Re: Satellite A300 GN1 hhd PIO mode by default... problem need to DMA

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• Satellite A300 goes into sleep mode - it starts again

  My Toshiba Satellite A300 simply refuses to sleep - sleep (bright yellow lights up and the screen is blank) and after about 10 seconds, all the lights come back and the fan starts going.

  This occurs when the laptop is plugged in and running on battery power.
  I read on many problems of sleep with the satellite series and the general Council only seems to have picked up is to install all the updates which is what I did and the problem persists!

  I would be very grateful if someone could help!

  Hello

  Please check if your BIOS is up to date.
  If you use an older version of BIOS then update the BIOS and check if your computer starts in mode 'sleep' correctly.

  Good bye

• Satellite A300-1ed freezes while mode 'sleep' in XP

  Hi all!

  Sorry about my English... Well I have a problem with the gel under XP.
  I did a downgrade and everything works fine except when I try to restart or to sleep... then it freezes... sometimes... not all the time... someone knows how to fix this problem or does anyone have the same problem like me?

  Spec

  BIOS is 1.60... (on Toshiba download page is 1.50 for Xp)
  Double heart 2390
  ATI 3470 256 MB

  Enjoy your life while you can :)))

  Check the event viewer in Control Panel-> administrative tools to find errors.

  Make sure that the drivers and BIOS are updated. Check the Drivers section on the Toshiba site.

  If you have installed a printer or a Scanner, try to remove the software.

• Satellite A300-GN1 - HARD drive load something every time

  Hello

  When the pc loads up on top of the office, after about 1 minute HARD drive starts to load something 15-3-minutes (maybe check out or almost).

  Also when I finished no matter what disk HARD game starts to load something.
  Maybe someone knew how to fix it?
  I thought that it is auto defrag problem, but it's not...

  Vista Edition sp1 family.

  I guess there is nothing wrong with your laptop.
  I think that it is a feature of Vista.
  Vista always indexes the HARD drive to improve the desktop search.

  If you do not use this feature, you can disable it.
  Use the command Services.msc in the Start Run menu.
  Scroll of double-click 'Windows Search' it and mark it as disabled

  But personally, I would not recommend disabling because it would slow down the search.

  Welcome them

• Satellite A300-15j-no wake mode from 'sleep'

  Hello

  I just bought my computer about 1 week ago. Sometimes I tried to sleep, he did not resume the return or wake up. The power light is still on. The fan is always on.

  The screen is black and does not. I can only restart the computer every time that happens.

  Please, give me some advice.

  Hi, I have the same problem. But I noteced, it happened when the laptop is to connect to the LAN. If there is resolve, please give me know.
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• Questions on on Satellite A300 HARD drive partitions

  Hello

  I would like to install a new OS (new operating system: Windows 7, old OS: Vista Edition Home Premium) on my laptop (Toshiba Satellite A300-237) to repartition the whole HARD drive. I see a non-standard partition, its size is of ~ 1 GB, can I delete this partition?

  What information contains this partition?
  I did the recovery previously by Toshiba HDD Recovery disks. Guess when I delete any partition and put in place and installation of the discs, will recover the initial state (including the hidden partition)?

  Thank you

  If you want to install your own Win7 version delete all existing partitions and then create a C partition for the installation of the OS.
  I guess you write over WinRE partition and it is about 1.5 GB.

  I installed Win7 ultimate 32 bit on my Satellite A300 and it works perfectly.
  If you need assistance with installing Win7 let me know.

• Satellite A300-1NO - built in microphone has its Sun

  Hello everyone.

  I noticed that my microphone is very low volume. When I voice chat, people barely hear what I speak. I got the Realtek HD Audio Manager, downloaded the audio driver on the Toshiba site. All set to 100%, amp microphone is only 20 dB 30 dB is too noisy. I checked also Assistant of webcam. I don't know what to do.

  When I use the external microphone, it's OK. But the microphone is calm and flat, dim.

  Hello!

  I m not a Satellite A300 owner but it seems that you only need to update the audio driver. Here is the Toshiba document I founded on the site of Toshiba about this:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB8A02FH0000R01.htm

  The driver can be downloaded here:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com-online decision-making supported Downloads & => Download drivers

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• Satellite A300 - Windows Vista restarts on shutdown

  I just have to drive HARD on Satellite A300, Vista recovery and it gives me problems when I try to close it, it just restarts. It doesn't matter if it is on battery or plugged in. I have the point on the BIOS, did you install in power options, but still the same problem. I have the card WiFi and non-functional network, if anyone thinks that maybe that's the problem. All entries are welcome.
  Thank you

  Hi dadtheman,

  Did you check if all devices are properly installed in Device Manager? Check for exclamation marks Device Manager yellow and if there are some unknown devices.

  Also try to disable wake up on LAN and keyboard as Akuma has suggested.

• Satellite A300-1IE - CPU usage high with Bluetooth active

  Hello!

  I recently installed Windows 7 and the Toshiba Software Installer on my Satellite A300-1IE.

  I have a problem with the bluetoothmanager, it's more than double the CPU usage when turned on. When I close the CPU usage goes down.
  This is not normal?

