro 4200 systems (or one of the machines non - letters). can someone point me to where I can see if my BIOS is the last (v2.7) and the location on the site Web BIOD'ZYL downloads.

  See you soon,.

  Jon.

  Hello

  BIOS downloads are found here.

  Enter the BIOS settings at first upward and check the version of the BIOS. You should be able to find it.

• Satellite Pro 4280 - what is the size of the HARD drive?

  I just bought a laptop Toshiba Satellite Pro 4280. According to the manual, it should have a 6.0 GB HDD but in my computer it is shown as having only a 1.34 GB capacity.

  PS I formatted the disk to remove the former owner data and operating system and you have installed Windows 98SE

  [Edited by: admin]

  Hello

  Satellite Pro 428Xcdt was certainly delivered with 6 GB HARD drive.
  Are you sure that you have checked the size of the HARD drive correctly?

  I guess the 1.34 GB is a free space on the HARD disk.

• A few questions regarding the hardware upgrade and the games on Satellite Pro 2100

  Hey,.

  I thought that posting this here because it's more about the lines for the games I could think on another topic.

  I'll get to the point... Basically, I bought a laptop from a guy that my friend knew. He barely used this laptop and didn't know anything about computers, and he tried to avoid as much as possible. So he got rid of this laptop for me for real cheap.

  Now I got it, I had expected either of two things with the laptop.

  (1) what I'll use it so I can sit in his bed and travel a little bit while having files, movies, music and internet access. (it wasn't my main idea)

  Or

  (2) it allows to play video games on it, or to update, so I have a better chance to do so.

  I was hoping to get for video games, mainly for my brother to use because his computer is lagging a lot while playing world of Warcraft. I was hoping that this notebook would give him a better experience for a while.

  But as I was installing the game on this, I noticed that the disk space is low, so I'm going to buy an external hard drive, so I can send files between the PC and the laptop, and I got an error message saying that the RAM was under "minimum requirements" for WoW.

  So I know that I got to level it with something big, but I know not what, so I'm not quite sure that this laptop will run the game at a decent rate. So I thought that I turn to a computer forum and ask.

  It's my laptop;
  [Satellite Pro 2100 PS210E | http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=UK&BV_UseBVCook = Yes & PRODUCT_ID = 45659 ie]

  This laptop will do the job don't you think?
  Or it will be better for simpler things, or less if I had the ram to 1gig?

  I don't know much on the laptop, and I'm not really willing to spend too much on fixing, if it's just a change of the ram, then it wouldn't cost much for than to upgrade around 1gig.

  Hello

  First of all, I must say that this notebook belongs to an older series laptop.
  It was equipped with the 1.8 Celeron CPU, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB or 30 GB HARD drive and a 16MB graphics card internal.

  What you can do is upgrade the RAM up to 1 GB (2 x 512 MB) and the HARD drive. But I think that the maximum size of HARD drive that would be recognized by the BIOS is 120 GB.
  I think that the laptop supports one IDE controller and it limited because of the 28-bit LBA HARD drive size.

  So finally, it is important to mention that you can not pass the graphics card because it s soldered onto the motherboard. Upgrading the CPU is not possible or very difficult.

  I come to the conclusion that you will not be able to play games of new generation on this machine. The hardware specs are maybe too low a few simple games would run on this laptop but I'm sure that other newer games will not run smoothly.

  Welcome them

• During BIOS update by Satellite Pro A60 went down and did not start

  Hi all

  I have a Satellite Pro A60 and I've updated the bios. To halfway the update, my laptop came down and started Hasna´t since. It only give a couple of beeps (trying to tell me the bios is damaged, I guess) and turns off again.

  Tried to start with (~) key pressed (a tip I received from a friend), but without success.

  I live in a country where there is no available Toshiba dealer and I rather not ship the laptop for repair.

  Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  This doesn't sound good.
  If during the POST, the BIOS detects a problem, it will normally display an error message visual on the monitor explaining what the problem is. However, if a problem is detected before it initializes BIOS video card or a video card is not present or not detected then BIOS will play through the Speaker beeps to let you know there is a problem.
  Depending on the type of BIOS you have the BIOS can play beeps in a specific pattern to indicate what the problem is, or emits the signal even a few times indicating the problem.

  In your case, it is possible to s you used a bad BIOS or bad BIOS procedure. Both can damage the motherboard.
  To avoid such damage and mistakes, Toshiba published FAQ document.
  How to upgrade the BIOS on most of the units!

  That you should read before making updates to the BIOS!
  Unfortunately, I n t think that you can fix yourself. I think you should ask to help ASP.

• Satellite U500 - 1 1 - Ram and HDD upgrade suggestions

  I am owner of a satellite U500 1 1 which has 4 GB of ram memory and hard drive HDD. There are suggestions, to upgrade up to 8 GB ram and SSD hard drive. Thanks in advance for any answers.

  I took the initiative to try Mushkin 8 gb (2x4gb) 99644 sodimm pc3-8500 7-7-7-20 essentials. After more than a month in use, I had no problem.

• Satellite A200-1GH - RAM and fx upgrade

  I upgraded my Ram from 1 GB to 2 GB memory using 2 x 1 GB 2RX8 PC2 5300 memories. I have 2 memory slots.
  Can I switch to 4 GB using 2 x 2 GB ones?

  My graphics card is Nvidia GeForce GO 7300. Can I switch to GO 7600? What other cards that you would recommend?

  My pc is Satellite A200 1GH with model No.: PSAECE - 02900WGE

  Please answer as soon as POSSIBLE in order to make these upgrades.

  Thank you in advance, Dimitris.

