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• What's the power adapter of Tecra M4 compatible for Portege M400?

  After the failure of my Tecra M4, I bought Toshiba Portege M400. They batteries are the same.
  How compatible are adapters for machines?

  If they are compatible, for example can use one at work and one at home?

  Hello

  You can use them for both machines as the adapters have almost the same current. In your case, you can instantiate your idea with the help at work and another at home.
  I have 3 adapters that have classes 5A and I can drive almost all of my toshiba´s who need 15 v input voltage.

  You can also check current glancing at the bottom of the machine on this small silver sticker. Then, you can be absolutely sure.

  Welcome them

• Portege M400 - Windows XP cannot find the hard drive

  Hello

  Ive got a Portege M400 who im looking to get a new one, I never had the Tablet XP CD so im trying to install using an XP Pro disk, but whenever I get no hard drive can be detected and I tried another disc of publishing house also.

  Ive looked for SCSI / SATA drivers but can only find RAID drivers which are not good for me.

  I hope someone can help me

  Thank you

  Hi wacksonjackson,

  Why these RAID drivers are not good for you? Windows XP requires RAID drivers if your laptop is RAID controller and there is no other choice to install XP from a normal Windows XP disc. Then download the RAID drivers on the official website of Toshiba. Either you create a new installation with the RAID drivers disc using nLite freeware tool or you copy the drivers on an external USB FDD and load them during the installation of XP.

  Also check similar topics here in the forum. You will find hundreds of similar topics on SATA and RAID drivers.

  Check this box!

• Cannot install Vista Business on Portege M400 - IDE issues

  Hi guys... I am looking for your help.

  I downloaded all the new Vista drivers avaiable from Toshiba in support of the new installation of Vista business on my old Portege M400, that came preloaded with a version of XP Tablet and kept their loan on a CD.

  I also upgraded the version of the ACPI BIOS to the latest available 3.80.

  I insert the first CD of Vista professional and do a boot. (I also have a n upgrade Vista Business CD but I want to do a clean install).
  I go past the first steps and choose Install.
  I am faced with an error message "no disk has been found. "Click on load a driver to provide a device for installing mass storage.

  Looks like Vista is not able to see the IDE drive to the edge and it's a driver problem.

  I touched the "Rescan" button available on the windows installation and another message appears: "no device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correct driver, and then click OK. »

  Currently loaded on the XP: currently loaded poster IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers like Device Manager: "Intel (R) 82801 G (ICH7 Family) Ultra ATA Storage Controllers and primary IDE channel."

  Hard drives shown are: Toshiba RAID SCSI Disk Device LD0

  Pls tell, what new drivers since available downloads of drivers Vista for my model 400 ML PPM40E, should I choose here for my Vista installation recognizes the disk available?

  Hello

  It is very easy to solve this problem.
  If you would look on the page of the European driver Toshiba (Portege M400 section), then you will notice that a RAID driver is available for this model of laptop.

  Impossible to install Vista because it cannot find the HARD drive due to lack of RAID driver!

  You must install the RAID driver first and then you can proceed with the installation of Vista.
  As far as I know the Vista installation accepting the USB flash key you can use this key to include the RAID driver.

  Hope I could give some useful advice.

  Cheers mate

• Re: Question about the CD/DVD player for Portege M400

  I have a Portege M100 - and the CD-ROM drive does not work.

  Whenever I put a disc in I can just hear the motor turn the disc, but the computer is not picking up the drive. Device Manager picks up flawless.

  It doesn't seem to be any firmware for this sorting (or am I wrong).

  I've seen a DVD player for a M400 on ebay and I was wondering if that would take on my M100.

  Before buying it, I was wondering if anyone knew if it would be compatible. It seems to be OK size wise, but I was wondering if my Portege M100 XP would be able to use it.

  The description for the drive I want to put in the M100 is below:

  Thank you very much for your time. :)

  Description

  DVD +/-RW drive for laptop Toshiba Ultra Slim Bay Portege M400, S100 & Tecra S3

  Compatible models:
  Portege M400, Portege M405, Portege S100-S113, Portege S100-S1132, Portege S100-S213, Portege S105-S1133, Tecra S3,

  The Toshiba Ultra Slim SelectBay DVD SuperMulti Drive is a DVD burner that combines all the functions of a DVD player, DVD recorder, CD burner, and CD player in an ultra slim and ultra light. It gives instant access to CDs and DVDs and fits perfectly into your slot to drive Ultra Slim SelectBay of your Toshiba Portege M400, computer laptop M405, S100 or Tecra S3. It is the ultimate portable storage for mobile users.

