Tosh Satellite

Have attempted to install Vista on a Toshiba Sat A30 (I think it is).

P4 2.8
512 RAM
40 GB HDD

The problem i get is that the bios is apparently not compatible with ACPI
etc.
I wish to contradict that!!!!!

Has anyone else had a similar problem?

 

I have the same problem. The updated bios from Toshiba is 2 years old. I have
gone to the Phoenix Technologies web site and there is a link to a site that
offers updated Bios. I haven't tried it yet. I also have not looked in the
Bios set-up itself to see if there is something that needs to be changed
either. I will let you know whats up in a day or 2...

 

Hi Maiingan,
I have been into BIOS and as I expected, there are no options for suitable.
I have not checked BIOS versions however will attempt to see if I can find
anything.
I have been trying to check drivers out to see if that is the issue however
have not found anything yet :S
Just for your info:
Toshiba A30-514

If you post your model here then I will have a look and post any findings if
that helps
Will report back with any findings!
Thanks
MS-Pcbob

 

I will have to wait till later today to check a few things out...
It might be a power issue, just a thought...

 

I'm not sure what to think however I am checking all possibilities.
I have just been on the Toshiba website and found the correct BIOS which is
a version 1.80 according to the serial number. I have not checked what
version is actually operating at pressent however viewing my luck so far, it
could turn out to be version 1.83!!

 

I have a phoenix bios as well, maybe vista has particular problems with this
laptop bios perhaps, hope an update to fix this is released soon

 

I'm gutted!
Old Bios 1.40
New Bios 1.80

Not made a slight bit of difference!
DAMM

 

I have just got vista working on vmware. Fair doos, that is emulation but it
makes no sense!
Is there no way that we can implant a driver in there?
Further more, is there any desktop machines out there that are suffering
with this problem?

 

I tried removing the Toshiba Console which controls power management instead
of windows, but this did not fix the problem. I also noticed in Version 1.8
of the bios from Toshiba that there is no power management. I think this
might be the problem.

 

I didn't have any power management options in version 1.4 of the BIOS.
This is rather confusing.
Is there no way that we can incorporate any drivers until Vista can step in?

 

I just checked what type of computer I had in the device manager and it says
"ACPI Uniprocessor PC". Apparently Microsoft products don't communicate with
each other...

 

I am from Mexico and Have a Toshiba Satellite M35X-SP171 and my bios is 1.90,
i can't install Windows Vista.

 

Hey Maiingan,
That is exactly the same result that I have here. I have attempted to update
the driver for it in windows xp to a standard pc and even ACPI
(Advanced..........) x86 etc or something to that nature. This however was
prior to the BIOS upgrade. I do intend to try upgrading the driver again
however it was time consuming when I last tried and pressented many pretty
blue screens!

I am not familiar with the entire Toshiba range. How old is this unit?
As you may have read, we have been tinkering with the ACPI driver with
little sucess at pressent.
I think I can guess but could you tell us what driver you have for ACPI at
pressent?

Also attempting an install on a Tosh Tecra 2 at some point. (The business
range)
Will report back with findings.

 

The driver is ACPI Uniprocessor PC, excuseme for my bad english, and my
laptop have 1 year old, the Model is m35X sp-171(only latin america), Celeron
M 1.3Ghz, 512Mb Ram HD 40Gb, Video Intel 855GM 32Mb Shared Memory

 

William:
Nothing is wrong with your English!
Thankyou for the information that you provided.

Everyone:
I have started a thread on the Toshiba Forums.
http://forums.computers.toshiba-europe.com/jive3/thread.jspa?threadID=13808

I am not going to give up on this one!

 

Funny Part is I have a new Acer Aspire 7104 and it has the emblem Windows
Vista Compatible on the top and it wont load Windows Vista (ACPI FAILURE).

 

Funny Part is I have a new Acer Aspire 7104 and it has the emblem Windows
Vista Compatible on the top and it wont load Windows Vista (ACPI FAILURE).

 

Funny Part is I have a new Acer Aspire 7104 and it has the emblem Windows
Vista Compatible on the top and it wont load Windows Vista (ACPI FAILURE).

 

Vista compatible sticker?????
However its not compatible????

I don't know about anyone else but that gives me an idea!

To everyone that has posted in this thread:
Has anyone got a Vista sticker on their Toshiba laptop??

 

Woops this thing triple posted on me ooch maybe they need to fix this message
board also lol.....