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how do I change the resolution on my windows 8 laptop?

I had the windows 8 consumer preview from when it came out until the new windows 8 Release preview came out a few days ago. I recently updated my computer and I noticed that my resolution went back ...
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Wifi that not connected after installed Ubuntu

I use Toshiba. My laptop just installed Ubuntu LTS 12.04. after the install, my Wifi is still good, a day later could not connect Wifi, but Wifi ON. then 2 days later Wifi is good, and then to the ...
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Laptop battery not working.

My laptop is a Toshiba Satellite L640. If I remove the laptop charger, my laptop will instantly die, so I can only use the laptop whilst plugged in. Thanks for your help.
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Install Ubuntu, eth0 not detected?

I have installed Ubuntu laptop Toshiba Satellite L640?, and I had difficulty, that is how to enable network interfaces, eth0 was not detected when running ifconfig.
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Laptop can't to installed Linux Operating System [closed]

To all, I want to ask, I wonder why my laptop can't to installed Linux operating system? Distro that I use for it is Linux Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. My Laptop is Toshiba. To the advice given, I say thank you
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Ubuntu on Toshiba A200 causes overheating

I'm trying to run Ubuntu on my Toshiba A200 computer and after a few minutes it's getting crashed and the computer restarts. I notice that the computer is overheating. Does someone know this problem ...
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Windows 7 not starting correctly on Toshiba Satellite L640

I'm experiencing a problem with my Toshiba Satellite L640 running Windows 7. I initially experienced a blue screen and the computer restarted itself. When I attempted to reinstall Windows, the ...
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Toshiba Laptop blue screening

we have lot of laptop Toshiba which are blue screening. I have rebuild the laptop, re-install GC drivers and remove wifi and netwrok drivers but still i keep getting blue screen on these laptops. the ...
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Toshiba Satellite volume hotkeys not working correctly

I have a Toshiba Satellite L755-1GH, and I made a clean Windows 7 install. I installed the drivers from the official Toshiba website. I don't find anything about the hotkeys. Everything works, but ...
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What limits my laptop on upgrading RAM at 8GB?

I have a Toshiba Portege M780-S7240. It's an i7, 64-bit and currently has 4GB RAM. I'd like to upgrade to 16GB. (If it matters, I'm running 64-bit Ubuntu.) I checked with a RAM vendor who said it ...
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How do I delete the “HDDRecovery” folder on a Toshiba Laptop (Windows 7)?

I have a problem with a recovery folder called HDDRecovery on my D: drive, which is an NTFS primary partition (start partition is C:). The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, German. The logged-in ...
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Toshiba Z835-300 will not boot

My new Toshiba z835 refuses to boot. When I power it up, the Toshiba logo is displayed and immediately after on the upper left corner of the screen the word PASSWORD: is displayed. How can I fix ...
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Laptop freezes. Could be OS or laptop, don't know

Model: Toshiba Satellite A205-S5809 OS: Linux Mint 12 Okay, I've read quite a few posts but none of them seem to solve my problem. Some things I've tired: Remove battery, unplug, hold down power ...
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Toshiba External Hard Drive freezes computer

I bought a Toshiba Canvio Basics E05A032BAU2XK Portable External 320GB 2.5 Hard Drive: My computer has two Os's on it Win7 and Win XP. I need both. The main one I use is XP. When booting my computer ...
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Reinstall Preinstalled Windows 7 on a Toshiba Laptop

I'm having problems with a Toshiba Satellite L745 which came preinstalled with Windows 7 (According to the product key label on the bottom Home Premium QA). Basically it is freezing whenever updates ...
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Toshiba satellite C665 P5010 network devices not functioning in Ubuntu 10.04

I got a brand new Toshiba satellite C665 with Ubuntu 10.04 installed. But NetworkManager shows, 'No network devices available'. But when I ran the system testing, test detected Atheros Communications ...
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Laptop GAINS time, why?

