Satellite P20-304 stops unexpectedly

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• Satellite P20-304 - how to remove the BIOS password

  Hi all

  a girlfriend of mine got a Satellite P20 304 with Phoenix Bios.
  She wanted that I remove the Bios password that must be entered directly after the Toshiba start screen.
  So, I entered Bios with F2, went to security, entered the old password and press enter two times to a new blank password.

  The Bios then showed that user password is not defined.
  I saved the changes and started to laptop came out, and asked me again a password.
  Now no entry (only press enter) or the old password works, still displays "wrong password".

  What I did wrong?

  I am a COMPUTER technician, but never had a problem like this.
  This problem is related to the Bios Phoenix or Toshiba? And how to solve the problem?

  Can anyone help? Would be fine, girlfriend needs urgent laptop.

  Thanks for the comments!

• Satellite P20 S203 stops suddenly

  Hello

  In the last month my Satellite P20 S203 does so well, and unfortunately it seems that the problem is a hardware one (but I'm not sure, and that's why I'm writing here)

  The computer just stops suddenly (it happened 2 or 3 times in the last 30 days); every time it happened I was on the web on Firefox, but I'm sure that has nothing to do with it, and I'm also 99% sure that this is not a virus, malware or something like that, cause I formatted there are 3 months and nothing else behave in a strange way, the computer is slow or something like that.

  The last two options are that the question can be of a physical nature, or a software (as a conflict between the operating system and installed programs); I'm more to the first, but I do not know and I need assistance to find out... What should I do?

  In addition, when it stops suddenly, it won't turn with the first try.
  He needs like 10 or 20 times to open like an old car that won't start; the first, say, 5 times I try to turn it on, it appears only the toshiba logo.
  It then passes through a screen, I can not read because it goes too fast.

  Then a black screen, then it turns off again.
  With the next try that it goes a bit further, as it displays the windows logo, but as this image is fading, it stops halfway through the fading process, resulting in a darker windows logo, as it is too difficult for her to load the OS!

  But then it turns off again!

  Then after a few other attempts it finally loads windows.

  Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!

  OS: Windows XP SP2

  Hello

  Maybe the laptop stops due to a higher internal temperature.
  High temperature leads to an overheating of the questions and the laptop would be stops down automatically to prevent the equipment from damage.
  The other point is that the high temperature may affect the RAM modules.
  In this case the laptop computer may freeze or you will receive a Blue Screen Of Death.

  I had a similar problem in the past. About 6 years ago my first oldie started to overheat.
  I cleaned the cooling modules, but the questions again.
  Finally, I contacted the laptop technician in downtown, and he said that the thermal grease that is placed between the cooling module and the CPU must be renewed.

  He did, and it helped!

• Satellite P20-932 stops because the temperature is too high

  When I use my Satellite P20 932 for about 30 min, temperature will rise very quickly! The laptop is automatic turning-off, without any error message.
  I try to clean the fan at the bottom of the laptop.

  I'm really desperate.

  Please help me!

  It of a just in case of overheating.
  The laptop stops automatically to prevent the laptop from damage. It seems that the temperature has risen to the critical level.

  I guess that the laptop is a little older and cooling modules and fans inside the laptop can not operate properly because of the dust and debris.
  The cleaning of the cooling modules is a great idea, but you must be careful.
  If you have no experience, ask a technician for professional cleaning.

  Additional you should be sure that there is enough free space around the laptop. It is important for the movement of air correctly.

• Satellite P20: unit stops during playback of DVD

  I JUST BOUGHT second hand satellite p20... Well I recharge the battery.
  I put a dvd 3 or 4 cd (always good at the other players and cd rom) after 3 minutes or 10 minutes or less... well no reason (the battery control save energy were on "never turn off the hard disk") the laptop turn off immediately, without reason!
  Like someone taking the unit off.
  I tried to do the same with the battery, no battery, with battery and a link to electerc network, anyway, but the problem is the same!

  Sorry for my English, I hope you understand my problem.
  Please answer me quickly, so I give it back to the owner...!

  [email protected]

  Thank you very much! GRAZIE!

  Hi Paolo

  Before trying what whether the device correctly. My previous unit was Satellite P20-303, and after two years, there is a lot of dust inside the unit. Maybe is the reason for closing overheating. You have second hand unit and who knows how the previous user has used the device.

• Satellite P20-304: change the keyboard, decision problems...

  I want to replace the old keyboard with a new one, but I don't know that I should order. I found 2 different types: manufacturer id: K000006120 and K000015440 , but can't decide which one is right, because they seem to be the same?
  Post a real question: what is the manufacturer id of the keyboard just for my p20-304?

  Can answer this question by a service partner!
  K000 numbers appear to be an internal number of Toshiba and, therefore, it is not easy to know what part is compatible or not.
  Make a call to the guys at Toshiba service provider allowed in your country and ask for the right part and order.