  Drive ultra slim and ultra light, fits perfectly in your Ultra Slim SelectBay of your PC drive slot, no additional unit to take on the road
  Dresser based on multiple drive in a compact design: DVD-RAM, DVD + RW, DVD + R, DVD - RW, DVD-R, DVD-ROM, CD, CD/R and CD
  Productivity:
  Backup of important files
  Easy access to CD and DVD based media
  Use for multimedia presentations
  Adapts to your lifestyle:
  Watch your favorite DVD movies
  Play music and games
  Create your own DVDs or music playlist
  Create CDs or DVs with ease
  Transfer data seamlessly between two discs, improve your productivity
  Reduce the time spent to transport and save files
  Slide-in simple, plug-and-play operation
  Includes drag ' n Drop CD + DVD3/B CLiP, Win DVD Creater 2 and the DVD-RAM driver
  Compatible with computer laptop Toshiba Portege M400, M405, S100 and Tecra S3

  Specifications

  Speed (Max):
  Read: 24 x CD-ROM, DVD-ROM 8 x
  Write: CD - R 24 x, CD - RW 4 x, 10 x HS CD - RW, 10 x US CD - RW, 2 x DVD-R, 2 x DVD - RW, DVD + R 2.4 x 2.4 x DVD + RW, DVD-RAM 2 x
  Compatibility: CD-ROM (read), CD-R(read/write), DVD - ROM (read), CD-RW(read/re-write), DVD-R(read/write), DVD-RAM(read/re-write), DVD-RW(read/re-write), DVD + R(read/write), DVD + RW(read/re-write)
  Dimensions and weight: 5 "x 5.5" x 0.4 ". 3.9 oz

  Hello

  According to the paper manuals s user for Portege M100 two drivers of optical discs are compatible with your Portege M100L:
  TOSHIBA SD-C2612
  TEAC DW-224TH

  So if you want to have good player get one of them.

• Portege M400 keeps freezing

  I recently bought a Portege M400 and it completely freezes and requires a hard reboot at least once per day - any ideas on how to solve this problem?

  Hello

  You use the image of the preinstalled Toshiba or you manually installed the OS?
  Do you use the 3rd party software?

  I don't know if it is useful, but sometimes a high temperature could be responsible for the laptop computer from freezing.
  In most cases the cooling modules may not work properly due to the circulation of air is bad.
  Please remember that you have enough space around the laptop and the fans are clean.

  In addition, you can check the standby power settings that allow you to change the processor, the speed of processing and cooling method.

  If this does not help so I recommend asking for extra help Toshiba service partner and diagnosis.
  I assumed that the Portege M400 is a new unit and of the guarantee must be valid.

• Portege M400: How to configure command in Vista buttons

  Hello!

  Can someone tell me how to use the buttonsetting.ini to configure the buttons with the TBSbtnSt.exe.
  Best result would be to get the Coursor and Rotation of the display lid buttons to work under Vista.

  Thanks for the tips!
  Jochen greetings

  Hello

  On the European driver Toshiba page, you will find all the Vista drivers required for a Portege M400.
  There is also a Support Button driver and this driver allows you to customize and TOSHIBA special button preset settings.
  There is also a Tablet PC for Vista Extension Package!
  This package installs a range of important public services and contains this apclations:

  TOSHIBA Rotation utility: Set the orientation of the screen by default as the system to be used in the transition from the PC to Tablet mode, or vice versa.

  TOSHIBA Tablet PC buttons driver: You can dedicate the buttons on the tablet to perform common tasks so that you can easily use your tablet PC away from your workstation. For example, you can dedicate a button to open a program or to change the orientation of your screen.

  TOSHIBA accelerometer utilities: These utilities are a set of material utilities that work with the integrated motion sensors you machine. With the accelerometer, your machine will be able to detect how you're holding it at one point. You can set the machine to perform a specific function when the device is tilted quickly left or right, either at the front or back. You can also take control of the cursor in some applications and move by leaning the PC in a certain direction

• Portege M400 - Toshiba Flash Cards crashes on Vista

  Toshiba Flash Cards crashes on Vista when windows is configured to use the standard color scheme "windows" under appearance settings, (for your information, I prefer to use this mode, vista runs faster, uses less energy and less ram system in this mode).

