XP Drivers for Toshiba Laptop

[eggdashure]

Hi all,

I just got a new Toshiba Satellite A135-S2306 Laptop that had Vista pre-installed. I can't stand Vista! I was one of the many beta testers that Microsoft didn't listen to. :mad: Anyways, my wireless connection kept dropping, I dug around and updated drivers but nothing made a difference. I finally lost all patience when I was writing a discussion for a college class and as I was sending the connection went bust and I lost an hours work.

Anyway, I re-upgraded back to XP and haven't been kicked once yet. Plus, all my programs work too! So, now I have a new problem, my ati card drivers won't work, they were designed for Vista. Does anyone know where I can find XP drivers for this system? Toshiba is not returning my calls.:o

Missing Drivers:

Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus
SM Bus Controller
Unknown Device (Looks like ACPI Controller)
Unknown Device (Same)
Video Controller (VGA Compatible)

Matt


NOTE: Number of posts moved into separate threads according to specific Toshiba/Satellite models.
- Moderator

[Midknyte]

you can go to the toshiba website, but I would run the system restore discs to get a fresh xp on there.

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp

[Shinma]

You can try the ATi Radeon Xpress 200M chipset drivers available at, ATi (http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/integrated-xp.html)

[eggdashure]

The system shipped with Vista Pre-Installed, so I used my own XP disk to revert back. But, for some reason I guess Toshiba doesn't want people to go backwards, no drivers that I can find.

As far as those ATI Drivers, I downloaded the exact file your link shows and it says the drivers aren't supported by my system.

This has me really stumped. Maybe Omega drivers? Or is there a auto detection service for ATI Chipsets?

Thanks!
Matt

[Shinma]

If model stated by you is correct,
You can try the PC Wizard software to see if it identifies the chipset/components making up the laptop.

[eggdashure]

PC Software Wizard? Through Windows? I did double check the numbers on Toshiba's site and doubled checked the bottom of the laptop. It is A135-S2306 with Graphics Chipset : Radeon® Xpress 200M. Still nothing. :confused:

I've been bumming around Toshiba's site for the better part of an hour and can't find an E-mail for Tech Support. Does anyone know if it exists?

Thanks again,
Matt

[Shinma]

PC Wizard download/link and other utilities is listed in Various DOWNLOADS thread, located in the General Forum.

Toshiba listed contact info.

Toll-free Technical Support

* Computers: (800) 457-7777
* PDAs: (800) 949-7993
* Projectors: (877) 523-8324

Also available is the Laptop Computing Forum on CompuServe. Though you will be required to set up a screen name, this service is free, and offers peer-based assistance with your Toshiba or other portable PC.

Online Technical Support through Ask Iris® Online (http://askiris.toshiba.com)

Sales Information: (800) TOSHIBA

Toshiba Financial Services: (800) 207-8362

Government and Education: 888-9-PUBLIC (782542)

Customer Service: (800) 457-7777

Address:
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.
Computer Systems Division
9740 Irvine Boulevard
Irvine, CA 92618-1697

Corporate Offices (949) 583-3000

[madcow007]

toshiba doesnt seem to support XP atleast not in the US but if you look at toshiba-europe there satellite l30 uses the same chipset and the driver there seems to work fine

http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30/xp/display-psl30e-xp-820300.zip

also for the

Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus

use http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=1383514&moid=1598565&BV_SessionID=@@@@1914884863.1171599940@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddkefiljhdcgfkceghdgngdgnj.0&ct=DL

[VistaResistor]

I have this same problem and I have played for a long time... I have found that MOST of these problems can be delt with by just simply going through and using the Toshiba Utility on your vista rescue disk and HAND PICKING what you install. I have every thing up and working and I stil have 4 exclamation points. the only real issue in performance is that it hangs up intermitantly while web surfing and then continues. I am thinking some sort of IRQ conflict? any help??? But all of the sound and video is for sure on that disk along with the wireless driver and ethernet and modem....

[v307753]

Hey, Vistaresistor...I am also having the 'hanging' problem on IE. I noticed it after installing the sound driver off the vista install cd. I reinstalled it and it seemed to clear for a little bit but now is back. It is extremely irritating. Reminds me of the 'dialup' days. Did you happen to find a fix?

My husband and I both backleveled our A135s since our work network doesn't support Vista yet. He went to W2k. I went to XP. His isn't hanging like mine.

[ewave]

I have this same problem and I have played for a long time... I have found that MOST of these problems can be delt with by just simply going through and using the Toshiba Utility on your vista rescue disk and HAND PICKING what you install. I have every thing up and working and I stil have 4 exclamation points. the only real issue in performance is that it hangs up intermitantly while web surfing and then continues. I am thinking some sort of IRQ conflict? any help??? But all of the sound and video is for sure on that disk along with the wireless driver and ethernet and modem....

Please tell how and exactly which drivers you got for sound and video.
I haven't been able to find this on the backup cd
regards

ewave


I am not having any hang problems, did not use drivers from Vista (although I'd love to get the 2 unknown acpi drivers fixed....still can't control my brightness with buttons.).

I am at work bu if interested, I could post a large zip on my site. I have a a135-s2246 (lower end model) but I trust the same drivers?

please post...what is your site?

thanks
ewave

[Shinma]

Please tell how and exactly which drivers you got for sound and video...

Until VistaResistor gets back to you,
You can try Groovy Mojo's suggestion of using the:

Video/Radeon Omega drivers.
Available at the 3D Accelerator's website,
Check out the following link:
Click HERE (http://www.3dacc.net/page.php?id=3474)

ATi 200M/Southbridge drivers,
Click HERE (http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30psl33/xp/sound-psl33-xp-51005273.zip)


madcow007's suggestion of using Toshiba Satellite L30 drivers,
Since it too has the ATi 200M chipset:

Video/ATi with chipset drivers,
Click HERE (http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30psl33/xp/display-psl33-xp-820300.zip)

Realtek audio drivers,
Click HERE (http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30psl33/xp/sound-psl33-xp-51005273.zip)

Hotkey utility,
Click HERE (http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30psl33/xp/hkey-utility/thku-psl33-xp-18132-en.zip)

Realtek LAN,
Click HERE (http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30psl33/xp/lan-psl33-xp-56412092006.zip)

Atheros wireless LAN,
Click HERE (http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30psl33/xp/wlesslan-psl33-xp-412146.zip)

Intel wireless LAN,
Click HERE (http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30psl33/xp/wlesslan-psl33-xp-90417.zip)

Toshiba Europe L30-134 (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/productPage.do?service=EU&PRODUCT_ID=120941)

[alexmiami]

Guys,
Thanks for your help the Omega drivers worked .now my ATI is ok, as well as the audio drivers;however, the wireless drivers can't find it.. any help.
I went to toshiba http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modSel.jsp . I downloaded the drivers for wireless for Atheros Wireless LAN MiniPCI card Driver and istalled but it's dosen't work. I check and my wireless switch is ON.. Any help... is the only driver i have missing
Thanks
Alex


please let me know if you found the wireless driver... i have found all of them but not the wireless
thank
alex

[yankeegirl]

Maybe this could be helpful... I found it while trying to find info on uninstalling Vista and installing XP instead.
http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html
Hope it helps, I havent tried it yet.

[metabaron]

Anybody got the drivers for the other two unknown device working?

[bubamara]

Hi,
try here:
Toshiba (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU&selCategory=2&selFamily=2&selSeries=153&selProduct=null&language=13&selOS=all&selType=all&yearupload=&monthupload=&dayupload=&useDate=null&mode=allMachines&search=modem&action=search&macId=&country=all&page=2)

[bubamara]

Here the other link to toshiba.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/24974869/toshiba.rar.html

[metabaron]

bubamara, did you find the drivers for the 2 unknown device working? How bout anyone else?

[Perce]

I also "had to dig" for 3 Toshiba Laptop conversions, this thread was helpful. Good job guys and girls :)

[amylopan]

Forgive me for a silly question, as I'm not a technical person at all. The download everyone is using for the XP drivers... if I want to downgrade my A135 from Vista to XP, will I have to get an XP program PLUS that download with the drivers or will that download have everything on it for me?

Maybe I shouldn't be trying all this at all, but I'm desperate. I have a brand new computer I just want to throw out the window- Vista ****s! I've asked several IT guys to do this for me and they won't/can't. Geek Squad told me they wouldn't do it b/c Vista is *clearly* the superior system! WTF?!

Am I going to have to run out and buy XP now to downgrade the computer? I've buried so much money into this damn thing by upgrading the RAM (still didn't help) and three weeks after purchase, the LCD backlight went out! AGH! How much will XP set me back now?

:(
TIA!

[Shinma]

Correct.
You will have to install the Windows XP operating system
then
Install all the necessary drivers.

[life]

Thanks for all of you who contributed. I was able to downgrade my a135-s2246 from vista back to xp :) You guys are awesome!!! :D

[ROCA]

Hi all!!
I´m an amateur user of computers but I think I can do some things on it. I have a Satellite A135-S4467 and I wanto to downgrade to XP because I found it so slow with Vista. I found a lot information here to do it but I´m afraid I can do some &**##!!! doing it. Let mi know if you can if de file that is here for the A135-S2276 can work on my A135-S4467.
Thank you for your help and continue with these incredible help you give por all that don´t have the knowledge to do it buy ourself.

