Comments on: Toshiba Satellite A60 and A65 problems

By: juiceWIRELESS

juiceWIRELESS — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:44:16 +0000

Toshiba Satelite c655D -55518 5V

By: samidinramadani

samidinramadani — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 12:41:49 +0000

XP is not installed in the laptop problem is that neither sleep nor not ban the cd
I toshiiba laptop sa60-197

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:38:03 +0000

Thanks for the hints here. I had a toshiba with the memory issue.
Memtest seemed to indicate that the issue was in the higher parts of the onboard memory.

I only desoldered the ram chips on the bottom of the motherboard, leaving the 64MB on the top of the board intact.

After cutting the legs on one side and wiggling the chip to cut the other side, I used a little solder to easily remove the remainings of the legs.
Once everything was cleaned, no more memory errors in the remaining 64MB and after inserting the other bar of RAM, Linux and Windows booted right up.

Laptop fixed 🙂

By: The Pallindrone

The Pallindrone — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:13:59 +0000

(This is information concerning a CPU upgrade for the A65-S126 Tosh Satellite laptop.) I have enjoyed great success after upgrading the A65-S126 Celeron CPU with the Mobile Pentium4 532…3.06GHz…533mhzFSB…1mb L-2 Cache…”SL7NA”…the laptop actually streams video at a respectable rate and is more functional than ever(the RAM is maxed out), although the caveat is making sure you have the version 1.90 BIOS installed. The revision and stepping microcode was added to the BIOS and upon installation, the Hyperthreading control options and EIST control options appear automatically in the BIOS.
My research indicated SEVERAL models of A60/A65 Toshiba laptops to be utilizing the same motherboard. The limitations haven’t changed, but after processor research, cross- referencing,comparison, as well as Toshiba parts re-sellers’ information, I as able to glean that this upgrade would be plug-n-play—–just an install only needed. Upon first, boot, however, I did have to clear the CMOS by removing ALL power and holding down on the power button solidly for one minute. The laptop proceeded to boot to Windows Desktop.
You may have to go into the BIOS and change the newly added Hyperthreading instructions and fan controls to utilize the newly added functions. Everest benchmarks show varied improvements—20-150% across the board—but speed bumps nonetheless. The CPU is averaging about 50-70C (I expected this—bought a laptop cooler to help) and battery drain went from 1hr 45 min on the Celeron 128 to roughly 45minutes on the Pentium 4 532 with a new battery I just purchased.
Finally, should someone want to try this, I must say STRONGLY 2 things: BE VERY CAREFUL of the ribbon cables (I trashed the touchpad,now waiting for the new one) and your own experience may vary from mine. I’m certain that this laptop in this configuration qualifies as a higher model in the A65 food chain, so I’m quite happy. Just thought I’d mention this to you.
(Also, I did have the overheating [super-thorough clean-up on teardown] and the DC jack defects [replaced] in the past, but since addressed those issues. The on-board RAM defect and the resolution is VERY GOOD to know and I thank you for this excellent forum!!!)

By: Clieferd

Clieferd — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:34:41 +0000

Please help me sir…my problem are first..when i open my laptop…it will shutdown..and overheating …

By: MICHEAL

MICHEAL — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:18:19 +0000

Good evening please sir i have a problem with my laptop, i forgot my password so what do i do to open it

By: jay

jay — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:44:27 +0000

Hello All I have been reading about this A65-s126 toshiba satellite and about cutting off the 8 memory chips!! To my amusement I decided to go ahead and try this Guess what Now all I get is a beep!!! I tryed a 1 gig chip a 512 chip and a 256 chip and still just a beep…. So now it looks like i have a new decoration for the trash can!!!

By: cj2600

cj2600 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:54:48 +0000

In reply to khoder hachem. @ khoder hachem, It's hard to tell if this is hardware or software related problem. Try booting the laptop in Safe Mode (press F8 key when the laptop starts). Does it freeze in Safe Mode?

By: khoder hachem

khoder hachem — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:25:13 +0000

i have a toshiba satellite c660-1tf
and i notice that it freezing after a little time when i turn on and begin work in windows 7 , for that i try to use the mouse or anything but there nothing answer .
in this case i must turn off the laptop and then to turn it on agaibn from the beging .
can you help me for that
i wait your answer
khoder hachem

By: keke110

keke110 — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:46:06 +0000

hello i have a laptop toshiba a60 … and monitor on me by the digit value and strange lines … what can I do????