  Good luck

• Satellite P300D 10v stops unexpectedly

  Hello world

  I m new in this forum and I m having some problems with my new laptop Satellite P300D - 10v.
  While playing games or during a 'hard' application my pc stops by itself after a few minutes and all this when power management is set to high performance or balanced. So the only way to run my knees without fear of unexpected closure is either in terms of standby power something that has a lot reduced the performance of my pc. I m running on Vista 32-bit home basic SP1.

  Processor; AMD turion 64 x 2 mobile technology tl-64 2.20 ghz
  RAM; 3, 00GB
  DirectX 10
  GPU; ATI mobility radeon HD 3650 graphics card
  BIOS; (as written in dxdiag) ver.1.00PARTTBLv

  If anyone has the same problem with me or know solutions for it or anything PLS PLS PLS let me know.

  Chears
  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  > BUT unfortunately the problem still exists... so I did a search on the internet and found out that most of the owners of Toshiba have the exactly same problem with their laptop. Well, I guess it's a bug of Toshiba for many years
  Sorry, but buddy I put t agree with you.
  The P300 is a novelty on the market. It s one of the new series of laptop and there may be a bug for many years.

  Is that sometimes the notebooks closed if the internal temperature is too high because the cooling modules are blocked because of the dust and debris!
  I doubt that this is a reason for you to stop the bottom because as I said the laptop is new and it shouldn't be a dust in the vents.

  There is a lot of heat all at stake and this is why you must make sure that there is enough free space around the laptop. It is important for the movement of air correctly. In addition, you should use this notebook on the table and not in his bed, sofa or on the lap.
  In addition, you should always use the graphics page of the Toshiba driver drivers because they are specifically designed for the use of the laptop and control the temperature of the GPU!

  However, if the question will always be present, I would recommend contacting the ASP in your country for a control of the laptop.

  Good luck

• Satellite L750D system stops unexpectedly

  My Satellite 750 D is about 1 1/2 years and for about two months, he has developed this habit simply turn off the entire system as if I pressed the power button or surprisingly cut energy.
  The sound he does is something like a whistle made his last.
  I have really no idea why my laptop does. I checked the virus several times and there is nothing. It cannot be lack of battery either since I do not use it on battery.
  I should add that the LED of the symbol of cable turns off a few seconds when it happens.
  I'm afraid to give my laptop for repair, because his problem does not appear each time. But it happened twice yesterday and twice today, and it's starting to annoy me.

  Any good advice for me? I would be grateful!

  Hey Buddy,

  I've never heard of this model of Toshiba laptop satellite 750D is unclear. Can you check the model number right on the lower side again?

  If your laptop is already 1.5 years, have you ever cleaned using compressed air stream? Theoretically, it could close due to a higher internal temperature.

• Satellite P20-304 P43: [b] internal modem problem! [/ b]

  Hi guys,.

  When I click on my connection I see this message: "Error 633...". etc ". I click redial but Error 633is still there and I can not be connected to the web. I checked in my device manager and on the general tab, I read: "this device is working properly." but sometimes (when I face the Error 633) when I click the query modem and it does not show me any Info for my modem...» What could I do?

  Hi George,.

  I suggest you to install the modem again with a small manual! I had found this one here I have the forum!

  1. check if the modem is entered in the Device Manager
  2. check if the modem is configured and that it works?
  The Control Panel must be open and go to the phone
  options of modems and. It should be your modem!
  If it is not shown to you, then you must install the
  modem driver.
  3. double-click on modem and go to the Diagnostics. The
  modem query button queries the commandments with
  check the return signal. This will give you some additional information
  the modem works properly.
  4. then set up a standard dial-up connection to your
  provider of
  5. go in the properties of the modem (Device Manager) and the
  Check the brand in the "wait for dial tone before dialing" has NO
  been resolved!

  Bye Bob

• Satellite P20-304: error reading disk

  When I turn on my laptop it seems to say an error message: "a disk read error has occurred. Press ctrl + alt + delete to restart» I did it several times. I also used the recovery cd, but it was useless. Anyone know what to do?

  Hi Andreas,

  It seems that if your hard drive may have failed. If you tried to restore your system using the recovery CD and it does not also so it seems that it will take a new hard drive.

  Kind regards

• Satellite P20/P25: Boot process stops at an early stage

  Hi forum,

  with my satellite P20-304 (PSP20E - the European version of the P25) when (re-) start, at certain times, the satellite crashes and does not respond. This is the case at a very early stage of the start-up procedure where again there is nothing on the screen.

  When this happens, the screen remains black or sometimes gray, and I have to press the button of power for five seconds to force shutdown.

  Other than that, the Satellite works very well.

  All the patches and updates that I would like to know, as well as the last update of the BIOS (v1.30) have been applied.

  Already thanks for all advice to what could cause this problem.

  David.P

  Hi David

  It's not easy to say why it happens.
  I think that we can only speculate. So I found on the page of the Toshiba driver a new version of the BIOS. It s 2.10. But it seems that this BIOS is usable only on Satellite P20 units that contain "PSP20E" in the model number.

  If you could check your model number and your device contains the number of this piece, you could try updating the BIOS to 2.10. Before updating the PIF, you should check the upgrade procedure. You know, the bad BIOS and the wrong procedure can make some problems on the Board.

