Satellite A40: keyboard mapping with us Euro WinXP Pro

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• Satellite A40 - attention: problem with the cooling system has been detected.

  Hello guys,.

  From time to time, I get the following message is displayed:

  WARNING: a problem with the cooling system has been detected Toshiba
  Please turn off computer immediately and return it for service.

  I have Windows XP on it.
  I opened the cooling fan and clean it. Of course, I found it dirty rally.
  But still, I get this message!
  What should I do?
  I live in Northern Germany.

  Any advice is welcome and thanks in advance.

  Ibrahim

  Hello

  The message says it all!
  In this case you should contact the service provider authorized in your country!

  > I opened the cooling fan and clean it. Of course, I found it dirty rally.
  Eventually, the cooling modules don t like needs and that is why the message again!

  Nothing to my friend... you need help laptop technician

• Satellite M30-841: cannot install a clean WinXP Pro - CD not recognized

  Hello

  I got a satellite M30 841 with Xp home on it. Now I want to install my own licensed xp pro version, but I'm not able to see the cd in Solution Explorer - although the cd player works - or to boot from it. Modification using boot command doesn´t.
  On the other stand-alone cd works fine. The toshiba recovery cd works on my laptop, but I would like to have Pro.

  Can someone help, please?

  THX ulrich

  Hello

  If you do not see the drive in windows Explorer, try this http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320553

  By the way: what is the status of the drive in Device Manager?

• Re: Cannot start with driver USB Satellite A40-271

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A40-271 and there was a problem with windows and I can not start, so I decided to start with linux. I tried once with a cd and it worked perfectly, now I try with a usb flash pen and it does not work.

  Can someone help me?

  Hello

  As far as I know the Satellite A40 is very old model laptop and I think that the BIOS does not support booting from a USB flash memory
  I know it of possible to start the USB FDD drive

• Strange problem with adapter on my Satellite A40

  Hello world

  I bought Toshiba Satellite A40-221 more than year a go and it works perfectly. I m maybe a heavy user I have working on it in the average of 12 hours. Sometimes I work in manufacturing, especially graphics 3d next to games. last month, the lead of the charger is burned to the ground and it seems to be a shortage that has happened. I've corrected the charger several times myself, but it burns again so I sent it to a fixed workshop that he and they said they changed something inside the charger when I used it just a loud sound of it and lift it up I have not noticed before when I use any heavy program like games or 3d make things. When working on batteries could be the same sounds follows the laptop itself. The laptop works fine but this noise that I don't know it's a serious thing?

  Also the charger gets very hot when I play for a long time, but when I use it on web surfing, programming, drafting... etc no heat is observed.
  Have I sent to specialist Toshiba... help me please?

  Hello

  In my opinion, you should be very carefully with that. As you know defective AC adapter may cause damage to your property at home and you should contact the SAV Toshiba partner in your country. I put t know where you live, but on this page, you will find a http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_gaspLocator.jsp?pf=true useful addresses

  If please contact them and explain the situation very carefully.

  Good bye

• How to change RAM on Satellite A40 - 151

  My laptop Satellite A40-151 contains 256 MB of Ram with XP. It has become extremely slow because of microsoft recent service pack updates.

  It is impossible to make this work more quickly.
  Could someone please suggest me how can I move my ram to 1 GB. Is it supported to upgrade.

  Please I guide me otherwise I can't use this system more.

  Hello

  Yesterday, the same thing happened to me. Windows has received all MS patches and updates and the laptop everything was not more usable.
  It was amazing, slow but after several hours, I managed to install all the updates and now everything works fine.

  Laptop you can be upgraded up to 2GB. This is possible. If you want to use max 1 GB I recommend using 2 x 512 MB modules.
  You use PC2100 200 pin memory (266 MHz) DDR SODIMM!

  You will find the detailed description in your user manual I hope ;)

  But I'll post here a small instruction:
  The modules are hidden under the keyboard!

  -Disconnect all cables and remove the battery
  -Slide the latch of the screen at the front of the computer to the right and open the display panel
  -Insert a thin object under the edge of the brace of keyboard and lift them from the orthosis
  -remove the 2 screws of the keyboard and a screws of the metal structure and raise the metal structure
  -Remove the keyboard carefully (the keyboard is connected to the card cable in water. Make sure you do not apply a voltage of this cable and do not attempt to unplug this cable!)
  -lift in the sheet of insulation left on the memory module
  -Insert a new module into the slot and gently push it downwards so that it lies flat and is fixed by two locks on each side.

