Comments on: Toshiba Satellite M35X. How to fix most common laptop problems. http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/ Help and support for Toshiba laptops. Disassembly instructions, tips and tricks. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:41:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: TERRY http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-170687 TERRY Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:00:39 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-170687 Working on a Toshiba Satellite M35X S161. I beleave it has the wrong Bios in it and can't find an upto date Bios. It has Bios 2.31 all i can find is 2.00. Can someone help me please? Working on a Toshiba Satellite M35X S161.
I beleave it has the wrong Bios in it and can’t find an upto date Bios.
It has Bios 2.31 all i can find is 2.00.
Can someone help me please?

]]> By: BJ http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-168070 BJ Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:58:41 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-168070 Hello, I have a toshiba satellite pro A300 which can boot when on battery but cannot boot when on DC power jack instead the power and battery lights are on then go off when i switch on power. I have tried the ' remove battery, 30/45 secs power down- even when upside down,insert power cable without batt. Etc' Tried all these please assist Hello, I have a toshiba satellite pro A300 which can boot when on battery but cannot boot when on DC power jack instead the power and battery lights are on then go off when i switch on power. I have tried the ‘ remove battery, 30/45 secs power down- even when upside down,insert power cable without batt.
Etc’
Tried all these please assist

]]> By: Rehal http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-163179 Rehal Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:09:14 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-163179 hello, i'm using toshiba satellite L40, and i am facing power issues.the problem is when i put off and again on my laptop powers on or else it never starts.the same thing happens when i try to use it without battery i mean with the charger adapter.once i switch off my laptop from windows it never powers on again unless i put off my adapter jack off and on again...hope u understood my problem..thank you... hello, i’m using toshiba satellite L40, and i am facing power issues.the problem is when i put off and again on my laptop powers on or else it never starts.the same thing happens when i try to use it without battery i mean with the charger adapter.once i switch off my laptop from windows it never powers on again unless i put off my adapter jack off and on again…hope u understood my problem..thank you…

]]> By: cj2600 http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-162786 cj2600 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:58:45 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-162786 Murthy, <blockquote>I have a 5 year old Toshiba Satellitte M35-S329 laptop and the DC inject is broken. It does not charge and the battery is les than a year old. The charging cord is also new. When i leave it to charge, the light flickers and it barely charges. I was told that the problem is with the DC jack and the entire Motherboard and DC jack needs to be replaced for $250-300 plus labor. The reason I was told was that the motherboard is attached to the DC jack in these models. I can find a DC jack for this model on ebay for less than $10. Besides labor cost, is it necessary to buy a motherboard also?</blockquote> Nope, it's not necessary to replace the motherboard. You can replace just the DC jack. You can follow this guide: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/12/06/dc-power-jack-repair-guide/ Good luck! Murthy,

I have a 5 year old Toshiba Satellitte M35-S329 laptop and the DC inject is broken. It does not charge and the battery is les than a year old. The charging cord is also new. When i leave it to charge, the light flickers and it barely charges. I was told that the problem is with the DC jack and the entire Motherboard and DC jack needs to be replaced for $250-300 plus labor. The reason I was told was that the motherboard is attached to the DC jack in these models.
I can find a DC jack for this model on ebay for less than $10. Besides labor cost, is it necessary to buy a motherboard also?

Nope, it’s not necessary to replace the motherboard.
You can replace just the DC jack. You can follow this guide: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/12/06/dc-power-jack-repair-guide/
Good luck!

]]> By: Murphy http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-154961 Murphy Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:11:23 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-154961 I have a 5 year old Toshiba Satellitte M35-S329 laptop and the DC inject is broken. It does not charge and the battery is les than a year old. The charging cord is also new. When i leave it to charge, the light flickers and it barely charges. I was told that the problem is with the DC jack and the entire Motherboard and DC jack needs to be replaced for $250-300 plus labor. The reason I was told was that the motherboard is attached to the DC jack in these models. I can find a DC jack for this model on ebay for less than $10. Besides labor cost, is it necessary to buy a motherboard also? Please advise I have a 5 year old Toshiba Satellitte M35-S329 laptop and the DC inject is broken. It does not charge and the battery is les than a year old. The charging cord is also new. When i leave it to charge, the light flickers and it barely charges. I was told that the problem is with the DC jack and the entire Motherboard and DC jack needs to be replaced for $250-300 plus labor. The reason I was told was that the motherboard is attached to the DC jack in these models.
I can find a DC jack for this model on ebay for less than $10. Besides labor cost, is it necessary to buy a motherboard also?
Please advise

