Satellite M40-103 - overheating?

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• Re: What is the difference between Satellite M40-103 & Satellite M40 136

  Hi, can someone tell me what the difference between the two laptops;
  M40-103 and M40 - 136.
  They seem to have the same characteristics.

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  Yes, it is possible
  In most cases, the laptop hardware parts are the same, but only the system language is different, it means that the two laptops could be released for different countries.

  But the hardware specs are the same

• Satellite P750-103 - overheating

  Hello

  I bought my computer a under a year now and it's just really hot. I mean, to the point where it's really uncomfortable to keep my hands on it. In addition, this happens without even be playing (obviously not too aggressive but still highly unusual for simple web browsing). In addition, when I play it feels like it is just to have a cooling system (when running nVidia graphics) and some time after that I closed the game, he remembers pushing the cooler. I'm getting worried because I've already lost a laptop on a overheat and, even if it was an old laptop, I fear that could happen to this news.

  What should I do and covered such a problem (I am Portuguese and I bought my computer here so warranty of 2 years applies).

  Thanks in advance for any help...

  Is somehow blocked when you use your laptop computer (cooling ventilation) of the cooling system?

  Normally when the laptop is placed on the desktop and nothing, blocks of cooling portable events will be able to take a breath and material will be cooled properly. I put t know how I can you use your laptop, but I know of two cases where people were responsible for the laptop computer overheating.

• Satellite M40-103: problem with multimedia bar

  Hello
  I uninstalled WinDVD5 for Toshiba and installed WinDVD6 (web downloaded and purchased), but since then the Play/Stop and other multimedia keys no longer work. I reinstalled the driver utility and I can get Internet and CD/DVD buttons (as it allows you to configure both), but the remaining 4 multimedia buttons are inadmissible in WinDVD or Windows Media player. Does anyone know if there is a driver for these buttons or a way to reconfigure their settings.

  Thank you

  Zero Hi

  You are right. There is no option to set all the buttons just to set which player should be used for the CD or DVD playing. As far as I know that there is no separate driver that can set these buttons.

  If you want you can try to install another DVD player and try to use buttons with her.

• Satellite M40-285 - CPU overheating after the accident with water

  Hello everyone,

  I have a Toshiba Satellite M40-285, and 2 days ago, my girlfriend dumped a cup of tea on the keyboard... The computer turns off after a few seconds. Immediately, I put the laptop upside down and disassembled parts. There was some liquid inside (especially inside the speakers under the keyboard and where is the DVD unit). Other parts (CPU, memory, wireless card, hard drive area) were completely dry. I have it with napkings and dry with a hair dryer (later I read that I shoud never use a hair dryer...).

  The turs laptop on one seems to work fine (only the first screen where it says toshiba remains more than normal long (15 seconds or more) before entering windows). But the problem I have is that the CPU gets overheated and the laptop shuts down after 5-15 minits of use. I'm getting attention via the RightMark utility I said "* Core overheating * ' and the temperature always between 45 - 55 c

  I replaced the thermalgrease but the problem remains. The CPU fan works (I think that the two speeds). The heatsink is very hot after the computer turns off (it burns my fingers if I touch)

  What could be the problem? * Is the processor damaged? Can be a problem in the motherboard? *
  I don't know what to don't know because is not woth the money to send it to the technical service, but I can't buy a new laptop now...

  Hey,.

  I m wondering that the laptop is still ongoing and no more parts are damaged. In addition he s very cool that you could fix it yourself and dry. Many people don t know how ;)

  In any case, if the CPU is overheating it seems that something on the assembly or the cooling fan is damaged and must be replaced. Possibly peut t fan run with the highest speed more, who knows.

  Of course, it is difficult to say what is the cause of the problem, but in your case I would try ordering a new fan and the heatsink too. The two parties shouldn't t be expensive and it seems that you can replace yourself.
  So just contact a service provider allowed in your country to order these parts. They can do this.

  Good luck and feedback would be great, I am interested on this! :)

• Occasional overheating of satellite P755-103

  Hello!

  I bought a new Satellite P755-103 this month. Last Thursday, after a full day of work with the laptop, while I was on a Skype video call on windows, I noticed that the laptop was overheating. I opened the Toshiba PC Health Monitor (strangely, there is no icon for it, so I started on the Start Menu). It reported 0% and 0% CPU temperature fan speed. I turned on the eco mode, which immediately began the fan, but the health monitor always reports 0%, 0%. I rebooted several times and the health monitor continue to report at 0%, 0%, and fan behavior is not compatible with the temperature: change to eco usually resulted in power runs properly. Finally, I decided to stop, unplug the power supply and restart. It seems that this solves the problem, which has occurred again.

