Satellite A660 - CPU Whine

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• Satellite A660 - beep when the CPU is not loaded

  Hello, I have another problem with my new Satellite A660-1FL.

  I replaced the built-in hard drive of Hitachi against the many Toshiba MK3265GSX quieter. Now I always hear a beep when the processor is not loaded. It's especially annoying when I read the documents. I read on the internet that the problem occurs with the C4 State.

  How can I solve this?

  Hey Buddy,

  Hmm... This strange because I have Satellite A660 in front of me and can t s such notice beep. Everything is perfect and it s very quietly.

  What version of BIOS you have installed? My A660 shipped with BIOS version more recent 1.80 - WIN and Windows 7 64-bit.

  Take a look on the Web from Toshiba site for an update:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com

  I hope that helps! :)

• Satellite A660 can I update i5 to i7?

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Satellite A660-1EM with Intel core i5 460M, and would like to know if I can switch to Intel core i7 720qm.

  Many people want to upgrade CPU to get a more powerful machine. Generally the CPU upgrade is not supported and you can read this in http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB9401AX0001R01.htm

  Supported upgrade is RAM and HARD drive so before taking some upgrade of RAM maximum risk and maybe swap the HDD with SSD is much faster. These upgrades are safe and your machine will work much better and faster than before.

• Satellite A660 - 10 X sometimes won't start - screen black startup

  Hello

  _sometimes_ my Satellite A660-10 x (PSAW3E) usually start.
  I turn it on, you hear the fan coming, on the screen, you see a blinking cursor on the screen in the top left, it kind of more climbs to left and top over in the corner and stops. Nothing happens, after a while, I turn off the laptop.
  If I do this 3 - 5 times then it starts. Sometimes it starts on the first attempt.

  What I tried:
  Reinstall the PC since the partition of drive with Win7
  Out of HARD drive in my desktop PC and CHKDSC running with analysis and correct errors.
  Cleaning of all the PC of dust, fans etc.
  Pulling out / in battery/AC
  Check the memory (RAM)
  Processor power management change the State of the minimum 5% to 100% CPU

  I understand PC, but this day have no idea what can cause this. The only thing that comes to mind is that the partition at the beginning of the disk contains errors that I can't reach because there a boot partition, partition original installation and the rest which is the only one, I can not reach with CHKDSC.
  I heard someone tried changing battery of motherboard (small round), it can it be?

  It doesn't seem to be the disc or the problem of the LCD screen, or RAM memory.

  > I turn it on, you hear the fan coming, on the screen, you see a blinking cursor on the screen in the top left, it kind of more climbs to left and top over in the corner and stops. Nothing happens, after a while, I turn off the laptop.

  Cursor blinking in the upper left is a well-known landmark and could be related to defective RAM or HARD disk memory problems.

  Verification of memory could be carried out, and in my experience, these controls provide memory about the correct results. But even if verification of memory would not find any problem of RAM, it could still be a nuisance RAM.

  Of course, I can't say with certainty, if his RAM related question or maybe its related to other defective part.
  Fact is that this problem is caused by problems of material and in the worst case that the motherboard needs to be replaced.

• Satellite A660 - 11 M - upgraded memory to 8 GB only 3.93 GB usable

  I just upgraded my A660 to 8 GB using 2 x recommended Toshiba Go 4 sticks of memory. (DDR3 4GB 1066 Mhz SODIMM)
  Running Windows 7 64-Bit OS

  DxDiag properties and computer all seem to recognize all 8 GB, but in Taskmanager it recognizes only 4026MB of memory physicam.

  Running latest BIOS 1.80

  Help... What is happening... what I did wrong/not done...?

  DXDiag data as follows

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  Information System
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  Time of this report: 11/12/2010, 08:50:40
  Computer name: WILL-TOSHIBA
  Operating system: Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618 - 1621)
  Language: English (regional setting: English)
  System manufacturer: TOSHIBA
  System model: Satellite A660
  BIOS: Phoenix SecureCore Version 1.80
  Processor: Intel Core i7 CPU Q 720 @ 1.60 GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.6GHz
  * Memory: 8192MB RAM *.
  * Available OS memory: 4026MB RAM *.
  * Page file: 1990MB used, 6060 MB available space *.
  Windows Dir: C:\Windows
  DirectX version: DirectX 11
  DX setup parameters: not found
  DPI setting: Using System DPI
  System DPI setting: 96 DPI (100%)
  DWM DPI Scaling: disabled
  DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64 bit Unicode

  Hello

  That means the POST (power on self-test) screen appears; 4 GB or 8 GB of RAM?
  All memory is recognized in the BIOS?
  If so, then the memory has been recognized correctly and Windows 7 64-bit should be able to use all 8 GB of RAM.

• Satellite A660-158 - vision 3D support?

  Is supported in Toshiba Satellite A660-158 nvidia 3d vision?
  CPU - Intel Core i3 2130 Arrandale (330M)
  RAM - 3072? B DDR3
  -nVidia GeForce GT 330 M graphics card

  Help, please!

  Hello

  3D is supported, but only on an external monitor that supports 3D, but not on the internal display.