]]> By: TacoMagic http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-141479 TacoMagic Tue, 25 May 2010 19:13:54 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-141479 I have an M35x-S149 that I've been battling with for the better part of a year now. Originally it was my mother's laptop and after a while it would spontaneously freeze up. No error messages in Windows at all. Then once the DC-Jack broke free of the board, she gave it to me and never wanted to see it again. After fixing the jack I found that it would still have these freezing issues. I couldn't even get all the way through an OS installation without it freezing (I literally spent a week trying to install ANY OS on it, only to have the thing freeze up EVERY time). Frustratingly I could do any CPU, Ram, or HDD test I wanted to and nothing would freeze it for single component testing. I let Memcheck run for 48 hours straight with no issues. It appeared that whatever was causing the problems was happening when the system was using multiple systems (IE high power drain). Hearing about the grounding issues, I brought it to my static bench at my workplace and THOROUGHLY grounded it (Soldered wires on every offending piece and put in fresh grounding foil everywhere that needed it). Booted it up and tried to install redhat on it. It promptly froze barely 10% into the installation. I tried again with Windows xp, again it froze. On a whim I pulled the battery and tried again with windows xp. Installed perfectly. Thinking I had gotten lucky, I worked on the laptop for a few hours (Installed drivers, software, etc) still no freeze. From here I decided to do a GPU stress test (since this tends to be the most power intensive operation). I let it run for an hour, no freeze. At this point I shut down the system and put the battery back in. I disconnected it from mains power and turned it on. It booted into windows, sat there for about 30 seconds, then rebooted. I let the system do this about 4 times before I was convinced I had the problem sussed. In my case either the battery or the battery power circuit is bad. Having the battery and mains connected at the same time was causing the freezing when the computer drew high load. It'll also freeze up if I pop in the battery while it's running. If anyone else is having freezing problems, I highly recommend pulling the battery and seeing if the system starts to work again. From here I'm going to try to purchase a cheap replacement battery (Used, 3rd party, etc) and see if I can narrow down my actual point of failure. If I get a solid conclusion I'll share it. I have an M35x-S149 that I’ve been battling with for the better part of a year now. Originally it was my mother’s laptop and after a while it would spontaneously freeze up. No error messages in Windows at all. Then once the DC-Jack broke free of the board, she gave it to me and never wanted to see it again. After fixing the jack I found that it would still have these freezing issues. I couldn’t even get all the way through an OS installation without it freezing (I literally spent a week trying to install ANY OS on it, only to have the thing freeze up EVERY time). Frustratingly I could do any CPU, Ram, or HDD test I wanted to and nothing would freeze it for single component testing. I let Memcheck run for 48 hours straight with no issues. It appeared that whatever was causing the problems was happening when the system was using multiple systems (IE high power drain).

Hearing about the grounding issues, I brought it to my static bench at my workplace and THOROUGHLY grounded it (Soldered wires on every offending piece and put in fresh grounding foil everywhere that needed it). Booted it up and tried to install redhat on it. It promptly froze barely 10% into the installation. I tried again with Windows xp, again it froze. On a whim I pulled the battery and tried again with windows xp. Installed perfectly. Thinking I had gotten lucky, I worked on the laptop for a few hours (Installed drivers, software, etc) still no freeze. From here I decided to do a GPU stress test (since this tends to be the most power intensive operation). I let it run for an hour, no freeze.

At this point I shut down the system and put the battery back in. I disconnected it from mains power and turned it on. It booted into windows, sat there for about 30 seconds, then rebooted. I let the system do this about 4 times before I was convinced I had the problem sussed.

In my case either the battery or the battery power circuit is bad. Having the battery and mains connected at the same time was causing the freezing when the computer drew high load. It’ll also freeze up if I pop in the battery while it’s running. If anyone else is having freezing problems, I highly recommend pulling the battery and seeing if the system starts to work again.

From here I’m going to try to purchase a cheap replacement battery (Used, 3rd party, etc) and see if I can narrow down my actual point of failure. If I get a solid conclusion I’ll share it.

]]> By: danny http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-128952 danny Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:01:45 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-128952 i want to expand my memory (ram) to more than 526 mg, because when am working with auto cad it gets slowing down and a message "losing virtual memory" appears. how do i know if there's available slot for memory without opening the back of my toshiba satelite m30's back. thankyou i want to expand my memory (ram) to more than 526 mg, because when am working with auto cad it gets slowing down and a message “losing virtual memory” appears. how do i know if there’s available slot for memory without opening the back of my toshiba satelite m30’s back. thankyou

]]> By: josh http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-128774 josh Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:14:18 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-128774 sry i meant to add MY DAD has a toshiba sattelite and when sry i meant to add MY DAD has a toshiba sattelite and when

]]> By: josh http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-128773 josh Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:13:32 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-128773 when he turns it on..it doesnt go to boot sequence, he has to shut it off and turn it on multiple times to get it to turn on..what the hell is wrong? i thought it was the cd drive because he had it out of it for a while but he put it back in and it still does it, his laptop is a Toshiba satellite with windows vista home premium...and i might think its the cmos battery. when he turns it on..it doesnt go to boot sequence, he has to shut it off and turn it on multiple times to get it to turn on..what the hell is wrong? i thought it was the cd drive because he had it out of it for a while but he put it back in and it still does it, his laptop is a Toshiba satellite with windows vista home premium…and i might think its the cmos battery.

]]> By: Ted Thompson http://www.laptopka.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/comment-page-7/#comment-124986 Ted Thompson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:17:52 +0000 http://www.toshiba-notebook-help.com/2006/04/04/fix-most-common-problems/#comment-124986 Great guide! De-mystifies the items that need to be pryed apart >:( (boo for all manufacturers that do this) However the formating leaves a bit to be desired, I can't keep this on the screen while I work since I only have the one computer, and when I tried to print I get all the extrainious stuff around the edges of the webpage and some things fon't fit well. A "Printer Friendly" version would make it complete. Still, thank you for posting the info, now I can clean the crud out of this thing and maybe find out why the left 40% of my screen has a white cast to it (low contrast). Great guide! De-mystifies the items that need to be pryed apart >:( (boo for all manufacturers that do this)

However the formating leaves a bit to be desired, I can’t keep this on the screen while I work since I only have the one computer, and when I tried to print I get all the extrainious stuff around the edges of the webpage and some things fon’t fit well.

A “Printer Friendly” version would make it complete.

Still, thank you for posting the info, now I can clean the crud out of this thing and maybe find out why the left 40% of my screen has a white cast to it (low contrast).

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