  Yes, you can upgrade your laptop up to 4 GB of RAM and it is maximum. You can use 2 x 2 GB RAM.
  Toshiba recommends 2 GB RAM with PA3513U-1M2G part number.

  GPU upgrade is not possible on mobile machines.

• The maximum size of HARD drive the BIOS sees in Satellite Pro 4200 and 4300 series systems

  I want to switch the HARD disk in my Satellite Pro 4340. I know the 4200 and 4300 SP series can take at least a 20 GB HARD drive that I've already updated a SP4270 and SP4280 drives from 20GB already.

  I did a search on assignments earlier re. Satellite Pro 4200 and computers portable 4300 series as various other contributors of this forum had already asked this question. A respondent suggested that they had installed a 60 GB HARD disk without problem.

  Someone at - it else mounted a big HARD drive (or more even) in these notebooks series 4200 and 4300 and managed to do work OK and had the BIOS to recognize the total size of the HARD drive?

  What is the largest swap HDD that someone did with success on these machines of 4200/4300?

  Unfortunately, you will not be able to find accurate information about it. All you can find are reports from other users. I am really interested about other views.

  By the way: 60 GB HARD drive is not sufficient for you?

• Re: Satellite M70-131 - RAM and CPU upgrade

  Hello, I have 2 questions:
  1 is it possible to install more then 2048 MB RAM in M70 - 131. If someone tried this?
  2. is it possible to install the new processor of M70 - 131? Now, i've got Pentium M (750) 1, 86GHz (Dothan, 533 MHz). Can I install for example Pentium M (780) 2.26 GHz or higher?

  Hello

  The M70 supports max 2 GB of RAM and upgrade the CPU is usually not possible and undesirable for different reasons.
  In most cases the overheating is the main reason why you shouldn't t try to upgrade the processor. Secondly, the BIOS was not designed to handle the different processors and no one will be able to tell if your cell phone will work stable after an upgrade of the CPU.

• Upgrade RAM from 1 GB on Satellite Pro A40-742

  I want to put in a GB SODIMM, but I don't know if my pc is in favour.
  I want to know how much support MHZ and CL and DDR2 support too?

  My pc is Satellite Pro A40 - 742:P4 2.8 GHz/XP Pro/15 "TFT / 40 GB / 256 MB / CD - RW - DVD - ROM / LAN

  Hiya

  You will need a 1 GB SODIMM (PC2700) you could try the below

  http://www.kingmaxmemory.co.uk/index.php?CL=d&level=product&flag=KMEMBYTT&key=136 3764 & tl = ¬1363760¬1363762¬1363764

• Satellite U300 maximum PSU30E of expandable RAM and Bios Update

  What is the maximum expandable ram for the U300? The last update of the bios will allow two sticks of 4 GB of ram for a total of 8 GB?

  Only, I ask this because there is no history of clear version with the Bios Toshiba updates.

  I appreciate all the advice, thanks in advance.

  Hi Bob

  I'll try to help. Let's go:
  > What is the maximum expandable ram for the U300?
  Satellite U300 with model number PSU30E-xxxxxx can handle with 4 GB RAM max.
  > The last update of the bios will allow two sticks of 4 GB of ram for a total of 8 GB?
  N ° BIOS update has nothing to do with it. There is limitation chipset.

  If you have any other questions let us know.

  Good bye

• Compatible BIOS ACPI for Satellite Pro A30

  Hello, I have a Satellite Pro A30 which has 1 GB RAM and 2.8 GHZ P4 processor. I was wondering when toshiba would provide ACPI compatible BIOS upgrades for these machines? Because I would like to upgrade to Windows Vista, when running the Vista Upgrade Advisor, my machine will work Windows Vista professional, but I just want to use Windows Vista Basic.

  So I started the upgrade of Windows XP, and once the computer is restarted to begin installation of Vista I was faced with the blue screen, indicating that my BIOS is not fully ACPI.

  It seems such a shame that the machine is up to running under Vista, but Toshiba did not provide updates to bios ACPI. My bios version is 1.80.

  Any idea?

  Hi Keith

  Sorry to say but I agree with the above stanislaus.
  I'm wondering if this laptop has Vista capable sticker? Not?
  Well well, in such cases, it of not a big surprise that Vista can not be installed.

  Of course, I installed Vista on my M40 unit.
  I was a lucky guy ;) But I put t expect that Vista will run on each computer on this world some laptops really supports Vista and some not :(

  By the way: I found this document:
  http://support.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB7201SK002HR01.htm

  Seems that the old A30 is not supported for Vista

• HDD upgrade for Satellite Pro M70

  Is anyone know the upgrades available to change the standard 60GB hard drive in the Satellite Pro M70 (PSM76E-00100KEN) with something bigger.

  The Toshiba Options site shows only optionally available external hard drives, but noticed that the newer models of the same family have between 80 and 100 GB discs, so I asked if any of these would correspond, for example:

  PSM75E-00P004EN uses a 100 GB drive
  PSM76E-00500KEN uses a 80 GB drive

  You can also all drives available from other sources that might be suitable - what spec should I look, speed, installation size, connections etc. and BIOS compatibility

  All the info appreciated, surprising how fast the disk fills up, and I would like to keep in-house, although I also use an external drive of 250 GB for home storage and backups etc.

  Thank you
  Steve

  Hello

  The Satellite Pro M70 series is great, but I think that every m70 must support a HARD drive with serial - ATA interface.
  Some units have been delivered with a 80 GB HARD drive. In my view, that a 100 GB HARD drive should also work.

  I found a few properties of the HARD drive:
  Rotating disk: 5400 RPM
  Buffer size: 8 MB
  Number of discs: 2
  Number of Heads: 4