[zelmer]

Hi
I have problem with this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5jzw0gmnz4i

Can you add another link to this file with drivers for toshiba a135. I tried this download program but i can't download this file

[Drin]

Hey people, i just i bought 3 days ago in Shanghai the Toshiba . . .
But the sound it`s not working properly. right now i`m in small town in china and i can`t find anyone to help me out. If there is anyone out there, that could show me how can i find the drivers for the sound device, i`ll be really greatfull. Please post me!!!:confused:

[Maxgle]

BAyfront 18, thanks for the information. My toshiba is an A135-2246, I am having problems finding the model you stated. I can find A100-PSAAR and others but not A100-998. I don't see that model. Any suggestions
Thanks
Maxgle

[bayfront18]

BAyfront 18, thanks for the information. My toshiba is an A135-2246, I am having problems finding the model you stated. I can find A100-PSAAR and others but not A100-998. I don't see that model. Any suggestions
Thanks
Maxgle

The A100 model number is PSAA9E-0PP044EN. Look under PSAA9 and you will find the XP drivers.

[Maxgle]

Bayfront 18, Thanks.
The A100 model number is PSAA9E-0PP044EN. Look under PSAA9 and you will find the XP drivers.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. I went there and tried the Intel Chipset Utility, but it did not work. I am trying to find the driver for the SM Bus Controller and two unknown devices. Any suggestions.

[Maxgle]

Bubmara on 3/28 in this thread posted this site for drivers.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fxbf1a
I downloaded them and found the ATI omega video driver worked. I already had the rest of them, but I think they would work. It is worth a try. Still haven't found anything that handles the SM Bus Controller and the two Unknown Device items.

[Kirkaholic]

Wow, thanks so much team. This worked great for my a100-wa1. It's a Canadian model. I went with the Omega drivers and they seem to have worked like a charm. I also needed to do the South Bridge driver thing too.

Now all I have left is a "PCI Device" I have no idea what it is. Everything else seems to be working fine though.

Thanks again.

[Kirkaholic]

It was my audio drivers. Got it from Buttzilla. Everything working great.

[Marenz]

Hi guys!

I just had to register here to post this: THANKS! A BIG WHOLEHEARTED THANKS!

I am in the same boat, downgrading (the right word should be "upgrading" a Toshiba A135-S2086 back to Win XP. I'm doing this for a customer; just imagine the amount of time I'm WASTING searching for drivers, thanks to Toshiba and Microsoft greed.

This thread has been a life saver. I have been able to find most (and hopefully all) the drivers by reading here. I downloaded datar's compilation too, I'll post later to let everyone know how it goes.

Curse greedy Microsoft and their lackeys! I'm losing money in this job, I would have to charge the customer over a hundred dollars for the installation, if I was to charge my time. But I just can't do that.

So, once again, and as final word: MANY MANY THANKS!!!

[FalKen]

hi all,

i just finished installing all the drivers for my Toshiba Satellite A200-1cn description (http://www.laptopweb.nl/view_product.php?product=TOS3R9ZD39) and as some of you did,i will post the drivers.
drivers as one exe file
EXE (http://rapidshare.com/files/34833266/Laptop_Toshiba_Satellite_A200-1cn_-_executable.rar)
drivers as folders
folders (http://rapidshare.com/files/34830625/Laptop_Toshiba_Satellite_A200-1cn_-_folders.rar)


I have hosted on more than one share so everyone can download them.
exe
EXE (http://www.mediafire.com/?2cl5e9htn0o)

folders
Folder (http://www.mediafire.com/?5yuvgrqm11m)


I hope that this will help someone .

Best regards

[FalKen]

Hi all,

I just finished installing all the drivers for my Toshiba Satellite A200-1Cn http://www.laptopweb.nl/view_product.php?product=TOS3R9ZD39 and i will share them so other can use them aswell.
I have made two copies with the same drivers
folders http://rapidshare.com/files/34830625/Laptop_Toshiba_Satellite_A200-1cn_-_folders.rar

exe file
http://rapidshare.com/files/34833266/Laptop_Toshiba_Satellite_A200-1cn_-_executable.rar

I have hosted on more than one share so everyone can download them.
exe

http://www.mediafire.com/?2cl5e9htn0o

folders

http://www.mediafire.com/?5yuvgrqm11m

I hope that this will help someone .

Best regards

[nightbeast01]

Guys,

I need your help... I want to downgrade my Satellite A135-S4467 that comes with a pre-installed Vista to Windows XP... where can I get the drivers?

Thanks in advance!

[Shinma]

Toshiba does not appear to officially support WindowsXP in that model.

Unless someone has already done it before you,
You will have to do what others here have basically done.

Go through the Device Manager and record the brand and model of each component,
Then do a corresponding search for each individual driver.
You can also list them here and perhaps others may be able to assist.

[lokutasOFborg]

Guys,

I need your help... I want to downgrade my Satellite A135-S4467 that comes with a pre-installed Vista to Windows XP... where can I get the drivers?

Thanks in advance!

Please read the first post of this thread, you will find all your answers here.

In my case I just need to make the Fn keys to make my computer perfrm 100% with XP (so it seems)

Cheers,
L

[nightbeast01]

Ok.. so i guess you downgraded the same model as mine?

Thanks!

[buttzilla]

try this [ http://www.sendspace.com/file/5uzrz7 ] and see if it makes your "Direct Application Launch Button" work.

it worked for me.
Hey this worked thanks alot.:)

[darkok]

Hello all,
this is the first forum where I could find usefull info.
Please, can you help me, I bought Toshiba laptop A100-011 3 weeks ago , and it is running Vista Home Premium, and I must say it is the worst OS ever. I am so nervous because I have mercedes acting like lada.
I want to install XP Professional, and please need help how to the that in best way, step by step.
Thanks in advance
Best regards

[osobruno]

I was wondering if anyone can help me find ETHERNET CONTROLLER (wireless and lan ethernet) drivers for my Toshiba A135-S4527. I just installed XP and cannot find these drivers anywhere. I would really appreciate it.

[bs953]

I was wondering if anyone can help me find ETHERNET CONTROLLER (wireless and lan ethernet) drivers for my Toshiba A135-S4527. I just installed XP and cannot find these drivers anywhere. I would really appreciate it.
It would help us help you if you botherd to list the type of ethernet conroller you have in your Toshiba? Looking up model numbers for people and then looking up drivers for people is not fun. I am always willing to help but you gotta give us a break eh? What type of controller do you have? Name? model? a/b/g/ etc etc

[bs953]

Hello all,
this is the first forum where I could find usefull info.
Please, can you help me, I bought Toshiba laptop A100-011 3 weeks ago , and it is running Vista Home Premium, and I must say it is the worst OS ever. I am so nervous because I have mercedes acting like lada.
I want to install XP Professional, and please need help how to the that in best way, step by step.
Thanks in advance
Best regards
Format the hard drive, then install xp, but you have home premium so your entitled to the free downgrade from microsnot with liscense. Don't expect any help from Toshiba though!

[Riredale]

Recently we bought two Toshiba A135-S2326 laptops for just $450 each INCLUDING Canon multipurpose printer printers. What a deal! These are 1.6 Celeron-based widescreen machines with DVD burners.

As everyone here has already noted, Vista is a disaster for these laptops. I reverted back to XPpro and with the help of you all I've gotten them to work--almost.

--I still can't control screen brightness.

--The DVD control buttons on the left side of the keyboard work fine.

--I can't shut down the LCD at all for power management in the Control Panel.

--I use Acronis for backup. My Acronis boot disk tries to load, then gives a message, "ACPI: Unable to initialize ACPI objects" and hangs.

Any ideas? Other than these issues, the laptops are totally transformed by going to XP. They are fast and responsive and the display and keyboard are a pleasure to use.

[bs953]

Go here:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp?moid=1310946&ct=DL&BV_SessionID=@@@@0239184734.1177725065@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccccaddkkjgmleicgfkceghdgngdgnn.0

You are gonna have that problem. The acpi is a ***** to fix. You will have to use a power saver from another model. I used the latest d/l I think it was 11/06. That got rid of the error, but I still can't open the "Toshiba Power Saver" nor can you unistall it NO WAY NO HOW! It just wont work. Open device manager look for errors and then blow your mind and click on view and click on show hidden devices.....see more problems? yep I am sure you do. I have not been able to get the dimmer controls to work either. Those two problems seem to be it. GD luck

[eMeS]

Purhcased the A135-S2386 and spent quite a bit of time downgrading to XP. As many others, I wouldn't have bought it had I known...

This site/thread has been a great help...thanks to all.

One minor problem that I am having:

I have a USB wireless mouse that registers. All button and the wheel work on it, but it will not move the mouse. I'm assuming that the S2386 allows only one device to move the mouse...this is all weird, but nothing really surprises me about this machine.

The Fn-F9 key to disable the touch pad does not work. I have installed the Direct application launch button.zip and there are currently no unknown devices in device manager. No hang ups, etc..the system is stable and working fine.

