Satellite Pro M30: compatibility with a TOSHIBA 320 GB external USB HDD

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• Toshiba 320 GB external USB HDD has stopped working

  Hello

  Recently this evening my external hard drive has stopped working. I can start it and the blue light shows, but it seems that the arm of reading or the mechanical part is stuck or does not start. It has a very low and repetitive clicking noise.
  Before I used to get a strong enough * Click * when starting and now nothing. Nothing does load in windows either, and remains undetected.

  I thought that I could send to repair if it's arm which is broken or needs other than tighteneing as, it's a pretty desperate situation that recently, I cleaned my computer and used the external hard drive as back up, with all of my work for the last 8 years on this subject...

  And I can't afford a recovery of data of 300 books, either.

  null

  Possibly the HARD drive died completely. I mean it might be possible that a head crash could cause this problem.
  My HARD drive died in the past, it was a laptop internal, HDD, and before that the HARD drive is dead, I noticed a strange rattling noise.
  After a restart the laptop the drive HARD was not accessible
  Well, HARD disk crash is not an uncommon problem and it always happens
  So, in most cases, it s also should back up the data twice. That is to say: on DVD, CD, etc.

• Toshiba 320 GB external USB HARD drive - 10 error Code

  Basically, I bought one of these today and put everything and he put in place and for some reason, my computer refuses to recognize or even start it. Initially, he recognized new hardware, but then nothing happened. I found it in device manager and it says that it will not start due to a "Code 10". Anyone know what it is?

  Then I turned off my computer after about an hour of nothing, then tried again, once more he recognized a second but a pop up came that said an error has occurred and may not work properly. Again, someone knows why this happened?

  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

  Hello

  Code 10 means that the device could not start.
  Make sure you have the latest driver installed for your device. You may also be able to resolve this issue by removing the device in Device Manager, and through the Add New Hardware Wizard in Control Panel.

  It is also possible that your USB HDD needs an external power supply.
  If the USB device needs more than 500 ma, so usually an external power supply is required.

• Satellite Pro M30 and start USB HDD

  Hello everyone.

  Is it possible for a Satellite Pro M30 (Bios version 1.70) to boot via USB HDD?

  Thank you
  Vittorio

  Hello

  No, the upgrade of the BIOS will change any possibility of starting.

• Toshiba satellite pro m30 USB problem

  I have toshiba satellite pro m30 and HP scanjet 4600 scanner.when I connect the scanner directly to the notebok with its ' original usb cable there is no problem. But if I connect the scanner to the laptop with a laptop usb extension cable cannot initialize the scanner. There is no problem if I connect the scanner to the VAIO laptop with usb extension cable. What can I do?

  Hello

  could you describe the difference between the original USB cable and the USB extension cable?

  The laptop and the printer works correctly with the original USB cable, but it seems that the extension USB cable is an inexpensive which does not fulfill the technical specifications and the laptop has a problem with this issue.

  To solve the problem in my opinion you could do an update of the BIOS, look if for your printer is a new driver available and reinstall the USB drivers.

  Also, you could test whether USB, the same problem occurs with other cables.

  Bye Bob

• Toshiba Satellite Pro M30 & Power Saver stop error

  Hello!

  I am struggling with this problem for months... the latest version of Eve on my toshiba satellite pro m30 running windows xp with service pack 1 installed gives a message box with an error message when the stop and I'm unable to eliminate this error. Unfortunately, I can't consider reinstall the system from scratch, because there are many other applications installed and I can't lose the settings for them. I read the forums and realized I'm not one of the problems with toshiba power saver. I'm even lucky to successfully at startup started it! Yet, it hangs at shutdown. It's pretty boring. also, I downloaded all the latest updates of this site for my laptop, including even the bios update.

  I would like the opportunity to be able to download the version without toshiba this site energy saving bug, and I'm sure many other people would appreciate the patch too!

  any comment on that?

  Andrew.

  Hello

  If your laptop is installed correctly it should work well. All the software has been tested. The only reason for your problem may be additional software that you have installed later.

  It is also possible that it may be caused by an Antivirus application. Maybe an application runs in the background? There are many reasons that may be responsible for this problem.

