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• Satellite L500-1XL - strange Windows 7 error - hardware failure or virus?

  Hi people,

  I am running windows 7 on a Toshiba Satellite L500-1XL.

  About 6 weeks, Windows refuses to load.
  I would get the "Toshiba" screen, then on startup of Windows startup, but then nothing else than a black screen with an icon of the mouse (mobile).

  I could not in safe mode, and Toshiba built in recovery utility would not work.
  "Even using the Toshiba ' product recovery" DVD did nothing, even if the drive was some strange, repetitive clicks for this, so I suspected a faulty hard drive. (Possibly where the MBR has been OK, but the data weren't?)

  In any case, I put in a replacement HARD drive (backups are a wonderful thing BTW!) and DVD recovery charge perfectly and everything seemed fine.

  About 2 weeks later, I had the same problem
  ("Toshiba" Windows startup splash screen, but then nothing but a black screen with a mouse (mobile), no safe mode icon; no recovery utility)

  This time, however the product recovery DVDs worked fine first time.

  Another 2 weeks and the same problem will reoccur; This time, it took another HARD disk for the recovery media to work.

  So my question is, really, what could be causing this anomaly?

  Would it be a virus which is corrupt something that is preventing Windows from loading? And the 'prevention' so that I can not load even the recovery utilities?

  In this case might it also prevent the loading product recovery DVD?

  Or am I looking at an intermittent fault with the connector on the HARD drive that can be either physically damage the drive or at least prevent it from loading?

  I read about the so-called "Windows Black Screen of Death", but I'm sure this isn't that.

  All the advice accepted with gratitude...

  > So my question is really what could be causing this anomaly?
  I doubt it s a virus or something like that, but nothing is impossible.

  In my experience, the data on the HARD drive can be affected by different software.
  In my case, the data on the HARD drive was corrupted, because the 3rd party software changed some files and the master boot record is damaged.
  I formatted the HARD drive and created new partitions.

  I also use the CCleaner and I defragment the HARD disk several times in the week.
  Since the HARD drive and the data are ok and didn t notice such symptoms more.

  Maybe you should try this too

• Satellite L500-1XL - does boot and the screen stays black

  Hello

  I have a Satellite L500-1XL, when I turn it on the fan and lights and the hard drive light blinks several times then nothing, he's not going to the Toshiba screen remains black screen, tried ext monitor but still nothing.

  The fan always runs very quietly and the hard drive is running in, I put the hard drive in an another L500 and it is very good and can be accessed without problem, it has only 1 stick of 2 GB of RAM DDR3 and the other L500 I is DDR2 so I can't try to change the RAM. If I remove the ram should it beep or does only desktop computers do this? Mine does nothing when it is removed.

  Any help would be very useful, thank you!

  Hi gazzdowzell,

  If your laptop doesn t boot it seems to be a hardware bad working it could be everything, motherboard, BIOS, CPU, etc and it is difficult to say what exactly is the problem.

  First of all, I would like to try this:
  [What steps must be followed if your Toshiba laptop does not start? | http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=21]

  If it doesn t work, please contact a service provider authorized in your country. If your laptop is under warranty, repairs are free.
  In addition if you remove the RAM and the beep of t n for laptop, it seems to be another problem. If you have removed the RAM module would be defective, the computer would have a beep.

  Good luck!

• Low RAM in Satellite L500-1XL

  When I ran a diagnostic on my laptop (Satellite L500-1XL) report he said that my RAM was low and to upgrade for better performance - it was very slow to start lately.
  However, I discovered that my model is no longer supported and I don't know what to do.
  Any suggestions?

  Keep in mind, I'm a total novice when it comes to computers so nothing too technical if you please!
  Thank you.

  With more RAM your laptop will have better performance.
  According to specification for laptop, your laptop comes with 2 GB of RAM, but it can be upgraded up to 4 GB.

  So buy second 2 GB of RAM and upgrade your laptop.

• Satellite L500-1XL: black border play Big Fish Games

  I have a Toshiba Satellite L500-1XL and also on another laptop. I have some downloaded games from Big Fish games on two laptops. On the other laptop, they appear full-screen mode, but on the Toshiba there is a black border all the way round which makes the image much smaller.

  How can I make them appear full screen on the Toshiba please
  Gary

  Have you tried to change the resolution or video settings in the game options?

• Parameters of Satellite L500-1XL and factory

  How can I restore to factory settings my Satellite L500-1XL?

  At first try to use HARD drive recovery option > http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD9102IR0000R01.htm

  If this will not help let us know.

• Re: Satellite L500-1XL - display problem after BIOS update

  Hello!

  I recently received a Satellite L500-1XL, works fine until I gave it to my friend...
  The problem is that he has updated the bios to V 2.10 (don't know why) and since then, the image on the screen appears as 15.4 "even in the bios.

  Any ideas what could cause the problem?

  Thank you

  Can you please make a picture how he looks in and post here?
  2.10 is the right version and I really put t understand what is the problem.

  Toshiba welcome screen appears as usual?

• This external modem will work with Satellite L500-1XL, running Windows 7

  Hello

  When in Spain, I need to use the dialing up to the internet through Telefónica.
  I guess that the L500-1XL is not an internal modem?

  This external modem will work with the L500-1XL running Windows 7?

  Thank you very much in advance for your help.

  A

  Hello

  You re right Satellite L500 doesn t have an internal modem, so you need an external.

