Windows XP works on Portege R500-126

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• Portege R500-126 battery life

  I bought the Portege R500-126 @2 nine weeks ago and with SDS and no DVD/CD, I was expecting, as announced, to * 8 hours * autonomy

  To test, I fully charged the battery that was supplied with the machine, selected power plan 'Power Saver', out the charger cable and curled only 3 hours later, with no use of computer laptop whatoever, the battery is almost discharged

  On the Toshiba sales site, I noticed they sell one * Li - Ion 6 CELLS 5800 MAH * battery for £95 + VAT, is the same battery that comes with R500-126 and is anyone else having this problem?

  Hello

  I found this website product Toshiba Portégé R500-126:
  http://UK.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/JSP/productPage.do?PRODUCT_ID=145824

  But unfortunately, there is nothing on the duration of battery life.
  There is only this;
  Maximum life: currently no Windows Vista battery reference available official result

  Still is it that Vista needs more energy as another Vista OS (i.e. XP) eats the laptop and my knowledge resources, he needs two times more energy than XP.
  In addition the run time depends on hardware configuration. Stronger systems of waste more energy as devices with a lower yield.

  However, to you in question;
  AFAIK the R500 was equipped with the PA3612U-1BAS/BRS 6cell battery pack.

  See you soon

• Need drivers of Windows XP Home for Portege R500

  Hello dear friends
  I bought a laptop - Portege R500-106 with Vista,
  I want to format my laptop and install Windows XP. I can do and how can I get the driver for my pc?
  Your Martin

  Hello

  On the Toshiba download page, there are 37 drivers Windows XP Home for Portege R500. In my opinion, you can try to install Windows XP Home edition and use available drivers.

  By the way: I guess that Toshiba offers Windows XP Home edition for this business notebook recovery DVDs. I think that ASP in your country can help you get the info on it.

• Re: Button on the upper right does not work on Portege R500

  Hello

  At the top right of my keyboard (Portege R500) theres a button that shows a place in the foreground with a Sun in the background.

  I guess it is a kind of glare/brightness button to be used outdoors.
  However pressing this does nothing.

  Can anyone suggest what's this button and how do I make it work?

  See you soon,.
  H

  I think you're talking about the outdoor switch.

  This backlight button on / off turns on and off the display backlight s.

  Are you sure that you do not notice any difference this button?

  If you turn off the back light outside in good weather, you can use the computer for an extended period.

  Maybe I m wrong, but usually he should be able to configure this button in the power OS Options.

  Greetigns

• Re: Backlight LCD rest not work on Portege R500

  Well, I'll explane you my problem, I have a Portege R500 NoteBook. Yesterday, when I was working with my laptop, I had to move, and something strange happened. The LCD has started on and off, and then the light remained off the coast. When I push the backlight button to turn it on, the light gets on only one second and then automatically go down again.
  I think that the button is disabled or something like that.

  Please, can you help me?

  Kind regards.

  When the light is off, you see something on the screen and computer office or else plans?

  And backlight button do you mean? I assume that, if this happens sporadically, only the subsystem of LCD or maybe something around the screen has some hardware poorly run and should be checked by an authorized service provider.

  I would like to learn more about your problem, then maybe we can proobably exclude some hardware for error...

  If not, you should check on the Mainpage Toshiba for the support home page and search for the next provider of services available in your country.

  Welcome them

• CTRL keys do not work on Portege R500

  Both CTRL keys do not work on my Portege (Vista Biz) 500.

  I guess this isn't a hardware problem. Because that both keys are not recognized even though I hardly use the CTRL button on the right.

  I don't know if it is caused by a program (newly installed). I've just updated BIOS 1.6 without effect.

  I also tried to boot the system with Linux on a USB key. Also, the keys do not work on Linux.

  Does anyone have experience with this problem?
  Can I remove the keyboard driver and reinstall it? Could someone explain the procedure?

  Thank you for all the advice

  > laptop does not respond to the Ctrl + alt + delete even before starting an OS (for example, while being in its menu of BIOS).
  The keys Ctrl + alt + delete key combination can be used ONLY in Windows OS
  It will work not in the BIOS or Windows boot has not been done!

  Finally, you must make sure that your laptop uses the latest version of the BIOS.
  If a newer BIOS is available that be updated!

  If this does not help, retrieve the device using Toshiba drive!
  If the key still won't work, then you should get in touch with an ASP in your country.