I have a Toshiba satellite P25-S607 laptop, which works fine in general, but has one issue where the clock runs fast. For example, after running for a day or two, the clock will be ahead 2 hours or ...
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Toshiba L655D-S5066 laptop wireless intermittent

I am working on a Toshiba L655D-S5066 laptop, with Realtek inside. I believe it was working fine for a long time, but not is seems intermittent. When you turn the unit on, there is an LED on the ...
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How to turn on Wifi for Toshiba Satellite E305

I can't figure out how to turn the wifi back on... I've been to Google with no luck and can't even find a product manual. Can someone please help me figure this out? Here's the page on Toshiba's web ...
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Keeping OEM software after reinstalling OS (Toshiba NB550D)

Ok, this is a problem i've had acouple of times over the years with laptops (But made worse by current trend of not giving CD's with computer, and instead have harddrive partitions with just a ...
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Toshiba satellite notebook: periodic processor load up to 70% by System process

I've bought my laptop (Toshiba satellite, windows 7 Home Premium 64bit) about 6 months ago, and till now have a problem: evetually processor is loaded up to 70% by System process. If I catch that ...
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Can't find drivers for my WLAN laptop card

According to: http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.php?device_search_str=4220&device_search=Search My laptop has the folloiwng WLAN card: Device Id: 0x4220 Chip Description: Intel 54 MBit/s ...
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Will upgrading my laptop's wireless card make it support 802.11n?

I have a Toshiba Satellite P205-S7402 laptop, and it supports 802.11b and g at present. I want to use 802.11n as well - can I just swap out the wireless card with a new PCI card?
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Toshiba laptop's wireless adaptor seems to have disappeared

my wife's Toshiba Satellite L500-1WG won't connect to wireless networks suddenly. In fact, it appears not to have a wireless network driver any more. I tried downloading the latest driver and updated ...
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Can I use a toshiba 19v 3.95 amps adapter in my toshiba 19v 3.42 amp laptop

Would using a Toshiba 19v 3.95 amp adapter in my Toshiba 19v 3.42 amp laptop cause any ill effect?
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Toshiba Satellite disassembled - confused about a pair of black & white wires

I tried to clean up my Toshiba Satellite laptop and it all went well. Unfortunately, I am confused about a pair of black and white wires that come in right beside the fan. Two wires that go into any ...
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Why is Windows 7 not responding with a single color screen some minutes after boot?

I am using windows 7 x86 in Toshiba L300 1EF. Last day I formatted my system and reinstalled the OS. About 15 minutes after booting my system is getting stuck. When system is getting stuck ...
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Toshiba P775-S7215 with a broken wireless button?

I'm troubleshooting a wireless connectivity problem on a Toshiba P775-S7215. The wireless seems to be stuck "Off". Pressing the wireless button (located to the right of the power button) causes it ...
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Changing the processor on Toshiba R500 Portege?

This is my first post here. I am looking to fix my old Toshiba Portege R500 laptop. It fell in the water a while ago so I bought a new one. To my surprise, it still works, though it has a cracked ...
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Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5050 Processor Upgrade

I have been searching for hours to see what kind of upgrade I can do with my processor. I just ordered replacement memory so I can go to 8GB instead of 3GB and now want to see what is available for my ...
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Can't boot to Windows 7 after uninstalling and removing Linux partitions

I have a class in college for System Administration. I partitioned the disk so I could put Fedora onto my computer and dual boot it. It was working fine until I ran out of space in the partition for ...
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Connecting my Toshiba L655 Laptop to LCD TV with only VGA?

I read through the specs and looked at my laptop. I dont think it has a HDMI port. So I guess I am left with VGA port to connect to LCD TV. I need to know is it possible to connect my laptop to HDMI ...
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Toshiba Satellite A300 won't boot, how to diagnose?

