Satellite A660-18 suspended and needs hard reboot

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• Satellite A660-155 freezes and needs of startup repair or does not start

  Hello, in the middle of the month of August, I bought a satellite a660-155, PSAW0E-00U00DEN S/N 5A214647K.
  It is registered under warranty until the Aug2011.
  After less than a week, it refused to start.
  I rang support and they recommended that I use the recovery discs to restore to factory condition. I did and spent the next 3 nights reload software and my backup disk data.

  Since then he refuses sometimes to start the hard drive with a relative error that it cannot rfind and then ask which drive to boot from. If I select the hard drive, it starts later. Sometimes when running he crashes and then restarts.

  Last night, after that it had not been used for a few days, I woke up he "sleep" mode. I logged on okay, but then the blue logo 'circly' comes on, spinning away happily, and nothing else (just for logging on the text). After 30 minutes, I pressed the power button to turn off because the cell phone was totally insensitive.
  On commissioning, I got a white screen for 30 minutes, then the Startup Repair option.
  I launched it and check start lasted almost an hour and an hour, then he said, trying to repair. After a few hours, I left and went to bed. This morning, he showed the guest of logon and connected properly, as if nothing had ever happened.

  I lost confidence in Toshiba laptops, (I am responsible for computer SCIENCE) and I've never seen this problem before on a so-called quality machine. I only ise it fot simple e-mail/internet/word documents.

  All I can conclude is that there is little material defective (hard drive) that stops responding intermittently.

  I sent support at 07:00 this morning, but have not had a response.

  Can you help me? This machine needs ideally replace or repair collection, back in working condition 100% reliable. Could someone please contact me to see where I go from here?
  Under the law of consumption, you have a duty to rectify my sad situation, that the flaw exists again.

  Thank you

  Thanks for the info!
  Seems to replace the HARD drive would solve!

• Official Satellite A660 cant get and iTunes-64 updates moved

  Hello

  I've had my laptop for about 3 weeks now and have a few problems that maybe someone here can help with :)
  It's a Toshiba Satellite A660 Windows 7 64 bit, with all the options of support authorized toshiba - tempro, health bulletin board etc.

  Problem 1:
  The chips toshiba Board asked me to update a load of stuff - Bios, display drivers, wireless drivers etc.
  The only update (seems... it did not freeze at least) worked was the update of the broadcom wireless driver.
  So, for the update of the display, I download the file, unzip it and nothing is passes - I have tried to run the tinstallwb.exe.
  I am asked if I want the program to change the hard drive, I say Yes... and that's the last I've heard of it... tried for hours to make it work, but I look at a desktop computer without activity. In the folder to archive, if I try and run the setup.exe (the nvidia part) it says that no valid nvidia hardware has been detected.

  Problem 2:
  I tried the bios update, Bulletin Board asked me to install... it didn't, didn't want to install.

  Problem 3:
  I spend most of the time the laptop turned off, because it freezes on the screen of closing...

  Problem 4:
  Prob not a toshiba problem - but I can not install Quicktime or iTunes... the installer just freezes (it goes in not responing well) - I left runningn elaptop th for about 4 hours yesterday, trying to install itunes 64-bit until I had to kill the task (and turn it off, like shutdown does not work)

  Any ideas, I've given up trying to update the updates that the toshiba Council services told me to put up-to-date?
  I tried the update obvious everything I can, but the toshiba updates do not update :(
  Other software: MS Office and Outlook, firefox.

  Thanks for any help,

  Andy

  Hello

  (1) you can download all the drivers directly from the page of European driver of Toshiba.
  If you really need an update, then you must download the file, should save on the HARD drive should unzip the package and must be run setup.exe or should update the driver from Device Manager.

  (2) this is a HowTo doc on update of the BIOS:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/Ann.jspa?annID=60
  If this is not possible, then your Windows operating system might be confused to the top and maybe you should get the phone before performing a BIOS update.

  (3) as suggested above; all these questions could be linked to the damaged operating system and maybe you need to reinstall the operating system to make it work again.

  (4) see point 3

• Satellite A660 - Why do I need to stop when I want to restart?

  First of all, let me say I am Portuguese and my English is not perfect.

