Using 2 batteries on Satellite P20

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• Re: Cannot use remote control with my Satellite P20

  I just got hold of a PSP20E and the remote control (2 of them) does not work, the light blinks but that's all. When I try to set up in the Media Center settings, I get the message unable to detect the remote sensor.

  I was told by the previous owner it was working, the only thing I've done is to adapt to a new DVD (TEAC DV-W28E) player and loads of recommended Windows updates. The BIOS version is 1.6 and I'm under Win XP MCE (sp2). Any ideas would be welcome.
  Either by the way, I write a BIOS updated on a CD, or do I have to buy a floppy drive?

  Hello, Alan

  I used Satellite P20 over 2 years and I never noticed any problem with the small remote control. I guess you bought second-hand laptop and in my opinion, the first things you need to do is install the OS via recovery CD.

  When the laptop to factory settings, you must test the operation of the equipment, in particular the use remote control. Recovery image is designed so that everything should work. If this isn't the case, it may be just because of a malfunction of the equipment. As I've already said I used this laptop long enough and never noticed any problems.

  To be honest I didn t make updates because the BONE was very well set up. As I said, you can test it with recovery image.

  The BIOS update you need floppy drive.

• Satellite P20 S203: update BIOS after version 1.70

  Hello! I have a Satellite P20 - S203 BIOS is Ver1.70, published on 20/11/2003. I think there pretty outdated now, but there has been no new versions for years and I think that this great computer, despite the old, should be more supported. What I don't understand is why they made an exit for the PSP23E and not for the PSP20E, that make the differences that they should deserve to be updated bios different?

  Does anyone of you know about BIOS versions after 1.70 which allow the laptop to boot from SD cards or removable media? And that the problems of the management of multiple USB devices?
  Thank you

  Hello

  I use P20 over two years, without any update of the BIOS. If your device works well I recommend you to leave. Boot from the SD card is not possible and update the BIOS will not allow this.

  What problem do you have with the USB devices?

• Satellite P20: Possible Solutions to improve my video card

  Hi, I own a Satellite P20, which features:
  3.0 GHz P4 HT
  512 MB of RAM
  internal 60 gb HD
  GeForce FX Go5600 (64 MB of VRAM)

  I am looking for an inexpensive solution to improve or upgrade the specifications of the video to a possible 128 or 256 MB card.
  The price is a problem, but I'm willing to spend more than £600, more if necessary.
  I am only a student in the United Kingdom, but I'm studying Design of games, with my major aspect being 3D art and design.

  Hello

  Usually it of not possible to update the graphics card on the laptop.
  This topic has been discussed a lot of time. Please use the advanced search to search for themes.

• 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.

• External monitor gives strange aspect ration with Satellite P20 XP

  I have a P20-552 (PSP26E-025E9-S4), who is four years and works well with XP Home SP3. For more screen space while editing video I recently bought an external monitor - an Acer X193w. It shows everything what is shown crashed down a little bit, that is to say, but it should show., a circle has a distinctive oval to it.

  It is plugged into my Toshiba with analog cable and the only resolutions that it will give me are 1280 x 1024, 1024 x 768 and 800 x 600 which none do actually correspond to the 1440 x 900 on my Toshiba.

  I tried all the settings that I could find, made sure my BIOS and nVidia are up-to-date and I exchanged a few e-mails with Acer support on the subject. Their support staff is now leading me round in a circle ("it is plug and play," "oh yes, that's sounds wrong", "here is the pilot", "no, we don't give installation instructions" and so on) and still no joy. The screen plug and play perfectly with an another Vista laptop that I have, but I really like to use with my Toshiba faithful.

  Suggestions, please?

  Thank you, Brian.

  Hello Brian

  Sorry, but I believe that there is not a lot, you can do it. It is 19 wide TFT screen and your laptop s video card does not offer good resolution for it. Display modes Satellite P20 cannot offer the resolution 1440 x 900 for external displays.

  * All you can do is try to change the driver display, but on your own risk.*
  Check http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/

• 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.

• My Satellite P20 is not on the current

  Hello!

  Well, I had another problem of management power to you guys.

  So far I have deal with overheating and abrupt shut down of the computer that was tied to it and clean the heat sinks fixed - it is ok now.

  On the other hand - management/battery charge always bothers me now and then... .and now, it is "then" to my penalty.

  It seems obvious that Toshiba knows about this problem and so I would really like to get answers to 'them '!

  I just lost a job due to the fact that my computer has stopped in charge, empty the battery, then press stop without a warning when the battery was empty (without a sound warning and I on 25%)

  I removed the battery and tried to start the computer, but it will not activate... .so I have to plug in/plug out the power cord several times until I get a charge light... .and then it powers up*@*!

  The strange thing is that, for the 3 last months or if she was very well (before that I had more or less the same problem), but after moving from my laptop in the House, it did it again!

  Any Toshiba brain read this?... causes I know I'm not the only one - common and show our free s and tell us why this is happening, please!

  It is not used much for a powerless computer, you know!

  Greetz,
  INGI

  Hi Ingi

  Sorry, but I don t agree with you. I use Satellite P20-303 almost three years and it works like the first day. Expanded memory up and cleaned the vents for a short period. It runs very quiet and pleasant. I love this device.

  Because of this, you can't write about a common problem on this unit. It is always possible that some users have a similar problem but that don t mean any notebook series has a serious breach.

