Satellite Pro A210: BIOS upgrade/downgrade to XP fails

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• Satellite Pro P300 - BIOS upgrade to 64 - bit

  Hello

  I have a Satellite Pro P300 - 266 PSPCDE and I am very happy with him.

  Since I have a WIN7 64 bit OS, ready to use and 8 GB of RAM I need to update the BIOS to 64-bit.

  I found a WinPhlash file on the support site of Toshiba (toshiba - tro.de) bios called - 20090226124829.zip. I tried to use it as described in the Toshiba support on the use of WinPhlash (http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/HTD9502M10000R01.htm) page. Also, I made an exception for WinPhlash in the registry of the DEP.

  It still does not work.

  Since I am a user knowing very mediocre modern computers I guess I'm doing something wrong or I can be monitor something... can anyone please help me upgrade my system to its full capabilities?

  Thank you

  Aernout

  You don't need to upgrade BIOS. If everything works well don t change anything.
  I have Satellite P300 with preinstalled Win7 32 bit and works perfectly.

  How do your shopping with the 64-bit version?

• Satellite Pro 6100 BIOS upgrade question

  Hello

  I have a toshiba satellite pro 6100 and currently it has 1.60 bios version and saw that the last update of the bios is the 1.90. My question is: is it question where I get the update of the bios of wheather it is from the site of toshiba UK or the United States, is the same bios update, or are they different? The other question is what I have to do the previous bios updates first 1.60 1.70 1.80 and finally to 1.90, or can I just do the 1.90 and who will have the previous updates in that one later?

  Hi Christian,

  I normally prefer to get the update of the BIOS in the same country as I bought the laptop. However, given that the laptop was probably manufactured around the world, I don't think it bothers us really until the update is marked as compatible with your model of laptop. In principle, the update of the BIOS for the components of the laptop and is therefore more linked to the actual model in his country of origin.

  It is not normally necessary load the intermediate versions of BIOS as BIOS is usually not cumulative but is provided as a complete package and includes all the code required.

  Kind regards

• Satellite Pro A200 BIOS upgrade failure - size incorrect ROM

  I have a new broadcast Pro A200 with BIOS version 1.50 running Vista Business.
  Toshiba alert indicates a BIOS version 1.80 update - WIN was available.
  When I try to run it in Windows it fails with the message "Incorrect ROM size" and the BIOS does not get upgraded.

  This Toshiba FAQ will help you:

  [I can't update my BIOS with Phoenix BIOS function Windows - ZIP Windows XP file I always receive following error message: the size of the ROM file is incorrect. | http://support.Toshiba-tro.de/KB0/TSB59014X0000R01.htm].

  Best regards

• Satellite Pro A210 upgrading Vista to Windows 7

  Hello

  Can anyone suggest why I have problems with 32-bit vista upgrade to windows 7-32 vista?

  I don't know if it's because there is not enough RAM

  Anyone else had a similar problem on this laptop?

  Thank you

  CLary

  I recommend that you clean Win7 installation.

  What Satellite Pro A210 you have exactly (A210-xxx)?

• Satellite Pro A210 - USB does not

  I have a new Satellite Pro A210 with downgrade to XP.
  I have a problem with the USB. When I plug a USB device, for example. camera or a flash drive I get the usual sound of a USB device is connected but no folder appears and the device does not appear in my computer, or disconnection of the usb device icon at the bottom right of your desktop. When I unplug the device I get the sound of the disconnection.

  The Toshiba PC diagnostic tool tests the USB also ok.

  It has been produced since I first got the computer.
  I've since updated to the latest version of the bios and use windows update to upgrade to service pack 3 and all other updates available, the problem is always the same.

  Any ideas?

  You have mapped network drives?

  Sometimes readers in network can hide removable drives such as USB keys.

  If you start while the USB is connected, it must assign a letter from reader properly.

• Satellite Pro A210 PSAFHE - Windows 7 - crashes after the sleep/hibernation

  I have a PSAFHE Satellite Pro A210 running dual boot Windows XP/7
  With the help of Windows 7 - 32 or 64 - system always crashes after sleep/hibernate mode.
  This never happens with XP that sleeps and hibernates OK...
  There is no driver for this laptop on site http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU
  I like system 7 and use it on my other computers but without sleep/hibernate, I go back to XP.

  Hello

  > There is no driver for this laptop on site http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU

  Sorry, mate, but you're wrong.
  All drivers for Win 7 for Satellite Pro A210 are available on the European driver of Toshiba page that I recommend you check out once again

  Given that this question does not appear using Win XP, I can say with certainty that this has nothing to do with the material, but it s a software related issue
  I recommend updating the graphics card driver

  In addition, there is a new BIOS for Satellite Pro A210 PSAFHE it s v2.0
  Check if you are using the latest version

• Satellite Pro A210 - recover the HARD internal disk

  Happy new year guys – love the active forum community!

  My Satellite Pro A210 dead spectacular a few months back and being out of warranty, I did my best to fix it - diagnosis I think has a faulty motherboard (No bios loading, no start-up through external boot disks/drives) and if I do regular backups, there are always a few files that get missed so connected the HARD drive to another PC to find the HARD drive died in that it is not even turn.

  Is it possible, even bother to try to change the circuit printed out the HARD drive, like-for-like, or is the circuit "listens" on the disc (even if it could lead to another Board blown) or what are my options to get the HARD drive looked at and repaired, at what price?

  Sorry if this is a stupid question

  Hi bearoon,

  This means you want to replace the Control Board on the underside of the HARD drive itself?