  However, he does not plant immediately, on the contrary, it seems to crash whenever I flip the screen (which happens quite often that I m using a tablet pc) with the version previous software it crashed at startup but which seems to have been fixed with this version, although not completely, but when it blocks it completely will not close even if I force the Task Manager to end the process (rather than just the) Task).

  (Portege M400 - vista family flash cards V.2.00.02 premium - tosh)

  Thank you very much - Garthark

  Hello

  It is very interesting topic. Have you noticed the same thing using the Vista standard color palette?

• Portege M400: Matter of time life battery

  Hello
  I am looking to buy a tablet PC - was having a look at Portege M400 and model Tecra T7. Although the battery life would be tolerable, I suppose it depends on how you have configured the computer and how to use it - and I'd certainly a margin of safety for more than 5 hours (3 on the tecra). These models have the ability to swap a new battery in and out easily, or install a second battery to increase life expectancy?

  Thank you
  Jonathan

  Hello

  I found Info for this model of laptop it there two Slice Expansion battery available:
  PA3510U-1BAL
  PA3510U-1BRL

  I put t know if it is that you need a little more, but google and look for the info.

• Cannot start programs Crossword ink and ink Desktop on Portege M400

  Hello

  I just bought Portege M400 with XP tablet on it.
  I've updated with SP3 and all updates of relevnt Ms.

  I tried to use crosswords in ink and ink desktop and they do not start.
  If I try "Explores the experience pack" then the option screen comes up but when you click on start programs above, you hear the click but nothing happens.

  It is interesting to snipping tool 2 does not work!

  I downloaded the MS pack and reinstalled it but still not good.

  Any ideas anyone?

  Thank you

  Hmm did you install Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 on your system?

  Microsoft recommends that these minimum system requirements for Microsoft the Pack for Tablet PC 2005 experience:

  Windows XP for Tablet PC Edition 2005, English language
  Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
  Windows Media Player 10 (required for the transfer of the media)
  At least 50 MB of available disk space on your hard drive

  Perhaps you should also check some details and more info on this page of MS:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/TabletPC/experiencepack/default.mspx

• Portege M400 HDD - password and drive upgrade questions

  1. How can I change the hard drive password? the Toshiba utilities allow me to change the password of the BIOS but not the hard drive password

  2. If a secondary hard drive is mounted, it is possible to run the DVD writer as an external Bay? y at - it a connector / converter available?

  3. If Toshiba RAID mirroring is enabled, this speed of disk read time? for example reading speeds could theoretically be doubled by interlacing readings on the two disks - what is the difference of real world performance?

  4. are there restrictions on the internal hard drive?
  I bought a new hard drive from Toshiba (MK1234GSX / 120 GB) and mounted in secondary drive Bay, it works, I cloned the existing overall hard drive and it is even possible to boot from the secondary drive and see both drives.
  However if I replace the internal drive with the new drive, I can see the drives in the bios, but blue-screens of windows at startup: error seems to be that windows does not find the disk...

  When I add the original disk to the secondary drive Bay and start since I also can't get windows to recognize the new drive.
  This doesn't seem to be a simple problem of windows, because windows is happy to start on the new drive in the high Bay, so I ask if there is some restrictions at the end of Windows...

  5 Why have saved my Portege M400 website it says: "sorry, but this product is not available in your region."

  Thanks for any advice,
  Jonathan

  1.) as far as I know the HARD drive password can be changed in the BIOS
  But beware, if you forget or type the HARD drive HARD drive password will be locked and you will not be able to access the HARD disk. In this case, the HD is not more usable.

  (2.) the Ultra Slim bay is a single drive bay that welcomes the reader of CD/DVD or a secondary HARD disk.
  The extension utility from Toshiba Mobile allows the insertion of hot of these modules.
  I found this info in the user manual and following modules can be installed in the Bay ultra slim:
  -Ultra Slim adapter HARD drive Bay: this will allow you to install a HARD drive in option
  -Kit ultra Slim bay DVD-ROM drive or DVD super multi drive kit
  -Disk (SATA) HARD drive kit
  The adapters you will need to order of the ASP

  (3.) I did not notice any differences in speed reading while the RAID has been enabled or disabled. (I used the Qosmio G20 with RAID)

  4.) Please check the manual for compatible HARD drive sizes!

  5.) maybe the M400 is not available in your country or region. But it s only my suggestion

• Portege M400: Windows XP does not recognize the 160 GB HARD drive

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Portege M400 with Windows XP Tablet Edition. Now, I bought a new 160 GB drive. This disk can be recognized within the location Phase Installation of XP. Do I need a new driver?

