Satellite A660-1DW or Satellite A660-17?

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• Satellite A660-1DW - video editing facilities

  My 14 year old son wants a Dell Studio 17. Its call for video editing facilities. I wish he had a Toshiba Satellite - possibly the A660-1DW - but I don't know if this device or any other laptop Satellite A has these capabilities and, if so, what they are.

  Can someone help / tell me, please?
  Thank you, David

  Hello

  I just checked the specs A660 and figured out which is powerful enough for your laptop. I mean, if you install video editing programs can easily process them. But you must decide which laptop to buy Dell or Toshiba

• Satellite A660-1DW - fault LED and arrow keys

  I just bought an A660-1DW. Everything seems to work fine except that the arrow and DELkeys do not always work. Most of the time they are very good, but maybe once in every twenty depressions you must press the button twice or even three times or he press very hard to make it work.

  This is a new laptop, and no liquid has been spilled on it.

  I found an entry in the knowledge base that deals with a similar problem for other types of satellites, but not the 'A' series. He recommended to switch off, remove the battery, wait awhile and turn with FN / N / 1 keys at the same time. I did, but it has no effect.

  Someone had a similar problem? I have to send the laptop back to fix, or is there something I can do myself?

  All opinions and advice are welcome.

  Matt.

  Hello

  > I found an entry in the knowledge base that deals with a similar problem for other types of satellites, but not the series "A". He recommended to switch off, remove the battery, wait awhile and turn with FN / N / 1 keys at the same time. I did, but it has no effect.

  The described issue was slightly different. It's a keyboard delay which has not assigned a particular button, but all the keys on the keyboard. But this has been fixed by the BIOS updated.

  In your case, it sounds like keyboard problem
  Perhaps it should be replaced

• Re: Satellite A660-1DW - Caddy for second HD

  I would like to swap the DVD drive for a 2nd HD can you please point me in the correct caddy for the Satellite A660-1DW

  I found various carts but I'm not sure of the correct version for my laptop, as the model was not mentioned

  Thank you

  Shaun

  Hey,.

  I think that the best place to get this a HARD drive caddy is an authorized service provider. The guys are able to order all spare parts Toshiba so they can check what the good caddy, etc.. I think that it s best option for you because so you can be 100% sure you get the right part.

  In addition here he s here, only a user to user forum so no one can post the part numbers.

  And by the way: list of ASP, you can find here:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com > support & downloads > find an authorized service provider

  Good luck! :)

• Arrows left and right rarely work on Satellite A660-1DW

  Hello

  I bought this laptop a few weeks ago from Argos to replace my old Vaio specification was the best I could afford. (it was purchased as an A660-17 but the label on the laptop says A660-1DW)

  Was pretty happy with it, but suddenly the left and right arrows must be pressed extremely hard getting them to consider same work. Even in this case, it's rare!

  I use the computer a lot so don't want to have to send for repair, and most of the branches of Argos seem to be sold out of them now.

  Anyone have a suggestion of easy fix? (hit along I know)

  Thank you very much

  Mark

  Hello

  I think that it s a keyboard problem that needs a replacement for keyboard
  The guarantee must be valid, so I recommend t change yourself because everything will be covered by the warranty and everything should be doe for free.

  So get in touch with a local ASP and ask for help!

  Good luck

• Satellite A660-1DW will not update to W7 SP1

  Hello

  I have a problem my A660-setting 1DW up-to-date Windows 7 SP1.

  The service pack was never offered by Windows update and after having a look at this [Microsoft Website | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2498452#method4] it seems that this driver is perhaps the problem. I can't find an alternative on the Toshiba web page driver drivers and update the driver, although the device manager tells me I just have the updated driver.

  Does anyone have a solution for this?

  Thank you very much

  Hello

  Try updating the chipset driver?
  Chipset driver seems to be up-to-date

  In addition the laptop is equipped with a + Mobile Intel HM55 Express Chipset + so if you want to, you can check the available drivers Intel page, but in my opinion, it is not necessary.

