Satellite A500-10F - HDD protection freezes the machine

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• Satellite A500-19N - how to install the original Nvidia display drivers?

  Hello

  I use a satellite A500-19n.
  Is it possible to install the original drivers (nvidia - mobile) on my laptop?
  When I try to install them I have always an error message "no driver found for your hardware"...
  There's a Geforce GT 230 M in my computer, so I wonder why this happens...

  I want to install the original drivers because they are generally better than the standartdrivers...
  Thanks ;)

  Hello

  I advise you to try to install the Nvidia drivers, you must use the pre-tested driver Toshiba as it has heat protection. But anyway if you want to install it, step this link

  http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers/Win7x64/195.62/Disclaimer

  You will use you own risk.

  Welcome them

• Satellite A500 questions (graphics Card freezes when games)

  Hi everyone hope you can help!

  I recently bought my Satellite laptop A500 and I have 2 numbers extremley bad!

  First apparently there is no my model number is PSAM3A-04100E, which turns out to be a Royal in the preverbial right pain when it comes to upgrading to windows 7!

  Second is my major problem,.
  I do a lot of games (sims 3, Callof Duty this kind of thing...) and every time I play I think that wow is the great great great fps and then FREEZE graphics! my summer completely computer hangs and stops without warning signs of lag slowing down or anything like that, and she is constantly!
  I was wondering if anyone else suffers from this problem or if I wait must search for a driver update I searched around but can't seem to find it anywhere.
  I really don't want to take it back to the shop because then I won't have a computer for weeks!

  Any help would be appreciated massively,
  Thank you very much

  Tasman

  > PSAM3A-04100E
  Where you bought your laptop? What is the country of purchase?
  New Zealand, perhaps?
  Please visit http://www.toshiba.com.au/ > New Zealand and you should find your model of laptop there but I can see the Win7 drivers are not available for the moment.

  Next week, I'll get my Satellite A500 and I'll test with Call of Duty 4 and let you know how it works.
  In any case before starting the game stop all unnecessary running process and define the plan of power at full power. Make sure also your laptop can catch its breath and cooling fans are not blocked somehow. Replace also side of your notebook computer on two CD boxes having a greater distance between the laptop and the desktop.

  I hope that everything will be working well.

• Re: Satellite A500 1 2 - crashes / freezes

  Hello
  I have problems with my Toshiba A500 1 2, it freezes randomly. When the freez accures the only way to use the computer must turn then. Freezer takes place while playing games online (World of Warcraft) and viewed youtube, so I think it might be associated with network card.

  What I tried:
  1. update drivers
  2 do a new install of Windows
  3 clean the fans
  3 graphics card stress test (10 hours)

  Problem still exists. Computer can work 7 days without any freez or can freez 3 times in an hour, there is no rule.
  I'm afraid that if I send my phone no service, they send it to me with information, everything is ok (because the randomness of this question).
  It is very annoying for me, plese help.

  Mazu

  > I'm afraid that if I send my phone no service, they send it to me with information, everything is ok (because the randomness of this question).

  I fear this can / will happen if you send it in the service of Mr. in most cases, it is important to rebuild the question to solve this problem and if you can't rebuild the issue, then it would be very difficult to understand what's wrong.

  But you said that this happen ONLY play games and watch movie streams
  Is it playing regular games; not online?
  I think you should try to update the graphics driver.
  Try the compatible driver for NVIDIA GeForce 310 M from nVIdia page too.
  Of course, the Toshiba driver should be tested as well.

  Update of the BIOS can be useful too update it if you have an old BIOS.

  Good luck

• Satellite A500 - unable to connect to the WLan

  I'd like someone to help me.

  Have recently bought a satellite A500.
  I'm new in the world of laptops so I'm wrong.
  I connected to a router via a modem, the two netgear, the news.

  Had the two config for my network. Works well as long as ethernet is connected to the router of computer.

  My wireless icon on the front of the laptop is orange.
  If this should be green as the router?

  Pressing FN f8 it tell me wireless is connected.
  When I remove the ethernet cable it tell me to fix the problem, I need to plug in the ethernet cable.
  But I want to go wireless, I'm sure I'm missing something.