  If you reinstall your Notebook of recovery CD it will not work properly. It is very unjustifiable to write on some versions bug-free. I sometimes have problems with BONES, but almost always after using some freeware.

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro M30: Needs to win 7 SD card reader driver

  Hello

  I've updated my old Satellite Pro M30 of Windows XP to Windows 7.
  Everything is OK, but I have problems withs pilots 'SD card driver ". I can't find something that works... I tried with WinXP old ones but do not work.

  I downloaded those from Toshiba, but when everything is installed and I put the SD card, I and alert on Device Manager that says "conflict resources" error code 12.
  Toshiba SD Card Controller Type A
  Toshiba SD memory card reader

  What is the right driver? PLEASEEE

  > Everything is OK, but I have problems withs pilots 'SD card driver ". I can't find something that works... I tried with WinXP old ones, but do not work

  Win XP drivers do not work with Win 7, but you should try some drivers for Vista.
  Try some drivers released for other series...

  Also try this:

  You can go to Device Manager-> properties-> Details tab SC card reader

  You can find something like that.
  PCI\VEN_1217 & DEV_7120

  FRI means provider
  DEV: device

  Then, you can find the identification numbers using this database of the PC:
  http://www.PCIDatabase.com/

  This help to find the pilot!

• Satellite Pro M30 - download drivers?

  Hello world

  I hope someone is able to help me:

  I tried to find the drivers for my laptop on this site here, given that my original CD with the top drivers is lost. I was able to get to the section pilots where I entered the serial number of my laptop. After that, I get redirected to a website, which appeared to store everything you need for the Toshiba Satellite Pro M30. Unfortunately, it didn't show the "loading circle', no matter which section, I tried to access (for example"manuals"or"drivers", etc.).
  Then, I hit up the forums and read on 'archive', in which the drivers and other utilities for older, obsolete laptops are available. Unfortunately, this article was not available at all.
  In addition, my research efforts on Google didn't get anywhere.
  Could someone tell me what I have to do to get your hands on these drivers or, where there is not such an option, download me these drivers (for example on Megaupload.com) pack?
  I would be forever indebted to anyone some.

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  Go to the [page driver Toshiba | http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/download_drivers_bios.jsp] and choose *... Archieve, * product type section.

• Satellite Pro M30 - Win XP - for the brightness of the display FN keys do not work

  I just do a fresh install of win xp on a satellite pro M30 laptop.
  I installed the drivers bt the fn keys (brightness, etc.) will not work if the screen is very dark!

  I tried to update the bios, but it won't let me.
  Also tried to install the common modules but get an error saying that it didn't is not supported on this hardware!

  Can someone please help.
  I think you need to install the drivers in a specific order.
  Is this true? Or y at - it way round this?

  Any help would be appreciated.

  > I tried to update the bios, but it won't let me.
  > Also tried to install the common modules but get an error saying that it didn't is not supported on this hardware!

  To me, it seems that you tried to install applications that are not compatible with this laptop.
  Where did you get the drivers?

  On the European driver of Toshiba in archive page, you can find the drivers for Satellite Pro M30

• Satellite Pro M30 - compatible DVD players

  Hello

  I have a Satellite Pro M30 and the optical block has problems, recognizing most of my DVDs.
  I want to change the drive, does anyone know which are the models compatible with this machine?
  The real player is Toshiba DVD - ROM SD-R6112.

  Thank you
  Daniel

  Hello

  As far as I know this unit has DVD +-R/RW (DualDrive) and in my opinion the best solution is to swap it with the same. On this way, you will be sure that everything works correctly.

  Unfortunately, there is no public document on the hardware upgrade and just Toshiba service partners can tell you more about it.

  Good bye

• Boot of satellite Pro M30 SD card

  I have a satellite pro M30 with a 40 GB HDD (and no FDD), which I need to partition (using Partition Magic 8.0).

  IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE THE SYSTEM TO BOOT FROM SD CARD?

  Is it possible to put the discs recovery partition on SD cards and be able to perform a recovery from the internal SD card drive partition?

  would it not possible to put Windows XP Pro startup disks on SD cards too?

  Jerry Black

  Hello

  It is not possible to change the bootpriority of a Phoenix Bios (-Toshiba) on the SD card.
  Sorry no chance for it.