Has anyone had any luck getting the Fn-F9 button to work to disable the touch pad? Also, any other method that will let me disable the touch pad would be appreciated. I have looked in Control Panel, Device Manager (even uninstalled the device that is the touch pad), and in the BIOS, but there appears to be no way to disable the touch pad.

Thanks

[VampireHunterG]

Purhcased the A135-S2386 and spent quite a bit of time downgrading to XP. As many others, I wouldn't have bought it had I known...

This site/thread has been a great help...thanks to all.

One minor problem that I am having:

I have a USB wireless mouse that registers. All button and the wheel work on it, but it will not move the mouse. I'm assuming that the S2386 allows only one device to move the mouse...this is all weird, but nothing really surprises me about this machine.

The Fn-F9 key to disable the touch pad does not work. I have installed the Direct application launch button.zip and there are currently no unknown devices in device manager. No hang ups, etc..the system is stable and working fine.

Has anyone had any luck getting the Fn-F9 button to work to disable the touch pad? Also, any other method that will let me disable the touch pad would be appreciated. I have looked in Control Panel, Device Manager (even uninstalled the device that is the touch pad), and in the BIOS, but there appears to be no way to disable the touch pad.

Thanks

i've been using a wireless usb mouse with my Toshiba A135-S2276 for a while now without any problems. i can use the mouse and the touch pad simultaneously and interchangeably if i want to.

you shouldn't HAVE to disable the touchpad.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE MICROSOFT MICE AND I DO HAVE TO OCCASIONALLY RESET IT VIA THE LITTLE RECESSED BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM OF IT.

then it starts working again.

[eMeS]

Thanks for the reply...

I do have the same mouse that you do. Earlier I attempted to press the connect button on the bottom of the mouse to no avail.

This problem is strange because the buttons and scroll wheel on the mouse work, but when I move the mouse the cursor doesn't follow...

[doannguyen97]

what driver version did u install for the southbridge and ati display driver?
As for your mouse and touchpad...I hooked up a usb optical corded mouse and both works simultaneously.

And did u install anything different in the A135-S2276 bundle?

[VampireHunterG]

what driver version did u install for the southbridge and ati display driver?
As for your mouse and touchpad...I hooked up a usb optical corded mouse and both works simultaneously.

And did u install anything different in the A135-S2276 bundle?

i installed DATARS' original .rar driver pack via the [add hardware] control panel. it includes ATI omega drivers and they've been working fine for me.

XP-SP2 recognized the mouse without me having to install any special drivers.

i did download & install the touchpad XP setup [Windows 2000/XP v8.3.4] at:
http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm
so i could have its control panel for tapzones and whatnot.

[alexware]

My ATi video controller is working now, i used the Omega one. I just need help with the 2 unknown devices, and my main concern is the wireless connection, please, help!!!! :S

hi..
I have the same problems but Two more (SM bus controller, modem High definition audio Bus). Seemed you get the ATI video controller going.. Can you direct the url and the things u got worked out.. thanks for the posting.

Anyone please help with the main Concern Ethernet Adpater. Also I don't know what is the SM bus. pls direct the url for these driver..

thank you and appreciate all concerns.

alexware

[doannguyen97]

Question on A135-2286

Did you guys install just the display driver or the ATI catalyst software?

[bs953]

Question on A135-2286

Did you guys install just the display driver or the ATI catalyst software?
On mine I installed the catalyst software.

[hugoboss02]

!!!Necesito drivers para toshiba satellite A135-S4447 que está con window XP!!!

!!!Necesito drivers para toshiba satellite A135-S4447 que vino con window vista y ahora está con window XP...Los drivers son para XP!!!

[doannguyen97]

all it is is one phillips screw in the center on the back of the laptop. The screw part should come up and then gently pull the cover off and that should be it. I have removed mine three times already.

[bs953]

Hi guys....I have an A135-S2276. I bought some new memory for my laptop but now I'm having problems trying to install it....the is that I cannot remove the memory cover on the back of my laptop. I unscrew the screw but the cover don't even move. I tried is some many ways, but I don't know what to do anymore. I saw that you guys changed or upgraded your memory, so I hope you know how to do it....

Thank you all....
Yeah you gotta remove the screw, then stick your nail in the little cutout, push down and slide and lift all at the same time. Mine was a little sticky at first too. But since then it opens right up. I noticed that there is some sticky tape around the edge. At least on my unit there was. You could always use a large short handle sledge hammer too, that worked wonders with mine. :)

[TylrDurden]

> running Vista Home Premium, and I must say it is the worst OS ever.

No, no, no, you really do not comprehend the depths of OS terror until you have had to deal with Windows Me -- usually said with about the same tone of derision usually reserved for "F*** Me."

Trust me -- there is a REASON it was an absolute failure as an OS so bad that even the OEMs stopped providing boot recovery disks for it only 6 months after the first machines using it were released. Yes, I'm serious about that.

[bs953]

Oh do tell! Can we start a Vista bashing thread, or Toshiba corp bashin thread and forward it to Toshiba? Come on I love Vista, kinda like a zit with an in grown hair next to it, at the top of the crack of your ***. JUST out of picking/squeezing range and your to embarrased to have the ole lady do the unmentionable. Kinda goes with, "You bought what? THAT WORKS HOW WELL"!. Come on Vista is great once you spend an additional $200.00 for two gigs of ram, then it actually purrs. But hey we didn't buy our Toshibas to watch porn, or crunch video's or do graphics while on the road to our 60k a year job did we? Try loading up Vista with the new Adobe suite and two gigs of ram......it is like trying to get a dry golf ball through a straw...ohh oop's (have to ask the ole' lady whats that like for comparison)be back with a report...Since I am a gluton for punishment. I did a dual boot with this machine XP/Vista and guess what? SCREEEEEEEEEEECH.....stick with XP ole boy.

[VampireHunterG]

if there was ever a good non-government target for a severe beating it would be a toshiba laptop pre-loaded with vista.

i've got an idea. let's take a really nice new computer with a fast processor and then severely bog it down so that the interface will look really pretty, because theses days pretty trumps functional. then, with the right marketing campaign (which probably cost more than development) and enough retro-fitting hurdles to prevent people from going back to an OS that, after years of updating, was finally getting to a point of stability, we'll totally cash in on our captive audience when they find out all of their old software no longer works. i know! while we're at it, let's make all of the third-party people write all new drivers for their devices. get started boys!

this is how we will compete with apple and their snarky TV ads.

[bs953]

I am just wondering since this subject has not come up yet, has anybody turned on 'hidden view' in device manager yet? If so what did ya find? and if so did ya fix it? Anybody actually finger out how to get this pile of crap to SHUT OFF when you close the lid?
Oh lets get Toshibe to write some drivers for this! BTW I am writing the worst reviews I can whenever I can find another site. I finally just did a notepad and paste/copy. LOL

[Mercedes]

All it's ok now
the only thing is that the computer hangs for about a half second or so every 20 seconds, I noticed that first with the mouse and after that when I tried to watch a movie; Does anyone how to fix it?


I got the same problem, does anybody can help, thank you?

[VampireHunterG]

I am just wondering since this subject has not come up yet, has anybody turned on 'hidden view' in device manager yet? If so what did ya find? and if so did ya fix it? Anybody actually finger out how to get this pile of crap to SHUT OFF when you close the lid?
Oh lets get Toshibe to write some drivers for this! BTW I am writing the worst reviews I can whenever I can find another site. I finally just did a notepad and paste/copy. LOL

the only options i see under [power options] are sleep & do nothing.
i chose nothing.
i just turn it off with the power button before i close it.
problem solved!

[EviloneX]

It is certain that the bios these laptops use are not acpi compliant with OSes other than Vista, if someone can get a similar model with xp pre-installed, our chances of getting the job done will increase. BTW thanks a lot to DATAR for his pack, i was able to use nlite to integrate all the infs and they all work like gold!!

[ilhan05]

I have toshiba a200-1bp notebok and I formatted it and then I setup xp but I could'nt find the touchpad driver for xp. if you have touch pad driver for xp sent mi please my emaeil adress is [edited out by Moderator to keep you from being spammed].

[neha3000]

For Issues with HotKeys Try this.

http://rapidshare.com/files/38751008/thku-xp-10001st-en.zip.html

[bs953]

TOSHIBA A135-2386 WINXP DRIVERS PLS

UNKNOWN DEVICE?
UNKNOWN DEVICE?

All other drivers managed to install from someone who had a bunch of drivers posted in a website, that was so cool nice of him/her, I will post the drivers soon here, 123MB file.

I need help with these two unknown device or How Can I disable from being poping everytime I login.

Thanks
VIJAY
If you don't figure out how to 'fix them', then let them error out and then when the 'auto install' (another microsnot fav) pops up, check the little box (I think it is on the left hand side, lower) in the dialog window that say's "do not remind me to install again" or something to that effect. That should stop the nag. Otherwise you may have to fart with the registry and I can't remember the key to change. Somebody here probably does, since we have been getting drive to drink over these Toshiba's. :)

[sur5al]

Hi Guys,
I am in trouble with my Satellite A135-S4467 to downgrade to XP Prof Sp2. Drivers needed as a piece of bread! Help me please! At least the LAN could be work... A source would be nice like what datars did:

Originally Posted by datars
Toshiba A135-S2276 XP Drivers Full.
Unzip and Burn CD

BTW is there a big difference between S2276 and S4467? I am afraid, yes.

