20 Most Recent Toshiba Satellite A100-S8111TD Notebook - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Hello,There are three possible reasons why it's acting like that.1. Defective AC Adapter or Power cord2. Defective Motherboard3. Defective BatteryFirst off, you need to isolate the part which causing the issue. Please follow the following steps:1. Remove the battery and use the power cord alone in powering up your computer. If it goes well, then you need to replace the battery. If no go, then try using a different known good outlet.2. Check the AC Adapter (the box) if there's a light lit. If it's green, then it's should be working fine. If it's amber or nothing at all, then there's a problem with it. You might need to replace that.3. If the AC ADapter looks good, then try to wiggle the cord so that you can check if the cord is properly connected to the computer. Usually, cords get loose and it causes problems. If it has this kind of problem, then you need to get a technician to check that for you because you might need to buy a new motherboard for that.Please do the above simple steps, and let me know if anything happens. I hope this can solve the issue.

have you tried the steps listed at the microsoft website?: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215

Volume can be adjusted in tray notification area. Open the Control Panel, sounds, OR Open Device Manager, sounds. enable or update driver.

right click on the image you want to save, go to save, and rename the file/choose destination.

first try turning off using the power button to stop the restart if not already, if you have done that keep press F8 while it's booting and you will get into safe mode, choose, either start windows in safe mode or better vga mode if the option is there and when in windows uninstall the last two programmes you installed. If the system does not allow that, turn back off and then pressing F8 again on boot up choose when in the menu Last known good configuration and the pc should then restart with the last good settings.

You can re-set your wireless access point by pushing and holding the re-set button for a few seconds. That will set your wireless to default settings. You can reset your wireless security and password key code.

If your laptop won't turn on, you could have any number of problems.

The problem might be a genuine power issue derived from either battery failure or simply a loose AC adapter.

Conversely, it may only appear to be a power failure, and the problem may lie with another component.

Errors in brightness settings and LCD display malfunctions can both make a laptop appear to be powered off, and all these problems will need to be corrected.

Look at the battery indicator light on your computer. Is it on?

If so, check your brightness settings.

If your laptop appears that it is not on, it may in actuality have lowered brightness settings.

If the brightness setting is at its lowest setting, the laptop screen will be completely dark, and the laptop will appear to be powered off, even though it is not.

Try cranking up the brightness settings.

Check your AC power adapter.

Is it snugly plugged into the wall or surge protector? Make sure the connection is made and it

is not loose.

Also, try connecting the power adapter into a different wall outlet.

Check the status of your laptop battery by considering how long you have had the same battery.

Most modern batteries are only good for about 1,000 full charges.

After that point, the battery can and eventually will greatly deteriorate.

Replace your battery if necessary.

Replace your battery by powering off your laptop and then flipping it over and locating the battery cover outline, which will be near the bottom back of your laptop.

Remove any screws with a Phillips screwdriver and pop off the battery cover.

Slide out the old battery. Put in the new battery by sliding it in until it clicks, and then replace the cover.

Consider replacing your laptop monitor.

Your laptop may power on, but if the monitor display does not work, it will appear to be off and you will not be able to operate the machine.

Check to see if your current LCD display works by plugging your laptop up to an external monitor using a VGA cable.

If the external monitor displays your computer contents, your computer motherboard and underlying systems are still working, but your display will need to be replaced.

Replace an LCD display by removing the screws around the bezel of your current display with a Phillips screwdriver.

Pop off the bezel carefully and remove it.

Then, locate the screws on the two metal brackets beneath the bezel and on either side of the display, and remove these too.

Disconnect the inverter cable, which is plugged into the inverter.

The inverter is located just beneath the display, at the bottom-center of the laptop.

Then, pull back and slide out the old display, and replace it with the new.

Put the metal bracket screws back in place, reconnect the inverter cable, and then pop the bezel in place.

Replace the bezel screws.

Your Drive : CD-RW/DVD-ROM COMBO DRIVEThis CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive is designed to read DVD-ROM discs as well as CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-RAM discs

Hi,
try these steps, 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"

let me know if it helps you.

press the ctrl+alt+down arrow key .you will get your original screen back
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Computer does not boot up The problem maybe the RAM, it is faulty or just needs reseating to make proper electrical contact. Reseat the RAM and then boot up your laptop. If it still does not boot up then remove the RAM module/s and take them to your friendly computer repair shop and get them to test the RAM for you. Just like you sometimes need a mechanic to repair your car, sometimes you do need a technician to diagnose and identify the fault or faults on your computer. Not only does a good service technican have the experience to deal with this type of problem, they also have the equipment that allows them to look at things the average computer user can't see, and he has a collection of replacement parts that can be used to quickly test individual components on your computer.

If you're using Vista, go into Recovery mode (or Startup Repair). In the options you'll have Factory Restor. Do that and your laptop will be restored to factory state.

Since Toshiba doesn't sells or replaces them the best solutions for you are:
1 - get an Windows XP install disk of the same type as the one on your pc and install with it while using your key - in this case you will gonna find and install all the drivers yourself
2 - just borrow from someone an recovery disk for your laptop; even one for a similar laptop will do, as long it's an Toshiba Satellite A series -  some drivers will be missing, install them yourself.

set the bios to boot from dvd and you will be away

DLL is probably bad or the wrong one for your computer. Try reloading the software or downloading the correct DLL from Internet

prob. not cleared

i had a problem, before the one i currently am having, lack of initial power to the device wouldnt allow it to boot. my adapter although was rated at 19 volt lacked the 23-24 volt push it had for pushing the startup my problem was solv ed by new adaptor the problem u r having may or may not b related good luck

> orange steady battery light

It will turn GREEN when the battery is fully-charged.
Is there a problem with the battery not accepting a charge?
Remove the battery, to see if the computer will start without it.

> power button lights shift key and 2 function lights

Do these 2 lights just "blink" once, and then go out?

Does a "power" button stay lit?

Have you hired a professional computer technician to trouble-shoot?