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• Satellite A500: Multimedia keys do not work after Win 8 upgrade

  Hi everyone, I run Toshiba SATELLITE A500 - 1C0 (PSAR3E-01300WPL) with Windows 8 PRO x 64.

  As I noticed - post factum /:-'Models supported' not supported for Windows 8 drivers of my PC.

  Although, the computer will work perfectly, but I have a little problem with my drivers: the Panel at the top of the keyboard (http://goo.gl/IQVAG) works not only put on mute, volume up/down work, but the ECO button and media buttons are NOT - is there any method to upgrade the drivers so that I can use all the keys?

  I installed TOSHIBA eco utility and it works fine, but the buttons do not respond. I can't find and update the driver/ulitity that is responsible for this issue.

  I also want to ask if there is any chance to get the TOSHIBA for Win.8 drivers for my Satellite A PC series in the future. Y at - it a utility to analyze and automatically update TOSHIBA drivers? (but not Toshiba drivers Update Utility, which does not work in my case - it offers me to downgrade my drivers!)

  I opened the Device Manager and tried to update the drivers manually, but - that's even BIGGER problem then eco Panel etc. - some devices are marked as "unknown devices" and may not be recognized at all.

  Thank you for your help,
  oddajlatarke

  > is there a method to upgrade the drivers so that I can use all the keys?

  Method? Name is no other method as to try some tools to win 8 released for other series of laptop. The multimedia button requires installation of VAP (value package).
  Check and test the VAP to win 8 released to win 8 supported notebook series.

  > I also want to ask if there is any chance to get the TOSHIBA for Win.8 drivers for my Satellite A PC series in the future.
  As you said above; computer laptop isn t Win 8 supported model, so I doubt that you will get all the drivers Win 8 in the future.

• Satellite A500 - 14Q - Microphone does not work

  I have the Toshiba satellite A500 - 14Q for about 3 years. I changed the hard drive, keyboard, frame of the monitor until now, and I'm sick and tired of this laptop does not properly. Now, I've discovered that my microphone does not work. There is no problem in device, or with the driver manager. I hear that crackling noise when I try to enter any other micro device.

  Can anyone help please?

  P. S. I have windows 7 (64-bit)

  How did you test the mic feature? With the help of tool tape recorder?
  > the monitor framework
  Perhaps you have made a mistake and mic is not connected correctly. Did you do it alone or it was done by the Toshiba authorized service provider?

• Satellite A500 - Flash cards do not work after the upgrade to Windows 7

  Hello

  I have a Satellite A500 PSAM3A 04200E. I recently did an upgrade from Vista to Windows 7. I used my system restore disks to reinstall Vista and then upgrade to Windows 7 using the upgrade wizard.

  I find that I can no longer use the Fn key to turn on/off features...

  I tried to download the VAP and it works. I also tried-> the beginning-Toshiba-> Utilities > restart Flash Cards. None of them have worked even after a reboot...

  Can someone give me some advice on what to do next?

  Thank you

  Hey Buddy,

  If you have already reinstalled Toshiba Value added Package, you also (re) install the Flash Cards Support utility. This tool controls the FN keys and is required for their work.

  You can download it from the official website of Toshiba:
  www.MyToshiba.com.au

  Check this box!

• Satellite A500 - my webcam does not work with Skype

  I have a Satellite A500 with Windows 7 installed.
  I installed the Skype Version 4.2.0.155 and well while installing, it seems acknowlegde built in webcam, when I try to test it that appears is a blue background.

  I've searched forums and the problem may be due to compatibility between Windows 7 and Skype.

  Has anyone else had this issue or know how to solve?

  have you tried to reinstall a Skype web cam driver?
  I also installed Skype 4.2 on my A500.and it works perfectly.

• Re: Satellite A500 - FN key does not work after the upgrade to Windows 7

  Hello
  The FN key does not work even if I have (Toshiba Value added Package) and (toshiba flash Cards help).
  Happened after the upgrade to Windows 7 and using the upgrade CD to retrieve all of the tools and utilities.

  Satellite A500 - 134

  Try restarting Flash cards.
  Start > all programs > Toshiba > utilities > restart Flash cards.
  After doing this press FN button several times.

• Satellite A500-1GL - Microphone does not work after install the OS re-

  re-installed OS updated all bios drivers etc. Can't get anything to record. Skype not getting no sound. Do not record other programs.
  Have uninstalled and reinstalled all the audio drivers, including the driver of the webcam.
  Have you checked the forums, but cannot find any solution.
  Can anyone help?

  Satellite A500-1GL.
  Windows 7 64 bit

  You have reinstalled original Win7 64 bit family Premium that you got with your machine?