  When the BT active CPU usage is 9 to 15% and when not 1-3%

  Seems to be high. Try an update of the Bluetooth stack.
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/Bluetooth/?page=download
  Ensure that you answer the question during the uninstallation, if all configurations should be removed, with Yes.

• Satellite A300 DVD tray will not open and cause high CPU utilization peaks

  Hello

  I have a laptop Toshiba Satellite A300 - 1 MM and I have a problem with the optical drive (Mat * un DVD Ram Uj880as):

  DVD - RAM plateau sometimes refuse to open. The LED lights up briefly, but still nothing. Windows recognize the drive but the plateau of refuses to open. Eject commands the position of work and management of the computer-> disk management will not work. I can open the tray manually but the optical drive will not read any cd/dvd. No error code in return.

  When that happens it cause peaks of high utilization of the processor (from 60 to 100%) in the System Idle Process. Just stop and restart it solve. After that, the laptop also runs fine and the optical drive.

  I replaced Win7 32-bit with a 64-bit version and the problem persist.

  Help, please. Thank you.

  I have the same machine with Win7 32 bit and use several players. Everything works perfectly. On this virtual path, it is not easy to say what may be the problem. The configuration of your laptop is not known to us, and we don t know how you set up your operating system and additional applications are preinstalled.

  Maybe stupid advice now, but you must install recovery image original Vista that you got with the functionality of your laptop and test with the factory settings. If the same problem occurs we can chat about it.

• Poor quality of the sound after XP or Vista upgrade on the Satellite A300 - 15 d

  Hello

  Please I need your help.

  I have my Satellite A300 - 15 d and I had a problem with my sound.
  When I upgraded to Vista ultimate or go back to XP my sound becomes very bad quality and I have tried to update drivers and utilities but no way and finally I come to Vista Home who came into the recovery.

  I hate it and I need a solution.

  Please answer

  Hello

  What exactly do you mean by "bad sound quality?"
  He is too weak or what?

  A300 - 15 d seems to belong to the series of PSAJ4E.
  Conexant for Win XP and vista audio driver is available on the European driver Toshiba page.

  I have the same sound chip in my book and the sound is ok... I also noticed that I have a SmartAudio in Control Panel.
  This seems to be an additional tool to improve the sound quality.

  Maybe you should check this.

• Satellite A300 - consumes a lot of battery in mode 'sleep'

  Hello
  I have a Satellite A300-1MP, brand new, with Vista 32.

  When I put it in mode 'sleep', she devours battery. Something like 10-20% of the overnight!
  Why is this happening? Is this normal? If not, how to fix? Is there something I can do or is there a problem with the laptop battery?

  My old laptop is a Satellite M70-340, and standby mode, it would lose less than 5% per day!

  I'd appreciate your help!
  Thank you!

  Hello

  You may need to disable certain options in the BIOS.
  I'm talking about Wake up LAN and similar options.

  I found this article from Toshiba:

  + Battery draining 15-20% when it is turned off during the night.
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB6B01N50013R01.htm

  Disabling Wake up option should help.

  Good bye

• Satellite A300-1HP is not in sleep mode after 30 minutes inactivity

  Satellite A300 1HP is not in sleep mode after 30 minutes inactivity.
  Windows settings are OK (I'm an experienced user).
  He goes to sleep, if I do it manually (by pressing the power button) - but not after inactivity,

  Any idea?

  Norbert.

  Hello, Norbert

  Maybe you should check the settings of Vista power again. I have too many A300 and everything works fine.
  I tested it with all three power plans. Have you done the same?

  Usually, I use the BALANCED power plan and enter mode standby 20 minutes correctly.

• Satellite A300-1JH - Vista can run mode "compatibility"?

  Hello!

  I searched this forum to see if my problem has been already asked and answered, but I couldn't find any relevant information, so here it is:

  I have a Satellite A300-1JH (short name PSAGLE) and so far I've used with XP SP3 and everything worked perfectly. But now I installed Vista 64 bit and there are many features that does not work, because there are VERY few drivers available for the 64-bit version of Vista.

  The problems that I hate the most are: turn on/off the touchpad and making multimedia buttons don't work (they are turned on - I changed the setting of the del in the BIOS, however they do nothing).
  And another question: to install XP, I changed the hard drive in the BIOS of the AHCI (or *-something) to "compatibility and now I forgot and installed Vista on the compatible mode.»

  When I tried to change Vista in AHCI (or other) no longer works. What is the difference between the compatible mode and A mode * and has a negative influence on my computer if I use it in compatibility mode?

  I hope that you will answer :).
  Thank you!

  Hello

  Vista need to AHCI mode and there is nothing you can do about it. In addition, you cannot change.
  So, put it in the BIOS and reinstall Vista.
  I know you won't, but Vista must be installed again. I'm sorry.

• Satellite A300-1NO - wakes up to the top of the standby mode

  Hi all!
  I have a Satellite A300 1NO with Win XP pro.
  The problem is that the laptop wakes up from sleep mode automatically after about 5 minutes.

  I tried unplugging all the cables (LAN, usb, etc.) but the power plug, but it's the same result.
  So what can cause this? What should I try?

  Thank you.

  You must disable Wake up on LAN function in the BIOS and Windows.
  Check the BIOS for this option!

  You can disable this feature in Windows if you right click on the network adapter > properties > advanced > wake on LAN

  I hope it works for you.