  Good luck ;)

• What wireless card I have in my Satellite A40

  Hi all

  I got a Toshiba Satalite Pro A 40 a friend (PSA45E)

  Windows XP has been pretty slow I decided to reinstall the OS and now have a problem to install the wireless card

  For the moment, I have Windows XP (without Service Pack, which should be the first version that was on sale, I guess) but can't install the wireless network adapter

  I tried several times to toggle the map with the FN key, but Windows does not. Also the Device Manager does not list any unknown device or wireless card. So I do not know who the card is now installed

  I'm very sure I saw some SSID with the old windows before you install the new Windows

  now I'm wondiring if I can download recovery CD from the WEB or find a free software that can read the material on a PC, even if the drivers are missing, to see if the card responds.

  Also, I noticed that he was in the back of the computer laptop and the MAC on the network card on a sticker. Tosiba does not have a sticket with the WLAN MAC on the back?

  Where would I be able to find a manual to physically locate the mini-pci card?

  Thank you
  Chris

  Hi Polly

  I think you have the wrong of my knowledge the A40 Satellite Pro does not support the wireless network card. There is no installed wireless network card and that's why you find no WLan MAC address sticker at the bottom of the unit.

  The Satellite Pro A40 can't be improved with a wireless network card internal minPCI because as much as I know the WLan antenna is not available.

  If you want to use the Wlan then I would recommend as an external option, it could be an external USB WiFi key.

• Satellite A40-211: RTC battery is low or CMOS checksum is inconsistent

  Hello

  I bought a functioning Satellite A40 - 211 of one of my friends, who had a defective model A60 from where I took the fast hard drive, the memoryupgrade and the internal wifi card, but the only annoying on the A40-211 new thingie is the message that the RTC battery is low or CMOS is incompatible whenever the laptop is turned off and turned on again (which also happens when a warm reboot is done)

  After checking the laptop for any other problem (there was none), I decided to replace the RTC battery with a new... about 17,-euros in total cost. (Of the disassemble the whole laptop, but it has more than once 100 or so with other models, takes 15 minutes to disassemble and put them all back again once)
  Did charge it new CCF to power the laptop up and leave it for at least 24 hours... (the manual says to do)

  No results... always the same... boring message.

  I also tried to reflash the bios, but the version 1.50 seems ok and cannot be replaced by the programming software.

  So, we have a good laptop to work here, but with an annoying message that cannot be solved?

  Anyone with a good tip?

  OK, a response to myself, because I've been tracking something here...

  I replaced the hard drive to another laptop (Satellite A60 series) to the A40-211... installing Windows could be transferred, since the IDE controllers are the same... then just install some other vga - and sounddrivers to operate...

  But... somehow with the new hard drive and therefore installation, date/time settings are lost after a restart or power off...
  I also discovered that the installation of 'old' will not go into sleep - or standbymode... it will only close...

  Then. I'll make a recovery disk hard 'new' facility, because it is faster than the original that came with the A40.

  I'll keep things updated here... also because this isn't a real solution to the question...

  Now, the question is: what makes the time/date setting go lost after this laptop with a non-on-this-laptop-installed-OS off the power?

  LB

• Satellite A40-221 - where to find the drivers for Windows XP?

  Hello everyone.

  I hope someone here can help me with my problem. I have old Toshiba laptop - Toshiba Satellite SA40-221, here it's picture . I reinstall windows xp and now I can't find the drivers. I have search on the official Toshiba web page and other internet resources, but couldn't find anything. So I hope you can tell me, where can I find the drivers for this laptoop.

  PS Sorry for the bad English BTW :)

  Hi LIAPb,

  Your model is Satellite A40-221 and no SA40-221.

  The drivers are placed on the official website of Toshiba, but you should look in * Archive * because he old laptop s model, but it is still possible to download the drivers:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > download drivers
  Archive > Satellite > Satellite a series > Satellite A40 > Windows XP

  Check this box!

• Replace HDD on Satellite A40

  I would like to replace the hard disk of 40 GB on my Toshiba Satellite A40 PSA40C-07VH3. I found that a few IDE 2.5 "drives on Newegg. Is there a size limit, should I be aware of? I'm leaning towards the 80 GB Western Digital model.

  Thanks for your time.

  Hey,.

  Yes, there is a limit of due capacity limitation LBA 28 bits. This means that the laptop supports only up to 128 GB HDD (-online 120 GB is the maximum capacity).

  With other words the 80 GB of HARD drive you mentioned will work correctly if you want or need 120 GB you can also buy this, that s your decision. As you already wrote, it is only important that buy you one with 2.5 and IDE interface that s all! :)

• Satellite A40-231 - 100% CPU usage when any browser works

  Hello
  my laptop is satellite A40-231, I have a problem for days.

  When I open any browser (I tried firefox, IE and chrome) I can't watch the video, everything is slowing down, I can't navigate between pages.