  Rang netgear but after that my router and it is not connected to wireless technology they could help me more.
  I use windows7.

  Thanks to anyone who can help me.

  > My wireless icon on the front of the laptop is orange.
  > Should it be green as the router?

  The WLan led can only be ON or OFF. If the light comes on (any color) then it means that the Wlan switch is on!

  It seems that the WiFi is enabled. In this case, you will need to properly configure the WiFi network.
  You can use the own WLan settings in Windows or a Wlan configuration tool like Intel ProSet utility.

  First need choose the right SSID (wireless network name), right of encryption (WEP, WPA, etc.) and password encryption.
  Please note that all of these parameters should be the same on the router WLan and WLan configuration software!

  Please check if the firewall does not affect the connection to the internet as well!

  PS: make sure you use the latest version of the WLan driver
  Here you can find the drivers:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/WLAN/

  In addition, search and read comments here on the forum!

• Satellite A500/A505 - some problems after the recovery process

  I recently used the my Satellite A500, A505 recovery partition to get rid of a particularly persistent virus after running several antivirus programs, all to nothing does not.

  Now the virus seems to have disappeared, but the computer doesn't seem to be in the State it was in immediately after its opening.

  Firstly, the resolution is such that the taskbar, menu start and the desktop icons are all much larger than normal.

  Secondly, it seems to be missing some graphics files enables it to play my games that I put on it from my backup (in other words, it is showing the bottom of the game screen and play music and SFX without showing the character sprites or the menu options).

  Thirdly, my Fn + F6/F7 does not allow me to adjust the brightness of the screen of the computer, the only way that I know how to adjust the brightness of a Toshiba laptop.

  EC who if anything, could I hurt in all this?
  What might be able to do to solve these problems?
  I don't have no internet right now, but I have a USB and eternal patience, so I can use another computer and transfer everything what you suggest on mine.

  Nevertheless, I prefer solutions that do not like it, if possible.

  Surely appreciated!

  To be honest I never heard of this issue.
  In my opinion you should try to make the installation of recovery one more time to check if the same problem occurs again.

  You have created recovery disks?
  If Yes use recovery disks for recovery image installation.

• Satellite A500 - icon Volume missing from the taskbar

  My volume icon disappeared from the taskbar (Satellite A500 / Windows 7). When I right click on properties to display the 'enable or disable system icons', the volume icon is there, but can not change off to on as the 'stop' is grayed out.

  Someone at - it indexes?

  Hello

  Maybe your card its isn't recognized properly. Have you checked for yellow exclamation marks Device Manager?
  Maybe the audio driver. You can find the latest version on the Toshiba site.

  Normally you can toggle the icon of volume if you in Control Panel > sounds and Audio devices.
  Check it!

• Satellite A500/031 to TV via the HDMI screen shows connection pink

  Hello

  I have connected my laptop Satellite A500/031 to my Grundig LCD TV, however the image shown on the TV screen has a pink background and color pink. The situation is clear with a good resolution, with the exception of the rose. Other devices that I have connected with the same HDMI cable in the same ports on the TV work OK, it's just the laptop.
  Hoping someone can help.

  Thank you
  EVVY

  Hey Buddy,

  Have you tried another HDMI cable? If this is not you should do this and choose a cable of high quality for a good image quality.

  Also try to reset display driver settings as Akuma has suggested. In addition, you can also update your display driver. The latest version, you can always get on the official website of Toshiba.

  Have you noticed this problem on another TV too?

• Satellite P20 no charging current when the machine is running

  Hello

  I own a Toshiba Satellite P20. I'm having a problem with the battery. When I turn on my computer and try and charge the battery wilst working, battery is not charging.

  However, when I turn off the machine the battery normally charges.

  This prevents me from working for long periods because it seems that I can't work and load my machine at the same time. Help, please.

  Concerning
  Rudolf

  Hello

  How old is your unit and has been the problem from the beginning?
  In my opinion it is either a problem with the motherboard electronic or battery failure there. The two cases are possible.