  I suspect that the cooling is controlled by the BIOS, I have all of the Toshiba Linux utilities. I have recently updated the BIOS to v1.90 dated 27/04/2011, as recommended by the utility Toshiba Bulletin Board.

  Is there a recommendation from overheating problems, not to mention that all backup data?

  Thank you
  Paulo Pereira, Portugal

  Hello Paulo

  Data backup is always the right decision and you shouldn't do it due to overheating, but more to avoid the loss of data if the HARD drive is faulty.

  When the laptop overheating as it turned off (physical protection) or part of the hardware (GPU) may be damaged.
  My only advice to you is to take care of your laptop. Use it on the office and always make sure that the cooling vents and cooling grills are free and not blocked.

  For every day use I recommend to use the balanced power plan. Enter power options advanced for balanced power management > Toshiba power Saver saver > cooling method and assign the optimised battery.
  Your portable computer is running much more silent than before.

  Test it please.

• Satellite U940-103 with Linux - Touchpad does not & poorly programmed FN keys

  Hello

  I bought a toshiba Satellite U940-103, and I installed ubuntu 13,10 dual boot with windows 8.1.

  The problem is that the touchpad is not working and the fn are false (fn f2 key suspend the computer instead of the brightness control).

  I tried to install linux different sistem (Mint cinnamon 15, 13.04 ubuntu, ubuntu 12.04.3) but they still have the same problem, even in the live cd.

  I tried to ask the Italian Forum of ubuntu, but they have solutions do not work...

  Thanks for the help
  Yun

  * PS.* sorry for my bad English. Is it normal that my laptop seems overheated and my battery life seems to be reduced when I use Linux?

  Hello

  Yes, you're right!
  In the direct (stable mode without having to install), the touchpad does not work.

  However, once installed, it will work.

  In regards to shortcut keys, yes they are mapped correctly.
  They are treated to the old-fashioned way (former Toshiba models had the mapping used by Linux on this model).
  If you want help, file a bug report on bugs to Ubuntu system.

  You can always change the brightness by using the GUI (Control Panel > brightness & Lock).

  Fun with Ubuntu on your device!

  Tom BR

• On Satellite M40-223 some games make the display freeze

  Hello
  I have a Satellite M40-223 with an Ati Radeon X 600 is.
  Some games (such as shockwave, world of warcraft games or never)
  Winter Nights 2) make freeze display and the crash of the laptop
  (accidents do happen after the same amount). I downloaded the drivers
  on the toshiba site (16/11/05, 6.14.10.6534 drivers) and nothing has
  has changed. Then I downloaded the latest drivers from the ati site
  (http://ati.amd.com/online/mobilecatalyst/) and removed the older
  (following the instructions of ati). The display freezes always but
  Sometimes the VPU recover the previous session.
  What should I do?
  I will try to uninstall these drivers and install the ones toshiba
  Once again? When I installed the drivers from toshiba for the first
  I did use uninstaller first, time could this affect the most recent configuration?

  I will try to use the omega drivers?

  Best regards

  Laura

  Hello

  It s not advised not to use the graphics driver from Toshiba. The other drivers don't support the overheating protection. The games are a high performance programs. If these applications are running on the laptop all devices must operate with maximum performance and produce a lot of heat. The high temperature could be responsible for this gel and close downs.

  I read in the forum that you can install the other drivers (not Toshiba) at your own risk.
  I think you should check the fans for dust and debris.
  Sometimes the cooling modules may not cool properly because the dust and, therefore, these problems occur.
  Additional do not forget that there is enough free space around the laptop to the airflow correctly

• Satellite M40 - need Diagnostics CD

  Can someone help me with a diagnosis for satellite M40 cd. I have the repair manual, but need the diagnostic CD so I can check if the cooling fan must be replace. The laptop turns off by itself every 30-45 minutes which I think is a heat problem, the laptop is too hot to the touch as well.

  Thank you for your help.

  Hey Buddy,

  I put t know what CD diagnosis you mean but such a drive is not available. I've never seen the diagnostic tools on the official website of Toshiba. I think that certain diagnoses are available for Toshiba

  If your laptop is overheating, you should try to clean the fan using a jet of compressed air. This could blow out the dust from the cooling fans.

  Check this box!

• Satellite M40 - 277 keeps restarting - button / stop?

