Satellite A660 - 1-3 - overheating games

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• Satellite A660-18 - possible overheating

  Hello!

  I've had some problems with my laptop for a while now.
  My laptop stops frequently without closing properly and generally slow. Today when I turned to Hibernate and then tried to turn it on and then power button turns off again and now my laptop won't turn. I think that it is mainly due to overheating?

  It is advisable to consider seeing someone? Or try opening the back and checking to remove the dirt? I don't know what to do and just want my laptop to work at maximum performance for all advice would be greatly appreciated!

  _Laptop info: _
  TOSHIBA
  Model name: Satellite A660-18
  Windows 7 Home Prem OA

  Ask if you need more info.

  Thank you very much
  Sophie

  > Is it recommended to take to see someone? Or try opening the back and checking to remove the dirt?

  Your warranty is valid? If so, don t disassemble the laptop!
  This would nullify your warranty and more, you run the risk of damaging the equipment.

  If you think, that your cooling fans are clogged and dirty because of the dust, you try to clean the fans and the grids using a jet of compressed air
  This helps to get rid of dust so if dust is a problem here, this work around should help solve the problem

• Satellite A660 freeze on HD video, streaming and video games on Win7 64 bit

  Hello everyone,

  This is my first message here... I bought a Toshiba Satellite A660-12th, 4 months ago and from the beginning, I have the same problem...
  Gel Gel Gel on video HD 720 and 1080 on streaming (you tube) and video games.
  I have the latest Nvidia driver that I've always updated, I reinstall win 7 and still this * problem.
  I saw many topics on the net about this problem, but I couldn't find any solution.
  The same problem for another series of the laptop.

  [http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=57438 | http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=57438]
  Is this a common problem for toshiba computers?
  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  FibZ

  I don't think it's a general or common problem. I have the Satellite P500 with the NVIDIA card inside. Pre-installed driver is Toshiba 8.16.11.8829 driver version, and I have never notice one problem with display or graphics in general.

  I watch blu - ray movies, very often HD trailers on YouTube, play games (for the time Medal of honor, Black Ops) and everything works perfectly.

  What NVIDIA card is in your laptop and what display driver is installed?

• Satellite A660 crashes during games and recovery

  I have problem with my Toshiba Satellite A660. Sometimes when I play it freezes and I can't even move the pointer that all freeze them then I have to stop with force.
  Once it freezes during a restore and that what do me worried about would be a secondary problem (amount of money).
  I tried to take it to one that he calls himself a Toshiba service company and they told me that the problem is solved, but he didn't.

  So I hope that everything would be help me I m in a bad situation here.

  Hello

  I understand your situation but to be honest, I put t know how to help you.
  I put t know what that solved the service and what they did with your laptop, but what you can do is to install the OS by using the recovery image (on DVD or HARD drive) and to monitor closely what will happen in the future.

  While gaming, don't forget your laptop is placed on the desk and the cooling fans should not be stuck with a few Pater, books or anything else. before you start the game go portable high performance power plan and check that cooling in this plan of the power method is set to the maximum level.

• Satellite A660-12E - freezes with graphical objects

  Hello

  Here's my problem:

  I bought a Satellite A660-12th. Was obtained last Saturday, transported with great caution.

  The problem is that when I use a program dependent CG as a game, the games freezes quickly, even in the menus, with the screen objects, symptom of failure of CG (that happened in the menus of TF2, alien swarm and all playing Plain SIght). When Windows (with aero and transparency), goes on the internet, watching movies, everything is ok. No problem when using 3DSmax and Mudbox, but does not check since the last time the problem happened.
  In addition, the problem does not occur the first time that I start a game. After a long series of the computer (I use a cooling station and check the temperature: never more than 55 ° c) to download a game on steam, for example.

  I tried to install my own version of windows 7 (64 bit professional), updated the cg driver, installed a selection of programs from ninite.com, but the problem is back.

  Since then, I am a student with low resources and worked all summer to get a laptop, I am a little upset. :/
  Anyone has a solution, or should I contact the customer as soon as possible?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Can you explain what CG and CG pilot mean, please?