Thx a lot,

[bs953]

Your proc running at half speed is interesting, I have not seen that one yet. Have you gone to power options in the control panel and set them to always on? Mine slows down when I use the laptop function etc. Of course this chews through the battery (not that great in the first place), I leave mine always on. remember TOOOOOOOOOOshEEEba has a power management feature that is VISTA only and it allowed you to throttle down the proc..
Your skittery mouse is video related, turn down the hardware acceleration and see what happens also gig up the ram to max. have you surfed back in these forums for the ati link? You will find the specific video driver for your 'mobile radeon'. I used the Omega drivers, but dumped em right away. If you go that route be prepared for a lengthy ordeal to get rid of the old drivers etc. I always say format to dump em.
Let us know if you up your ram and it works. I am running a gig and a half and am contemplating going to max.

[Riredale]

There is, in my opinion, no need to expand ram unless you are running a few select programs. For example, when I run a video-steadying program called DeShaker on my desktop PC I note that it eats up 400MB!

One way to tell just how much ram is needed is to install a little freeware utility called "RamPage." It sits in the System Tray and displays a number representing how much of your ram is not needed at that moment. On the two Satellite laptops that I converted to XP a few weeks ago, RamPage typically shows 200MB (out of 512MB installed) is sitting idle. This with a fairly robust installation of XP with Office and numerous other programs installed.

If, on the other hand, you see numbers like "10" or the number varies a great deal, then increased ram will help prevent disk paging.

The Satellite laptops with Celeron 1.6 processors were dogs under Vista, but with XPpro they are delightfully fast. I note with some interest that other non-Toshiba laptop buyers on the Internet are trying to upgrade to XP also, and are facing similar issues trying to find drivers.

[Rui-kun]

Your proc running at half speed is interesting, I have not seen that one yet. Have you gone to power options in the control panel and set them to always on? Mine slows down when I use the laptop function etc. Of course this chews through the battery (not that great in the first place), I leave mine always on. remember TOOOOOOOOOOshEEEba has a power management feature that is VISTA only and it allowed you to throttle down the proc..
Your skittery mouse is video related, turn down the hardware acceleration and see what happens also gig up the ram to max. have you surfed back in these forums for the ati link? You will find the specific video driver for your 'mobile radeon'. I used the Omega drivers, but dumped em right away. If you go that route be prepared for a lengthy ordeal to get rid of the old drivers etc. I always say format to dump em.
Let us know if you up your ram and it works. I am running a gig and a half and am contemplating going to max.

Thank you for your response. The processor isn't much of an issue for me since the system doesn't feel sluggish at all. I also leave my system always on (and plugged).

I'll try to turn down the hardware acceleration, and yes, I'm also planning on RAMming-up the machine to 2GB after I have enough money. I'll try to post the system's developments after the upgrade.

I'm not exactly sure which of the links posted before is the ATi driver you're specifying since there are a lot of them.

As always, I'll try to post on any developments I come across. Thank you very much for your assistance

[bs953]

Thank you for your response. The processor isn't much of an issue for me since the system doesn't feel sluggish at all. I also leave my system always on (and plugged).

I'll try to turn down the hardware acceleration, and yes, I'm also planning on RAMming-up the machine to 2GB after I have enough money. I'll try to post the system's developments after the upgrade.

I'm not exactly sure which of the links posted before is the ATi driver you're specifying since there are a lot of them.

As always, I'll try to post on any developments I come across. Thank you very much for your assistance
Go back and find my posts, i was the one that tracked that down actually. if I get the time later i will do it and re post here.

[sur5al]

Hi Guys,
I am in trouble with my Satellite A135-S4467 to downgrade to XP Prof Sp2. Drivers needed as a piece of bread! Help me please! At least the LAN could be work... A source would be nice like what datars did:

Originally Posted by datars
Toshiba A135-S2276 XP Drivers Full.
Unzip and Burn CD

BTW is there a big difference between S2276 and S4467? I am afraid, yes.

Thx a lot,

As I saw most of You tried to downgrade from VISTA to XP with S2276. Who tried the same process with S4467? I would like to make a driver package for S4467 and share with everyone. Here is the first step: LAN is working now.:)

Thanx and waiting for the leads & links to proper (working) drivers!

[Rui-kun]

Well, it looks like turning down video hardware acceleration doesn't solve the mouse freezing issue.

Anyway, does anybody know what the hidden unknown device is for? If I remember correctly, it's ACPI-related or something?

Also, maybe we could request Omega Driver to create a driver specific to our needs. An XP-compatible ATi Radeon Xpress 200M driver for A100-A135 series Satellites. This might solve the video issues most of us are experiencing.

That's all for now.

[Cerran]

I have a Toshiba A130-ST1313 here and I've gotten all of the drivers working with the exception of the function keys and the device manager still shows two unkown devices.

I *REALLY* want to smack someone at Toshiba for not allowing XP support on these notebooks. We run XP in our domain I'm I'm in no mood to work on getting vista business integrated into our domain yet.

The atheros driver did give me fits but I found if I manually installed it and told it what driver to use it does work fine.

Using the catalyist driver mod mobilitydotnet2 and it seems to work, but I still don't have an ATI control panel.

Any ideas on what the last two "unknown devices" are?

Here is a list of what drivers worked:

Modem - Toshiba Drivers
Sound - Toshiba Drivers, I would imagine realtek drivers would work too
Video/Motherboard - Catalyist drivers, but no control panel working
Network - Windows loaded at install
Wireless - Atheros Ar5006X, but had to manually force the driver install and pick the driver from a list.
Smbus - ATI catalyist

I'd really like to get the function keys working if at all possible. Anyone know what drivers are typically needed for those?

[bs953]

Good luck on the FN keys, those are actually a Toshiba software dependant thing, based on Vista. I also just found out that the drivers for other models under xp and Toshiba were actually a different chipset, than the ones we are stuck with. Now unless some really good coder can be 'persuaded' (thumb screws, or bribes come to mind) to modify the drivers for the 'other' chipsets, I think we are *** out until then or as I have said before EVERYBODY start writing ****ty reviews about Toshiba. I think I have personally wrote about 300+ plus now and continue to find sites daily that allow reviews. LOL

[VampireHunterG]

:confused: those [unknown devices] are probably the quick launch buttons over on the left side there. do you have those on your model?

:eek: my last two [unknown devices] were the quick launch buttons over on the left side and they were recognized with the help of datars' driver downoad pack.

[bs953]

:confused: those [unknown devices] are probably the quick launch buttons over on the left side there. do you have those on your model?

:eek: my last two [unknown devices] were the quick launch buttons over on the left side and they were recognized with the help of datars' driver downoad pack.
Mine work over there. The only ones that don't on my machine are the bright etc.

[tdtdc]

I have a Toshiba A135-S4467 and thanks to the people on this thread, it is actually working wonderfully after downgrading (not even sure that's what I would call it after working with Vista for months) to Win XP SP2.

I have no errors in Device Manager. Thank you!

HOWEVER, I still have the problem with the mouse freezing up occasionally causing the laptop to freeze and I have to reboot.

I don't want to bring up the same problem over and over again but since I'm not seeing any problems in Device Manager, I wonder: is it the video driver? is it the mouse?

I hate to install something that might screw up something else. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[webexpertz]

Hi Members, I am new to this forum and i am very happy to find hardware central and the guys here are really knowlegable.

I have TOSHIBA Satellite A100/ 1100 D and was vista preinstalled and was downgraded the operating system from vista to XP home.

i was facing the same problem with which the thread has started.

i have almost completed every thing with the help of hardware central.

Special thanks for DARARS

I have made a cd and installed all. it took me 7-8 hours to rectify the errors.

now i am remaining with only function keys, which is still not working.
sound driver has some trouble and hanging in songs.

VISTA ****S!! I LOVE VISTA, Its like poision. but the speed of the system was so tired.

Look forward to hear to clear the rest of troubles...

Toshiba A135-S2276 XP Drivers Full.

Unzip and Burn CD

Tested on a fresh install of XP

Drivers here (http://www.mediafire.com/?5jzw0gmnz4i)

[VampireHunterG]

working Fn keys are the holy grail of this forum.

my attitude has always been 'screw it, who needs 'em?'

i just set everything up how i like it and then i just leave it alone.

but if somebody actually made them work i would be very impressed even though i never use Fn keys anyway.

[bs953]

Wow finally somebody got a clue AMEN. Oh and by the way for all you lucky duckies, Toshiba is now shipping the Tecra with both cd's xp pro and Vista preinstalled! How does that grap ya by the nuckers? LMAO Has anybody botherd to go check Toshiba's site lately? To see if there are anyupdates for us sorry ****ers that got talked into this deal? I haven't personally I would probably leave some sort of serious threat on their site LOL

[VampireHunterG]

TOOOOOOOOSHEEEEEEEEEBAAAAAAAA!

[bs953]

ok guys no drivers from my buddy. I thought he had gotten the lap top(s) already all 8 of them. They will be in next week. Then we will have it going on.

[kezman]

I have gotten all drivers to work except for my sound drivers. I have a Toshiba Satellite A100 (PSANNA-04E005). Thanks to everyone for helping me get my video and other drivers working but could someone please help me setting up my sound drivers. I insalled the recommended drivers but I get an error saying "the device cannot start. (code 10)" Some one please help me.