  Best regards

  Karl Weber

  Hello

  You have to install and include the Portege M400 RAID drivers.
  It's a bit confusing because little protégé M400 does not support 2 HARD drive, but the RAID driver is required.

  Please check the Toshiba European page and download the RAID driver. During the installation of XP her you have to press the F6 key to include the driver from an external USB FDD drive.

  After you have included the don t RAID driver format HARD drive because this will lead to the driver losing.

  Best regards

• Portege M400 and 3.60 BIOS

  Ubuntu Linux running on the M400 and it seems that almost all BIOS version 3.60 prerequisite are broken because there are errors of the quirk on the CPU APIC. Perhaps Microsoft could circumvent the APIC tables broken for awhile but things with Linux is a bit bulky. Microsoft asked to Toshiba for a BIOS update to address these issues and it seems to be fixed from 3.50.

  See here

  Even under Linux not more APIC errors appear. :-) But after the update from 3.60 BIOS splash screen remains active and keeps me to select an option for a boot (grub) multi entry. If the OS is already from the start screen become white first, then gives finally control the operating system. Others see this as well?

  I am able to select something in my Start menu, but it is more guess the start screen is always at the top. Very annoying it :-(

  Another issue I have is that sometimes the system freezes for a few seconds and then continues, nothing to see in the logs when you use a Tablet Ubuntu or Windows XP Home edition. So might be a bug in the BIOS once more. Yet once you are looking for confirmation, other know about this as well.

  Reflash 3.60 a couple of times, but seeing this behavior over and over again.

  Although it seems to be some control fan in 3.60. He does not like a DC9 aircraft, but were still not silent like the 1.80W or the 2.10N of BIOS versions. Nice to see these fan noise changes incorporated in 3.60 and later

  Hi Robert

  I know you hate me, but the fact is that Portege M400 has sticker next to the keyboard and it says something like designed for Microsoft. With short words: Linux OS is not supported.

  If you need help with Linux on Toshiba laptops please check http://newsletter.toshiba-tro.de/main/index.html

  Question about freezing is very strange and if you want to check properly install recovery without additional software image. In this case you will have factory settings and clean the preinstalled operating system. If you notice some outstanding questions, you must contact authorized service partner and clarify this point.

  Good luck!

• Portege M400: Cannot install windows XP

  Hello

  My friend gave me his Toshiba Portege M400 (PPM40E) at the table of settings windows XP (HHD is already formatted copmletely).

  Before that I've never worked with SATA controller

  So, when installing RAID drivers are required for any HDD lying.
  I bought the USB floopy and downloaded some drivers from Intel.

  Having suffered a bit, I found requireded (as I thought), hard disk drivers detected (even the license agreement I signed) but that pilots still needed to proceed with the installation.

  IF someone faced this problem can you send me on my e-mail ([email protected]) required drivers or give me an exact link?
  Looking forward to your advice.

  Thank you for understanding,
  Best regards from Russia

  Hello

  Maybe a stupid question but why you do not use supplied recovery media for the installation of the OS? As much as I know Portege M400 (PPM40E) comes with Windows XP edition PC of Table (teacher WXP).

  Anyway, check it please this article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316401/en-us
  Maybe it will help you understand the problem.

• Cannot read 'Cal of Duty 4' on my Portege M400

  HI - my M400 will not let me run COD4 despite loading and running a DirectX 9.0 c test - he appeared to pass this test.
  I think that the specifications of the PC are up to the min level required, but when I run it, it crashes. Is that what I can do or is this asking too much my Tablet? (Play on my Mac brothers and its awesome!)

  Specifications for the game are:
  Minimum configuration:
  Intel (r) Pentium (r) 4 2.4 GHz or processor AMD Athlon (TM) 64 2800 + or any 1.8 Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
  512 MB RAM (768 MB for Vista)
  GeForce™ nVidia 6600 or better or Radeon (R) ATI 9800 Pro or better
  Recommended:
  Dual-core 2.4 GHz or higher is recommended
  1024 MB of RAM (2 048 MB for Vista)
  3.0 supported recommended shader. NVIDIA Geforce 7800 or better, ATI Radeon X 1800 or better]

  Hello

  I agree with Jonathan. Portege M400 is really not portable for the games. Maybe some intensive games graphics not but Call of duty 4.