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

System Power State S4. System power state S4, the hibernate state, is the lowest-powered sleeping state and has the longest wake-up latency. To reduce power consumption to a minimum, the hardware powers off all devices. Have you done all the hardware (Toshiba) and software updates ( Windows) to your system? Did you change anything in the BIOS? Please answer so I can assist.

You need to update the dvd softwear. Check the default settings for playback of media,if it is set to windows media it won't work if you hav'nt installed the correct updates. Choose the Toshiba dvd player as the default player and it should work. If you prefer windows media then you can get the updated codecs from ' free-codecs.com ' Easier still,try uninstalling your windows media player and installing windows media 11, this will usually resolve the problem.

If its a music cd that you want to use on computers, cars, cd players etc.

A normal CD-R should do fine. Some devices might want a special, Music CD-R Like this http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00396055000P?vName=Computers%20&%20Electronics&cName=HomeTheater&Audio&sName=Accessories&psid=FROOGLE01&sid=IDx20070921x00003a

Almost any cd will do, depends mostly on what it will be used / listened on.

You need a piece of software to play DVD movies. Is this an actual DVD movie, or is it an MP4 or WMV/WMA file?

Usually you need something like WinDVD to play a DVD movie. I don't think Media Player can play those.

Did you recently install another piece of software that might have affected your ability to play DVDs?

Hi,
The problem may be with,
1. Graphics driver installed in your laptop
2. The Video file which you are trying to play may got corrupted.
3. The player you are using to play the vedio may not have proper codec to play the file
solutions:
1. Reinstall the graphics driver for your laptop
2. Try playing some other vedio files
3. Install VLC player and try playing using this player as it supports most of the vedio formats and even plays corrupted vedio files.
I hope this is helpful to you.

follow these directions to reinstall realplayer properly

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good luck - hope this helps!

Try a reset... 1. Remove battery, and disconnect mains adapter. 2. Press and hold down power ON button for 30secs at least. 3. Put the battery back. 4. Plug in mains adapter then Power ON as normal.

Are you using the installation disk that came with your printer?
If yes, then you uninstall everything you installed and download an updated version of the software from HP Support pages. and use that instead.
Please report back and rate help! Good Luck

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Physically examine the make and model of the sound card as sometimes these are replaced with generic ones.
Alternatively, run a driver detector to get an accurate model of the sound card.

http://support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=1200011929 try to find correct driver or return to service center

Try using MHDD v4.6. It included in Hiren's Boot CD. You may have to write a script though, if you can figure out how.

Hello,

You can enable hibernation in Windows XP by following the steps below.

1. Type powercfg.cpl in the Run window. To get the Run window press Win key + R. Or, you can go to the control panel and click on Power Options.

2. Find the Hibernate tab and click on it. Check the Enable Hibernation check box. In case its necessary, free up some space on you C: drive by running disk cleanup or your favorite system cleanup utility.

3. Now you can hibernate your system by clicking on the Start button and then on the Turn Off Computer (or Turn Off ). You'll see three standard options, Standby, Turn Off And Restart.
Hold Shift key and you'll see the Standby button turns into Hibernate button. Click to hibernate (Still holding the Shift key).

4. Optionally you can do this: Create a batch file for hibernating, and put it on you desktop. Every time you need to hibernate your system, just double click this file from your desktop. To do this, First Open up Notepad, type the following line in it.

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate

Then save the file as, something.bat onto your desktop. Run this batch file to hib

Or you can
manually put your computer into hibernation:
1)Open Power Options in Control Panel.
2)Click the Hibernate tab, and then select the Enable hibernate support check box.
If the Hibernate tab is not available, your computer does not support this feature.
3)Click OK to close the Power Options dialog box.
4)Click Start, and then click Shut Down. In the What do you want the computer to do drop-down list, click Hibernate.

To automatically put your computer into hibernation:
1)Open Power Options in Control Panel.
2)Click the Hibernate tab, select the Enable hibernate support check box, and then click Apply.
If the Hibernate tab is unavailable, your computer does not support this feature.
3)Click the APM tab, click Enable Advanced Power Management support, and then click Apply.
4)Click the Power Schemes tab, and then select a time period in System hibernates. Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.
Thanks

Hey,

Toshiba A100 drivers are available at this webpage
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp

Thanks,
Ekse

above the start icon which is the window icon on the bottom left is a menu and on that menu is device manager, click device manager and it shows list of devices, on the list is network adapters. Open that branch by clicking on the > You should see the network adapter. If there are any ! or X or it is marked as unknown then you have driver issue. You can use another computer to download the driver and install it.

First thing is the operating system. What windows version you ae using has a lot to do with how to proceed. You need to look in device manager in the control panel to see what it says about your wireless device. Then you should check the error messages to see what they are

Try a USB keyboard as a workround. This will allow you to try and re-install the keyboard drivers.

Hi,
It has stereo speakers built in but no microphone. It has a micrphone port though (it is purple or pink in color) where you can connect an external microphone.

Try this site: http://www.brothersoft.com/microsoft-office-2003-download-169273.html