Satellite A500-025 - high and loud fan with some vibrations

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• Difference between the Satellite A500-025 and A500-02F

  Satellite A500-02F costs about 10 percent more Satellite A500-025.

  Satellite A500-02F is much better and worth the extra money or that they are basically the same. Satellite A500-02F has a chip T6066 from the T6065 in the Satellite A500-025 much difference?

  Satellite A500-02F DDR3 memory, it will make much difference? All the other differences?

  Thank you.

  Hi junglo,

  I think that you have answered the question yourself. Satellite A500-02F has a faster CPU and DDR3 memory. It should be a little faster in programs of they need a high-performance CPU and in games for example.

  It s also according to the programs you want to use, but I would choose the faster model. I n buy t each year a new laptop then I would choose the fastest and 10% difference isn t so. ;)

• Some keys on the keyboard for Satellite A500-025 are strange

  My Toshiba Satellite A500-025 has a keyboard with strange symbols on it. The back key on the right side of the keyboard is also a vertical rectangular key with 2 keys between the key containing the semicolon and the return key which is too far.

  On other Toshiba keyboards I've seen in stores, the return key is a horizontal rectangular key with that one key between the semicolon and the return key. Anyone know why I have this strange configuration on my keyboard?

  Thank you

  To be honest I don't know on which keys you mean exactly, but I think you should consult your dealer and ask what it can be.
  If you want to discuss about it here please make the photo of your keyboard and mark them with red circle, what do you mean exactly.

  I don't know what other Toshiba keyboards you mean but fact is that the Satellite A500 is Toshiba the first laptop with screen 16 delivered with larger keyboard, including the numeric keypad.

• Satellite A500-025 - improvements of the new version of BIOS

  I did an update of the bios on my Satellite A500-025. I had a version 1.2 and 1.5 BIOS update BIOS.

  Anyone know what that improvements and is it advisable to always do a BIOS update when a new one comes out?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Normally the changelog of the BIOS is placed on the Toshiba laptop, but if you can t find it, unfortunately there is no available changelog.
  By the way: I noticed that the BIOS changelogs are often placed on the Toshiba page we. Maybe you can find it there.

  And this update should be carried out only if it of really necessary. If you n t have any problems, to forget about this update.
  Never touch a running system! ;)

• Portege R700 - 11G - high and annoying fan noise

  Dear friends:

  I have a Portege R700 - 11G, I bought only two weeks ago.

  The computer works fine, except for the high and annoying fan noise.

  Even do nothing, only to start and sometimes in the bios Setup, the fan is always turn with a temperature of 40 ° or 50.

  I've updated the BIOS and I don't know what to do.

  Can someone help me please?
  Thank you very much.

  Hi mate

  Please check the settings in the Windows 7 power management!

  There you can optimize the CPU and cooling performance module this should help reduce heat dissipation and fan speed.

  In addition I recommend upgrading the Toshiba Fingerprint Software immediately to the version V1.0.2.32 or higher. In addition, turn off the power save option of fingerprint device in Device Manager.

  Device Manager->-> authentic Tec Inc AES1610-> the power management of biometric devices

  Here, you will have to remove the mark next to the option called allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.
  Disable the power saving mode will reduce the life of the battery, so you can check whether or not it helps reduce noise.

• Satellite A500-025 - optical drive runs very fast and makes the laptop

  Just bought PC toshiba A500-025.

  When I put in some disc in the optical drive, it runs very fast and makes the phone vibrates.

  I was told that there is a toshiba utility that detects an imbalance in the disc and slows down the speed of the drive, but I don't know where to find this software utility.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  I think you mean the acoustic silencer
  As I remember, such tool was available for some laptops with pre-installed Win XP or Vista.
  For example; the acoustic silencer was available for some of the Satellite A200 and you could download this on the European driver Toshiba page.

  To be honest, there s nothing unusual that the CD/DVD drive runs very fast for a few moments, this happens in my portable two different.
  The STRANGE turns very quickly for a few seconds after the CD has been inserted.
  This happens because as the research of windows OS for the content placed on the disc

• Satellite A500-1GH - SD slot is compatible with SDHC and SDXC?

  I have a Satellite A500-1GH with Windows 7 64 bit. I'm about to buy an SD card, and I was wondering if the SD card on the front of the laptop is compatible with SDHC cards and latest SDXC cards. If so, do I need to download some software or drivers for this type of SD cards to work?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hi xactxx,

  Normally you can answer this question yourself... What do you think?

  You only need the manual and you will find a list of supported SD and SDHC cards.
  It supports SDHC up to 16 GB cards.

• Satellite A500-025 and Satellite A500-02F processors

  The A500-025 said she had the centrino T6500 processor while the model A500-02f has processor T6600. Does make a difference that they say it is a CENTRINO processor or is there a difference... or they is the two centrino but just was not mentioned in the specifications.

  Thank you

  Have two notebooks the same model number (PAxxxx).
  Where did you buy these laptops (country of purchase)?

