20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite Pro L300-EZ1005X Notebook PC Questions & Answers

Can you be a bit more clear? I don't understand the question.

I have had this problem several times with other Toshiba notebooks to the extent I almost cringe when anouther person tells me they are once again having the same problem. Hopefully, the following steps I give you will correct your problem... if not, your mobo may be damaged.

There are 2 levels of checking I want you to go through in order to try and fix this. The first is a minimally invasive procedure which wont require significant intrusion into the chassis. The latter will require a more involved dismantle of the laptop for troubleshooting . . . but first:

Rule out the obvious and maybe make it all better in a couple of easy key strokes >>>>
Please don't be offended or insulted by this first, very rudimentary check. I am sure you have already checked this,but just in case, this very simple next check could mean the difference between enduring 30 seconds of embarrasment and 300.00 for a new laptop because something got hosed when you cracked open the chassis unnecessarily trying to fix a sneaky,common issue. Try starting the computer and as it turns on, simultaneously press the “Fn” key and whichever numeric key also shows a monitor image and the text: LCD/CRT. This is a key combo switch that tells your computer to route the display output to an external monitor instead of the laptop panel. There are 3 possibilities – LCD (laptop screen) Only --- LCD and CRT (external monitor) Simultaneously – and CRT -(external monitor) Only. Try pressing the FN and numeric key combo a couple of times in succession immediately when the Toshiba Splash Screen appears – this is generated by the system BIOS and just because you see the splash screen only means that the laptop may be still set to output to an external display device only and just has not executed that instruction yet. I would also attach an external monitor to the laptop and try to boot.... if the display appears on the external, or if hitting the key combo causes the laptop LCD to come back on, then stop, grab yourself an ice cold Rolling Rock Beer (or Coke if you are not 21) and celebrate a simple easy conclusion to another laptop Maalox while pondering the exact phrases of praise and admiration you will be sending to Fix-Ya about me later from your restored lap-top. :-) If still no display.... take a deep breath and lets try the following procedures in the following post (too much text for a single post sorry)

no way to genrate bios pw, you need to contact nearest toshiba service center

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Do you have the belkin configured for wireless? Do other laptops in the house pick up the belkin? Did you have the wireless switch on the laptop turned on?Maybe you don't have your wireless turned on. Look onboth sides and in front for the Wireless Switch and turn it on.Also once the wireless switch is turned on there are keystrokes that can togglethe wireless on or off. Normally you would Press and Hold the FN functionkey located at the lower left of the keyboard, then hit the correct F1 thru F12key that toggles the wireless. The correct F1 thru F12 key to hit willhave the wireless signal icon )))) on it. Or it might have the icon of a towerwith the wireless signal icon )))). Normally the screen will displayWireless On or Wireless Off when you toggle the wireless.