[jwwstpete]

I think I am getting antsy to get started. I'll try the A100(PSAA9) XP drivers and report back.

[bs953]

I think I am getting antsy to get started. I'll try the A100(PSAA9) XP drivers and report back.
There ya go those are the ones to use, Toshiba is shipping the systems with both CD's in the A100.

tnmdt5, you need to spend the time to go back and read the forum on this issue. (I hate that when you get newbies, that want to cheat) Some of the Vista drivers will work under XP and most won't. (he is gonna be back sniveling about freezing:)) So use the driver pack(s) and you will be up and running!

Hey Vamp I am using the catalyst software from ATI for my video driver pack. I am not sure anymore what number etc. If you want I can check?
Chances are if your m200 video crap isn't liking the ATI version you still had some Omega laying around in there messing with you. Omega was fine I just couldn't get my resolution to what I liked, and it 'appeared to cause freezing'.

[jinxron]

can anybody tell me....(if u noticed the partitions carefully...)
There is a 1500 mb partition created by toshiba... what is tht for ?
if i erase that partition wt wud happen ?

[VampireHunterG]

Hey Vamp I am using the catalyst software from ATI for my video driver pack. I am not sure anymore what number etc. If you want I can check?
Chances are if your m200 video crap isn't liking the ATI version you still had some Omega laying around in there messing with you. Omega was fine I just couldn't get my resolution to what I liked, and it 'appeared to cause freezing'.

i would really like to know which ATI driver you ended up using because at some point in the future i will format and start over (again!) and at that point will try the 'official' drivers. for the time being the omegas seem to be working without complaint.

[VampireHunterG]

i finally found the secret of installing the smbus thing
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/13499/a08/infinst_autol.exe
its actually an intel chipset update.... just run it and u will no longer witness the ugly yellow question marks...
but can anyone tell me any trick to make the brightnes control by fn keys ?????
anyone ? any clue ?
well... in that case i will wait...
Thanks a lot fr all the effort....
Ron

working Fn keys = Holy Grail (can you see it there? just over that next hill? so beautiful...)

i just adjust brightness (actually i think i adjusted gamma) in the advanced properties section of the [displays control panel].

and then i just left it alone.

[bs953]

Here ya go, I figure to redeem myself after blasting the pineapple :)

Here is what I am using exactley. Let me know if you need more information.

[kezman]

Does anyone know anything about sound drivers for a Toshiba Satellite A100 (PSAANA-04E005)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Shinma]

Posted at Toshiba (Australia):
Realtek Audio Driver with UAA Bus driver

[revjscox]

I have been watching this thread w/ much interest and am getting VERY close to making the down-(eh, up)grade soon.

My job requires that I sometimes use the laptop with a portable projector and run ppt. How easy is it using the XP drivers to switch between LCD to LCD w/ CRT(extended desktop)?

This is a MUST for me and I'm afraid to make this change until I can be sure that I will have this functionality available.

If it can be done how easily?(hotkeys?)

[bs953]

I have been watching this thread w/ much interest and am getting VERY close to making the down-(eh, up)grade soon.

My job requires that I sometimes use the laptop with a portable projector and run ppt. How easy is it using the XP drivers to switch between LCD to LCD w/ CRT(extended desktop)?

This is a MUST for me and I'm afraid to make this change until I can be sure that I will have this functionality available.

If it can be done how easily?(hotkeys?)
That I can answer without being a smart ***. That is exactley what we do at my job filming goverment meetings. Do your down grade get all your drivers working except the bright contrast keys, plug in the s-video hit control F5 and your in business.

[revjscox]

I'm assuming then the same would be true using the HD15 instead of S-Video?

Does anyone else have a 2356 and has all of the drivers installed and working correctly?

[bs953]

I'm assuming then the same would be true using the HD15 instead of S-Video?

Does anyone else have a 2356 and has all of the drivers installed and working correctly?
yes that is correct, we have used both in fact at the same time to seperate projectors. Worked like a champ.

[revjscox]

i'm curious (i missed it the first time) why the CTRL key instead of Fn key?

[bs953]

i'm curious (i missed it the first time) why the CTRL key instead of Fn key?
Oop's my bad your right it is in fact the FN key/F5, it just seems I am hitting the Ctrl key alot lately :).
I have noticed that sometimes you need to hit it a couple of times to get it to kick on both displays. Now also be aware I have not used this using the Omega driver pack floating around here, I suspect that it won't work and you must use the Original ATI drivers.

[VampireHunterG]

function keys? who needs 'em?

[VampireHunterG]

Here ya go, I figure to redeem myself after blasting the pineapple :)

Here is what I am using exactly. Let me know if you need more information.

two questions:


what version of catalyst are you using?

i'm afraid to ask but, what exactly is blasting the pineapple?

[gatorback]

Has anybody tried using a partimage (ghost-like tool) to capture the original Vista partitions and succesfully restore the image. Although I can't see a need for Vista today, it would be nice to have the option to quickly restore vista in the future :)

Any insight or warnings would be appreciated.

[vagneerrock007]

Hi friends, after very work and with the help of this fórum, I obtained to install all drivers of the Notebook Satellite A135-S2266. Then, nothing more just than to share drivers with all!.


This package includes:

Video - Radeon Omega Driver
Sound(in Folder Audio) - Realtek WDM R170
South Bridge - ATI Catalyst
Keyboard (in Folder Teclado ) Driver
Wireless - Atheros
Modem - Toshiba Software Modem Driver

Instructions for installation

First, it installs Universal the Audio Architecture, and after that, it normally continues installing drivers. I had much difficulty, therefore I installed drivers without installing Universal the Audio Architecture and then the Xp detected the modem audio device on high definition bus. But I read in one another one fórum that it was necessary to install the UAA before installing drivers of sound and modem.

Then I formatted the Notebook one more time and I followed this described script soon above. Who not to want to install the UAA and to try to install the modem, can try, I am only recommending because 100% with me functioned in this way, and cannot guarantee that driver of the modem it will install without the installed UAA.

After to install drivers conventional, they will go to lack three drivers, being these, 2 Unknown device, such drivers are drivers of the Keyboard, that are located in the folder Teclado. The modem audio device on high definition bus is the modem of notebook.

It wanted to ask for excuses for my precarious English, I am Brazilian. I wait to have helped!

Links :

Universal Audio Architecture
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-s...97/eng/UAA.zip

Drivers for Windows Xp
http://www.mediafire.com/?ad1w2o9gz9g


http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1412/imagemxh9.jpg

[bs953]

two questions:


what version of catalyst are you using?

i'm afraid to ask but, what exactly is blasting the pineapple?

I blasted the aloha dude jinxon. Ergo "blasting the pineapple". Now as to question number one:I am not using any catalyst software. I just went and looked. I coulda swore I was. So I am just using the drivers only from ATI! Hmm I thought I d/l the damn thing. Probably did and lost it somewhere along one of the multiple formats LOL. Hey did the screen shots help ya?

[BCCOMP]

Datars,
I wish to Thank You for all your work in compilng the list of drivers for XP on my Toshiba Laptop. Your drivers worked on my A135/S2386. The only one that it did not take care of is in the hidden view and is something to do with ACPI\T0S1900\2&DABA3FF&0. I did end up with using the ATI Omega driver and it seems to be working OK.
Thanks again for all your hard work!
BCCOMP

[bs953]

Ok, for the toshiba satellite A135-S4487 users, here is the list of drivers (and locations) for windows xp (SP2): Lets see if this works!

[bs953]

Oh hey I just found this little tid bit! The program that conrols the damn function keys is the Toshiba Flash Card Utility! Go figure anybody wanna try messing up there machine?

[ZychFryd]

Hi guys. I'm new and I have big problem. My laptop is Toshiba A135-S4656 and I can't find Xp drivers for this model. Please help me because I don't wont Vista because is too slow. This type of toshiba has only 512MB RAM ! Please help me !

[BCCOMP]

ZychFryd,
The first thing I would do is download Belarc Adviser (Google it). Run this program and it will tell you what the chipsets and drivers are in your System. I would then print this list so you can see what you are looking for. I believe you will find mostly Intel. You may then be able to go to Intel and see what drivers they support For XP. The other drivers that Intel may not support, you may be able to search on the web. For the most part the Toshibas on this forum have had only minor problems with Fn key and a ACPI hidden driver after the downgrade. Let us know what you come up with.
BCCOMP
PS This thread is getting very long and has alot of info on it. You may wish to start a new thread that pertains to your model. You may get better info.

[JEFFA]

WOW. After playing around with XP i got WIN2k Pro to run on this thing. It's very fast. I pretty much have all of the drivers sorted out, but DVD playback is VERY choppy. Any ideas? !!

[pableins77]

Oh hey I just found this little tid bit! The program that conrols the damn function keys is the Toshiba Flash Card Utility! Go figure anybody wanna try messing up there machine?
Oh hey I just found this little tid bit! The program that conrols the damn function keys is the Toshiba Flash Card Utility! Go figure anybody wanna try messing up there machine?