  Here are the steps you have to do

• Portege R500 and Novatel Modem 3G on Windows 7

  Hello

  someone have a solution for getting the Modem 3 G build-in novatel works on Windows 7 in a Portege R500?

  I tried to install the driver for Vista 32 bit on my W7-Ultimate32bit. I have tried this driver:

  http://de.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/innovation/Tracker.jsp?file=http%3A%2f%2fsupport1.toshiba-tro.de%2ftedd-files2%2F0%2fwmb-20071115155201.zip

  Installation starts fine, but the installer then a fallback and stops.

  What do I have to wait for a W7 driver?

  Klaus

  > Should I wait for a W7 driver?
  I think so. You can try to use the Vista driver but there is no guarantee for correct material work.
  I think that Win7 drivers will be available soon.

• Re: How to install the LAN for Windows XP on Portege R500 driver?

  The Toshiba drivers download site I got the LAN driver 9.6.31.0 for Windows XP on Toshiba Portege R500. Most of the downloads contain a setup.exe for installation, but it does not work. The Installation Instructions on the same site do not include instructions on it.

  How can I install this driver?

  Hello

  You are a beginner or an experienced user of PC?

• Problems installing win 7 in a portege R500

  Hi all:

  I want to perform a new installation of Windows 7 in a Portege R500. But I don't know if I need to provide some drivers in order to allow the operating system to understand the hard drive. Please, someone would know if I provide the drivers? In this case, how can I get the drivers?

  Thank you to everyone

  Alvaro

  Hi all:

  in the end, I fou8nd that the installer of windows 7 does not require pilots of the hd. He understands very well the hard drive and it is possible to do a fresh install without problems.

  Thank you.

• Portege R500 - CD/DVD drive no longer works

  Does anyone found a resolution to this?

  Like David, my DVD Multidrive on my R500 abruptly arrested recently - I can open/close the player, but he does not appear in Windows Explorer as a disk is valid. Do not think that I have nothing installed on the machine.

  Interestingly, I never really use the DVD player. Indeed, because of all the * heat * questions, I used to "Power Off" of the device, via the DVD icon in the system tray (i.e. option enabled me to Power on / off the unit). So while the power was OFF, it's cold the machine, and so the fan was rarely on.

  Now that my computer no longer recognizes the drive, this icon it simply shows that disabled, no possibility to the power on/off switch, and this noisy fan is almost always on. In addition, because it seems that the machine tries to recognize the drive subject time at startup, all re-start, reboot the machine now takes a few minutes to start...

  For the optical drive firmware update help? Or is there some other fix?

  Hello

  > but my Portege R500 CD/DVD drive has stopped working the next day, I had attached an external CD - RW drive for me to burn discs. Maybe it did disable my built-in drive?
  This could be the key;
  Try to access the Device Manager and remove the CD/DVD player listed and all USB host controllers and USB root hub.

  Again, restart the laptop.
  After new check restart if the CD/DVD drive has been recognized again.

• Portege R500 - keyboard USB Legacy support does not work

  I have a Portege R500-124

  I use it to dock in the office and the lid is closed, so I need to enter a password for DriveCrypt and generally control the boot/BIOS from a USB keyboard. But no matter what I set the setting that is inherited from the USB in the BIOS, the USB keyboard does not work. I tried the keyboard connected directly to the R500 when undocked and it's all the same. I also tried BIOS 1.6 and that's all the same.

  USB keys are working and I can boot from them, but no work of measures (for example, F12 to choose the BOOT device) keyboard - the R500 doesn't seem to have the functional USB keyboard support until an operating system (Windows or Linux) has started.

  Any ideas?

  Ian

  > .the R500 does not appear to be the functional USB keyboard support until an operating system (Windows or Linux) has started.

  I can't confirm this, but I'm afraid you're right about that.

• Portege R500 - Toshiba does sell OEM licenses for Windows 7

  Hello

  I have a Portege R500 with Windows XP.
  I have now installed a version of Windows 7 without activation to see if all the drivers are working (Windows 8 is not supported I know).

  Everything looks good and Windows tells me now as planned, it is not authentic and propose to buy the license, but when I go to MS it fails (it seems that MS sells not more Windows 7).

  Toshiba sells licenses for Windows 7 for a R500 OEM?

  It would be a shame to throw it away because of this.

