Satellite P100-286 stuttering DVDs and games

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• Satellite P100-238: stuttering graphics and sound with the game

  Hello

  A few days ago, I bought a P100-238 both for business and holiday makers with leisure activities include mainly games, I thought this would be a great opportunity to take the next level and buy something powerful with Vista on board... IM starting to think ive made a big mistake. First impressions of the laptop were great (and vista although it is a little welfare State is very good).

  The problems started when I installed a few games (Please take into account, it is a system of 4 GB with 2 gig of ram and a Geforce 7900 gs graphics card, it should theoretically be ideal). The first few games I tried was wonderful... If you stopped, but as soon as you moved (in the game) about every 3 seconds the games would stutter to stop, then start again... every 3 seconds. Okay, I need the drivers, so I jumped on nvidia and tried installing different drivers to see none to work with laptops. In fact whenever I tried to install I got the message that or the other driver is up-to-date or that I'm «not equipped for vista» Anyway to cut a long story short, I discovered www.laptopvideo2go.com when I discovered that Nvidia does not support drivers for laptops (even once cut a long and painful story short) so I used it recommended modded INF files as well as various pilots until the later. Unfortunately I still had the same problem, someone recommended it can become again the sound driver so I tried that no different.

  After further investigation on various forums, it seems im not the only person who knows these probems. On these boards, I noticed that someone had the sound and graphics too jerky and sent it for repair to have the CPU, motherboard, ram etc replaced until they found the error on the HARD drive and once replacement he was fine.

  Using this info and finally think I had put inside of it I took my laptop to the store and he was replacing, ultimately reinstalling everything and lift a game and running... guess what... still the same.
  This is totally unacceptable.
  How do you market a product as games and entertainment laptop when she's obviously serious faults preventing these activities.

  Anyone here have the solution? Also, I should mention that this problem persists when the resolution and graphic details fell to a minimum in the game.

  Thank you
  Darren

  [Edited by: admin]

  It's not a hardware problem or a laptop, but Windows Vista!
  Check out the other discussions in forum games on Vista performance with games!
  Some people have installed XP and it s running like in a dream!

  It seems that we have to wait for a first Microsoft Vista SP1 or certain patches.
  Maybe then the Vista will be more compatible with all these games on the market!

• "Plugged in, not charging" Satellite P100-286

  Hey people, well I've been having this problem just now, I have a Satellite P100-286, OS: Windows Vista Home Premium and my problem is that after I m using my laptop for a little while on the current if I am it loads, it will stop charging and if I hover over the battery icon n the taskbar It will say "Plugged In no current charging" and the battery life will not be 100%.

  I also note that in this case, the light of battery on my laptop is not blue indicating the battery is full (of course), but neither is it orange indicating that he is in charge, but a few times I noticed that the light flashes when this happens not all the time. I played games with the power adapter plugged in and sometimes the laptop is off and when I turn it back on and "resume windows" warning message will appear saying 1% etc.

  Please someone help and give me some advice on why my battery doesn't charge sometimes, I searched on the net about it and it is not the charger or the battery itself, but it's a hardware problem, people say, please someone kind and cleaver out there help me please.

  I KNOW there are a LOT to READ IM SORRY... hehe... BUT PLEASE HELP: p

  > Please someone help and give me some advice on why my battery doesn't charge sometimes, I searched on the net about it and it is not the charger or the battery itself, but it's a hardware problem, people say, please someone kind and cleaver out there help me please.

  You should know that it is not easy to provide an exactly fault diagnosis without putting his hands on her.
  What we can do is to provide some sort of suggestions

  So I think it could be a faulty battery, so first the battery should be checked.
  If problems still persist, then electronic power supply failure might be possible

  However, the equipment should be checked and this can be done by an ASP in your country
  It would be desirable to communicate with these guys and ask for help

  Good bye

• Upgrading RAM on Satellite P100-286

  Hello, I'm looking to upgrade the RAM on my laptop Toshiba Satellite P100-286. I did some research but have resulted in conflicting reports.
  RAM DDR2 RAM right or is it So DIMM DDR2 RAM? According to the Toshiba site, it is not, but when I go to one of the sites Web "Upgrade your Ram" and enter my brand and model, he suggested the So-Dimm type...

  I'm looking for a little clarification. Thank you.

  http://UK.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/JSP/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?service=UK&DISC_MODEL=0 & ACTION = PRINT_WITH_BACK & com .broadvision decided .do w = Yes & PRODUCT_ID = 125204

  See this page:
  http://www.orcalogic.co.UK/ASP/ProdType.asp?ProdType=28328&ft=m&St=3

  You will find details on the compatible RAM modules:
  You need DDR2 533 MHz (PC2-4200) 200 - PIN SODIMM

  Of course, you could choose another manufacturer like Kingston but I m using Kingston modules in my other laptop and it s ok.

• Satellite P100-286: cannot change "Customization" options in the Panel

  Toshiba Satellite P100-286

  Hello guys!