I need that program can you help me

[VampireHunterG]

Oh hey I just found this little tid bit! The program that conrols the damn function keys is the Toshiba Flash Card Utility! Go figure anybody wanna try messing up there machine?

I need that program can you help me

ah, the grail quest continues.

[bs953]

Hey vampire wazzzzz cracking? besides our messed up machines? Oh by the way I do have access now to the vista/xp "roll back" cd. LOL When my boss comes back I will snatch a copy.

[redsox37]

I know there was a few posts asking to post XP Drivers for Toshiba Satellite A135-S4467, and I was able to get all of the drivers together by using some of the posts in this thread and some trial and error....... so I thought I would share them.

You can find them here: http://sharebee.com/a0af1971

If there are drivers for devices that aren't included in this ZIP file, don't sweat it......... just use Windows Update and it will detect and install the rest. There's a txt file within the ZIP file to let you know what those devices are.

Marcus

[cmz]

I dont get make brightness decrease or increase, herewith the brightness ever stay in maximum, causing a low efficiency of the battery...

yet look all the drivers, and I dont get find the driver correct in order to this function =(

somebody help ? since now thanks a lot

note: sorry by the my english, is very poor, Im a brazilian

[Shinma]

... I finally found a driver:
ndis51_663

The problem is - I went to so many sources, cannot recall where I found this one. It was an 'old style' driver install where I specified I have a disk and pointed to the folder with these drivers.

One listed at the following link,
Click HERE (http://files.aoaforums.com/I2874-ndis51_663.zip.html)

[CircuitBreaker]

I have a Toshiba A135-S2326 that I have rolled back to XP Pro. Following tips from this thread, I got everything working, save a few of the function keys.

I have one remaining problem I haven't seen discussed here. When I use the keyboard to enter text, I get strange results. The cursor will often jump around in response to a keystroke, so that the result is garbled. Sometimes my text just disappears. While typing this short entry, I've had to backspace, reposition, then retype about 15 times.

Any ideas?

[datars]

I have a Toshiba A135-S2326 that I have rolled back to XP Pro. Following tips from this thread, I got everything working, save a few of the function keys.

I have one remaining problem I haven't seen discussed here. When I use the keyboard to enter text, I get strange results. The cursor will often jump around in response to a keystroke, so that the result is garbled. Sometimes my text just disappears. While typing this short entry, I've had to backspace, reposition, then retype about 15 times.

Any ideas?View my post 405
http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/showthread.php?t=175186&page=27

[CircuitBreaker]

View my post 405
http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/showthread.php?t=175186&page=27

I read message 405.

My problem is not "lagging/freezing mouse". Mouse touchpad works just fine. Problems occur only when I use keyboard.

I guess you are recommending I "wipe" the drive and start over. I'm pretty sure I did a full format the first time around. Do I keep the Toshiba partition?

[datars]

I read message 405.

My problem is not "lagging/freezing mouse". Mouse touchpad works just fine. Problems occur only when I use keyboard.

I guess you are recommending I "wipe" the drive and start over. I'm pretty sure I did a full format the first time around. Do I keep the Toshiba partition?Zeroing the drive is not the same as formatting; this will remove the Toshiba Partition.

After you zero out the drive, install XP on the drive, make sure to make the HD active then continue the install of XP. Also do full format, not Quick.

If you like to make your Laptop run faster, then remove the 5400RPM drive, an install a 7200RPM HD. Take the old drive and put it into an external. I do this for all my Laptop customers.

[enaamorado]

Hi, i buy a toshiba P205-6287, i downgrade to winxp, find in this forum how install all drivers and this working good, BUT...just 2 device not recognize...put yellow exclamation:

1. CHICONY USB 2.0 (this is the webcam, i try with DC-100 but not working, i try the drivers on recovery disc and not working)

2. PCI DEVICE (here i don't know what is device for find the correct driver, i run EVEREST on the laptop and mark this devices PCI)

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2479/28359489nf3.jpg


Please help me...i don't know what do!!!

[datars]

Hi, i buy a toshiba P205-6287, i downgrade to winxp, find in this forum how install all drivers and this working good, BUT...just 2 device not recognize...put yellow exclamation:

1. CHICONY USB 2.0 (this is the webcam, i try with DC-100 but not working, i try the drivers on recovery disc and not working)

2. PCI DEVICE (here i don't know what is device for find the correct driver, i run EVEREST on the laptop and mark this devices PCI)

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2479/28359489nf3.jpg


Please help me...i don't know what do!!!Try the drivers I posted, and burn to CD, and see if that works for the 2 PCI DEVICE.

Chuck

[gatorback]

Hmmm. This thread has 419 postings with no end in sight. I am not sure who is in charge: it may be better to start new threads when there are new questions \ models to be addressed.

Just a suggestion: I am not looking for any comments or feedback :)

[CALLmRAVEN]

Hi everyone,

I was able to setup a dual boot with Vista and XP on my A135-S2326.
Here is the link how to setup dual boot: http://www.apcstart.com/5485/dualbooting_vista_and_xp
I have no question marks in Device Manager after I followed the instructions of the people on this forum but when I am looking at the signals of the wireless connections around me and they are very week comparing with the once that I get if I boot with Vista.

Anybody had the same experience of having very weak wireless connection after downgrading to XP? Anybody have any idea how to fix it?

[english]

Everyone having trouble finding the xp drivers after reformatting from vista should try this neat little program its called "Driver Genius Pro" just install then click the upgrade drivers link & it finds you the latest original drivers to download.
I had the same problem formatting my laptop from vista to xp & now everything is perfect, no more yellow question marks..

[driverhelp]

The Toshiba Common Module driver and the hotkey utility are not needed. They add no improvement to the Fn keys (soft keys). I have discussed this in person and found that the Fn keys are controlled by the operating system. After restoring my system, again, the Fn keys worked right away except for brightness, wireless and some others. I have found some possible solutions: Vista supposedly has the drivers (which I don't know how to copy from Vista to XP), updating the keyboard driver in the Device Manager or getting a program to assign hotkeys. Even though I want all my soft keys to work, I'm content with what I have right now. It would nice to know a sure way to get them all to work with XP.

[nmihai]

I have everythink done what is described in this site about install winxp...my problem is that the pc bocks- freeze for 1 sec every 10-20 secons...pls help

[wardriver-1]

If you download the ati driver from ati, then go to driverheaven.net, or search for "mobility modder". they have a utility that will fix the inf files to install the`latest driver for your video. I have a A135-s2276. Downloaded the Rar from your link, used the latest ati drivers / mobility modder, and downloaded the generic synaptic xp driver. Seems to work great. Now to hunt down the Fn key utility.....

[HotTamales]

Hi,

I just bought a Satellite A135-S4677 notebook and wanted to downgrade to XP Pro but is having alot of trouble finding the drivers. Can I use the driver pack for the S2276 XP Drivers or do I need to find the drivers somewhere else? If anyone has these drivers, please help!

thanks!!

[bs953]

Hi,

I just bought a Satellite A135-S4677 notebook and wanted to downgrade to XP Pro but is having alot of trouble finding the drivers. Can I use the driver pack for the S2276 XP Drivers or do I need to find the drivers somewhere else? If anyone has these drivers, please help!

thanks!!
Well you can give it a try. All that will happen is that you will have to use your restore disk and re gig vista. You did make a recovery disk right?

[e_eggs]

Sorry if I missed it, but I have done everything, but I still can't get USB 2.0 to work. Someone help me, I'm so close to being done with this headache. Thanks

[swlatham]

You are on the right track. The current driver the XP Pro loads is a 7/2001 which is a 5.1.X.X version. It needs to be a 6.X.X.X version looking at Vista and one of my launch buttons under XP Pro. I did manually load a Vista 6.0.X.X version driver after modifying the ACPI.inf file. Bad news is my PC would not boot after that, but the fix was to copy about 4 files back into the Windows directory and I was back up and running. Someone with Windows Media version might be able to help.

Just some thoughts.

[bige]

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4656 and wiped Vista out and put XP on it. I am in need of 3 more drivers. They are:

PCI device (Unknown Device Identifier said it was something wiht Texas Instruments)
PCI ISA bridge
SM Bus Controller

I downloaded the Toshiba A135-S2276 XP Drivers Full pack mentioned eailer in the forum, but that didn't really get me anywhere. I've been looking for these drivers for 2 days now and am starting to get ticked off. Help please?

[bs953]

try using google for a program called Driver Genius Professional Edition.

[skatingpuppy]

I also bought one toshiba a135-s4656
but haven't down(up)graded to xp

1.did you encountered the problem"the laptop freeze for one minute and after continue and few minutes late again freeze" in xp?

2.do the fn keys work in xp?

Thanks!

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4656 and wiped Vista out and put XP on it. I am in need of 3 more drivers. They are:

PCI device (Unknown Device Identifier said it was something wiht Texas Instruments)
PCI ISA bridge
SM Bus Controller

I downloaded the Toshiba A135-S2276 XP Drivers Full pack mentioned eailer in the forum, but that didn't really get me anywhere. I've been looking for these drivers for 2 days now and am starting to get ticked off. Help please?

[ti009]

upgrade a135-s4656 to XP was sucessful. no freezes.

only thing is the fn key for brightness doesn't work.