  So, I recently bought a _Satellite A660-1CJ_ and I was very happy with her in the early days. While some problems began to occur. However, with the help other posts in this forum, most of the problems have disappeared: all of them, with the exception of 2. I will mention one now and the other later (after I know a little more about what actually happens).
  So, here's my problem:
  When I _shutdown_ my PC and then run it, everything goes as usual and start windows.
  However, if I try to _restart_ my PC (in the menu of windows - instead to turn off and then turn on) it gets stuck with "Innovation leader TOSHIBA" or something like that. Nothing happens. I have to press the power button and it turbs quicky offshore once again, then I start and is normally boots.

  If anyone knows how to fix this please help me.
  Thank you...

  Hello

  I can t he understand. I also have Satellite A660 before me for 2 months and everything works perfectly, no problems at all. I must say it s one of the best phones I have ever had.

  When stop you the laptop, how long it takes until it start to himself?

  Have you disabled correctly this problem s BIOS wake LAN in the BIOS?
  Also, try to reset the BIOS to default settings.

  If you have connected an external equipment, you must remove them. I can imagine that an external device causes the start if you need to delete all.

• Satellite A660 - Tempro alerts and the status of the guarantee

  I have a laptop Toshiba Satellite A660. Windows 7 64-bit.
  First Tempro worked but I have not had an update since October 6 and my warranty status now says
  'Standard Standard warranty Toshiba unregistered'?
  Think this should happen when Tempro advised me on a Tempro itsself update: update around 6 October?
  I registered my guarantee that some moths back, I can not re - save that I am already registered, I can confirm that my warranty is until August 2011 on the toshiba support site.
  I can browse and then install updates from toshiba but not by Tempro. Infact today I downloaded Tempro 3.3.4 and installed.
  TEMPRO is activated and shows my correct series and number of model, but always said that my warranty is not registered.

  Under condition of the guarantee: guarantee offers, help and register buttons all work, but clicking on the button "Refresh" seems to do nothing. If I disconnect my internet and press "update" button there is no percievable difference?

  I'm sure theres no firewall problem, but put exceptions in TemproSvc.exe and TemproTray.exe to be sure.

  I know that Toshiba say wait 5 days for the warranty to show registered but surely that does not mention when you click on the update button, but since time of your registration?
  Which for me was long August/September.

  Hey Buddy,

  Where to check the details of the warranty for your laptop?
  For European laptops, you can check the warranty here: http://www.toshiba-tro.de/unitdetails

  If it s are not correct, you should ask a service provider authorized in your country or contact Toshiba people under [email protected] and explain your situation.

  Good luck! :)

• Satellite A660 - links BIOS and version history

  Just for your information, please find below the complete * A660 BIOS version history: *

  _ [Version 1.80 - 2010-10-01 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v180.exe] _
  -Limited the speed of DRAM DDR3 - 1333 Mhz to 1066 MHz on the Clarksfield CPU platforms.
  -Update: the status SM_SENSE # is maintained during hibernation for the function sleep & music.

  _ [Version 1.70 - 2010-09-22 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v170.exe] _
  -Fixed: Background becomes empty, and the wrong password will not automatically clear when setting or deleting a user or supervisor password.
  -Fixed: System hangs when you set a channel owner of 512 bytes.
  -Fixed: When enabled the Fast Boot, DMI Type12 had no data.
  -Fixed: When Fast Boot has been activated, the system did not ask passwords system and HARD disk.
  -Fixed: When PCI LAN has been disabled, the start menu has reported a network problem.
  -Fixed: When the serial number of a RAM module is all zeros, the system crashes.

  _ [Version 1.60 - 2010-08-03 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v160.exe] _
  -Updated the Intel OSB logo.
  -Fixed: Shared allocation of memory on UMA SKU problem.
  -Fixed: Blurred logo Toshiba.
  -EC-1, 60: reduces the sensor button debounce time to 50ms.

  _ [Version 1.50 - 2010-07-08 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v150.exe] _
  -Update of the MRC of Intel to 1.3 - 1 for cause of stop start hot.

  _ [Version 1.40 - 2010-06-28 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v140.exe] _
  -Updated the N11M and N11P NVIDIA VBIOS code base.
  -The M13106E5_04 Clarksfield CPU Microcode Update.
  -Fixed: The computer may crash if some RAM modules are used in the Computrace platform.