  My Tecra M2 also has the ability to boot from an SD card.

  Good bye

• Satellite Pro M30 - error message: the user is not authorized to update BIOS

  Hello

  I bought a Satellite Pro M30 of second hand. This one has the Bios 1.30... I would like to install the bios v1.70.

  I am running Windows XP Pro SP3 and tried first update in Windows.
  I however got the message "the user is not allowed to update BIOS.

  This message is quite surprising given that I have administrator privileges.

  I read that you can use a floppy disk to update, but I did not...

  So, is it possible to update the Bios with the CD?

  See you soon,.
  R.S.

  Hello

  I checked the page European driver of Toshiba and found the version of BIOS 1.7 WIN in the field of ARCHIVES.

  As you can see, it's a version of BIOS Windows and not a traditional version of the BIOS (trad BIOS can be updated using the diskette).
  This BIOS win can be improved only from a running OS Win.

  In any case, I see that you have installed SP3. It could have a bad influence on the update of the BIOS.
  Then maybe you should try to update the BIOS without SP3 installed?

  Remove SP3, download the good BIOS, unzip correctly and then try to run the BIOS update file.

  _Ps: If you laptop then runs without problem a BIOS update is not necessary! _

  Concerning

• Satellite Pro M30: new HARD drive - what is the max capacity?

  Hello

  My Toshiba Satellite Pro M30 is 4 years old with a 60 GB hard drive (IDE).
  I would like to replace the hard drive with a bigger. What is the best? (BIOS version 1.70, Windows XP Pro SP 3).

  I would be happy not only to get the answer to my question but alos to where I might find the answer myself.

  Thanks and greetings
  waltgallus

  Hello

  As far as I know the laptop is equipped with an ATA-100 IDE / ATA-6 HARD drive controller.
  In this case, you will need to use the 2.5 IDE HARD drive.

  I know with certainty that this notebook would support 80 GB HDD, but generally a larger HARD drive should also be possible because the controller is able to manage the 48-bit LBA.
  The 48-bit LBA can handle hard drives of more than 120GB.

  In my opinion, you can try a 120 GB and also 160 GB HARD drive should be possible.

• Satellite Pro M30: upgrade memory (RAM live) - maximum capacity

  Hello

  My Toshiba Satellite Pro M30 is 4 years old with 512 RAM (2 x 256 DDR PC2700 SDRAM 166 MHz). I want to update my RAM the better. How much does it cost? (BIOS version improved of 1.50 to 1.70, Windows XP Pro SP 3).
  I would be happy not only to get the answer to my question, but also to know where I could find the answer myself.

  Thanks and greetings
  waltgallus

  If you want to find it only then use Google and you'll find this info somewhere. Using Google, you can find almost everything.

  So now the question: do you want to search for only one or you want your answer? ;)

• Satellite Pro M30 - NVIDIA graphics controller problem

  Hello everyone

  I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro M30 with a Nvidia GeForce FX graphics controller. ([Image of the motherboard | http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/hardousss/PC3.jpg])

  My problem is when I turn on the PC and wait a few seconds red and white vertical stripes begins to appear on the LCD and it cannot go after the BIOS password screen. I can type the BIOS password but when I hit OK or button that ENTER the laptop freezes. ([See image 2 | http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/hardousss/PC2.jpg])

  In very rare occasions where the laptop was turned off for a long time, I listen to him on and he could overcome the BIOS password screen but freezes after a while: ([see Image 3 | http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh242/hardousss/PC1.jpg])

  I plugged it to an external monitor and nothing has changed.
  I removed the inverter (responsible for the lightning of the LCD screen) and the problem is still there.

  Always to blame the graphics chip from NVIDIA.
  I read here that it is not possible to replace them because they are soldered to the motherboard. But I want to, where can I get a laptop NVIDIA graphics chip. They sell somewhere?
  I have a friend who works in an electronics manufacturing company (SAGEM) and told me that they have the tools needed to replace any piece on any Board of Directors.

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Hello, my friend

  I agree with you. It must be a faulty graphics card. I put t believe you can buy a graphics chip separately but you can buy mainboard used laptop on eBay. In my view, Exchange Board is no problem for you.