I also bought one toshiba a135-s4656
but haven't down(up)graded to xp

1.did you encountered the problem"the laptop freeze for one minute and after continue and few minutes late again freeze" in xp?

2.do the fn keys work in xp?

Thanks!

[skatingpuppy]

I see...
Is the default settings too dark or too bright?

upgrade a135-s4656 to XP was sucessful. no freezes.

only thing is the fn key for brightness doesn't work.

[jowaju]

Has anyone tried this brightness control utility here:
http://www.ookii.org/software/#Brightness

I don't have my A135 here tonight, so I can't test it, but I'm iterested to know if it works.

[ti009]

The default seems bit to bright. So I went into the properties, color management and adjust it there. no probs.

I see...
Is the default settings too dark or too bright?

[johnnyc1]

ti009, i too have purchased the toshiba a135-4656, and wish to downgrade(up) to XP. Do you have a step by step on how you did this? or have a copy of the drivers that you used ? or info on where to get the drivers. I would like to have xp on this machine, but do not want to make the laptop useless. thanks for all replies.

[webexpertz]

working Fn keys are the holy grail of this forum.

my attitude has always been 'screw it, who needs 'em?'

i just set everything up how i like it and then i just leave it alone.

but if somebody actually made them work i would be very impressed even though i never use Fn keys anyway.

I have TOSHIBA Satellite A100/ 1100 D and was vista preinstalled and was downgraded the operating system from vista to XP home.

I want to know how Fn Key will work.

My Sound Card Driver is also not working properly.

Please help!!

[Beymer]

I have a Toshiba A135-4656 that I have downgraded just like everyone else. However, I cannot find any utilities that will work for the lcd brightness or power saver options. All the other drivers are correctly installed and working correctly any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

-Beymer

[revjscox]

Has anyone tried this brightness control utility here:
http://www.ookii.org/software/#Brightness

I don't have my A135 here tonight, so I can't test it, but I'm iterested to know if it works.
It appears to work very well. I'm assuming it is controlling the backlight intensity and not the pixels but don't have any way to verify that.

I am currently having trouble with the computer coming out of standby. Using the ATI Catalyst Driver Set (on XP Home SP2) when I wake up from Standby the video adapter does not initialize and video is not visible on the LCD nor an attached VGA device (haven't tested with S-Video but would assume to be same results).

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

- J

[Pravitus]

I also had the same problem.

In my case, it cleared up when I unchecked
"Prompt for password, when computer resumes from standby"
In Control Panel - Power Options - Advanced.

Returns from standby fine now.

Pravitus



It appears to work very well. I'm assuming it is controlling the backlight intensity and not the pixels but don't have any way to verify that.

I am currently having trouble with the computer coming out of standby. Using the ATI Catalyst Driver Set (on XP Home SP2) when I wake up from Standby the video adapter does not initialize and video is not visible on the LCD nor an attached VGA device (haven't tested with S-Video but would assume to be same results).

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

- J

[bs953]

It appears to work very well. I'm assuming it is controlling the backlight intensity and not the pixels but don't have any way to verify that.

I am currently having trouble with the computer coming out of standby. Using the ATI Catalyst Driver Set (on XP Home SP2) when I wake up from Standby the video adapter does not initialize and video is not visible on the LCD nor an attached VGA device (haven't tested with S-Video but would assume to be same results).

Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

- J


for some reason my post keeps getting deleted. anyways to answer you for the third time. Get Ultra Mon in stall it and your all set. This will fix any standby problems, period. I literally found out by mistake that this little proggie works.

[revjscox]

I also had the same problem.

In my case, it cleared up when I unchecked
"Prompt for password, when computer resumes from standby"
In Control Panel - Power Options - Advanced.

Returns from standby fine now.

Pravitus

Works like a CHARM! Thank YOU !!!

[revjscox]

I used Datars driver set as a base and went from there on a -2356 and haven't had any problems.

[revjscox]

yes that is correct, we have used both in fact at the same time to seperate projectors. Worked like a champ.

I can only manage to use one at a time. I've tried it using both the Omega drivers and the ATI drivers. What model number are you using (ie A135-Sxxx)?

- J

[bs953]

I can only manage to use one at a time. I've tried it using both the Omega drivers and the ATI drivers. What model number are you using (ie A135-Sxxx)?

- J

I can't remember 22 something. But ultra mon fixed all those issues!

[jfletchertx]

I downloaded the XP RealTEK Driver version 5.10.0.5294 under the Satellite L35-S1054, L35-S2151, L35-S2161, L35-S2171, L35-S2174, L35-S2194, L35-S2206 off of their US website to get the sound card for the Satellite L35-S2316working under an XP SP2 installation. You can get other XP drivers off the Toshiba United Kingdom website under their L30 series. They also work for the Satellite L35-S2316 XP installation. Hope this helps you guys!!!

[namdog]

A USB mouse. Nothing special.

What kind of mouse are you using? You should tro to install something like intelli point.

[bs953]

A USB mouse. Nothing special.

is it wireless usb? does it have batteries? or does it plug right in and run off usb power?
Download the specific mouse drivers/program from the mouse manufacture. See what happens then.

[namdog]

This is a wired USB mouse.

It's not the problem of mouse.

The cursor (maybe I should mention cursor, not mouse) pause even I move on the touch pad (without the USB mouse).


is it wireless usb? does it have batteries? or does it plug right in and run off usb power?
Download the specific mouse drivers/program from the mouse manufacture. See what happens then.

[karthik]

hi
i have a toshiba satellite a135-s4427.....i removed vista and installed xp sp2 and found that none all the drivers are missing....
modem
sound
display
lan

can somebody help me out......

will the drivers posted for a135-s4527 work in my model too.....has anyone tried.......i trying it currently....

please help.....

thank you....

[jdsage]

Maybe those of you who can't download datar's driver file are using Internet Exploder; with Firefox 2.0.0.7 I had no trouble. Could also be where you're located; can't help you there.

[nonong]

Is it Vista that you have re-installed?

I already download all the driver that you recomendeed, but i dont know how to burn it and make auto run with the set up.
Does anyone can help me?

Thanks

[nonong]

Thanks!
Works fine on my Satellite A135-S2296

Good job!
Thanks, again.

:D


Can you help me to solve this problem, mrodrigow?
I already download all this driver, but i cant run it in my Satellite A135-S2296.
I cant found the set up.

Thanks

[bs953]

Can you help me to solve this problem, mrodrigow?
I already download all this driver, but i cant run it in my Satellite A135-S2296.
I cant found the set up.

Thanks


You need to go to the device manager (my computer) look for the devices with the error messages (the little yellow triangle), right click and click on 'update driver', click on 'let me choose location', browse to the CD (where your drivers are) and start cliking on things until the open button activates and then it will install. (after you clcik on the open or ok button I mean). This is tedious but most likely you will find the driver some or all. I just start at the top of the list and work my way down (that is what she said) :)
good ruck rorge!

[jdsage]

Can you help me to solve this problem, mrodrigow?
I already download all this driver, but i cant run it in my Satellite A135-S2296.
I cant found the set up.

Thanks

Nonong,
I think you're misunderstanding; you don't need to boot from the driver CD. UnRAR Datar's file to your hard drive, then burn an ordinary data CD consisting of all those folders. Start your system and use Control Panel to Add Hardware, use the Automatic feature, and tell it to look on the CD.

Good luck.

[nonong]

Thank you jdsage . I will try this soon.
I really appreciate your support.

[panje]

oh man what a headache, I just figure out my upmost problem "black screen of death" which is stuck/hang forever upon rebooting. By installing ATI southbridge, all my problems solve even acronis acpi initialize error also solve.
Now the only problem I have is like everyone else, the Fn key function. Only a few key are working.

Btw, thanks to datars and buttzilla. U guys are rockz!!

[bs953]

Good luck on the FN keys. I used ultra mon to fix a lot of the fn key problems and display problems, also it fixed coming out of sleep. Though i would toss that in their.

[Pionel]

Hello everyone. I found this forum by accident, but I'm glad I did. I foud this thread that relates somehow to my problem. I didn't have enough patience to read all the pages, and didn't want to open a new thread.

And now my problem : I bought a toshiba satellite a215-s7428 a short while ago, with a preinstaled windows wista. But I want to install the XP which I'm more common to. The only problem is that I can't find enywhere drivers for windows XP. I tried on the toshiba official site, as well as on others, but without succes.

If anyone can help me sort this problem I would be most greatfull...Thank you.

[Geostone]

I used these to update my A135-2356.

Video drivers are Here (http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati/win2k_xp.php)

Audio drivers are Here (http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/)

Touchpad drivers are Here (http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm)

I am still looking for modem, and two unkown devices but I believe they are somewhere in this 33 page long post.

[visualst]

Hi,

I just bought a Satellite A135-S4677 notebook and wanted to downgrade to XP Pro but is having alot of trouble finding the drivers. Can I use the driver pack for the S2276 XP Drivers or do I need to find the drivers somewhere else? If anyone has these drivers, please help!

thanks!!


i HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM... CAN U FIND DRIVERS FOR XP SP2 FINALY ??
WHERE PLEEEESE!!! OR WHAT U DO ?