I have a Toshiba Satellite A300 19P, It was working normally a week ago, today it just won't boot. After the initial Toshiba boot logo, I get a black screen and nothing happens, I hear the computer ...
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Toshiba - ATI graphic card update with ATI driver

I have Toshiba A200 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 graphic card. I need to work OpenGL 3.0 or above versions. ATI released a driver which runs OpenGL 3.1 with my graphic card. However when I tried to ...
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How to install XP Pro drivers from USB (no floppy)

I'm trying to install XP Pro SP2 on a laptop but it says the drive is not detected (it's SATA). How can I install the SATA drivers without a floppy disk? Ideally I would like to use a USB drive. The ...
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Keyboard and mouse only work on 1st, 3rd, 5th etc startup. Most bizzare situation I've ever seen

On a brand new installation of win 7 x64, the system fails to recognize mouse and keyboard after every second boot up. This is very odd. I am thinking that something has to do with bios or something. ...
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Toshiba notebook hangs and freezes on AC power [closed]

Possible Duplicate: toshiba a200 laptop hangs/freezes when plugged in I own a Toshiba Satellite DynaBook A200, model 0EN02F. It hangs and freezes. The colors are going crazy with crackling ...
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Toshiba Qosmio and UEFI [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How to know if my BIOS supports UEFI? I have a Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q888 and I was wondering if there was a way to have UEFI installed on it?
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Tecra A10 BIOS Supervisor User

I've set a supervisor password on a Tecra A10 laptop, but now I can't choose the boot device or enter the BIOS as supervisor. I do know the supervisor password however I don't get the prompt to enter ...
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Toshiba Satellite won't boot up

My Toshiba Satellite laptop battery died a few months ago. However, I've been able to use the device as long as it's plugged into to the power cord. But over the last few days the computer won't boot ...
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I cannot enter text into the “search programs and files” box on the start menu

I've just gotten a new computer with Windows 7 (same as the last computer - I'm generally familiar with it). Since I've gotten it, I have only rarely been able to type into the search box on the start ...
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Laptop Hard Disk Problem (Not Detecting)

I have a problem with my Acer Aspire One D255. It fell off like from 1 feet above ground 2 days. Since then the hard disk is not being detected in the BIOS. I opened the netbook and removed it and re ...
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Can Windows 7 be installed on a Toshiba Netbook that says “Designed for Windows XP”?

My friend bought a Toshiba netbook more than an year ago. The netbook came with an XP install on single partition. It also has a tag/sticker saying "Designed for Windows XP". The machine has a 1 GB ...
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Extended Desktop causes Intel Graphics control panel to crash on Toshiba Portege R500-S5008X

I am using a Toshiba Portege R500-S5008X with Windows XP SP3 and a Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset graphics accelerator, running driver 6.14.10.4926. I can use an external monitor or Dual Display ...
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Windows 7 Recovery

One day my computer was working fine and the next it won't boot properly. System Specs: Toshiba Satellite T235D-S1345RD (Laptop), Windows 7 x64, BIOS 1.7, 4GB RAM I have gotten the computer booted ...
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High pitched whine when laptop plugged in

My relatively new Toshiba Portege r705 laptop (running Linux) has started making a high-pitched whine when plugged in. The sound is usually only noticeable when the laptop is in use and the battery is ...
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Toshiba Laptop Battery Charger [closed]

I have a Toshiba laptop (Satellite M115S3114). The charger details are as below - Model - SADP75PB A Input - 100-240V ~ 1.5A 50-60Hz Output - 15V---- 5A This charger has now become faulty. And, ...
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Toshiba External HDD Drive not recognized on windows 7

I have a Toshiba STOR.E ART, 3.5" and a Dell XPS l702x. Now the problem is I just got the laptop and now my HDD doesn't get recognized on the machine. All my USB drivers are correctly installed and ...
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I have a Toshiba Satellite ES5018 in which the battery meter disappeared

Have Toshiba Satellite ES5018 on which the battery meter disappeared and I can't figure out how to get it back on
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How do I use my 'volume control' buttons which are located on the same buttons as the 4 and 5? I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop/notebook

Yeah, just wondering how to use the volume control, I've tried holding down the shift button but that just gives me the dollar sign or the percentage sign, I'm not sure what else to do... Please ...

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