20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite A305-S6908 Laptop Questions & Answers

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You can download the wireless and device drivers for your model laptop from the Toshiba WEB site from their download page. Make sure you enter the model of your laptop so you can get the correct drivers. Please click on this link: - http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp

You don't say whether you are trying to connect via an ethernet cable, or via a wireless connection.
Try the following in order: Some of these may seem obvious, but it helps eliminate the more simple problems first: (general guidance, as I'm not sure which windows version you are working with. Did you upgrade from Vista to Win 7?)

Assume you have enabled the network on the laptop FN + number key or physical switch?

• Check if you have the Ethernet and wireless drivers for this laptop first from the Toshiba support site and install them
• In Control panel / device manager, see that the network devices for wireless and Ethernet Lan are appearing and have no warning mark next to them. If they have, you need to check what the problem is by clicking on the device shown and following the instructions given (repost your findings if you need more help)
  
• See if you can connect to the internet using the ethernet lan connection cable (direct wired connection). If it does this ok, the problem lies with the wireless connection.
• Assuming the wireless card in the laptop is present and is functioning, the next step is to check the router settings. Using the supplied CD that came with the router, or clicking on the router symbol in control panel / network and open the wireless security settings page, reset the wireless password and make a note of it. Save settings. When setting security, choose 128 bit security for more safety.
  
• See if the laptop now picks up the network and when prompted enter the password you just created. If this works you are finished.
• If it still does not work, try disabling Windows Firewall ( a common problem) and see if that then allows for connection.
• If it STILL fails to work, try the laptop on a friends network. If it connects then, the problem is with your router. If it does not work, you have a failing wireless card in the laptop.

To confirm this, obtain a USB network dongle and test it on your laptop with your own network. You can get a replacement card off the likes off eBay and this is not difficult to fit.

If it won't let you go to safe mode,then there's something that the BIOS(setup) or Boot Manager needs before starting the operating system(Windows Vista). You should have a Toshiba Recovery Disk which will fix this . The disk will not touch any of your current files and data,so don't worry about that.

If you browse www.toshiba.com and download the lates drivers, check the WiFi driver is loaded correctly and if it still doesn't work, replace the little WiFi board. There are often boards for sale on ebay from very little in cost.
Hope that helps.

The recovery partition has been deleted somehow. You cannot create a recovery cd on that machine.
Sorry.
P.S. That partition isn't hidden...many think it is.
Again...sorry. Hate to be the bearer of bad news.
Good luck
P.S. You might consider using a program like Clonezilla to make a copy of your drive. Or do a fresh install.

hi ya when starting your computer hold down the f8 key this should bring up a start up menu one of the options will be repair start up problems try this option alternatively start up in safe mode and uni stall the offending program
hope this helps

Remove battery pack, press and hold power button for 5 seconds, put back on and restart.

does that light has the wireless icon as well? if it does then you don't need to use the Function to turn your wireless on when that light in lit up... having it lit means the wireless is on...

hi,
he best way to see if its a bad power inverter board to the back light or if its the backlight "bulbs" is to shine a flashlight on the screen with the computer running.

If you can now see the text on the LCD then its a "back light" problem, the power inverter or the bulbs.

If you can not see any text its not the inverter or bulb. Try hooking your laptop to a external monitor. If the montior works that means your video card is good and that you more than likly have a failed LCD.

replacing the Inverter and entire LCD is normaly a pretty easy task.

1. Bad inverter
2. bad backlight
3. bad connection
4. all together bad LCD

None of those problems are expensive to repair.


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Go to this link & I'm sure it will help you.. :-)
http://www.laptops-drivers.com

You can go into your control panel and set your own settings for how you want your laptop to react when shutting down and so on.
Driver Detective is a good source to get updated drivers.
If you did a complete reinstall, you should do a long format when reloading, otherwise if you have a virus it may still be on your machine.
If you cant resove your issue, and you think you might have a virus, you can email me and I can walk you through it.l

The product key is associated with the MS Office 2013 software, not the specific MS Windows version of Operating System - unless the MS Office lists a minimum version of OS ie: "Windows 8.0" In this case, it would not install on Windows 7. Otherwise, you should be able to install it on Windows 7, Windows 8, or later.

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In BIOS, I made Pointing Device Enable and It has been done.

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