  In my opinion, the chipset driver is not the reason why the SP1 cannot be installed automatically

  Try to install SP1 manually. Download from this page and run the installation file:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?ID=5842

• Satellite A660-1DW - adapter in the box?

  Hi newbie here.

  It is perhaps the most incredibly stupid question on here but anyway. I bought a 1DW A660 Argos today and get it home, unpacked the portable, but seem to have only the power cord with the standard bog 3 pins taken end, wrong thinking that the power adapter is missing and that he should come in the box.

  I know it's a stupid question, but with how companies are cutting back on what they give you these days I just want to be sure before going and raising hell in Argos!

  Thank you very much.

  Hey,.

  It s no stupid question, boyfriend ;)
  It s always interesting to share everyone's experience here and you can ask what you want about Toshiba laptops.

  Anyway, normally with Notepad, you get a power cord adapter and normal that you wrote. So you need a power adapter in the box beside the power cord.

  If this is not you must contact the seller and explain the situation. I m sure that you get for free a power adapter because it s just a mistake and nobody's perfect. ;)

• Satellite A660-1DW - screen graphic problem becomes faints

  Hi guys, this is the first time m write on any shape... !!

  Basically, I bought toshiba A660-1DW from argos 4 months after using it for 4 months VGA (display graphic problem becomes faints and a little colored lines appear on the screen)

  .. as I had the warranty for the laptop, I went to argos, told them the problem rather than send it back for repair they just have me service number customer toshiba...

  returned home rang Toshiba, they gave me a few REF a bit and asked me of the drop to the argos... the next day went to argos they accepted and send it to toshiba for repair... after 3 weeks they have me called yesterday picked up the phone after using the laptop for 5 minutes, same problem was there...

  then I took it back to argos they still accepted and send it for repair, but they also said if the problem 3rd time I'll have to take the same branch of argos from where I bought the laptop... .fondamentalement I bought in HOUNSLOW and I live in slough.

  the conclusion that I am crazy about her, here it is... TOSHIBA AND ARGOS these people got the WORST service you will ever find anywhere on the other hand,

  THESE PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE BETTER THEN TOSHIBA because IF THE CUSTOMER IS NOT happy with the product they will replace or Exchange streight away...!

  Hello

  I had a problem with my laptop and the ASP has replaced everything for free because the guarantee was valid.
  The guys are really helpful and friendly, so I did a very good experience with the Toshiba service and notebooks of other manufacturers can also be defective

  Of course, there might be some difference between the different cases, but I can't say that the service is not ok

• No Satellite A660-1DW no available connection & the State of the map down

  Hello

  Earlier this evening, I closed my laptop, its implementation mode 'sleep', while the battery is dead in mode 'sleep'. When I opened my machine up once again to go online (via radio) icon wireless (bottom left of the screen), showed a red x over the bars, declaring (unrelated - No. connections available)

  The symbol wireless between the speakers and next to the power button is on, but when I press FN + F8, it indicates "wireless communication is disabled. Please activate the Wireless Communication switch.
  Also, the wireless light on the right side of my laptop is not on.

  When I click "Troubleshoot" he says just "turn wireless capability", but it is already on!

  There is no problem with my router or modem that I can not connect my HTC Desire phone, through the same wireless connection.

  "When I open my Toshiba Board and go to Wireless & network, and then he said:" adapter status: Down "the doctor to connectivity and Wireless Lan ' Type 80211" wireless

  I tried to uninstall the adapter and drivers, don't know if I done this properly and reinstalled but it still doesn't work. I also tried a restore of the system again, did not work.

  Any ideas, or specific details / I need to give to allow anyone to find a solution.

  p.s. I can connect via ethernet cable.

  Post edited by: mtait28

  Hay buddy

  Please note that person don't sit at home and wait for new assignments to answer. Your ad is a few days here and sooner or later, someone will react and write an own opinion.
  I know that several other forums Toshiba where you can wait for weeks and no one will write a Word so please stay cool.