  I can only tell you that it is important to use the original display driver Toshiba place drivers nVidia because they are pre-tested and overheating protection. So be sure that Toshiba display the most recent driver is installed.

• Satellite A660-18 freezes randomly

  My Satellite A660-18 freezes randomly especially when I play games or watch video.
  Also sometimes when I'm just passing the mouse. He is 1-2 times a week/2 weeks. When it happens the screen freezes but the audio on for a while and does not react to any keypress so I have to manually turn it works.

  I don't think it's a graphics card overheating issue, as happens sometimes in just a few minutes after I turn on my laptop and I use a cooler pad as well.

  Hello

  This sometimes happens, it means that you can't reproduce it, which means that it s really hard to tell what could cause this.
  Theoretically, it could be just a software problem. Perhaps only the registry is damaged.
  In this case, the new OS installation must be carried out.

  Of course it could be also related to memory: to test the RAM by using some tools such as mem86 + or similar.
  Also, make sure the HARD drive; for this, you can use the tool called Drive Fitness Test.

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• Satellite A660 - 1 HL-problems with the graphics card

  Hello!

  This is my first thread so I apologize if I am doing something wrong and for my bad English. :)

  Just bought a Toshiba Satellite A660 - 1 hl with two adapters, integrated and a GeForce GT 330 M. The integrated works well, but when I go to the dedicated I encounter problems. The non-adjustable resolution in optimal mode and windows in the operating system (windows 7) delays when moving. I can't get info on the map in all kinds of temperature programs or dxdiag and such others.

  I tried to install the drivers from nvidia, Toshiba and windows update with no improvement. I can't run Windows expreince index because I get an error message or of any average games do I encounter error messages there as well. I begin to doubt that the drivers installed even.

  I hope you guys can help out me :)

  It comes to getting the error messages:

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  You should test the RAM (memory) for problems using the Test of memory of Microsoft or the www.memtest.org (bootable CD).

  To confirm that this is a hardware problem, you must save your documents and run recovery.

  If the problem still occur on a new image, then the laptop should go to an ASP (Toshiba Service Center) for repairs (possibly a motherboard replacement).

• On my Satellite A660 TV tuner does not work

  Hello

  I bought a Toshiba Satellite A660-07 one a few months ago and then reinstalled Windows 7 32-bit system in order to have more than a few partitions. But I had not deleted the hidden partition the system just in case I need to restore factory settings.

  Now I have moved to a remote area and need a TV but only to discover that the tuner did not work. It is detected correctly under sound devices and games in the Device Manager. However, when I use windows media center to scan channels. The WMC just says the software has encountered a serious error and try again.

  Then I tried to use Blaze DTV, which is also a very popular DTV software. Successfully, it recognizes the Tuner but will not scan either.

  I did some research and used the advocatus of configuration of the tuner TV in Windows 7. The warning message is that "the tuner is not properly configured to be used in Windows Media Center". And the details show that the tuner is plugged but not active for the WMC.

  But how do I then activate the tuner for WMC?

  Really hope that someone can help as I am now panic in a small town remote in New Testament.

  Thank you!

  > I bought a Toshiba Satellite A660-07 one a few months ago and then reinstalled Windows 7 32-bit system in order to have more than a few partitions. But I had not deleted the hidden partition the system just in case I need to restore factory settings.
  I see a big problem here. If you have installed your own version of Windows then you will not be able to start the installation of image factory more.
  Due to this fact Toshiba strongly recommends the creation of recovery DVDs. It is described in s operating manuals.

  In any case, one question at first: you've found the right 32-bit driver TV tuner? TV tuner is installed correctly?

• Satellite A660-18 suspended and needs hard reboot

  My Satellite A660-18 crashes every two days about 2/3 times. I can't press ctrl + alt + del and the mouse does not move. I pressed the power button to restart manually. It started about two weeks after I got it in September. I watch a lot of videos online (and offline) and usually after the screen freezes / crashes, audio continues and extends. I thought that it was a problem with IE8, so I switched to Google Chrome, but it still continues. This occurs also in offline mode. Also, after my laptop crashes, the fan speeds up so I thought it was an overheating issue. I bought a carpet of cooling a few days ago, and the system still hangs. I don't know what to do now, can anyone help?

