Satellite Pro A10 - updated DVD player

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• Satellite Pro A10 - CD/DVD drive - updated?

  I have an A10 and a few remnants of the A15 which I cannibalise the parts.
  The A10 has DVD playback only, while the A15 motorway had features of reading / writing DVD.

  Desperately the A10 BIOS does not recognize the A15 CD/DVD drive.
  Anyone know if it is possible to obtain this recognition - could I swap chips BIOS with the A15 for example?

  This machine is my toy and I have it running with a Pentium 4 M 2.4 GHz and 1 GB of ram (frustrating it does not accept the sticks of 1 GB!).

  It's a gift so if I break, well I'll be sad - but not heart broken...

  Hello
  You can only use the BIOS that came out for the Satellite Pro A10 series and which is available on the Toshiba page.

  But why you n t use a CD/DVD drive that is compatible with the model Satellite Pro A10?
  The manual provides details on supported devices.
  I found the user manual [here: http://support1.toshiba-tro.de/tedd-files2/0/userman-en-20090121085356.zip]

  On page 4-7 you will find info on the STRANGE devices supported by Pro A10
  -TEAC CD-224th CD-ROM drive
  -DW-224th drive TEAC CD-RW/DVD-ROM
  -Toshiba DVD - ROM SD-C2612
  -Diving Toshiba CD-RW/DVD-ROM SD-R2412
  -DVD-R /-RW drive SD-R6012
  -Hitachi drive of DVD - ROM RDA-8082
  -Player Panasonic UJDA-740/750 CD/RW/DVD-ROM

  Hope that the list could be useful.

• Satellite Pro A100: CD/DVD player will not play the audio CD or video DVD

  People,
  I have a Satellite Pro A100, with a RUG * a DVD-RAM UJ - 841 S Drive.
  It will read fine data disks, but refuses to play with the audio CD or video DVD.

  I tried to uninstall & Re-Installing DVD - RAM Driver;
  That got rid of the "IO error" that I received, unfortunately I don't notice the full error: S.
  He now just doesn't see the drive. Someone at - it ideas?

  I did a full windows update, and the Toshiba Diagnostic util tell me anything useful except "Fail" :(

  I found a thread in this forum that describes a similar theme:
  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=19747&MessageID=72404

  Sometimes this error is displayed because the player does not support the environment.
  Always it is every way is supported by readers and I think that in the user manual, you will find an index CDs or DVDs compatible

  Maybe the drive is defective and can not calibrate lens in the right position.
  But this laptop is not very old, and I can't imagine that the drive is defective
  However, nothing is impossible.

  What you can do is to carefully clean the lens and see that it will help.

• Satellite Pro L40: Toshiba DVD player flashing / flickering

  Hello

  I got my Satellite Pro L40 for about a week, and now the dvd player Toshiba began / flicker flashing during playback.
  It is very bad!

  Does anyone know why this is?

  Kind regards
  Malc

  Never heard of this. Have you tried with other players like VLC player?

• Satellite Pro A10 - CD/DVD drive has stopped reading discs

  Hello

  I have an old A10 Pro Satellite which has a DVD rom stopped reading discs.
  He goes through the motions but does not display anything.
  I am attaching a new external DVD RW via USB, and it has the same problem.

  Anyone have any ideas?

  Concerning
  The

  Hello

  you mean that the external hard drive does not work too? Some software blocking your disks?

  I think that the best way to check if your internal drive still works would try to start with a bootable CD (perhaps with a live linux distribution on it) and to try this with the external hard drive also.

  If you're really a software that prevents the drive work properly, then you should recover your machine with the recovery media to make the drive work again properly.

  See you soon

• Satellite Pro L300D - TOSHIBA DVD Player fails and does not

  Hello, I have the Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D, and I'm having a problem playing DVD on it. When you put them in the drive, it tries to load the DVD player, finally fails and says "DVD Player does not. If you try to load the DVD in the player it will freeze at 50% of the time,

  DVDs are fine, legal, were played on a DVD player and another computer without any problem. CD works fine in the same drive of my L300D.
  A popular entry.

  Hi lindag,.

  Is it so when you try to play DVDs with VLC media player?

  What you could also try is reinstalling DVD Toshiba playback software. You can download the latest version on the Web from Toshiba site:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com
  ?

• Satellite Pro 4600: what DVD player?

  Can Hi anyone tell me if I can replace my CD drive with a DVD drive for this model? My current set up is:
  650 Celron, 128 MB, CD-rom, win 2000.
  If so, what is the part number I need?