  On this virtual path, it is not easy to say what may be the problem. What you need to do is to restart windows and also of your router. After restarting windows enable WLAN card and sweep the area to see if your WLAN will be visible.

  Also check if the wireless adapter is listed and installed in Device Manager. According to specification for laptop, your laptop has Broadcom BCM94313 WLAN card inside. Latest version of the driver you can find on http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/wlan/?page=downloads

• Satellite A660-1DW Bios update failed

  Hello world

  I tried to do an update of the BIOS on my laptop and it failed. Now what happens when you press on the power button is the fan turn upward and the light come on. No screen, no POST and then he died. Someone has ideas how to get out it?

  Unfortunately the BIOS is done and what you need is a professional help. In General, you should contact the nearest Toshiba service provider and ask for help.

  If you have a control to please http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=54395 which is very thread interesting any similar problem, but the guy at this problem found solution how to solve this problem. Maybe it will help you.

  Check it out.

• Satellite A660 starts

  Hi guys,.

  First of all, I hope it's in the right place as im completely new to this!

  OK the problem,

  I own a Toshiba satellite A660-1DW and tonight it will not start, well I say it won't start, but nothing doesn't appear on the screen, let me develop:

  Press power it / off button > portable lights > runs for about 30 seconds > nothing appears on the screen - screen remains black or the same State as it is when it is off > laptop turns off by itself

  That's it, I don't know what to do! Is it a fault with the screen? Is - fixable? I have a lot of files/documents, I need, I need a new laptop complete?

  Any help is appreciated, thanks.

  Hello

  You must understand that on this virtual path, it is not easy to say what the problem is here, but if you didn t did something that may be responsible for what to a hardware failure, especially if the laptop turns off by itself.

  Unfortunately I can't say with certainty what the problem, but my advice to you is: contact the nearest Toshiba service provider and to check your laptop. Using specific diagnostic tools, they can find out what's wrong here.

  The files are saved on the HARD drive and all you have to do is to get external 2.5 external enclosure and connect other portable devices such as external device. You will have access to everything that you data.

• Satellite A660 3rd party WLAN does not work

  Hello

  I had a problem with my WLAN adapter so I used to replace.
  Currently, I have installed card Broadcom Dell Wireless 1397.
  It has been defined by Device Manager and drivers have been installed.
  But it is impossible to turn on the WLAN.
  When I click the buttons activate WLAN, it just back to the OFF position.
  I also use Windows 10.

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  I own Satellite A660 - 16 M. Initially, it was equipped with Broadcom BCM4318 WLAN card. I decided to replace it with an Intel Centrino N-6230 dual band with 3.1 Bluetooth card. Replacement process was fairly easy, the problem was to make the new card working group. I use Windows 10 as an upgrade to Windows 7 Home. As you can imagine that the utility flash cards stopped working after the upgrade of the system, but Windows 10 has managed to cope with BCM4318 since the original drivers and Windows 7 registry entries have been always working in the background. The WLAN button above the keyboard worked, was so orange the LED in the front of the laptop.

  Situation changed completely with the new Intel Centrino 6230 N WLAN card. Despite he properly recognized by device with all the necessary drivers automatically responsible manager, I was unable to have the WLAN button and the LED orange work which is to turn on the radio (the card WLAN itself, its possibilities of wifi). The weird part is that the Bluetooth worked without any problems.

  The solution was to put a small piece of electrical tape on the 20 PIN of the new WLAN card to prevent WLAN DISABLE State presented to the motherboard. So RADIO WLAN is always on, so Windows 10 own wifi tools were able to switch on the WIFI network and... I see now all (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) wireless networks. Of course the WLAN button and the orange LED still haven't work (it seems that it is somehow hardcoded to support only the original BCM4318) but I don't love about it. The most important is that I'm now a lot more capable wireless network inside my laptop card.

  I hope that the solution above works in your case, 8stack. Watch the attached files to see what she looked like, as in my case.

  Best

• What HARD drive I can use on my Satellite A660-13D?