  So you could buy a new battery for a check or you will contact the ASP and technicians can find the fault.

  In my opinion, you should first contact the ASP. In this case, you need not spend a lot of money for a battery which could be allowed.

• Satellite A500 - how to register on the site Web of Toshiba?

  Hi, guys

  A week ago, I bought Toshiba satellite A500-1dn, while trying to register it here http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/generic/SUPPORT_PORTAL/
  It is for me, serial number not valid, then I tried to use, auto detect this system - but always the same result - your product not supported,

  your suggestions, please

  Hello

  You want to register your laptop to get an extended warranty?

  In any case, in the first instance, you must register your laptop on the Toshiba page.
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > Warranty & Service registration

  After that, you can buy an extended warranty here:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > Service offering

  In my case, it worked then visit the page again. I think that you have used the wrong link.

• Satellite A500 - 19 X - which is the maximum supported RAM?

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A500 - 19 X with Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium edition. It came with 4 GB DDR3 1066 MHZ RAM. Can anyone let me know the maximum supported RAM for this hardware configuration and OS.

  Kind regards
  Vivek

  Hey Buddy,

  You can answer this question yourself!

  I checked the specifications of this laptop on the Toshiba site and you can upgrade the RAM 8 GB. Therefore, you (1 066 MHz) DDR3 RAM and two 4 GB modules. They should be the same manufacturing to avoid problems of incompatibility.

• Satellite A500-1EE - where to find the 32-bit drivers for Windows 7?

  Welcome!

  I have the Satellite A500-1EE with the 64 bit version of Windows 7 and I need to install the 32-bit version of this system. Is this possible?

  Because I can not find the drivers for 32 bit.

  Hi tosipaw,

  Of course, it is possible and you can install what you want on your laptop, but I put t understand why you want to change to 64-bit to 32-bit OS.
  What are the reasons for that?

  Normally everything can be downloaded here:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > download drivers

  Your model belongs to the series of PSAR9E and so only drivers 64-bit available.

  If you are looking for all models A500 (without PSAR9E), you will find a large number of drivers Vista 32 bit. Maybe they work and it s worth a try! :)

• Satellite A500-149: how to turn the lights on the keyboard?

  Hello

  I bought the Toshiba Satellite A500 149.
  How do I activate the keyboard light? I try FN + Z and nothing... no lights on the keyboard!
  Can anyone help?
  I need to install anything to make it work?

  Toshiba Satellite A500-149 part number: PSAM3E-02K00DEP

  thnks

  Hello

  You must press the button on / off LED, which is part of the multimedia buttons of Toshiba. This button must be placed in the line where the other buttons such as play, pause, volume up and down are placed.

  So the light must be turned on. Then, you can set the backlight on the keyboard to Auto.
  Then the keyboard would hit any key.
  When you use FN + (keyboard sign (Z)), keyboard backlight turns off / Alternatively

• Satellite A500 - how to connect to the TV?

  I would like to connect my Satellite A500-134 to a CRT TV. The output ports are D - SUB and HDMI. Ports of entry on my TV are RCA and SCART.
  Is it possible to watch movies on the TV?

  Thanks for your reply.

  Hello!

  If you want to connect this laptop to a TV, then use an adapter, e. g. D - SUB to RCA.
  Here's a picture I want to say: [D - SUB to RCA | http://www.gainbery.com/Product/Adaptor/vga%20to%20rca.jpg]

  On my Satellite L300 I use such a D - SUB to RCA adapter and it works without any problem. I am very satisfied with this solution.

• Satellite A500 keyboard and Touchpad freeze but the computer is still active

  Hi, I hope that some might be able to help me with this frustrating problem.

  Keyboard and mouse on my laptop have, during the last 4 months, been freezing almost randomly.

  This problem occurs only with the keyboard and notebook computer touchpad. If I use an external USB mouse, I have no problem.

  Please note that this is not all the freezing system. Once the keyb + touchpad freeze has occurred, I can always plug in a USB mouse and continue to use the computer.

  I have windows 7 64-bit.

  And what model of laptop do you have?
  Are you using the Toshiba recovery image or your own installation of the OS?