  I have the problem that the (per hour to enter acient) laptop Satellite M40 277 of mine keeps restarting unpredictibally. Initially I have if it was a problem of overheating, so I used SpeedFan and CPU-Burn a test, but the computer does not restart until the airflow to the bottom is fine (I consider that the entry of the fan on the bottom a design error, but it's something else). Now, if the air flow is a bit stuffy, the laptop stops at about 83 and then it will have difficulty to challenge. Ok.

  However when the laptop is about 63C it restarts sometimes and I feel, it can be a power button is stuck. I have XP installation so that it will always ask before you actually stop, and when I pick up the phone on the side (the plastic box where the power button is integrated in waiting) I often question of the judgment. NP, just click away. But I also feel that the button can get stuck and then the system turns off after 5 seconds of 'holding company' the power button.

  So I just tried to get a quick glance and we should normally be able to remove the keyboard, but this M40 is a challenge. Even after that the keyboard is free, I don't see the actual power button.

  Is there anyway to loook under high elegant green rim the power button? How to open this thing up?

  Tom

  Hello

  As far as I know this little switch cover is fixed by 6 latches and connected with small flat cable to the motherboard. It just seems but if you don't know how to remove it you can damage these small latches and later you won't be able to fix the new.

  Anyway, if you think that this power button / troubled maybe just make the switch cover replacement may solve the problem.
  What say about it? Try to get the spare part and ask if anyone can exchange it for you.
  Of course, the best thing is to ask for professional help, but it will cool somewhat.

  Another way, do a risk and try to replace one.
  Let me know what you think of this.

  Good bye

• Satellite M40 with frequent "ati2dvag.dll' errors

  My Satellite M40 with ATI X600SE works fine until I decided to install games in there. If I play at resolutions of 1024 x 768 or more, the laptop frequently to stop, the display shows "a picture" of what I was watching before the crash. Sometimes, the audio comes on for a few seconds, then stops too. I only do a manual restart.

  Sometimes I'm able to go back to windows as soon as the pc seems to stop, and I can see a message stating «the driver ati2dvag.dll has stopped working...» "or something similar.

  I have reistalled the ATI drivers really many times: nothing; I've done several systems for: nothing.

  Finally, I decided to install the Omega Drivers for ATI: the only thing that I get with this is that the PC crashes Anyway, but after 8-10 seconds it automatically begins to work without restarting the system.

  In any case, this problem is really frustrating. In view of the foregoing, I really think it's a hardware problem.
  I've seen many people having this problem with ATIgraphics-laptops in this forum (http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=9209&messageID=32072#32072) and outdoors (http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/31775/?o=0).
  Could this be a problem of overheating of the graphics card?

  What can I do? Give it to help to fix it? Someone in internet forums finished, change the graphics card, others the card mother (!).

  Finally, sorry for my bad English...

  Post edited by: franzbrandi

  Hello

  I understand you very well. These problems are very frustrating and make crazy.
  But you must use the graphics drivers from Toshiba. These drivers are designed specially for Toshiba laptops and they are a little differently.
  Graphic drivers of Toshiba control the performance of graphics cards because of overheating problems. In this case, other drivers from manufacturer s can damage the graphics card because they are not designed for the use of the laptop.

  Well, I recommend to check other Toshiba laptops with the same graphics card and try to use this driver.

  Good bye

• Satellite M40-225 suddenly switching OFF

  Has anyone ever experienced their series M40 suddenly turn off without warning, with the power supply on and for no apparent reason? More generally, it occurs when writing in Word for an extended period (e.g. 2 hours). I ran several software spyware and viruses to see if there was something like that causing the problem, but everything is clear.

  What it might be and there at - it an easy way to fix it?

  Hello

  Maybe overheating! Satellite M40 is two years old now, and I can imagine that there is more dust inside. I recommend to clean it up and you will see that the unit won't stop and will also work a lot more silent as before.

• Satellite M40-133: problem starting after a stop

  When my Satellite M40 - 133 EN if I start it again all that I get is the Toshiba welcome screen.
  If it is left for a while it will start as usual. When executing it is quite hot.

  Help, please.

  To me, this looks like a problem with overheating.
  It seems that the laptop can not start and start properly due to high internal temperature.

  The main reason why an overheating problem is very simple.
  Don t cooling modules work correctly. In my view, that dust and debris prevent cooling with maximum performance running fans.

  Simply cleaning fan should help you.
  From time to time, I clean my fans too. I use a jet of compressed air. These sprays are very useful to get rid of dust and most computer/computer laptop dealers offer these sprays.