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  I'm not sure about this, but I know that the discs are also used in the satellite Pro 4600:
  Toshiba SD-C2402 (DVD - ROM drive)
  Toshiba SD-R2002 (CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive)

  I don't know if this disks are still available.

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro A200 (PSAE4): DVD player flashes continuously

  Hello
  I have been using a Satellite Pro A200 (PSAE4) computer laptop for a while now without any major problems.

  My dvd drive (tsst TS-L632H harvest) no longer works since a few days now... Specifically, its LED is permanently orange flashing. The drivers are up to date. The eject button does not work either. No disc is inserted. The car seems fine in Windows Device Manager...

  If opened manually and if the disc is in the drive, I can't see all the data. Cannot start the disk either.

  I'm running Vista 32 bit SP1 with the latest bios available on the toshiba site (2.40).
  Since then, I need to fix the 'black screen' often reported problem before the login prompt, by using the windows installation disc

  Any help would be really appreciated.

  Thank you!

  Hello

  According to your page, you are not able to boot from any CD or DVD, not even the Toshiba Recovery CD.
  Am I wrong?

  To be honest, I've no idea why such question which went past but I think it s related to the hardware failure and that the replacement could help
  I put t know how old laptop is but perhaps the warranty is valid and it could be replaced for free

  What do you think?

• Satellite Pro M30 replace DVD player - need repair

  Hello

  After a year since I bought my laptop, the optical drive started having problems reading most of my DVD discs, even those written with her self.
  I want to replace the unit, I did this operation with my previous laptop too but then I used a maintenance manual.
  Anyone know where the maintenance manual for download?

  Thank you
  Daniel

  Hello

  The replacement is not complicated and you don t need textbooks. The reader is fixed with a screw. You can find it in the bottom corner near the memory module cover. Remove it and turn off the player.

• Satellite Pro A10: update Bios without floppydrive?

  On my A10 SP I have bios version 1.20 now I found 1.30 on this Web site.
  But I can only update with a disk according to the Web site. And the problem is that my A10 is not a floppydrive. How can I update my bios to 1.30? Can I boot from the CD or USBkey and try to update the bios?
  When I download the bios on this site, with that I get an executable file wants to write sectors on 1, 44 mb diskette.
  (it's a bootable diskette)

  What can I do to make it possible upgrade of bios?

  Hello

  Fist question: why you want to update the BIOS?
  Have you had problems with your unit?

  I use my laptop for 6 years and I've never update of the BIOS. It of not necessary for me because everything works fine.
  If you have any problems you shouldn't t update the BIOS because the BIOS upgrade procedure is dangerous.

  Wrong or bad BIOS BIOS can damage the motherboard.
  If you want to know how to update BIOS please check the Toshiba FAQ:
  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/FAQ.jsp?service=EU&FID=TRO0000000b07

  PS: You must use the FDD drive because it of not possible to use a CD or USB key

• Satellite Pro A10 missing CD player

  Recently, when I booted up my laptop I noticed a #1 ERROR IDE, I wasn't sure what it was so I ignored it. Went to start my computer cd player. As it happened I used the backup CD to restore the computer but the drive does not appear in Windows. This seems to be a problem with Windows and not on the cd player I can boot from a cd. I really need help fixing it.

  So far I tried to remove the upperfilter and UpperFilter registry and it did not work. I have an external cd drive and looked for the drivers on the Toshiba Driver CD but could not find them.

  Anyone know what could be the problem?

  Jake

  Hello

  Well, in my opinion there could be two possibilities:
  controller IDE one) could be dead
  (b) the connection to the drive might not be 100%

  I put t see any other possibility as to contact the service partner
  He must check the regulator and the connection

• Satellite Pro A10 display and DVD issues

  I have a Satellite Pro A10 about 2 1/2 years and have never had a problem with him, but the other day when I tried to watch a DVD, look at a program (InterActual Player) opened as usual and then a few more seconds later the display will change in very low resolution (something like 14 colors, almost a negative and all image was massive Although I don't remember the actual numbers) and he said that I had to reboot in order to return things to normal. I tried the same DVD in Windows Media Player, as well as to try other DVDs and initially that the DVD would play in Media Player but not Interactual but now the same thing happens any DVD or player that I use.