  I think you should also be sure that each driver is up-to-date.
  I put t know how you installed the operating system but eventually the corrupted files on the HARD disk might be responsible for the hanging.
  This could be the case if the laptop goes correctly the Toshiba start screen. Otherwise if the Toshiba start screen does not appear so especially a hardware malfunction is a reason for such problems.

• Problem of graphics card on Satellite P20 552 & Qosmio G10

  Hallo,

  I have two 17-inch monitors computers laptop Toshiba as desktop replacement: 1 x Satellite P20 552 & 1 x Qosmio G10.
  Both are dead graphics card problem.
  The conclusion of my research on the WEB, it's the nVidia FX Go5700 card seems to be the weak point of these laptops.

  On the Satellite Map dies slowly: during startup Toshiba logo disappeared but WinXP logo was very good load, then WinXP loaded with the screen not refreshing and the problem of synchronization, etc..
  The Qosmio died suddenly: activities on the hard drive I guess load WinXP, but black screen (internal and external)!

  I know that, unlike the desktop computer, the graphics processor is not a separate entity; It is built into the motherboard. My questions are:

  (1) who should be blamed, Toshiba or Nvidia?
  (2) how to prevent premature rupture of the card/motherboard?
  (3) the card/motherboard could be repaired?

  Hallo

  I have red Satellite P20 304 and it still works well. Maybe you can offer this story to someone else, but I can say that Satellite P20 is great for laptop. I like it. Old, but still has an attractive design.
  If you have no luck I can understand it but to talk in general and write about weakness is for me nothing more than absurd.

  Nice questions here especially one. :)
  1 - to blame someone will help any. Try to get the replacement and get it working again.
  2. There is nothing you can do. All you can do is to take care of the use of the laptop and do not overheat.
  3. as far as I know that something like this is not possible. In this case the motherboard will be replaced.

  What you can do is to check eBay from time to time. You may be lucky and you can buy used motherboard for a good price and exchange it.

• Satellite P20 can be rotated 90 degrees external display?

  Hello

  I have a portable Satellite P20 304 (about 2 years now) with a graphics processor GeForce FX Go5600. I would like to rotate the image to external monitor so that I can use a size of 1200 x 1600 (height than width) rather than the 1600 x 1200 standard. I just downloaded the new Toshiba drivers nv4_disp.dll 6.14.10.4718 and also checked all offers from NVidea (their pilots do not recognize chipset). But all to no effect. I can't the nvrotate offering coming onder the GeForce FX Go5600 properties.

  Can someone help me.
  Thank you

  As much as I know the graphic driver for old P20 don t have this option. Usually if you buy software external screen with special rotate option is provided that allows you to do this.

  Check it please advanced option search on this forum. I'm sure that for a single user has asked the same question. You may find the answer here.

• Question about upgrade WiFi + Bluetooth on Satellite P20

  Hello community,
  I want to improve the used Satellite, I had recently. Unfortunately, I can't find a few options I want on the Toshiba site.

  Which modules WiFi and Bluetooth do I need for the Satellite P20 and where I could buy those in Germany?

  TIA
  Christopher

  Hello Christopher

  At first, I have to say that the Satellite P20 is portable very nice. I got it 3 years ago. I had Satellite P20 304 and I've updated the WLAN and drive optical drive with DVD-RAM.

  WIFI compatible cards for Notebooks this model are:
  PA3212U-4MPC (Agere 802. 11b) and
  PA3273U-2MPC (Atheros 802.11ab).

  According to the specification upgrade BT is not possible. Anyway can you please post exact description of model P20 (P20 - xxx).

  Bye and good luck!

• What are the differences between Satellite P20 - 552 & P20-304 and P20-771

  I have P20 - 552 with a malfunctioning motherboard, graphics card problem rather nVidia gf5700(on board).
  After the review service, they told me to pay only for mboard more new computer...

  Prior to this decision, I found some used nbooks this model, but with different types, P20-304, 304, etc. 771. I guess that's even kind with different processors. Can anyone suggest me if I want to buy the same and change the motheboard, they will be compatible with mine? Or do something different, do not to buy again a nb ;-)

  Thanks for the reply
  Peter

  Hello

  I don't see why you can't use another motherboard. As you know the motherboard is the heart of the laptop and all other components are connected to the motherboard. I found some info on P20-404 and P20-771.

  * Satellite P20 404: *.
  Processor: P4-HT 3.0GHz
  Graphics card: nVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600
  Wireless: Wireless / WiFi Standard: 802. 11B option
  Bluetooth: Bluetooth version 1.1 is not available

  * Satellite P20-771: *.
  Processor: P4-HT 3.4 GHz
  Graphics card: nVIDIA GeForce FX Go5700
  Wireless: Wireless / WiFi Standard: 802. 11 b / g
  Bluetooth: Bluetooth version 1.1 (2.4 GHz)

  I think that there is no reason why you can't use mainboard of P20 - 771.