  Thank you
  Markus

  All you can do is to order a Toshiba Recovery disk.
  The recovery disc contains exactly the same operating system that was preinstalled on the laptop on the first day of purchase.

  In your case, this means that you will get the recovery with Win XP OS disk.

  As Timox said: If you want to use the other system than Win XP, you must purchase the Microsoft operating system.

• Portege R500 - fingerprint reader and SD card reader does not work

  Hello

  I hope someone can help me.

  I bought an opportunity Portege R500 (the warranty is still available until 12/2010) and set up with Windows 7 Home Premium.

  I installed all the drivers for Windows 7 from the specific model support page. Driver Vista have been installed for all drivers, which are not available in Windows 7.

  If everything works fine, except the fingerprint reader and the sd card slot.

  Fingerprints: I tried al a lot of drivers, even that of the R600 and R700 (such as proposed by someone here in the forum). When I run the Toshiba fingerprint utility, a text box tells me, that there is no connection with the sensor. Authentc software does not work either.

  SD card reader: I tried several SD cards from a card SD 2 GB simple and old (but functional) Kingston. According to the Director of devicce, the driver is correctly installed and running.
  The blue icon next to wireless light turns on and after a "long", a message box appears and asks me to format the card. It takes a little longer and then I get the massage, the card cannot be formatted. I tried the same procedure with a SDHC card 4 GB and a Micro SDHC card in a SD card adapter. Then of course the cards are identified but not usable and formatted.

  There are several reports of other users of the internet, the locations of sd card in computer models laptops different toshiba have problems under Windows 7.

  The two problems have emerged as well under Vista. My hope was, this upgrade to Win 7 solve poverty. Unfortunately remain the problems of th I have Win 7.

  Thanks in advance,

  Michael (Germany)

  Thanks for the feedback second
  By the way; It is a forum for user to user in this community, everyone is trying to help everyone, so if someone wants to say that he would be able to help, then you will get a response from such user maybe you should also pass a few simple threads in this forum and might help other users as well?

  Tip; BIOS update and setting BIOS by default (with F9) can solve many problems... it's worth a try...

  By the way; Win 7 is able to update the drivers automatically. I recommend that you run an update in Device Manager and let windows search for the update.

  I ve got another laptop and installed Win 7 as well. The card reader Vista driver has worked for me on Win 7 OS just a tip

• No driver controller network for Portege R500 (Windows XP)

  Hello

  I don't understand why Toshiba does not have the drivers needed to make a new Portege R500 WLAN works. I have absolutely no ability to wireless networking, as if the switch is off, and I have a yellow question mark in Device Manager of Windows ("other devices", "Network controller"). Windows can't find a driver on the restoration of two CDs and trying to install all of http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/wlan/?page=downloads doesn't help either.

  Someone manages to find the drivers to fix this 'Network controller' for a R500 Windows XP? Maybe that my device has a hardware defect, because I can't believe this WLAN for XP support is not provided, out of the box or at least by downloading files on the Toshiba support site

  Thank you
  Olivier

  Hello

  It is strange for me to read your ad one thing. Can you explain what you mean with: Windows can't find a driver on the restoration of two CDs.?

  As much I know restore CD/DVD is not a kind of collection driver but the recovery image that you can use to clean operating system installation. Can you please tell me what restoration (recovery) CD you have? Are two of them for an operating system, or you have one for Vista and one for Windows XP Home edition.

  I checked Toshiba's support page and it has a WLAN driver version 11.5.0.32 / 9.0.4.37. Download and unzip the driver files and before you start installing check readme.txt file first.

  Moreover, for the installation of Windows XP Home edition please use the Instructions of facilities document and follow order listed facilities.

• Portege R500 - Touchpad does not scroll after Windows 7 upgrade

  Hello!! Happy new year!!

  I got a great Christmas present, an upgrade to windows 7, so I upgraded the operating system of my Portege R500 of Bussiness from Vista to Windows 7 Home Premium. Up here, the performance of the laptop has improved BUT the touchpad is not working properly and with correctly I mean that scrolling is not working more. I checked toshiba Web page downloads and there is no driver for the touchpad for windows 7. Is that what I can do to back the scroll function to work or is it just a matter of patience

  Thanks in advance for the help
  See you soon

  If you are certain that there is no driver Toshiba and is your Synaptics touchpad then try their drivers for Windows 7 [http://www.synaptics.com/support/drivers/]