  Can someone help to solve my problem? For some time, I am not able to change/enter in ma, for example: screensaver of personalization in Control Panel. I can use only 2 of 7 available in "Customization" options/links Could someone help me, please?

  "Customization" isn't the only one of all the icons I can't come. There is a bit more such as: keyboard, Mail, regional and Language Options etc. Looks like the links to each of them does not work for me! :(

  I don't want to go through reinstalling Windows Vista so any help to solve this problem will be greatly appreciated!

  Thank you very much!

  Krzysztof (Chris)

  PS. one last thing, I tried to restore my system to the previous point, but I'm not able to do.

  Hello

  It is very strange to believe me, it's not easy to say why it happened and, therefore, we must study a little bit
  Did you install third-party applications on your laptop that could have a negative influence on the operating system?
  Have you changed the rights of account user or something like that?
  How about Antivirus applications? Always update you this software? Maybe it s a kind of virus

• Satellite P100-286 - charge not completely even in stop...

  Hey all,.

  I have a Toshiba Satellite P100-286 and my problem is that when it s on and I plugged it load the light orange will be on indicating that the load and it will say connected load, but the battery life does not exceed 96%, yesterday he wouldn t go above 97%, and once again on the eve of 98% (lol) , the thing is when I have the laptop off and have supported (the witness orange still on indicate its charging) it will not load fully. When I turn on my laptop it is always 1% less than it was the last time I got it on as you can see by whats described above... I'm sorry for the long post, it of just quite difficult to explain.

  So can someone please help? Is it my battery what should replace is exhausting? Or is it something to do with the BIOS?
  Please help, thank you in advance for any response.

  Hello

  When the laptop is ON try to remove the battery and after a minute or two inside put once again. Please let me know what happens after that.
  To be honest, it is not easy to say why this happens exactly. I don't think THAT BIOS is responsible for this.

  Have you used the battery power intensively or your laptop worked mainly on feeding current?

• Satellite P100-286: Explorer no longer responds when leaving hybernation

  I have re-installed Vista from disk Toshiba supplied with the cleaning machine, gone through the process of updating, that is microsoft and Toshiba updates and drivers.

  I have searched data base Microsoft on the errors of Hybernation for Vista, most are to do with the USB, but without coming through what im getting.

  My problem is that if you come from hybernation explore stops responding and does not recover.
  I have tried to restart Explorer by the Task Manager but still don't get the desktop or allow me to stop in the correct Manor.

  Regarding loans Vista boot USB that I use, which stuck ok to use it in vista, activate or disable the always the same problem.

  Do you have ideas about how this can be fixed.

  Based Satellite P100-286, but with 4gig of RAM

  I presume, after reboot, you can use new IE. Am I right about that?

• How to get 5.1 sound on Satellite P100-286

  I had to replace my old P100-347 of 2 months, because of cracks on the hinge. The only model they had available was the P100-286. It is almost identical, except one thing, that I was not informed until I got it home and so too late to resume.

  Basically, the P100-347 had a SPDIF port and the 286 (as far as I can see), does not work. So, what I want to know is, what kind of sound that I am able to get the decision-making helmet.

  I plugged my Dolby Digital amp, and everything seems to be able to get is 2 audio channels, when I would be able to get 5.1 channels... In fact, I would like to have SPDIF, but don't think it will happen.

  Can someone advise and give me some advice on solving this.

  Thanks in advance
  Steve

  On the Satellite P100-286 S/PDIF port is not available and if you want to have 5.1 surround sound you need to use an external solution connected to the USB port. Google around. You will find quite different products, that you can use with your laptop.

• Satellite P100-286 - video RAM shared with RAM system

  Hello

  First note that I m French sorry for the bad English, I can use.

  I have a satellite P100-286 - PSPAGE (T7200 @ 2 GHz, 2 GB DDR2, Gef7900GS) and I noticed that some of the RAM (exactly 271MB) was reserved for the graphics card.

  I think that the graphics card has enough memory with its 512 MB, so I don't want to have a part of my RAM to be reserved for the Geforce. I have not found the way to reassign this small part of the system in the bios, and it is independent of the OS (I use Vista and debian and I see the booking even on memtest86) so I ve tried to flash with the latest BIOS but no change.

  Is there a way to 'recover' my memory?

  Thank you

  Additional question for fans of Linux: why can not I get sound on my laptop running Linux? :'(
  It seems that there is no error, but there is no sound even if the sound card, the "HDA Intel", seems to work perfectly, even with the latest updates of the kernel and alsa.
  I tried several Linux distributions, including Suse and Mandriva.

  Hello
  Unfortunately you can not affect the amount of memory shared by yourself since it is regulated by the BIOS/Chipset and depends on the amount of main memory that is installed.

  As far as I know that the shared memory is allocated flexible, which means that if a graphical application needs a graphics memory more then the system returns to the 271 MB shared memory. That's what I know of my machine... but I don't know, it might be different on other models.

