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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
Can I use a toshiba 19v 3.95 amps adapter in my toshiba 19v 3.42 amp laptop
can it cause any illeffect please answer
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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]
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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]
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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...
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Toshiba Portege M400 screen rotation not working under Windows 7 x64
I have installed Windows 7 on my Toshiba Portege M400. This in itself was relatively tricky.*
However, the button utilities aren't quite working for me. One of the buttons tries to launch the ...
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Upgrade caused webcam to malfunction
I have a 3 year old Toshiba Satellite A305-S6857 an it came pre-installed with Windows Vista. (Quite the bummer I know). However through school I was able to upgrade my OS to Windows 7. In the process ...
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Computer failed to restore itself to factory condition; now won't do anything
I recently tried to restore my computer to factory condition because it was freezing up periodically and after waiting for about an hour or two for it to "finish", I'm informed that it failed. It then ...
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Brand new Toshiba Satellite freezes faster than a 98 in a glacier
I just got a brand spankin' new Toshiba Satellite L675 a few days ago after my defective dv9K got the inevitable BSOD that would've costed more to fix than this cheap computer I bought; although I see ...
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How do I detect bogus security alerts?
I've got a laptop from Toshiba, that came with or acquired a PC checker called "Toshiba laptop checker" or something like that. I also run MS Security Essentials on it.
MSSE scans reveal no threats ...
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Laptop will not properly go to sleep or wake up from sleep mode
I have a Toshiba A505 laptop with Windows 7 SP1 and Nvidia Geforce 310M with driver version 266.58.
The issue I am having is that the laptop doesn't always properly go to sleep or properly wake from ...
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Ubuntu: ALERT! /dev/mapper/localhost-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
I'm currently using Ubuntu Maverick, and whenever I try to use a kernel newer than 2.6.32-21, I get this message:
ALERT! /dev/mapper/localhost-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
Does ...
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How do I know what hard drives I can buy to upgrade my laptop
So here's the deal: It so happens that I need to reformat my computer (Toshiba Satellite L305), to install windows and then install ubuntu. I figure I should also upgrade my hard drive, since 160GBs ...
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Can I update my Toshiba laptop graphics drivers?
My Toshiba laptop (a Satellite A300) came installed with version 8.48 of the ATI Display Drivers (M82XT, M86). It has a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 video card.
I tried downloading the latest ...
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How can I repair a Windows 7 bootloader without a Windows 7 disk?
My boss's laptop is unable to boot. He told me it had hard crashed so he removed the battery. After inserting the battery again and turning on the machine it gets past POST ("The Toshiba Screen") but ...
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Where can I find drivers for my new Toshiba L665 laptop?
I just bought a Toshiba L665 laptop and I can't find the drivers anywhere online. Where can I find the toshiba driver repo and find what I need for this specific model?
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Bypass BIOS password set by faulty Toshiba firmware on Satellite A55-S1065 laptop?
I want to rescue this 7 year old laptop that has been crippled by a glitch in its BIOS:
'A "Password =" prompt may be displayed when the computer is turned on, even though no power-on password has ...
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weird problem with toshibA A665… keyboArd is crAzy.. help
I just got a brand new Toshiba Satellite A665
There are two weird problems
My left-shift key types the letter A
And my letter A key is always in caps.
I can actually type an A by hitting capslock ...
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AC power on my laptop freezes
AC power on my laptop Toshiba satellite freezes and I have to forcibly off it by computer power button. and to start it on battery power now, Windows Vista will recommended start with repair option.
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Toshiba U500/U500D touchpad drivers
The ALPS touchpad on my Toshiba U500/U500D is not functioning correctly. I have tried and failed to find a driver for the device which is compatible with Windows 7. Does anyone know where to find one?
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