  Also, I went on the computer this morning and got a message saying that the battery is low (although it was because I had not plugged the computer again, nothing to do with the last errors) and the computer is in standby. I plugged in the computer and you press the power button to wake the screen is very dark but visibly pixelated (I think that's the word, he had visible points, as if someone were holding a magnifying glass up to her) and got very slowly brighter until there has been a series of narrow bright stripes, like a giant pixel or a tv test screen.
  This could be a problem with the display drivers (even though I tried to update and we found since I always see a message 'Cannot find the requested string' by the icon for display in the control panel), the screen itself, or something else entirely?

  Sorry it's so long, but I thought it is best to include all the details in case it has been important. I hope someone can help!

  Hello Nicola

  As you know on this path is not easy to say what may be the problem. In my opinion, it is important to see what is happening exactly. I assume that your problem is not caused by the display driver. Try to properly test and notice where the screen is very dark.

  If this problem is repeated again and again that I recommend you backup your data and reinstall the unit with recovery media. On this path of unity will be factory configured and you can see if the problem still occurs. If so, it may be just caused by a malfunction of the equipment.

  Good luck!

• SD-C2612 IDE #1 error after wrong firmware update - Satellite Pro A10

  Hello
  I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A10, which was flashed with wrong firmware (I don't know which because I don't).

  I tried flashing with the right firmware (1315) but get the message to the Primary Master and Slave as "Not ATAPI Device" and "drive not connected".

  NB: at the start, even with the deleted DVD ROM, I always get the #1 error IDE.

  Update the bios to the latest version would help or is there all the options open for me to solve this problem other than to have recourse to the connection of pin 47 & 45? Would it even solves?

  Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.

  Best regards
  Angus

  > I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A10, which was flashed with wrong firmware (I don't know which because I don't).

  Lol :D I have don t wonder you get the IDE #1 error message.
  As you say yourself, you have flashed the drive with the wrong firmware. This has damaged the master/slave/c-salt settings of readers and so the BIOS doesn't recognize the CD/DVD drive. But I wonder why someone flashing the drive with a bad firmware?  :| We still know that a wrong firmware can damage the CD/DVD drive... and above all it is not necessary to update the firmware.

  > Update the bios to the latest version would help
  The BISO update will not help you because you have already good BIOS and it s NOT a problem of BIOS, but the evil and not compatible firmware is stored.

  > or are there options open for me to solve this problem other than to have recourse to the connection of pin 47 & 45? Would it even solves?
  I'm don't know if this helps, but I know that it is not desirable because it may damage the material of CD/DVD players

  I recommend you contact the ASP in your country guys might revive the CD/DVD drive. Let's hope

• Satellite Pro A10: DVD rom sd c2612 stopped reading discs completely

  OK, I have a Satellite Pro A10, recently it is just stopped reading discs completely! Ive got no idea what wrong with and do not know if you need to replace? I prefer not too.

  If anyone has any advice on repairing it I would appreciate it. If not if anyone knows if there any compatible DVD readers writing? also the best place to buy?

  Help, please!

  Hello

  This does not sound well :( I think it could be a hardware problem maybe something wrong with the lens of the drive
  Anyway, usually it of not possible to fix these issues or it s not worth repairing, because the costs are too high
  Thus, it seems that you need to replace. But be careful. Not all readers are compatible because different master/slave/c-salt settings.
  I would recommend so contact the ASP in your country to get a compatible drive.

  But please try this proposal;
  Sometimes, the Player cannot read the Middle due to the incorrect registry key.
  Remove the upper and lower filter filter in this key:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\ {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

  and restart the laptop. Maybe it helps

  Good luck

• Can I install a DVD - RW on my Satellite Pro A10 drive?

  I want to upgrade the drive of DVD ROM/CD-RW (SD-R2412) on my Satellite Pro A10 on a DVD - RW drive, so I can burn DVDs. I bought a Toshiba (TS-L632) DVDRW drive, because it's exactly the same size and shape, such as the existing DVD ROM drive, the same voltage (5v) and the same connector.

  However, after installation and setting on the laptop, it is not recognized as being installed that is to say, there is no sign of it at all on the computer. Is it because the laptop is completely unable to support a DVD - RW disc, or have I bought an incompatible device? If so, is there a compatible DVDRW drive?

  Thanks in advance,
  Fred.

  PS the exact model of the Satellite Pro is PSA15E - 0115Q - EN

  Hello

  All the sides are unusable on each laptop model. It depends on the assignment of pins. Toshiba offers a list of all compatible readers in paper manuals s user.
  I ve checked s manual for your model of laptop, and here you can find a list of all compatible optical disk drives, you can use with your model of laptop. See pages 4-8.

  Choose the one that suits.
  If you do not visit the Toshiba download page. Here you can find.