  I think you can buy every modem that is compatible with Vista. Alternative ask your favorite computer dealer or authorized service provider

  A friend got good experience with USRobotics 56K modem like this:
  [USRobotics 56K USB Faxmodem USR5637 | http://www.amazon.co.uk/USRobotics-56K-USB-Faxmodem-USR5637/dp/B0019LZCEI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269253039&sr = 8-1]

• Satellite L500-1XL - high CPU usage all the time

  Hi all

  I've owned the L500-1XL for over a year now and I recently encountered a new problem: for the last few weeks, the laptop everything can become very, very slowly. Everything I do, the laptop freezes and may stop responding for a few minutes at a time. Regardless of the application I see is to do so in the process manager, stop it, but then another application steals all CPU - this isn't a particular application...

  -I'm crazy about security and make quick analyses and complete analyses frequently, including spyware and rootkits scans startup
  -I update drivers all the time, but have already re-installed all the drivers that came with the laptop and no change.
  -J' recently added more RAM and a new hard drive internal, but this problem existed before the new facilities
  -J' tried SP1 installation integrated in a Windows 7 disc and installed, and I noticed the problem of CPU for the first time then. If after that when I put in new hard drive I used the Windows Installer disc which is come with the laptop instead and in no time the problem comes back.
  -J' have uninstall the applications that I don't use and there is not a lot of new applications on my laptop that I am not familiar
  -J' tried it a bit on the internet and it is a very common problem, but I still don't know what to do

  This happened to someone? Someone at - it ideas? I would be very grateful, it starts to drive crazy me! My laptop is not my laptop when it wastes my time...!

  Hmm hard to say what's wrong here
  In the Task Manager, you can check the process that locks the CPU and use the whole performance of the CPU.
  You can google for this .exe to know what software or application uses this process.

  Theoretically, it could also be a virus

• Satellite Pro C660-2I - hardware upgrade

  Hey there, I was wondering if it is possible to update the graphics card, sound card and processor on this laptop? Please tell me you need to know

  Mobile units are no built like desktop computers and these updates is not possible. Hardware upgrade on laptops is very limited and can be done with the RAM and HARD drive.

  If you need machine with more performance is upgraded RAM up and implement faster SSD HARD drive or you need to buy the new laptop.

• Satellite A60 found new hardware wizzard problems

  Hi, I am the owner of a Satellite a60 laptop I recently formatted my hard drive with windows xp because I have done what I have problems with the new found hardware wizzard.on, try to install the software for my i - pod and bt travel 1065 PC laptop wireless adapter that I get the text next message "new hardware wizzard." found it impossible to install this material the hardware was not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software"in this case, even when the cd is in the drive could you possibly tell me what could be the cause could there be a missing driver?

  Hello

  Unfortunately I didn t try to still configure the i - pod, but try to activate the option check the CD directly or check if maybe some setup.exe file is available on the CD and it must be installed before connecting external devices.

• Satellite L500-01U - new hard drive with 1 TB

  I recently bought a second Satellite L500-01U cheap enough without a hard drive. I'm looking at hard disks to put in it (I want to at least 750 GB 1 TB would be preferable) and saw a 1 TB WD, however he said that it is 12.5 mm in height that is larger than normal.

  I wonder, is it fit into the hard drive from a Toshiba Satellite L500-01U PSLS9A-01U012 Bay?

  In fact, I have no idea how big the hard drive and caddy and stuff is normally.

  Hey,.

  According to the specifications that it looks like this by Satellite L500 supports 9.5 mm hard drives only then the WD drive with 12.5 mm will probably not good.

  I checked the other brands of HARD drive and Samsung has a 1 TB 2.5 HDD with 9.5 mm height only. He model s HN-M101MBB and I found this on [Amazon.co.uk. | http://www.Amazon.co.uk/Samsung-HN-M101MBB-1000GB-SATA-inches/DP/B0053YLTBC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310322519&SR=8-1]

  I hope that helps! :) Samsung Spinpoint M8 1000 GB, SATA II (HN-M101MBB)

• Satellite L500-1XL - keyboard does not work

  Hi I HAVE L500 - 1XL AND MY KEYBOARD DOES NOT have THE RETURN BACK of the KEYBOARD key AND TYPING I GET A ROW OF THOMAS LIKE THIS IVE CLEANED AND STILL do not WORK

  Hello

  Get in touch with your Toshiba ASP your country and request a replacement keyboard.

  Welcome them

• Can satellite L500-1XL - I reduce drive D?

  I just bought a Satellite L500-XL with 160 GB HARD drive.

  It is partitioned into a c drive and a drive of equal sizes, and it seems that the D: drive is used only for recovery files. that leaves 67.4 Go unused. By default Windows 7 library folders are on the C: drive, so this drive will fill and let a user inexperienced, thinking that the disk is full.

  Is it necessary to devote half of the files recovery disk, and what can I do about it?

  See you soon

  Hi ernstk,

  First: create the Toshiba recovery disc. If something goes wrong, you can restore the factory settings every time and you can do what you want with your laptop. Just launch the Toshiba recovery disc creator and follow the instructions on the screen.

  In addition, you can change the partitions. Just use the Windows disk management tool.

  But let me give you a little advice: don't change the size of the partition. Just move your own files like photos, music, documents, etc. on the second partition. If you need to reinstall the laptop using the mode of recovery of HARD drive, these files will not be deleted (only the first partition). So that s pretty comfortable. :)

• Assistance of a UK Satellite L500-1XL in New Zealand

  I have a friend to NZ soon. What she should use her laptop. Just a UK NZ plug adapter or new power supply?

  TIA
  Trevor

  > Just a UK to NZ plug adapter or the new PSU?

  Yes, I think it needs just a wall adapter. The adapter works in the world.