  If it will not improve the situation, then a mobile technician needs to disassemble the laptop and recommended to clean properly. In addition, it should renew the thermal grease that is placed between the CPU and the cooling module, too.

  Good luck

• Satellite M40 startup / shutdown problems!

  For almost 3 months now, my Satellite M40 * don't power up * unless it is completely and absolutely * cold *. It freezes at the beginning.

  Every time I have shut down or restart my laptop, I have to wait about 25 minutes, so I can start it up again. What is happening is stops at the "* Toshiba" logo * screen, from the beginning and he * gel *. I have to press the power button until it turns the power off.

  It's a fact: the laptop is * NOT * extremely hot. Its temperatures are * regular *, I've been monitoring for some time now. If overheating is not the problem here.

  -It also won't stop; it freezes again in the * ' Windows is shutting down * ' display messages... and it freezes.

  -I know that another user of this forum who has had the same problem, but access to its wire has alleged that closed just because some have said of him/her to format and install the OS again. This is * NOT * a software problem! I have tried myself, for all its worth.

  -Today I have updated the * BIOS * also, it has not solved anything.

  So, knowing that I'm not the only one to have this kind of trouble with M40, what to do? Just buy a new one after 2 years?

  Hello Ricardo

  Let's be realistic. It is really possible that software is not the problem but tell me please what you can do in such situation. Not much. In another thread, the guy wrote quite reasonable notice. All you can do is make clean OS install and hope it helps.

  I agree with you that problem described is certainly hardware related issue but you can not do much and portable must be verified by the service. Using specific diagnostic tools, they can say with certainty what can be the problem.

  I don't really understand your last sentence. To be honest on this forum I have seen similar topics but unrelated to the M40 and it's really pointless to understand as untimely M40.

• Satellite M40 PSM40E - big problem

  Model: Satellite M40-237 (PSM40E)

  To start from the beginning. Around a year ago, the laptop began to restart occasionally. Overheating is not the cause, sometimes randomly - even when I just turn on the laptop. I searched the net for the question and found that many laptops Toshiba have reboot problem. It seems that if the portable computer "thinks" it's overheating as sometimes it is not just a reboot, it stops, but leave the cooler work.

  Since there is no solution to the problem I just use the phone normally, ignoring the ocassional restarts. Sometimes, he would spend months before it restarts, sometimes it would happen a few times a day. Recently, it has started to happen a lot, so I decided to clean the laptop again to make it East of cooling perfectly. Coolers are clean and I applied a new thermal paste on the processor, chipset and graphics card. When I turned it on it has restarted several times and then it worked fine for a few days.

  Today it restarted again, to be precise, he stops and left cooler work (although it was obviously not overheating). I turned it off by removing the battery and it works again, something I've done many times before, when this happens - usually it stops just restart later. But this time it would be closed again, I turned and he left like that for awhile.

  And here's the last problem, something that has never happened before. Now when I turn on the turn it restarts immediatelyover and more. It goes no further than the toshiba welcome screen I can see briefly.

  I tried a few things to eliminate a potential cause of this problem:
  -It works with or without battery
  -removed the optical drive
  -removed HARD drive
  -removed/changed the order of the RAM chips

  It just keeps restarting, so as much as I think the problem might be connected with:
  -power - maybe my diet started to malfunction about a year ago when this problem started, and it's completely broke down somewhere now?
  -battery - it is a lot (it's on about 40% of the original force), this could be the problem? But, the tour should work without the battery at all, so I don't see how
  -motherboard - something could be broken on the motherboard, this case, it is virtually impossible to find and repair the fault
  -temperature sensors - they are showing the correct time but since the round is underway down to 'cool', there is perhaps a problem that makes the tour think it is overheating. If this is the case, is it possible to disable the detectors somehow?

  If you have experience with something similar or tips please answer. As it is, it seems that I can just recover the removable parts and throw everything in the garbage :-/

  HELO drool

  Long story. What to say? Friend of mine has Satellite M40 for a year now and it still works fine without any serious problems. May be time to cleaning it but he must know what he wants to do with his laptop.

  In any case when the is in your sentence followed by validation
  > so I decided to clean the laptop again so that it cools perfectly. Coolers are clean and I applied a new thermal paste on the processor, chipset and graphics card.
  is there for me, end of story. Laptop has been opened, no one knows what you did exactly, did you all following some manuals.

  Sorry but I do not see a solution for you. Or you can ask for professional help and pay for it or sell the laptop on eBay. Please do not throw it garbage. ;) earn money with it.