  Intel core i7 1.73 GHz q740
  4.00 GB ram
  64-bit operating system
  Windows 7
  NVIDIA Geforce 310 M 512 MB dedicated video memory

  Hello

  It's not easy to say what causes this but you should check different things;

  (1) reinstall the OS. Dirty registry entries affect the OS eth feature
  (2) clean OS using CCleaner
  (3) check the bars of memory. Run the test using a tool like memtest86 + or similar
  (4) check the HARD disk. You can use Drive Fitness Test, which is free.
  (5) update BIOS and other pilots like graphics card driver

  Good luck

• Satellite A660 - cooling fan is too slow

  Hello

  I own TOSHIBA Satellite A660 - 10 X
  the problem is that fan will slow (when the laptop starts its goes much faster that slowing it down). Problem is that the laptop is overheating and that it stops without any warning. I'm working on it and must be reliable.

  I tried the power management but there are only "optimized batery' or 'up', but at least it won't max for sure.

  Is it possible to check the speed of the fan? I tried several aplications to see fan speed but they do not work.

  And I never found fan in BIOS.

  You use applications that require a lot of graphics performance?
  S your laptop sitting on the desk when you work with it.

  Do not forget that all the vents, especially downstairs are not blocked somehow.

• Flashes and a beep on Satellite A660 - 11M

  Hello

  Is about 3 or 4 months ago, I bought a new Toshiba Satellite A660 - 11 M.
  I noticed the following problem: lights from time to time my laptop occasionally fade or turn on (lights on Toshiba panell, the word 'Satellite' and the line on Touchpad) and a short beep sound rises.

  This situation sometimes friequently (10 - 20 times in a row).
  The worst situation is when (less frequently), the signal becomes continuous and reduced noise control noise at 0.

  Such a problem occurs regardless of the load (this can happen even when the laptop does nothing) and foreign time - so I don't think that this is caused by overheating (laptop is not hot at all).

  I thought that the problem is caused by one of the zillions of Toshiba programs installed on this poor PC.
  I tried to delete everything (Toshiba Eco was the first alleged entity), but this did not help.
  I thought that Toshiba Board (like the main among all these unnecessary programs) is causing the problem, but removal of it caused in the system crash.

  Could someone tell me how to recover my laptop?

  The current workaround is to turn off the beep (in soundcards), but I still see the lights flashing. So I healed a symptom, but not a problem

  Thank you.

  Hello

  Multimedia keys are controlled by VAP (value added package), lighting controlled by BIOS too. You can enable and disable this in the BIOS settings.
  TO be honest it of certainly not possible to say what s wrong precisely because you cannot reproduce this problem, it appears every time in awhile

  What I can recommend, is the BIOS updated. This must be current and must be set to the default value (in the BIOS, press F9).

  If the symptoms will appear again, then the Toshiba technician should check this

• Re: Satellite A660 turns off

  Hello

  In June last year, I bought a Toshiba Satellite A660, when I took out of the House and the box, he doesn't work, turn on, and then he clicks.

  I got the next day traded with another sealed unit. While in the store of the computer, I demand to see work before I take it home. Open the box starts, it worked. Last month he began to go off while in the workplace, I linked to an overheating (it heats up a lot on day 1) I bought a laptop cooler, run on USB with 200 mm cooling fan. No difference, it is capricious, some days work all day another time just clicks off and I want to never start.

  Today I'm not if happy because I can not start my work is always on it. What is my solution?

  I am a computer professional and is my diagnosis for this laptop: it runs too hot and the breakdowns are inevitable in the first six to 12 months, depends on its daily use (hours / day).

  In my opinion:

  (A) I don't want to fix it (it is still under warranty) I need a replacement because it is a manufacturing defect.

  (B) If this model has design problems especially overheating then it should be exchanged with a reliable model equivalent.

  see you soon,

  Vania Lolham

  Hi mate

  (A) I don't want to fix it (it is still under warranty) I need a replacement because it is a manufacturing defect.