  Hello

  I'm looking for any compatible for a Toshiba SATELLITE A660-13D hard disk drive as the one inside is dead now.

  This model comes with the laptop is a TOSHIBA MK6465GSX 640 GB, SATA 3 Gb/second 5400 RPM 2.6 revision

  Official suppliers of Toshiba quoted me 130 euros por the same model.

  I can't have such model through any other store or the internet.

  There are a lot of different new TOSHIBA HDD in the market with the largest capacity and much less expensive than the MK6465GSK.

  Can I install any new toshiba HDD on my SATELLITE A660-13D?

  Is there any toshiba page where I can find out what toshiba HARD drive are compatible with my SATELLITE?

  Thanks in advance for your answer.

  Fernando

  What you need is 2.5 SATA HDD and it may be Toshiba but it may also be of some other manufacturers. You don't need anything special. If possible consult your dealer and they can help you choose one that suits.

  Now, when you need a new HARD drive maybe you should think about upgrading with SSD. Disc SSD is much faster and use of SSD with your laptop will rapidly increase the performance of s for laptop.

  More info on SSD, you can read on http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/index.html

  If you have any other questions you are welcome.

• Need new keyboard for Satellite A660

  Hello

  I need to get a new keyboard to replace the one in my laptop Toshiba Satellite because some keys stopped working.

  My computer is a Toshiba Satellite A660-PSAW3A-07P00R.

  I have been looking online at different and a single list as "fitting Toshiha Satellite A660 laptop computers".

  Does anyone know if different laptops of the A660 other shape series computers laptops, or I need to find the specific part that is compatible with the number of my computer?

  In addition, the keyboard of my laptop doesn't have the function of backlit, but in some lists I could find that didn't function backlit.

  Anyone know if the backlit keyboard is a size different from that which is not backlit and therefore it does not my laptop?

  I would be very grateful of any help.

  Thank you.

  When the keyboard is removed on the back side is a sticker with part number that you can use to search for and order new keyboard. In my opinion this is the best and easiest way to find a good keyboard.

  Keyboard with backlight has additional cable for power and you cannot use it with our machine, so, in my opinion, there is no sense to buy it. Remove the keyboard and we part of the keypad number.

  I don't know if you have experience with disassembly, but be careful if you want to do it yourself. Small mistake and something may be broken. If all this is too risky for you I recommend you to contact the nearest Toshiba service provider and ask for help. They can order the original keyboard and switch to... I think only 20 minutes.

• Satellite A660-1FH fails to back off with Win7 64-bit

  Hi, a friend of mine asked me to watch his Satellite A660-1FH (PSAW3E). It is currently running windows 7 64 bit. There initially could not activate so I said I'd take a peek.

  It just would not start the power on, it would go beyond the initial screen then cursor would appear at the top on the left and flash a couple of times and freeze. I started and you press f2 to view the bios and the HARD drive was top of the list so I pressed f10 and saved and started. starts fine then he thought may have been an accident that has caused and continues in windows and update for him.
  then rebooted and froze! It seems when the restart is selected, it does not restart, everything freezes.

  I tried to use hirens resumed but it cannot see the HARD drive when it is started! weird. I got in the car and he ghosts for safety.

  Earlier I installed 8 company windows x 64, and it presents the same question. the drive works fine in other pc so you need another piece of equipment. I had already updated the BIOS under win7 and checked all drivers.

  I just got a strange win8 startup message saying that a boot or partition file was missing and could not start but him repressing the power button, it starts well.

  It does not always restart under a clean install of win8. I came here because I found a post with the same or similar issue. Any suggestions? Thanks Mark

  > it just would not start the power on, it would go beyond the initial screen then cursor appears at the top on the left and flash a couple of times and freeze

  The blinking cursor appears in the upper left corner indicates a malfunction or memory from HDD. I think you should check both sides.

  You said that the drive works fine in another PC. Do you hear the HARD drive?
  If so, then the HARD drive is OK and the RAM is probably the troublemaker.