  I took a quick glance to the use of the cpu and it increase to 100%, it never decreases. When I close the browser, the CPU usage drops to 15%, which is normal. I thought it might be a virus that internet connection and make things slower. That's why I format my laptop. I deleted all of my hard drive and reformatted. I installed Windows again, but he has not changed. I even installed ubuntu (I thought maybe virus can not work under ubuntu), but it's the same thing. I turn on my laptop and I open a browser and the laptop slows. I have clean the cpu fan it has not helped.

  I tried to solve it for days I could not sleep properly, I'm about to cry :(

  Please help me please.

  Hello

  You have reinstalled Windows using the Toshiba Recovery disk? This drive will restore the settings from the factory with all the drivers and tools so everything should work fine after that.

  In addition this happens with LAN or WLAN connection? You should try it with the other connection.
  Also check your router and update the firmware. Try to disable the encryption, MAC address filtering, etc.

• Satellite A40-241: I would like to display CPU

  I have a Satellite A40-241 with Celeron 2.70 Ghz 128 L2, BUS 400. I would like to change it with a processor 1 MB of cache L2 as Dothan or something. The motherboard supports such a processor. I bought a DDR PC2100 256 ram so I now 512.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  CPU Exchange issues are really often here on the forum. Usually laptops are not so flexible for hardware upgrade as workstations because of miniaturization. On many laptops the CPU upgrade or replacement is not possible due to a permanent connection. If the processor is faulty main Board must be replaced.

  I also read a few topics that some guys are upgraded CPU on some more latest and recent Satellite models but I really don t know if it is a good idea. The fact is that the entire hardware infrastructure is built exactly to work on the best way. As in the best way, I mean a few things:
  The BIOS is designed for specific physical infrastructure
  Power processor must be defined and allow consumption of mobile computing (new and faster CPU needs more power)
  Computer laptop cooling system is also suitable to work optimally. Faster processor will produce more heat and the temperature will be much higher. The result can be permanent cooling fan running or still overheating.
  Don t forget that designed Toshiba machine tool of Eve may also have some problems with the new CPU control

  I put t really know if it's really a good idea and I recommend you to use the maximum RAM for this device. Believe me, the CPU has enough power and if you use more Ram, you'll see that the unit will go much quicker and there is no risk of overheating.
  The last interesting thing is maybe how will modernize the costs?

• Satellite A40: How update the BIOS because I only have half of the Bios

  Hi guys

  I went to the local with my satellite A40 computer store because I only have half of the bios!
  I sent an email to support technique German toshiba and they said to try a bios update (which put bare in mind I still don't know how to do), then we have sent my laptop in a local computer store and told them the problem they do not put me to update the bios on a processor cempron.

  Why not? What are the risks in need to know.

  Please help me because I want to in the future might be upgraded to vista?

  Hello Daniel,.

  I'm a little confused about your message from Mr.
  What do you mean with half of the bios is enough?
  What s wrong with the BIOS?

  The support from Toshiba said-> try a BIOS update.
  On the Toshiba page, you can download the BIOS for Satellite A40.

  It seems you didn't check the download page detailed because on this page you will find this statement:
  IOS http://eu.Computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/FAQ.jsp?z=234&service=eu&from=faq_selection&CFID=B & FID = TRO0000000b07

  The update of the BIOS has been detailed described in this document and that you follow these guidelines for the update of the BIOS.

  Good bye

• Satellite C660 - keyboard problem - lack of letters while typing

  Hello

  I have a Satellite C660 laptop. The keys are driving me crazy! They keep sticking, and Miss letters I pressed.
  Touch typist this is very frustrating.

  I'm not very PC experience - so if anyone can give me a simple solution I would really appreciate it.

  You know what?
  I think that I found a solution to your problem

  I checked the database of knowledge Toshiba you will find on the page of Toshiba Europe and this document might be interesting for you:

  * Keyboard issues with the Satellite and Satellite Pro L670 & C660 series notebooks *.
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB1103370000R02.htm

  Please perform a BIOS update to solve this problem

  Good luck!

• Satellite A40: Question about product dvd recovery

  Hello

  Please help me on my computer toshiba Satellite A40 laptop...
  I want to reformat my HARD drive with operating system XP...

  My first question is, it installs my XP OS after that I run the recovery cd?
  I'm afraid that after I run the recovery cd, I'll lose my OS XP...

  I don't have an XP CD... I only got this product recovery cd (disc1)

  There a disc2 because the cd that I got was just disc1...

  Please help me with this...
  Thank you

  Restore CD contains recovery image. Recovery image include the operating system, drivers, utilities and software tools extra.

  When you install recovery image you own preinstalled WXP. For cell old models were most two disks: 1/2 and 2/2 so if you the second you will not be able to install the OS completely.