  I think you need to check with your dealer to laptop.
  To my knowledge the certified partner Toshiba is able to repair and fix the laptop, but you will not get a refund of ASP.
  If the laptop is under warranty, your laptop will be corrected for free.

  (> B) If this model has design problems especially overheating then it should be replaced with equivalent reliable model.

  Don t think that there could be a problem of design one of my friends has a series, and it works properly.
  First of all, you should check if you BIOS update could improve the functionality of the laptop.
  You should also check if the dust and debris does not prevent cooling modules work correctly. In my case, my old laptop didn't work correctly because of the dust.
  I used to delete this jet of compressed air and it worked.

  Finally, I must say that it shouldn't be necessary to use additional cooling pads in order to cool the laptop. If portable s temperature is too high, then it must be something wrong. If above advice doesn't help, then I would say that the material could be affected and in this case, the technician must verify that

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• I'm having some trouble with my Satellite A660-134

  Hello!

  I'm a little ' have some problems with my laptop as mentioned earlier a Toshiba Satellite A660-134. FYI it's either, I returned a (any warranty). I wanted another, but always this model because its ok, he does his job, except some things that unfortunately I can't monitor. The first and also the other did the following:

  # Time to time, no reason what so ever, without abuse, multitasking, without forcing somehow, given bluescreen crashed unexpectedly. Just like that. Watching a movie, navigation, while leaving it open, and I found that it restarted. With this second after installing the antivirus I thought if it is stopped. But instead of 3-4 bluescreens someday I say 1-2 a week, but pretty beat also.
  # Also whithou one overheating, versatile or anything that would require a bit of effort to say, while I watch a film for example litle it sort of the stucks, freezes, stumbles... for performer like when its moved a bit abrupt and the thing protector hdd moves the head of hard disk drive... or as when with an old pc you listen to music and then when you , let's extract something, she begins to stop.

  Mainly, these are my concerns and any advice is welcome. For furter information, ask me. Thank you!
  Best regards, Dorinel Tanase

  It is not easy to give an exact explanation for all your problems, especially for blue screens. They can be caused by a software conflict or even by some malfunction of the equipment.
  Sorry, but it is not easy to say why this happen.

  Can you write down the error code and send it to us?

  Try disabling the utility of HARD disk protection and do not forget to scan of the drive HARD does not run in the background. These activities may be responsible for these interruptions.

• Problems of Freeze/bios satellite A660

  I have a satellite A660 a year already and I experienced a few freezes where the PC and I am unable to do anything, the sound still works for a few seconds and them it change to a scratching noise. The question as always been here, but given that it only happened once a month or less i thought it was a windows freeze or an overheating problem but for some time happened much several times, in four days happened to 8 times. Then I tried to update the drivers and nothing change until the BIOS drivers that I can't not to update because I get the following error (Firmware has no support of flash (AFUWINGUI)).
  I don't know if the update to the BIOS so that solve the problem or if a must send the PC to the guarantee.

  Sorry for my English I'm not a native speaker, and I am grateful for those who can read thought my question and always responds.

  Have you added extra RAM for laptop? Maybe the RAM is not compatible or has a problem. You can test the RAM with Memtest (bootable CD)

  Windows can get damaged over time due to bad judgments etc... It may be a good idea to save your documents and run Toshiba Recovery to restore Windows back to its factory condition.

  If the RAM passes the test and the gel is always held on a Windows factory installation completely fresh, then it is probably a hardware problem.

• Satellite A660 - 11 m display is safe for the eyes?

  If any body know of course if the screen of the trunk Satellite A660 - 11 m for the eye because I have heard this eye turn red for a long time remain on the monitor
  If any body know about the safety of the monitor answer me & thank you

  > If any body know of course if the screen of the trunk Satellite A660 - 11 m for the eye because I have heard this eye turn red for a long time remain on the monitor

  :) Look, man

  Each screen (TV, LCD, TFT, portable computers display, external display, etc.) that may affect your eyes if you would not follow the rules recommended by the manufacturers and specialist eye ;)

  You should take a break between sessions of computer work and games.
  You must keep the distance to the screen and remember that your environment is bright enough

  Read the operating instructions and ask your eye specialist how to avoid red-eye ;)