• Satellite A500-1GL - software cooling question

  Not so long ago, my favorite laptop A500-1GL began to annoy me with overheating. Average temperature of GPU in State of rest was 100? (CPU - 38-40 ° C). When I tried to play the game or to view HD videos, temperature rise up to 105-107 C, then the laptop turns off automatically. The fan speed is not maximum (I know, cause I remember how strong it was months ago, when I played something like second StarCraft), I think it's constantly at 60% of its speed interesting thing, it was that this fan is a not speed up exactly before the emergency stop, your stay in these 60%. Some people talk about BIOS problem. I've updated the BIOS with the latest version. The problem remains. Then I tried to reinstall the Toshiba Power Saving utility. Nothing has worked. But I noticed that when I change the method of cooling, fan speeds up, cool laptop at normal temperature (GPU included) until the moment where the rotation speed is about 60% of the max. Then everything happens from the beginning - fan still at 60%, temperature of the GPU runs at 100 degrees, all bad breed. Looks like software problem.

  I uninstalled Toshiba Power Saver and now there's a thing. When the laptop is turned on, the fan is quiet (very well, as it used to be). If I won't use it application high req., all right. Once, I try to use this kind of applications, up to 70% fan speed (its a little louder than with GST) then it stucks there. The good thing is that the temperature of the GPU is not so high and idle, the bad news, it's now that I can't work with hard long apps - once stuck fan, minutes later GPU temperature causes stop to avoid damage.

  Hello

  have you tried to clean the cooling system?

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/Ann.jspa?annID=40

  The virus bad operation/application systems can also make Cpu run high. Not easy to say indeed

• Wireless, Satellite A500-17 x will not work

  Hello

  Bit of an issue, the wireless on my laptop will not work. It is certainly a problem with the laptop itself, the router etc are all fine. I can connect to the internet with a cable, but Wireless does just not all. The switch on the front of the laptop, which should turn the radio power, has no effect. Before this problem of switching on the position 'on' would cause icon connection Wireless next to the switch to light up, it's no longer the case. Furthermore, when I tried to check the drivers in Device Manager there are only one option under "Network adapters", which is the "Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller. Right click and select "update driver software...". ' result in a message saying that the proper drivers are installed. I don't know, but I suspect that there may be a lack of adapter or something?

  Any help much appreciated.

  Maybe some unknown device appears in Device Manager?

  You should have 2 entries for network adapters. One for the LAN and the other for the WLAN.

  By the way: when you set switch WLAN on WE and when you use FN + F8 what happens exactly?

• Satellite A500 - 15N Wireless has stopped working

  I bought my A500-15N in last October and had no problems at all with wireless connectivity. Last night when I was surfing Internet it suddenly stopped working (literally between two pages on Wikipedia) and I can connect is no longer. When I try the troubleshooting option, I still see an error 'wireless capability is turned off. I not made any changes to my router or laptop, so I'm not sure what could be going wrong.

  Is the wireless adapter fuck and I need to get this replaced? I tried the combo FN + F8 but which does nothing either.

  Hey,.

  Is the WLAN card still listed in Device Manager correctly and have you tried another key FN if combination work?
  Usually the WLAN card can be disabled with the FN + F8 key combination you wrote

  In your case I would recommend updating the driver WLAN. You can download the latest driver WLAN here:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/WLAN/

• Satellite A500-132 - games does not work on the mode full screen (Windows 7 64-bit)

  everything works fine... videos, applications... everything is very good...
  also, I downloaded all the drivers and all work fine...
  but when I installed a game and wanted to play, he began not as a large screen, there was a void balck space left and right... but was runnung fine...
  How can I make it work on the entire screen?

  Note:-games allowing to operate normally oon windows vista...

  I downloaded the driver and installed several times: s

  driver: -.
  Mobility radion ATI HD 4600 series...

  can someone help me?
  THX

  Hello

  Which driver do you have exactly? You should try the new driver to display on the Toshiba site. The drivers from ATI directly not designed for mobile cards!

  Normally, every game, you can change the screen resolution. There you can adjust it to the native screen resolution.
  Check this box!

• Re: Satellite A500 - FN key does not work

  Hello

  The FN key no longer works since yesterday. I have no idea what happened, but I wanted it back.

  Thank you

  Hello

  Try restarting Flash cards.
  Start > all programs > Toshiba > utilities > restart Flash cards.

  or go to the page of the driver and update utility VAP and flashcard support:

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

  Remove the previous cartridge, reboot the laptop and install flashcard and Vap utility then

• Satellite A500-GL - Wi - Fi stopped working

  Hello

  My wifi stopped working. There is no orange light when wifi lights in position and FN & F8 does not switch to that either. No networks are available.
  Manager Realtek Wirless Lan poster as installed.

  Has anyone encountered this before?
  Thank you.

  The problem could be the s switch Wlan on the laptop front.
  Are you sure that the switch has been activated correctly?
  Maybe there is some kind of lose the connection who knows

  By the way: other FN keys work correctly?

• Satellite A500-1F7 - Touchpad has stopped working

  Hello, my touchpad does not work.

  Yes its possible, I updated and reinstalled the driver. It actually worked for a few seconds and then stopped again.

  Hope you can help me.
  Thanks and greetings

  Hello

  The touchpad does appear in Device Manager correctly or you see a yellow exclamation point?
  What operating system you have?

  And have you tested an external mouse? It does not work or shows the same strange behavior?

  Theoretically worse that the touchpad could be faulty and needs replacing in such cases, an ASP would help you.

• 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