  Well, theoretically it of possible, but note: you can only replace it with a Board of 100% same HARD drive. If you use it from another HARD disk you can destroy the HARD drive and everything on it always makes not readable so it s sensitive technique.
  So before of you exchange it make sure that the model numbers of the two HARD drives are 100% identical.

  I've never done this on 2.5 portable hard drives but a few years ago I did it on my drive HARD 3.5 from desktop and it worked and so I was able to recover my data. The reason was that t wasn't HDD spinning up more (totally dead) and the problem was the faulty Control Board.

• Re: Satellite Pro A210-1AZ: second memory location

  I am trying to upgrade the memory on my Satellite Pro A210-1AZ. I found the 1st slot where the manual has highlighted, but can not find the slot 2. I took the keyboard and looked under but still couldn't find it. Anyone happen to know?

  Thank you very much.

  Hello

  I think that the second memory location is placed near the first memory slot.
  It must be hidden under the memory module!

  Check it!

• Satellite Pro A210-SP6811 cannot install XP - it stop installing

  I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A210-SP6811 with AMD M690V chipset and I am trying to install Windows XP SP3, but during the first part of the installation it stop by itself.

  I tried to install Windows 7 and everythings fine.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  Hello

  You can try to change the mode of the SATA controller in the BIOS from AHCI compatible mode.
  This would install Win XP without including the SATA drivers.

  Otherwise, you will need to add SATA drivers if you want to use the AHCI mode.
  Notes; There are a lot of discussions in this forum about the SATA drivers and how to install win XP using the search function of the Forum!

  Good luck

• Satellite Pro A210: Battery drains fast access

  Hello
  I have a Satellite Pro A210 news from Jan. The battery seems if discharge very quickly during normal use so I´d be interested if someone could let me know what kind of life you get from your.

  More problematic is that when the left in hibernation it drains the battery in about 36 hours, once again I´d be interested in your experiences.

  It seems to load normally so I wonder if the pc is attractive more current than it should. I spotted a wire on the basis of knowledge of Toshiba which mentioned Wake on Lan, causing similar problems recommend have disabled in bios, I checked and it is turned off.

  Any help much appreciated.

  Andy

  Hello

  generally, the battery should last about 2 hours (surfing, writing, etc.). I mean it depends of many factors such as:

  1 powersaving settings
  2. applications from running
  3 execution of application
  4. connected devices (such as USB - HDD, etc...)

  regarding the Hibernate: this is normal. What did YOU expect?
  It would also be great if you could tell me how long your machine usually in battery mode works... would be really useful ;)

  See you soon

• Turn off the problem on Satellite Pro A210

  I'm having a problem with my Satellite Pro A210, running on XP. It seems to turn off without reason. I don't think it's a problem of overheating as it can sometimes after only a few minutes of use, and can stay on the day without problem. It is as if he goes into hibernation, although the blue power light remains on, but cannot be restarted without turning off the power and then walk back.

  Someone at - it ideas? Thank you.

  Hello

  could you please tell me the following things:

  1. which modelnumber does your machine have? (you can check on the nameplate on the bottom of the machine)
  2. what version of BIOS is installed?

  Welcome them

• Satellite Pro A210 - repeat vertical lines on the screen

  I hope someone can help me.

  I am a teacher and was bought by my school a Toshiba Satellite Pro A210 for me to do my school work and connect to a SMART board to teach with. Throughout its probably one of the best laptops I got through school. I got it two months.

  There is only one problem with it. Its developed a rather weird problem. Occasionally, the screen suddenly freezes, and the display will be replaced by thin, alternating vertical black and white lines. The only way to get rid of them is to turn off the laptop and restart it (particularly annoying when it happened in the middle of a lesson when I've been respected by an OFSTEd Inspector!)

  Technician computer school has no idea what is the cause. I was wondering if someone here might have some advice.

  Thanks in advance.

  I ve the same laptop but I didn t receive similar lines on the screen.
  What you could do is update the BIOS and the driver (if possible) display.

  If the same problem happens again, you must connect an external monitor to the laptop.

  Then check if the same lines appears on the external display. If so, then a problem of graphics card might be possible!

• Satellite Pro A210 periodically stop the monitor

  Hi, my computer laptop Satellite Pro A210 periodically stop his monitor. I can work now what, whether it seems no matter what I do, the monitor turns off just.
  I checked the Device Manager and there is no device showing conflict. I bought the new laptop about six weeks ago and it is very annoying that it does. Anyone had similar problems with their A210?

  I contacted Toshiba and I hope that they will be committed to fix my laptop.

  Thank you.

  This is very interesting thread because I m the owner of a Satellite A210 with dual OS (Vista and XP) and didn t notice such problem with XP or Vista.

  Of course, the screen goes black after a while but this is related to my energy saving settings. I ve set the power of my wide display settings to save power while working on the battery.

  I don't know if this could be the reason for your question, but it's certainly an option m.

  You can also try to update the BIOS and the graphics driver to check if it would help solve the problem you also.

  Good luck to you

• Cannot copy the files in my Satellite Pro A210

  I recently removed some files from my satellite pro A210 (don't know if this is related to my problem). I have a Samsung digital camera - when I try to upload photos directly connecting the camera to the laptop, I get an error message that says "cannot read file '-if I remove the card and put it in the holder of the card on the laptop I get nothing. Any help would be appreciated...

  John

  What operating system do you use? Have you full access to the yout phone using the usb connection?