  _ [Version 1.30 - 2010-06-09 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v130.exe] _
  -Updated the VBIOS N11E of Nvidia for 3D editions.
  -EC - 1.30: added workaround for a problem of ALS function after the release of the S4/S5 and reboot.

  _ [Version 1.20 - 2010-06-03 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v120.exe] _
  -Added: N11E Nvidia for 3D SKU VBIOS.
  -Update of the optional ROM of Computrace to correct a problem installing and running SysMark/MobileMark.

  _ [Version 1.10 - 2010-05-10 | http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/saw0v110.exe] _
  BIOS of initial production of these models.

  Hello

  I found the same thing on the page of the Toshiba driver we.

  Welcome them

• Satellite A660 - 11 M and fan speed controller

  Hello

  Is there anyway to reduce the speed of the fan on the A66011m Satellite?
  The fan operates at 67% and makes too much noise for use in an office environment. Is it possible to reduce this?

  Thank you

  Adam

  Hello Adam

  There is a single way to do this. Go to power management and open the advanced power settings for the management of the power supply you use.
  You will find Toshiba Power Saver options and parameters for the method of cooling. Open it and put them in optimized battery.

  This should reduce the activity of fan cooling.

• My Mini crash and needs several reboots

  Hi people,

  Reliability of my Mini declined over a period of a few months.  It crashes on average two to three times a week.

  The accident often happens while watching YouTube video and without any warning, but accidents also occur while I use it, and they are not always related to internet video.  Sometimes the Mac will be generally slow and unresponsive in the period leading up to an accident.

  In order to get to the top and operational again, it may take only one or two restarts, but several times this may take ten, twenty or more atttempts before reaching a stable computing platform.  When I press the power button, the Mini sounds, I get to the gray screen with the Apple logo and the spinning icon, and then the screen goes black, followed by the screen goes to the standard background color, and then it crashes just before same launch Finder.  Sometimes the Finder will be launched, but the Mini will break under little later - a few seconds or a few minutes later.

  I have at least a couple of times tried to start in safe mode, which has not always worked, either.  I also sometimes reset PRAM, repaired permissions, (when I get a restart possible) and run Maintenance (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22745/maintenance).  These don't always makes no difference at all to the reliability and stability, although they sometimes seem.

  Can someone give me directions, please?

  Thank you very much.

  first: I do not think that maintenance really does something for you, and often the installers on sites like Macupdate, Softonic, CNET... are compromised with infections. I tested Macupdate interview but found no infections of this time. I trashed it later.

  In this regard: there is not much to go now, but it looks like a dead hard drive.

  Make backups immediately.

  Then download binaryfruit.com DriveDx

  Run it. When you hover over the list with your cursor, explanations are given, check the indicators of 'health '.

  If you have any doubts, you can copy the report here in your message.

  Lex

• Satellite A660 - meter problem and the function of the power keys do not work

  Hi all

  The drop down menu that appears when I pressed on the FN key disappeared as well as when I turn of the backlit using FN + Z, light under the keyboard just turns off but the light beneath logo buttons on it near the power buttons and satellite does not turn off. How can I solve this?

  The computer displays the electric meter error and eco top near power button never lights energy saving does not work. I tried to reinstall the driver of programs/toshiba eco, but it says BIOS not supported.

  Before you try to reinstall the VAP, try to restart the Flash Cards Support utility. Utility support card Flash controls the FN keys and you can restart it in all programs-> Toshiba-> restart Flash Cards

• Satellite A660: no light and no beep touchpad keys

  Hello world

  first of all, I apologize for my English, I'm Italian.

  I am panic with my laptop, yesterday I reinstalled everything using the recovery DVD and has already had some problems with the touch buttons.

  Sometimes their light turns on, and they never do the "beep" when I touch them, work of the beep only during startup.
  Here are the main problems: I have already install the latest firmware of fingerprints buttons from Toshiba Web site.
  How can I solve it?

  Last question: the echo utility button light should be turned off when you and just be green when the echo is active, isn t it?