Good Luck finding one

If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7, Insert your installation DVD and select Start-up Repair from the options. If Windows completes a check of the startup problems and is unable to fix the problem - follow the procedures located at this support link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392 or go to "Suggestion 1" - If Start-up repair fixes the issue, HOORAY! you should be able to boot up without a problem when you restart the system. Performing a system restore usually will not help repair or reverse a corrupted boot sector.
CANT FIND YOUR WINDOWS INSTALLATION DVD???? Don't sweat it... if you or anyone you know have a legitimate copy of Windows Vista or Windows 7 running on one of their systems - you can make a repair disk on their system and use it on your own. The menu for how to do this is located in Control Panel under Back Up and Restore --- Create a System Repair Disk.
Suggestion 1 - Download a Live CD or Live USB Version of Knoppix or GParted . download the latest version of Gparted here: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php and full documentation here: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php These are Linux Operating Systems which install into memory and boot from your CDROM drive or USB thumb drive completely bypassing your native operating system and hard disk drive. Each of these operating systems uses a familiar interface and install with a complete set of features to enable internet access, diagnostics & troubleshooting tools, media creation and burning tools, back-up and drive image tools, in addition to disk utilities, usb utilities, system profilers, file viewers etc.
Why is this useful? If you have critical data on your laptop you do not want to lose, these operating systems will not only provide you diagnostic and repair tools, but allow you to retrieve your critical and important information from your Windows installation and save it to another USB drive or DVD/CDROM Disk . . . or even a cloud storage location. Because the error you are reporting indicates an possible issue with your computers boot sector which is preventing it from starting up, this could be due to damage or major failure of your hard driver
Use GParted's Disk Diagnostic Smart tools to detect HDD failures. You can use the partition editor to repair or reformat the boot sector once you have backed up and saved to a new location any data you wished to preserve. You can also use GParted as a temporary Operating System even if your hard drive is dead or missing. You just set your laptop system settings (BIOS) to boot from the DVD/CDROM if bootable media is present. You can use a USB flash drive to save settings, download and install additional packages such as Open Office or save system and error reports. Remember GParted loads completely into your systems memory and uses very little resources. This means one it loads up, your CD/DVD ROM drive is free to use for saving files or installing other programs. If it will be awhile before you can get a new Hard Drive for your laptop, GParted will allow you to continue to use your laptop and all of its features to stay productive until you can have a new Hard Disk installed.
Suggestion 2 There are several other boot sector rescue tools out there which can diagnose and fix the boot sector issue if it is not due to catastrophic disk failure. My personal favorite is ACRONIS DISK DIRECTOR SUITE and you can download a trial version from their web site http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/. You will need to create their bootable rescue CD on a working computer, then use it to boot your Toshiba just like mentioned above for GParted or the Windows Installation Disk. Acronis will allow you to restore or repair partitions and boot sectors. Another handy feature is the Acronis OS selector which allows you to have multiple Operating Systems on your Computer and a menu to choose which one you wish to boot into at each start-up. I recommend Acronis Disk Director, their products are comprehensive at any experience level, well supported, reasonably priced and highly useful.
ACTIVE BOOT DISK provides a decent solution as well http://www.ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm. Again, you will need to create their Bootable System Rescue CD on a working computer to use on your Toshiba. Follow the instructions provided by Active Boot Disk for your particular error or issue.
Other Free Boot Sector Repair Softwares:
EASUS FIX BOOT for Win XP http://www.ptdd.com/fixboot.htm
Or if you have Win 7 & Vista use FREE DATA RECOVERY WIZARD http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm )
If all else fails, there should be a way to restore your system using built in recover tools on a separate partition set-up by Toshiba. Consult their web site or your laptop user manual for instructions.
HOPE THIS HELPS FIXYA! If resuming a state of personal computing Zen was made possible by one of the options of suggestions I offered here, won't you please show some love and rate the solution or even supply us with a testimonial? We love knowing when our geek-speak makes someone elses life a little bit easier:-)
- Colt Baldwin, FixYa Guru

Set BIOS defaults

1. Press the [F1] key.**** Bad RTC battery ****
   **** Bad Checksum (CMOS) ****
   Check system, then press [F1] key
   
2. In the BIOS setup screen press the [Home] key to restore the default values, then press the [End] key to save and exit, then the [Y] key to confirm and restart the system.

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Normal 0 When the computer cannot detect the hard disk or a boot disk then you get this error message. Please click on this link to determine the fault and solution to this problem :-
http://www.fixya.com/support/r6244569-no_bootable_device

contact www.Toshiba.com and look up your local support for service for your country.

Download the image file from here:
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/
...burn it to disc and boot the computer with it.  That should give your friend the windows passwords.

it would have helpful if u would have written the error message. no problem try uninstalling office2007 restart pc then re-install again it will sort out

Put the original restore CD into the drive and restart the computer. It will then go into a "restore mode" and allow you to erase everything and start it over like it was brand new again. If you don't have the restor CD then you could use any copy of a Windows Operating System (XP, VISTA, 7) to reset it all

Are you wanting to restore your laptop to an earlier time, if so insert the "backup" disc from Toshiba and follow commands to restore to earlier time, If the disc does not boot upon startup, go into Bios and re-arrange boot sequence to boot CD first.

There is a board called an inverter behind the screen besel. The inverter is like a balast in a flouresent light. The inverter supplies the power to light the screen.

Some machines have a recovery partition installed on them to start this as the machine is starting up hold down alt and then tap F10 and it will start the recovery partition.

If that does not start one however you will need to use the recovery disc that came with the machine or you made when you first bought the machine. If you do not have one you can call Toshiba and request one to be sent to you. They are required to send you one if it is requested.

Try my steps and let me know about it:----------- Hope they will help you: 
1. Copy all your files and documents to an external storage device.
2. Shut down the computer.
3. Turn the PC back on and hit the F8 key repeatedly until the Advanced Boot Option Screen appears.
4. Click "Repair Your Computer" if you are not already on it and then press ENTER
5. choose your country and click OK
6. On the "System Recovery Options Screen" click "Restore Application" which is the last option.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions
8. When prompted, click on "Full Factory Recovery"
9. "Next"
10. Click "Yes"
11. you will notice for a while it seems like nothing is happening, give it some time.
12. After some minutes, recovery will complete and you click "Finish"

Hi,

Please go in control panel, "Languages" then go and change keyboard layout