• Satellite A500 - 17 X - is not satisfied with it

  My toshiba A500 - 17 X is the worst phone I've ever had!
  for 2 reasons:

  1: http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=185832#185832
  2: I did a previous (using the world and access) assignment when my laptop froze and the blue screen of death appeared (if only as a FEW months old)

  This is my first toshiba laptop... and my last for sure!

  Hello

  One of my friends has a satellite A500 model and it s working properly.
  Games works correctly because it uses a downloaded newest graphics from various pages driver, he said.
  In addition, the laptop might restart automatically due to the heat from the CPU or GPU. So it of needed to check if the cooling fans are free of dust and the race with the best performance.

  > was a previous assignment (using the world and access) when my laptop froze and the blue screen of death appeared (if only as a FEW months old)
  BSODS can happen always. In most cases, it could be a software related issue, but of course it could also be a hardware problem. If the BSOD will always appear, then you should get in touch with a local ASP.

  > Fan was sovled after 6 months with a simple update of the BIOS, speaker noise exists and not Toshiba support! When I wrote an email to ASP, they said just send back, but there exists WITH THE A500, so it is not a speciel issue!
  I put t think the problem appears on the A500. As mentioned the A500 from my friend works ok.

  PS: I read in another thread that some people might solve a sound crackling question change settings;
  Some guy wrote:

  + If you do not want to mess with powermizer there is another way to do essentially the same thing via nvidia Control Panel, +.
  + nvidia Control Panel go-> avancΘs-> manage settings-> program settings 3d-> (select program you think is the cause of the problem, internet browsers have been a good thing for me)-> energy saving mode and change it to 'prefer maximum performance '. +
  + If this help message is on the nvidia forum mentioned in my previous post about powermizer. +

  Greetings

• Satellite A500-1DN - high DPC latency resolved

  Hi all!

  All first of all sorry for the bad English!
  I am writing because this problem drove me crazy in the half of the year. I got cracking audio etc. thanks for the high dpc latency time but finally I managed to understand how to clear my A500 these boring of CPD points. I made these:

  1. update of the BIOS (1.90)
  2 use this VGA nVidia Driver: 257.21. Only this one works. I tried every existing. If you have another type of satellite, but a Geforce 230 M GT in there and you have high latency tell him!
  3. use wlan driver atheros version 8002580
  4. use optimzer wlan. Name: wopt021 (disable background scanning and enable streaming mode)
  If you use WiFi, jumping 3. 4.

  Now my A500 works correctly, I am really satisfied with it :)
  I hope that this guide will help all those who have the same problem!

  Good bye

  Hi atibrd,

  I'm happy to hear that you have found a solution to this "problem" but I must say also I never had problems with my Satellite A500 and I put t know what you mean with a DPC latency. I use my Satellite A500 with OS preinstalled Toshiba and the latest version of the BIOS. Everything works fine, even some newer games run great on it.

  In addition, with regard to the nVidia display driver I want to give you a little advice: be careful with 3 third party drivers, even from nVidia. No one from nVidia has tested this driver in particular on the Satellite A500. If the installation goes on your own risk because it doesn t have a protection against overheating.
  That's why I only use the drivers provided on the official website of Toshiba directly. They are tested and working 100% correctly.

  In any case, maybe for some people they have this DPC problem too it s useful. :)

• Satellite A500 - switch WLAN and the FN keys does not turn the wireless

  I have currently problems try to activate the connection Wireless on my laptop. My laptop model is a satellite A500 PSAR9A O2J001. My laptop's physical wireless switch does not work and neither my Fn keys don't work (none of my function keys work not at all). It was awhile I saw an orange light next to my mobile switch indicating it was on, but one day, it's just off. Since then, I was not able to reactivate it after a lot of searching on Google, and this place is my last resort after doing so many things.

  Any help or comments would be appreciated, I am very desperate to solve this problem for studies.

  Your description is OK but rather general isn't easy to say with certainty what the problem is here.
  Is the card properly installed wireless (Device Manager)?
  FN keys work in general? You can use other keys FN + Fx? You see flash cards when you press the FN key? If so what options you see when you use FN + F8 (WLAN I think)?

  When you move position WLAN communication works and use the FN + F8 to what exactly happens?

• Satellite A500 - crackling sounds and blue screen

  Hey everybody.

  I bought a laptop Toshiba Satellite A500-19w about 4 days ago (today it is Sunday, March 7, 2010).

  I had the sounds of crackling of my speakers which have been mentioned so many times in the forums, no real solution.
  I also experienced the crash of the blue screen, that's already happened 7 times while I was not strongly using my newly buy laptop.
  I'm not looking for a repair or a replacement, because I find it quite unacceptable to have to think about the errors, faults & fixes as much as the laptop is brand new.

  What I want is a refund, but I'm not sure on how to do it.