  Thank you very much

  Post edited by: keivan92

  Hello

  The beep occurs during startup as the POST (power self test) was transmitted correctly.
  Usually, the system beep can be changed in the BIOS in Advanced tab.
  In my case there are different levels of sound summer: Off, low, medium and high.
  In my case I put in the Middle, but even if the system beep is activated, the button multimedia don t beep. I guess they should not beep.

  With regard to the light on the button:
  It is called illumination.
  As far as I know in some cases, the BIOS contains this option and you can enable and disable the lighting in the BIOS.
  If the lighting is not available in the BIOS, check this:
  Go to the Program Files/Toshiba/TBS

  You will find the application called dimmer.
  This allows the key light.

• Option of Satellite A660 - 11 m and battery

  Hi guys...

  My question is that when the round battery is charged and connected and at the same time the cord of the AC adapter are connected to the DC in 19v I can disconnect the round DC power cord and depend on the battery, it is a normal action, I can do it easily... ? or I have to first stop the turn before I can use the battery.

  Just unplug the tro DC power cable and continue to use laptop on battery.
  You should not stop your laptop.

• Switch signals and Wireless does not work on Satellite A660

  I have laptop Satellite A660 17 M AND I am facing a PROBLEM THAT IS THE WIRELESS DO SWITCH NOT RUN AND did not SWITCH THE WIRELESS ADAPTER ON or OFF
  AND ALSO ON THE TOP OF THE KEYBOARD FUNCTION BUTTONS DOES NOT WORK

  AFAIK, the utility Vap and flashcard support are responsible for these functions. You can try to download and install them

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

  Note, first you must install the utility of vap and restart the support belt utility and Visual support cards, then

• Satellite A660-149 - utility of Tosh has disappeared!

  Someone PL help me to trace the utility depending on whether I had until recently on my brand-new Satellite A660-149, but now he has gone (maybe through a fault of mine).

  It took the form of a rectangle that would hide at the edge of the screen and would (unfortunately, most of the time) get out whenever the cursor struck its contour. One of the 3 buttons caused a box where you can select one of the options that have been predefined for display based on ambient lighting, one of these options are defined by the user.

  I found this utility useful to quickly change the settings of the screen whenever I had to move my laptop.

  I hardly had time to look into what we called this utility and where he lived, before that I've lost without trace.
  A price to everyone who helps me rediscover it?

  Hello

  I think you speak on flash card.
  The support of flash card utility controls the FN keys.

  You should go to all programs-> Toshiba-> supported Flash memory card and need to reboot again.

  If this will not help, reinstall the VAP and Flash memory card Support utility.

• Re: Hitachi Drive Fitness Test (DFT) does not detect the HDD on Satellite A660

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A660 PSAW3C-047017 with a HARD MK6465GSX Toshiba drive. After experience, some consecutive failures of start-up, I was told on the Toshiba forums to use Drive Fitness Test (DFT of Hitachi).

  I burned the ISO to a CD and booted from it (I must press F12 for boot options and select the optical drive), which is to run successfully. However, it does not detect my drive HARD - the list is empty.

  Is there something I need to do to make visit to DFT?

  I cannot commend this third part software features, but I want to know if you still have these failures to start your portable computer satellite?

  What's the problem?

• Satellite A660 - Win 8.1 power settings option not available

  Hello

  I upgraded my Toshiba (A660) to 8.1 64 x. (clean install)

  All if works well except idle protected function, which seem to have disappeared of power options.
  In my view, that a driver is required. (I have installed a single Toshiba driver)

  They don't seem to have VAP more.

  Can someone tell me what is the driver I need to install for this problem?

  Thank you.

  > All works well except idle protected function, which seem to have disappeared of power options.
  What exactly is the function of inactive variation? Display backlight control?

  Toshiba not stand in my knowledge of Windows on the Satellite A660 8.1 and therefore you would not find drivers Windows 8.1 for this series.

  If you want to install the utilities and tools Toshiba Windows 8.1, you will need to seek such software in your own hand. But I'm not quite sure if software published for other portable Toshiba would be compatible with the A660 m model.

  However, the fact is that there is no such thing as the package of added value to win 8.1.
  This was the case with Vista or Win 7, but it is not available for Windows 8.1.
  The VAP has been replaced by the system of Toshiba driver.