  Otherwise I have no information on this shared memory thing. You can also see this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_Memory_Architecture

  See you soon

• Can I use 2.1 speakers on my Satellite P100-286

  Can I use some 2.1 speakers on my computer toshiba laptop?

  supported audio formats: 16 bit stereo
  supported audio standards: MIDI support
  speakers: Harman Kardon stereo speakers
  Manufacturer: Toshiba Bass Enhanced Sound System with SRS TruSurround XT technology

  I don't see any reason why you shouldn't be able to use the 2.1 speakers on your Satellite P100-286.

• Satellite P100-286 - vertical on the screen restart and constant lines

  I got this P100-286 with Nvidia Geforce Go 7900 GS and recently the laptop started to freeze options even with vertical lines on the screen tried recovery cd tried to re - install and after installation, that he started to do the same. I have read similar problems in the forum and this is a common problem with Toshiba? I have spend £1500 on this and it is only 3 years old. My friends have older laptops of this almost 6 years old and in good working condition.
  Y at - it a suggestion for this problem or a solution? The heat on the basis of the laptop is really hot and it's like that for centuries.

  Any help is really appreciated after spending so much like to last longer or it is a problem of reliability with the Toshiba brand.

  Hi vns.

  Hmm strange. I have ever read on these issues here in the forum with Satellite P100. Friend of me has the same model and it s still does work correctly, no problems at all.

  Do you have the same vertical lines on a screen? If so, it is certainly associated with the internal graphics card and not watch.
  By the way: you have the same problem in the BIOS or just Windows?

  With regard to the heat on the underside: I think that it s time to clean it and remove dust. You can do this using the jet of compressed air to blow the dust from the cooling fans. That's why it of not necessary to disassemble your laptop.

• Satellite P100-286: cannot use Bluetooth after installing XP

  I have a portable P100-286 Satellite with bluetooth. It used to work OK but since I re-installed Windows XP SP2 I can't use bluetooth.
  There is nothing in the control panel and nothing in the hardware Manager that mentions the bluetooth.

  I installed al the latest drivers and BIOS updates and still nothing.

  Does anyone have any ideas why I don't see bluetooth?

  I think that you didn't install the driver BT properly and didn t activate BT

  First download the pile of BT since this Toshiba BT Portal:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/Bluetooth/

  BT installation restart the laptop and turn it on by using the FN + F8 key combination!

  Hope that this will enable BT again

• Satellite P100 - 286 PSPAG: need new nVidia 7900 GS driver for Vista

  As with a number of other posters I've read, the graphics performance on my P100 with a nVidia GeForce Go 7900 GS are not good on Vista 32 bit. Frequent stuttering after a few moments of reasonably moderate use.

  The latest driver on the Toshiba site is only 9748 since 15/03/07 and the nVidia site does not provide for the 7900 GS Go Vista drivers.

  laptopvideo2go site appears to be in trouble at the moment, but some drivers tried it with no difference in performance in any case.

  Any suggestions? Does anyone know if Toshiba are planning to make a new Vista driver anytime soon? Is this typical Vista teething probs, and I have to just wait until SP1 later in the year?

  The P100 is a computer laptop, nice, but being paralyzed at the moment by the graphics card.

  Hello

  I noticed that some users have reported a graphic stutter only while playing games.
  But after installing Windows XP graphic stuttering is gone!

  I also read on the results of 3DMark and Win XP gets much better results under Win Vista. I think that the most important reason is that Vista needs a lot more material resources as first Microsoft OS.

  In any case, I think that the first service pack for Vista Microsoft will increase the performance of Vista and games will run smoothly.

  concerning

• Satellite P100-324: tone failure and stops with BSOD

  Satellite P100-324

  Built in modem HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
  Modem installed correctly to COM3 querry modem ok. diagnostic test "test Modem controller".

  But he has failed the test tone and stops windows with the blue screen. When windows restarts gives a warning "the system has recovered from a serious error".

  What should I do?

  Hello

  Try to remove all created dial-up and also remove modem from Device Manager. After doing this, restart your laptop. The modem will be recognized and installed properly again. Test the modem by using the option under the modem properties query modem.

  If everything is ok, try to create switched again and ensure that all parameters are good. Just test everything again.

• Satellite M40X-286: energy saving and the E - key utility does not work on Vista

  First of all, sorry for my bad English.

  I managed to install Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit on my Satellite M40X-286. Everything works, except for the energy saving and the E - key utility. I tried the added value of packages of other TOSHIBA models, but they all give an error message during the installation. Is there a solution for this problem?

  Now I can't change the speed of the processor and the brightness of my screen, and I can't even adjust these settings in a power mode. The only way to change the brightness is manually using the FN + F6 and F7 keys.

  Kind regards
  Stijn.

  Please don t be crazy about me, but there is no problem at all. The situation is quite clear.

  First: tools and utilities are similar, but in most cases have to be adapted for each laptop model. It may happen that some tools work on the different model of laptop, but this does not mean that he has to work on each model.

  Second important fact is that Toshiba does not Satellite M40X support for Vista operating system and I guess you won't be able to use this tool. In my opinion, it is not so important, because all the energy-saving settings you can find in Vista power options.

  For utility E - key, I don't see a solution. If you use OS not supported, you must live with it.