  I know that Toshiba has some sort of refund policy, but if someone can tell me exactly how it works, because I want to get rid of my laptop as soon as possible (I will not buy any more portable Toshiba, especially since I had some similar problems with my Qosmio f30).
  If someone can give me some guidance, because I don't want to be mocked or used and cheated out of refund.
  I bought my Toshiba in the Middle East (perhaps refund policies are different here).
  Thank you.

  Post edited by: mihran

  Hi mihran.

  If you want to pay off your laptop, you should talk with your computer store where you bought it. Only the can repay your laptop and not Toshiba directly.
  Of course it is also depending on the country where you life, but normally you can pay within 14 days I think. So in your case I speak with the seller or give them a call. They explain how to do this.

  But let me give you a little advice: regarding your problems with the crackling sound and blue screen I recommend that you contact an authorized service provider or ask a new A500 (this should be possible if you have only 4 days). Generally, I can say that a friend of mine has Satellite A500 and he is quite satisfied with her. This laptop has a great design equipped with new material for a good price. :)

• Satellite A500 - 14K - key USB not recognized with Windows 7

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A500 14 K, it was pre-installed for Windows 7.
  I bought the upgrade to Windows 7: I got a PC upgrade disk and a windows upgrade disk. I launched the first disk, then the other.
  There was no particular error in these facilities.

  Since this upgrade, my PC doesn't recognize USB keys while they work perfectly with the previous version of windows with this pc. They are normally key usb plug-and-play. When I launched the update of windows, the driver exists, but installation failed in error with a message of access problem.
  I check that the firewall does not block access. I installed the latest version of the BIOS

  I can't find any similar pb on the forum
  Thank you for your help

  Hello

  Have you tried to update (restore) chipset utility?

  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp

• Satellite A500-17 X and HD TV

  I try to connect my Satellite A500 - 17 X to my HDTV via a HDMI cable, but I get no Signal appears on the TV screen.
  Can someone tell me this laptop does support HD?
  This laptop can be connected to a TV?
  Thank you.

  Greyhound

  Hello

  Yes, your laptop can be connected to the TV. As you can see this laptop model is offered with HDMI port to allow you to better signals video and audio transfer from your laptop to the TV.
  On your Satellite HDMI port supports HDMI V1.3 (1080 p).

  It is important that you activate the right port to the TV to get the photo here.
  Then connect your laptop to a TV, video enable in port (it can be HDMI1 or HDMI2, TV function) and use the FN + F5 key combination to switch between the display s laptop computer and your TV.
  In user s manual should explain how it works.

  If you n t have it you can download it HERE.

  If youhave more than questions you are welcome.

• Satellite A500-1GL: 2 questions: the fan speed & graphic card driver failures

  Hello

  I have 2 questions, hopefully someone can help me with that.

  * The first question - quick fan *.

  I'm on online gamer second life and world of the craft of war) recently my fan speed crank up to 90 percent for about 5/10 minutes before leaving quiet. Then speed up again after a period of time. I'm confused as to why he did this because when I check my cpu temp is only make 40%, and I use a cool buffer table.

  I'm looking for some advise here because all said Toshiba was making sure I had the latest bios update. But I would have thought it is not the processor overheating the fan must not be crank that quickly. My laptop is only 2 months old.

  Can anyone help, should I be worried?

  * Second question - graphics driver *.

  Also on a couple of times I got my screen briefly go black and then recover. A pop up appears saying something along the lines of the core of the graphics card.... Driver recovered. It flashes if fast, that I never see the entire message. Don't you think that something is wrong with the graphics card? (card nividia geforce gt300m)

  I really hope that someone can offer more help that Toshiba has done, as I am a bit unhappy to be problems on a 2 month old laptop.

  Thank you for reading and I look forward to any Advisor.

  (> I'm on online gamer second life and world of the craft of war) recently my fan speed crank up to 90 percent for about 5/10 minutes before leaving quiet. Then speed up again after a period of time. I'm confused as to why he did this because when I check my cpu temp is only make 40%, and I use a cool buffer table.
  > I'm looking for some advice here because all said Toshiba was making sure I had the latest bios update. But I would have thought it is not the processor overheating the fan must not be crank that quickly. My laptop is only 2 months old.

  The cooling fan is controlled by the fan table in the BIOS. Fan table contains information about the temperature and the fan speed that means the depands on some level temperature fan speed.
  Over all the possible game features as the CPU, GPU, produce heat and the heat dissipation is high
  Cooling modules would begin to turn faster if the temperature level would be exceeded
  This is nothing exceptional everything at stake

  > Also on a couple of times I got my screen briefly go black and then recover. A pop up appears saying something along the lines of the core of the graphics card.... Driver recovered. It flashes if fast, that I never see the entire message. Don't you think that something is wrong with the graphics card? (card nividia geforce gt300m)

  I read on a similar question, and apparently, the graphics card DRIVER crashed during games
  Maybe it's a compatibility problem between game and pilot
  In most cases the graphics card driver update should fix this and I read on some forums that it has helped in many cases