Comments on: Toshiba Satellite Pro M10 and M15 instructions

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:10:09 +0000

I have the same problem with my Toshiba Satellite Pro M15-S405. I think there is a Bios or Boot password that says Password=! Can anyone help? I really need this laptop right now going to school and all…..Thnx

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:04:24 +0000

Martin,

Thank you for your excellent disassemble guide for the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10. I need to replace the cooling fan. Is there a possibility to do so after step 3 or do I have to disassemble everything to get to it from the ‘keyboard side’ (step 22)?

Unfortunately not. You’ll have to go through all steps and remove the top cover assembly.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:07:42 +0000

Thank you for your excellent disassemble guide for the Toshiba Satellite Pro M10. I need to replace the cooling fan. Is there a possibility to do so after step 3 or do I have to disassemble everything to get to it from the ‘keyboard side’ (step 22)?
Thanks in advance.
Martin

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:16:29 +0000

roy,

i have a toshiba satellite m15 -s3144 and its asking me for a hdd password what should I do?

You’ll have to take the laptop to the authorized center. A certified technician has to call Toshiba and get the special code to unlock the laptop. That’s the only way with Satellite M10/M15 laptops. There is no jumpers on the motherboard.
Or you can replace the motherboard.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Sun, 03 May 2009 08:38:21 +0000

roy,

i have a toshiba satellite m15 -s3144 and its asking me for a hdd password what should I do?

You cannot recover the hard drive password. If the hard drive password is lost you’ll have to replace the drive with a new one and reinstall software from the recovery disc.

By: roy

roy — Sun, 03 May 2009 03:00:48 +0000

i have a toshiba satellite m15 -s3144 and its asking me for a hdd password what should I do?

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:05:03 +0000

Cerber,

Is there a way to upgrade to USB2.0 from 1.1 on the M10?

You cannot upgrade internal USB ports but you can buy and external PCMCIA card with USB 2.0 ports on it.

what about upgrading from b to g on the wireless card?

I think it's possible. You'll have to purchase a new internal Wi-Fi card which supports b and g. Read this article: Installing internal wireless card into an older laptop

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:59:44 +0000

Mike Gates,

I have Toshiba M15 and when I first power it up it ask for a password, I happen to know it and enter it and it boots up & runs fine. I just want to remove the password on start up, I have tried to open the unit and pull the CMOS battery,then plug it back in same problem

Turn on the laptop and enter the BIOS setup menu. You can clear the BIOS password in the BIOS menu.

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:57:51 +0000

Bazz,

I cannot turn on my m10 laptop. Weird as it was working fine. When I conect the power lead to the laptop the ‘green’ led is on. Now when I turn on the laptop, the same led turn ‘amber’ and flashes The only way to stop the flashing is to disconect the power supply, and battery.

The power LED flashing “amber” usually indicates some kind of power problem on the motherboard.

By: Bazz

Bazz — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:35:42 +0000

Help! I cannot turn on my m10 laptop. Weird as it was working fine.
When I conect the power lead to the laptop the ‘green’ led is on.
Now when I turn on the laptop, the same led turn ‘amber’ and flashes
The only way to stop the flashing is to disconect the power supply,
and battery. I have tried all combination(battery in/out, power in/out).

Any help will be most appreciated. Thankyou