  More information on Satellite A660 you can find on the product page:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com

• Satellite A660/15J plaintive high-pitched noise

  I had a Satellite A660/15 days for 3 months, running Windows 7 64 bit. The machine emits a constant noise whining acute (kinda like the sound emitted by the first CRT television sets). The source of the noise seems to be the CPU (it is certainly not the cooling fan or HARD drive). Is this a known issue? If so, how can I stop?

  Since when did you notice this problem?
  I can only say that the friend of me has Satellite A660 but without any strange noises. The laptop is quiet, only the fan makes noises so it s running.

  For me, it sounds like a hardware malfunction, but before contacting an authorized service provider that you can try to fix it yourself by updating the BIOS. This can be found on the official website of Toshiba.

  If it doesn t help I would contact the ASP. Guys you can meet if it s or not normal behavior.

• Need information about the Satellite A660 - 18 d

  I'm considering the purchase of Satellite A660 18 * N * laptop and have been Curry to take a look, however, I only found the 18 * D *, which does not appear to exist based on the toshiba site. It is a real product?
  And if so, what are the differences between this and the 18.

  Computers notebooks are specific products of country so you won't find them all in your country. All you can do is buy laptops offered in your country with the right language of the OS.

  In any case, I think that both models should be offered to the United Kingdom, but I'm not 100% sure on this subject.
  Have you checked if the other store offers 18?

  Difference?
  Only difference, I found it is CPU. 18 has Intel Core I7-740QM and 18(d) a processor Intel Core I7-720QM.

• Satellite A660-07U freezes when Streaming video

  I bought a Toshiba satellite A660 07U 2 months ago.
  Since the beginning, when I try to watch any video streaming of Facebook, Youtube, etc, my system crashes completely and don't stop making the zzzzz... noise and I have to manually shut down the laptop by pressing the power button.

  This happens very often now. I contacted toshiba support and the response was to change my microphone amplifier, configure Volume settings... : smileysurprised:.

  Does anyone have advice for this problem?

  Hello

  This only happens for internet streaming videos or have you noticed that also play videos stored on the HARD drive?
  Could it be linked to the internet connection is slow?

  If this isn't the case, then I would check the processes running in the background. Some processes may insist on the CPU, and this might be the reason of this gel.

  Just an another idea;
  Have you checked a few other graphics drivers? Update the driver and test again.
  I recommend also using actors.

  Good luck

• Satellite A660 - Fans is very strong

  Hello

  Ive recently bought toshiba satellite a660 11 m, its great, but his fans are very noisy even when im doing nothing (zero open applications)
  When I open the toshiba pc health monitor he always says temp: 50 c on avrg and fans * always * on 68 to 70%. (now when im typing this fans are at 68% and only google chrome opens sometimes it looks like his office, no cell phone)
  Note that laptops is 3 weeks old, so I doubt there is any dust in the cooling system.
  Anyone else having this type of problem?
  THX

  Hello

  What to say... My a500 is also great noise even I tried upgrading the Bios, play with power settings, cleaning of cooling system. fan control utility like speedfan and many other things but still... I just don't pay attention to the noise of the fan. You can reduce the noise loading the Cpu with some applications so that the fan continues to constantly operate at 54% with a less noticeable noise.

• Error message "A problem with the cooling system" on Satellite A660

  Hi all

  Hope I can get help here. I got about 5 laptop computers HP after each of them had problems and errors. I got sick of them and so got a refund and bought a high spec A660-1FH.

  The A660 is a great laptop for two days until yesterday when I started having a saying of warning message "a problem with the cooling system has been detected. Please turn off the power immediately and return it for service "."

  The cpu fan works fine you can here it turns and the temperature of the processor i5 - 460 m is around 40 degrees for two hearts - that seems normal to me. I noticed that this happens only when running on battery, and if you switch from eco utility to the power saving mode. Its fine when running on the "balanced" power setting The fan is louder before when this message appears.

  Like its less than 28 days my retailer swapped it for a brand new immediately. Got a new home page, and the same message reappears. Everyone knows this. Like two laptops had this, I was wondering if it is normal that the laptop A660 series or if it was really a hardware problem?

  I tried to update the eco utility and the bios of the laptop, but the two are the latest versions. Can someone help or share if they have a similar problem with their laptop?

  Thank you

  In front of me, I have Satellite A660-13 q (PSAW3E) and I have about 6 weeks now. It works almost 10 hours a day and so far I didn't notice this message or anything that may be suspect for the operation of the equipment.

  I put really know why this happen on your laptop and don t think that there is nothing you can do about it.
  I would trade it again. What you can also try is to contact the closest service Toshiba. Make a call, explain the situation and ask if they can help you with this.

• How to control the speed of the fan on Satellite A660 - 11 M?

  Please any body know how to control the fan speed its always of 69% and making bad noise and the cpu use is 3% no to treatment high I try avancΘs power but still runing high speed

  Advanced power settings go to Toshiba power Saver saver > cooling method. There are minimum level. Change back to your power management for a second power plan, and the fan must be much quieter.

  I did it on my Satellite A660.
  Before changing PC Toshiba, health monitor showed CPU temperature 41% and the speed of the fan was 67%. After changing the method of cooling fan speed is 0%.

• 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.