  Second thing is that this forum is just the forum users and if you want the response from their partner service contact in your country, explaining the situation and I hope that they should be able to help you. I'm not a technician but I think there is a problem of electronic power and because of that, you have different questions (battery does not charge properly).

  I recommend you to speak with the authorized service partner. Call them and ask what can be the problem.

  Good bye

• satellite p20 552: graphics issue

  Toshiba satellite p20 552 (again, out of the box)

  When the 32-bit value (color) the cursor placed blue around her (in a 2 x 2 cm square) when vertical stripes on a white surface (e.g. in Solution Explorer).
  This behavior goes away when the 16-bit value.

  The graphics card is a GeForce FX Go5700.
  Does anyone know this problem or to answer this?
  Thank you.

  Moreover, when the pc goes into sleep mode (power or management when the lcd screen is closed) and when trying to restart, it didn't swithch on the LCD screen, but there is some activity on the disk and the fan works. After some time it stops. To restart, a windows error message.
  ???

  Post edited by: khadija

  HI khadija.

  you wrote your p20's new ad out of the box, then you use the operating system preinstalled Toshiba, not you?

  You can try to reinstall the graphics driver (Toshiba Tools & Utilities CD or you go in https://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com - Driver download and choose your machine). Compare the two driver versions ad install the newest one!

  What resolution do you use?

  Your secod problem can be solved if you check your settings in the Toshiba Power Saver. Perhaps, you set its default value. If this does not resolve the problem, you must reinstall the energy saver!

  Tip: You can also use the Mode shows up. This mode stops the laptop and the power is off. At the next startup mode will point load of a hard disk image and you can work! It is faster that normal startup, and all power is off in Hibernation mode.

  To bye chris

• Satellite P20-842: Question about product Recovery DVD-ROM

  I have a portable satellite P20 842.
  I received a DVD of recovery of product with it (2 DVDs)
  I would like to format the hard drive!
  When I try to use the DVD, I get a message "starting windows 98"
  some 900ish files copied and then NOTHING! I restarted and I get a message from stiarting windows XP...
  My questions
  (1) how to use the DVD to format the hard drive!
  (2) when I bought this laptop, it had windows XP preinstalled... so where windows 98 come into picture?

  I need to format my disk ASAP as my comp hangs...
  I need HELP! AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

  Hello

  Don t be afraid. Everything is ok.
  The restore CD contains the ghost image files and it uses the files Windows 98 MS system to boot from the CD.
  It is usual that the Win98 message during initialization.
  In addition, the recovery CD formats and automatically remove the HARD drive.
  You have only to boot from this CD and you select standard mode.

  In this case the recovery CD is completely erase the HARD drive.

• Satellite P20-801: problems in Microsoft Windows movie maker

  When I try to write a film's Director on a CD I get the message "a CD burner was not detected.
  I have the Satellite P20 801.

  Hello

  According to Microsoft this problem may occur if you use a driver HP Direct Letter Access (DLA).
  Please visit these sites. There you should find a decryption together how solve this problem.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/824917

  http://www.underwaterphotography.com/video-editing/Windows-Movie-Maker/software/recordablecddrivenotdetected.asp

  concerning

• Satellite P20-404: WLAN is not working

  I wanted to use the adapter wireless network for the first time after a defekt disc and a reinstall. It worked before, but I did not reinstall WLAN right here. Now I don't know how to install it. There is no entry in the network connections that could be my wireless network adapter.

  There should be a built-in Atheros adapter.
  I activated the WLAN-> no light beside the symbol WLAN;
  I FnF8 Switched-> nothing happens, I don't see any unknown hardware in the hardware list.

  Are there opportunities that I don't have a hardware problem?

  Hello

  Are you sure that the WLan worked, before your changed the HARD drive and installed the operating system again?
  I found information that the WLan is optional on Satellite P20-404.
  So I think that some units have been delivered with the wireless network card and others did not.

  It of very strange that the WLan card is not recognized in Device Manager. Usually, if the WLan driver is not installed on the operating system for the wireless network card must be shown as an unknown device.

  I think in your case it s something wrong with the wireless network card or WLan card is not installed.

• 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.

• Satellite P20 - copy of CD and DVD

  I recently had a problem with Windows on my laptop Toshiba Satellite P20. I ended up having to use the recovery disk Toshiba that came with the laptop and slowly started to do things to normal. However, I wanted to put in place the mechanism that would allow me to copy my CDs and DVDs.

  I must have done this in the past when I bought the laptop 2 years ago but can't put in place now. If the laptop is equipped with a CD/DVD burner would be they delivered software as well? I can't find on all disks that came with the laptop or should I assume that I have installed the software separately from my own camera. I don't remember what it was called.

  Hello

  I assume you are using Windows XP Home version.
  The windows OS supports a CD handwriting option but not a DVD.
  But the truth I put t like this option and I have never used.

  I use the application to 3rd party like Nero. For me it's one of the best burning programs. You can burn various CD and DVD. Everything is possible (audio, video or data)

• Unable to save the changes in the resolution of the screen on Satellite P20

  Recently, I have problems with the resolution/quality of images on my laptop P20.

  When I try to remedy this in the tab settings of Options Diplay it me does not save the changes to the screen resolution or image quality. I am currently using the default monitor on NVIDIA GeFOrce FX Go5200.

  Any ideas?

  Hello

  For all the ideas give us more information please. I just know that the resolution of the standard screen for this laptop is 1440 x 900 and if the right display driver is pre-installed to avoid any problems.

  I used Satellite P20-303 (nVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600) nearly two years with the original display driver and have never had any similar problems.