Comments on: Toshiba Satellite A75 – nothing but problems?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:42:24 +0000

Hi all, i’ve suffered through the same problems as everyone else. I’ve had the overheating/shutdown problems and the poor AC jack placement. I have some suggestions, #1 buy a can of blow off to spray your fans with to keep dust and lint off of them and secondly buy a laptop cooling pad with fans on it to help prevent overheating which seems to be the major issue for shutting down. If that doesnt work you’ll have to take it into a repair tech and they can put a cooling gel on the processor to help it out, but the laptop pad should do the trick. #2 if your having problems with the AC jack it’s because Toshiba poorly mounted it to the top of the motherboard so as your AC cord is hanging out the back of your computer it is putting downward pressure on it and causes it to loosen itself from the motherboard. My suggestion is to keep the cord up in place and stationary to prevent this from happening.

Good luck

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:42:03 +0000

@ LongBike,

I too have a Toshiba the I did all that is recommended , but it boots goes to front pahge and still shuts down. Is there any other solution to what is said already.

Turn on the laptop and look at the cooling fan. Does it spin at all? Maybe the fan is bad?

By: LongBike

LongBike — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:49:01 +0000

A;loha from Hawaii,
I too have a Toshiba the I did all that is recommended , but it boots goes to front pahge and still shuts down. Is there any other solution to what is said already.
Letme know if there is I read this threadm often so leave a note.
Thanks and Aloha from Hawaii

By: ranger89

ranger89 — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:45:04 +0000

my laptop is toshiba Satellite C640. the problem is i have to wait for a while abot 30 to 40 minutes, for the laptop to switch on and ready to use and when i save any file in the laptop it will deleted itself after reopen the laptop.. i hope any person will help me

By: Lok Nath

Lok Nath — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:50:03 +0000

I have problem with my Toshiba A75 S125. The laptop shuts down in the middle of my work. What could be the problem?

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:19:58 +0000

I have read several blogs on the Internet where people have suffered the same problems as all of us. I have the Toshiba Satellite A75-S213 and since I had a desk top with all of my information on it, I only used my Toshiba laptop a handful of times up until last year. After the usage increased so did the problems. My laptop would shut off at random. The fan would run wildly and the adapter would become so hot you could not touch it. I innocently looked on line to see if there was something simple to do to fix it or if it was going to be so costly, that I just needed to purchase another computer. (My laptop is 4 years old)

I found out that there was a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT Elihu vs Toshiba Los Angeles CA BC328556, and the case was settled with people getting free repairs and extended warranties. I found out notifications went out when I had only owned mine for a few months. I was never notified and thus did not take my computer in to prevent any problems like this. Now, the deadline to have computers fixed is past. That is unless you already paid to have yours fixed for the same problem during the time frame to have it done (either before the suit or up until November 7, 2007. Then you are to be reimbursed. You can verify the lawsuit information at http://www.gardencitygroup.com. The lawsuit was settled because of “alleged” incidents like ours and Toshiba never admitted there was a problem.

I was told that the accepted forms of notifications included a banner on Toshiba’s website and publications in computer magazines. I think it is a shame that hardworking people like my self and others were cheated and left with an expensive junk laptop because we were 1. not notified, 2 nor spent our spare time reading computer magazines, 3. nor frequented the Toshiba website. I own a GE stove but I do not go to their website or read appliance or consumer magazines to see if there are recalls or issues with GE stoves. Just think if you had to do that for every appliance or garden equipment you own. It would be a full time month to month job.

Anyway, if you have a newer computer with similar problems see if there is a lawsuit going on. If not, you may want to start one.

You might want to check if you qualify for reimbursements of costs if you qualify under the abovementioned lawsuit or another one that I might not be familiar with.

Thanks for having this blog and for those of you who have posted information here to keep other consumers informed.

Beth

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:53:34 +0000

Hendrik,

Satelite Pro in 2008. It freezes after 20 minutes when listening/playing DVDs or listen to radio stations live, or browsing

Maybe the laptop freezes because of overheating. It’s possible the cooling module (heat sink and fan) is clogged with dust. Blow off the cooling module with compressed air. It could help.

Also, check the warranty on your laptop. It’s a Satellite Pro. Possible 2-year warranty.

By: Hendrik

Hendrik — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:53:30 +0000

Hi guys,

I am experiencing similar problems since I bought this damn laptop – Satelite Pro in 2008. It freezes after 20 minutes when listening/playing DVDs or listen to radio stations live, or browsing. I’m fed up for all the excuses since I’ve been encouraged to buy a “world top class” laptop. I am not impress.

By: mikep

mikep — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:26:58 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite a75 S209. When I plug in my power adapter all I get is the green led on the front of the laptop for power blinking non stop, no sequence just fast blips for ever. The led on power supply stays on solid. Every once in awhile if I unplug and replug back in, the power led and the orange battery led stay solid for about 3 seconds then it returns to infinite blinking on the power led and that’s it. I have tried removing battery and holding down power button to no avail. When led on front blinks the fan on the bottom does a 1/4 turn overtime it blinks. Any ideas would be very helpful. Thank you.

By: former_toshiba

former_toshiba — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:54:23 +0000

I’ve had a Toshiba satellite since the 90′s (~4 different laptops) and they used to be the best laptops on the market. It all changed with the A75. They are no complete pieces of trash. I’m not sure what happened – did they switch production to a different company or institute some “cost cutting” measures? Stay away from Toshiba like the plague. After a lot of research, I’ve switched to HP. I’d go to Lenovo, but I don’t trust the chinese.