Toshiba Satellite Pro R50

[Blanche Bunnell]

Thehighest upgrade possible for that laptop is an i7-640m. There are later model CPU's that will also fit the socket, but they don't have onboard graphics, and this laptop does not have or provide a means for discrete graphics.

When dealing with equipment this old, there is only one good response - replace the equipment with new(er) hardware. Any benefit achieved by replacing a processor is minimal in today's world. Do yourself and the environment a favour and take the laptop to a recycle facility.

The real reality of the situation is that I have the identical notebook with the aforementioned i7 upgrade and it is fully supported as well as documented online by other users, which can be found by a simple Google search.

These CPUs can be found for less than US $10, and it takes about 20 minutes to swap the CPU, so for someone who doesn't need the latest tech to impress their friends with, it's a lot more environmentally friendly than dropping it at a recycle center where it will ultimately rot away in a landfill.

The reality of the situation is that all of this hardware is unsupported, and that Toshiba is the only one who can answer the BIOS compatibility question. And, what you and other users have gotten away with is not a verification of BIOS support.

If you have already checked with toshiba, then you have done your part. I stated what was needed to be done. We do not check other manufacturers bios. It is up the the user to investigate that. That is reality.

Originally I thought you were just another user on this board, but now I'm really disappointed to find out that you're an Intel employee. If this is the best and brightest that Intel has to offer, then I do agree with your last statement. Its time to rid myself of Intel and start giving my money to AMD.

And, you are incorrect. I am not an employee or contractor of Intel. I am just a user, like you. If you derived that I am an employee, then perhaps all of your other information regarding bios compatibility is incorrect as well.

Anyhow, keep making up excuses to stroke your own ego I guess. Everybody is wrong, you're right. Its hilarious how you start accusing other people of being wrong when you know the proof is a few keystrokes away, but instead you feel the need to attack the people who disagree with you. You're the smartest "Doc" ever (somehow I get the idea that you gave yourself that nickname as another ego boost). The BIOS compatibility is only a Google search away. Let me know if you need help figuring out how to use "the googles".

I "derived" that you were an employee because you tried to make your posts sound like you were when you realized you were wrong. I used my own opinion to "derive" that when I should have clicked a couple times to see the reality, and it turned out my opinion was wrong. Sound familiar?

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I have a Toshiba satellite L50D laptop (which is about 4 years old) and recently it will only show the 'toshiba setup utility' page everytime I turn on the computer. No matter what I do I cant get off of this page and rebooting the computer only brings me directly back to this page. It couldnt be happening at a worse time as Im swamped with college work right now and following guidelines from other websites has proved unsuccessful thus far.

I have a customers Toshiba laptop, it is working fine while on battery power but as soon as external power is plugged in it dies. If you try to power up after that with it plugged it it will light up and 3 seconds later shut off. It wouldn't hold CMOS configuration when it came in so i replaced a rechargeable Button battery. Now it still doesn't hold CMOS but I'm not sure if it was able to get charged up yet. The power cord is remote and goes directly to the MOBO. Any idea's on the charger issue?

I am having the exact same problem with my Toshiba Satellite A205-5000. It will shut down about 5 seconds after the power cord is plugged into it. If the power is not plugged into the wall, it is fine, but as soon as it is plugged in, BAM! the PC shuts off in 5 seconds. The battery will charge with no problems. There are times, with just the battery in use, that it will just shut down. But, 98% of the time, it shuts down when the AC power supply is turned on.

I am repairing a Toshiba Satellite A300 that immediately shuts down when the power adapter plug is inserted - even when the mains power is turned off! It has to be totally disconnected from the power supply before it will boot XP.

i am having a similar problem with a toshiba L355, it would take charge when off but if on and the charger is plugged in it would immediately shut off, it wont even power up while plugged in. only on battery power but the battery dies in 10mins :-(

I have a toshiba sattelite A200 and I have the same problem. When connected to the mains power it turns off and then there are start up issues, but on battery power its OK. But battery only lasts 5 minutes.

Ive been having this problem for a long time

Basically Ive tried all kinds of things such as:

-opening up the computer and cleaning out the cleaning unit, didnt work

-changing settings in the BIOS, didnt work

-changing Minimum processor state in the Power Options-processor power management, didnt work

However what seems to be a common problem in all toshiba laptops is:

The Toshiba Power Saver, you need to uninstall this program, but since I upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7, the program was already deleted.

So here's what I did and thats working now so far

I went into the Control panel>Power OptionsZ>Choose the balanced power>change advanced setting>

Now open up EVERY TAB and change the settings of the plugged in to be the same as that of on battery, (even the screen brightness), then restart computer and plug your cord back in and see if it works, if not let me know and i can give you other tips

Every time I turn it on it will only get so far and shut down. Sometimes it will get all the way to the log in screen then shut down, sometimes it will only get to the main black/splash screen that says Toshiba. The last month or so it would shut down randomly even with the charger in it...fan was running too...but sometimes the fan made a weird noise so I'm wondering if it needs to be replaced? But last week it just randomly shut off and now has started doing what it's doing now with the random shut off during start up. I've had the charger plugged in for a few days now and the orange charging light never goes to green and eventually will just turn off and only the adapter light that's on the laptop stays on. I bought a battery on ebay that hadn't been tested yet but they offered a refund if it wouldn't hold a charge so I went ahead and bought it...got it in today and it's not charging either. The charger I have is not a dedicated charger, it's a cheap generic one from ebay as well...the wiring started showing on the charger and I fixed it and it WAS working properly but with the issue that's going on now I'm thinking maybe my charger could be an issue as well??

I had a problem with my laptop using a questionable source of power outside. Once I came inside and used a three pronged outlet it worked normally. But as for my other laptop with the repaired power receptical , that is not working .

The post by Notsosure is 100% correct this NEC / Tolkin chip needs to be replaced cost $2.

Requires a fair bit of soldering skill or take it to a repair shop with the pic of the chip and get a quote.

I have done several of these and this solved the problem.

i have the same problem when charger connected the lap suddenly shuts off. some one said i need to replace some ic chip, n now i think its the NEC/TOKIN Proadlizer that they are replacing.But they are charging high here @2500 rupees.

Yesterday my trusty Toshiba 2545XCDT laptop wouldn't turn on. The power switch button didn't feel right either. There was obviously nothing to do but open it up and see what had broken (warranty was expired, and I couldn't spare it long enough for a depot repair anyway). I had previously made a short-lived attempt to open the case on the notebook to install a new hard disk drive. Before I had proceeded too far I discovered that the hard drive could be removed without taking apart the case (just remove the small cover on the left side near the front - one screw underneath). This time it was obvious that the case would have to be disassembled.

I spent quite a bit of time searching the web for information on taking apart Toshiba satellite notebooks, without much success. So when I finally succeeded (with a bit of help from friends), I thought others might benefit. I don't know how many other models these instructions will apply to, but I would guess that any 2540, 2545, 2535, or 2595 model will come apart essentially the same way (such as 2545CDS, 2545XCDT, or 2540CDS). The switch turned out to be quite simple to fix, requiring nothing more than a piece of paper clip.

NOTE - If you choose to disassemble your laptop, you do so at your own risk! I can't be responsible for any damage you do to your computer whether or not you are using these pages and pictures to help you. If you are not comfortable with any of these steps, by all means take your computer to a repair center and let them do it.

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