THKS CARLOS FROM URUGUAY

[namag]

I know there was a few posts asking to post XP Drivers for Toshiba Satellite A135-S4467, and I was able to get all of the drivers together by using some of the posts in this thread and some trial and error....... so I thought I would share them.

You can find them here: http://sharebee.com/a0af1971

If there are drivers for devices that aren't included in this ZIP file, don't sweat it......... just use Windows Update and it will detect and install the rest. There's a txt file within the ZIP file to let you know what those devices are.

Marcus


I was just wondering wether those drivers worked properly. I own a A135-S4487 and I'm planning to downgrade, installing some (or all) of the drivers you have shared.

I haven't read about the S4467 hardware configuration yet, but I guess it is quite close to the S4487's. Anyway, if anyone knows about anything that could bring me any troube, please, warn/advise me.

I hope I'm not asking too much.

Sorry, my written English is not that good. I'm from Brazil.

Thanks a lot.

[namag]

I've just realized that I can't download the 54 Mb file from rapidsahre. If you are using a free account, their policy is to limit the donwload amount.

I've been seaching everywhere for this file. Does anyone have a sugestion that could help me?

[namag]

Doen anyone here downgrade a A135-S4487?

I did, but I'm still having problems with the Multimedia Card and the Bluetooh stuff... Did anyone here work it out?

I've got also questions on a biometric coprocessor and 2 pci devices (that I guess to be modem and audio).

I'll keep waiting for help.

cheers...

[namag]

Well,

I succeeded downgrading.

I used the SD media card driver from M115-S3094 (I guess that any other similar driver for Toshiba will work).

I used a driver list given some posts ago. It's a PDF list.

Still having problem with Modem (it's detected, but all the drivers I downloaded, failed) and Bluetooth stuff.

Any ideas?

[okothjapheth]

Hi all,

I just got a new Toshiba Satellite A135-S2306 Laptop that had Vista pre-installed. I can't stand Vista! I was one of the many beta testers that Microsoft didn't listen to. :mad: Anyways, my wireless connection kept dropping, I dug around and updated drivers but nothing made a difference. I finally lost all patience when I was writing a discussion for a college class and as I was sending the connection went bust and I lost an hours work.

Anyway, I re-upgraded back to XP and haven't been kicked once yet. Plus, all my programs work too! So, now I have a new problem, my ati card drivers won't work, they were designed for Vista. Does anyone know where I can find XP drivers for this system?

Missing Drivers:

Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus
SM Bus Controller
Unknown Device (Looks like ACPI Controller)
Unknown Device (Same)
Video Controller (VGA Compatible)

jeff

[namag]

I guess there's some information about this model in the last post. Just browse back and read the entire topic.

Cheers

[namag]

I guess there's some information about this model in the last post. Just browse back and read the entire topic.

Cheers


I mean: the previous posts

[DropVista]

Hi All,
I think I found a source for drivers for an XP UPGRADE on a Toshiba laptop.. from Toshiba! After months of "data mining" using keywords and my model # which is a Satellite A135 S4677. I found various requests on forums for XP drivers I never found anything but requests for drivers... some successes but no one seemed to have found a single source.

I did find a year old article about my model from an old European tech magazine. So then my search switched to looking for the model on the Great Britain Toshiba site. No luck by my model # so after a few weeks surfing Toshiba GB forums I decided to take a different track. In the search function I entered my processor model # Which is a T2080.

Several old and current models showed up so I matched the equipment listed with that of my model. Bingo... found an almost exact match, at least for what they listed. Mine has a 1.73ghz Pentium, 80gig HD, 15.4 screen, and Intel GMA Graphics 950. So did a Toshiba Satellite Pro A200-18P on the site. The model # PSAE1E-01C008EN is different than mine which is a PSAD0U. But the rest of all the specs is the same.

Checking the download section (on Toshiba site) http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/home.do?service=UK&from= and under Support & Download/Download Files menu I entered the model and model number of the English model that matched mine and I found the Vista and the XP drivers for that model! Including the Toshiba Flash card feature for XP. Most of the other stuff seemed to be there also!

The only thing that did now seem to match the U.S. Vista equipped model (mine) was the last Vista Bios date. I have not tried any of them yet but if you want a chance at an actual Toshiba source do a search on their site for your exact processor model and then compare it's features (particularly graphics adapter) to your's. It should give you several results then just compare them to your Toshiba.

So now I am curious if the XP bios update on the GB site would work because I found out from the polite but unhelpful Toshiba folks, that the screen brightness problem many seem to be having in their UPGRADE to XP, is a Bios controlled feature... not a device driver at all. Other than that I think I might have found the source for the exact drivers for the devices on Toshiba laptops as made by Toshiba.

If I get time this weekend and a new hard drive (I will keep my old with Vista on it for warranty purposes) I am going to try some of these drivers. Good luck to anyone else who tries and post to let us know if it worked for you!

Cheers!
DropVista

[DropVista]

I should clarify that what amazed and surprised me was that although Toshiba sells a model in the U.K. that (at least on the specs page) shows as being identical to mine, and lists downloads for those devices, the U.S. downloads does not list the same devices as having XP drivers. The bios is the only thing I am not sure of.
So if you are looking for some hard to find device drivers you could check the U.K. downloads for the model closest to yours and see if any of those downloads might work.
Now does anyone know where I can get a bios modified?
Good luck.
DropVista

[mbehmazia]

Hey bige,

I also purchased the same laptop, Toshiba A135-S4656. I reformatted and partitioned the drive thus in the process of trying to get all devices to work with Win XP Pro. Can you tell me where you got the drivers or send them to me by chance? I hate to go back to Vista Ultimate.

Thanks,

Michael
edit by admin: no contact info permitted on the forum, thank you

I just bought a Toshiba Satellite A135-S4656 and wiped Vista out and put XP on it. I am in need of 3 more drivers. They are:

PCI device (Unknown Device Identifier said it was something wiht Texas Instruments)
PCI ISA bridge
SM Bus Controller

I downloaded the Toshiba A135-S2276 XP Drivers Full pack mentioned eailer in the forum, but that didn't really get me anywhere. I've been looking for these drivers for 2 days now and am starting to get ticked off. Help please?

[cvillex]

I figured out the screen dimming situation. All you need to do is dim the screen by using the function keys when the computer is at the toshiba boot screen prior to it loading into the xp boot screen. You can't dim anything once xp begins to load. If that doesn't work, you can also dual boot xp and vista, dim the screen in vista and then boot into xp. Hope this helps.

[GypsyPixie]

Well im sorry if this is the wrong Thread but hope its not...
I am looking into getting the Toshiba Sat A135-S7403 and am scared about finding drivers when i down grade back to XP home.. will i have issues?

[DropVista]

Well im sorry if this is the wrong Thread but hope its not...
I am looking into getting the Toshiba Sat A135-S7403 and am scared about finding drivers when i down grade back to XP home.. will i have issues?

I could not find the S7403 model on Toshiba's USA download page. What are the specs? Pocessor/vid-chipset/etc? That will give you an idea how hard it will be to find the drivers.

[GypsyPixie]

well this is what it says are the specs. I am sure you need more specific, and i went to toshiba also before posting here and found nothing.
thats why im a little leary of getting this notebook.
but the price is going to be
$229 + a canon printer on friday

Intel® Celeron® M processor 530,
512MB DDR2 SDRAM,
80GB hard drive and high-speed wireless LAN
Windows Vista Home Basic,
double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW drive,
15.4" TruBrite widescreen,
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950,
CD/DVD media controls and 5-in-1 bridge media adapter

[DropVista]

Just my opinion, but it would be slow with just about any operating system. Most of the drivers should be around though. I checked on the 950 for XP and they did make that. But any computer with a Celeron and 512 ram would not be fast. Are there any other deals? On like a dual core or an AMD Turion? Even a Sempron 3500 (only if it has 512 cache) would not be terrible with a gig of ram. RAM is relatively cheap on Ebay.

No matter what it will not be easy or switch to XP (unless you have some experience).. But the drivers should be around either on Toshiba USA or Toshiba UK. If the Celeron has 1 mb of cache it MIGHT be bearable.
If you buy on price alone you might end up disappointed.
(the above is my own opinion:-)

Good Luck!

[GypsyPixie]

Thanks Drop i really appriciate your opinion. thats why i came here and asked before buying LOL

[galaxy970]

Hi friends, after very work and with the help of this fórum, I obtained to install all drivers of the Notebook Satellite A135-S2266...

Links :

Universal Audio Architecture
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-s...97/eng/UAA.zip

Drivers for Windows Xp
http://www.mediafire.com/?ad1w2o9gz9g

...
I find myself with the same toshiba model a135-s2266 and cannot locate most of the XP drivers. I found the video and nic, but still need the sound, wireless and modem drivers. The links posted above don't work, so if anyone can help, please contact me < Spam harvest prevention. Email removed. - Moderator >

[khalrawan]

thankssssssssss

[bismark taylor]

Hi All,
I think I found a source for drivers for an XP UPGRADE on a Toshiba laptop.. from Toshiba! After months of "data mining" using keywords and my model # which is a Satellite A135 S4677. I found various requests on forums for XP drivers I never found anything but requests for drivers... some successes but no one seemed to have found a single source.

I did find a year old article about my model from an old European tech magazine. So then my search switched to looking for the model on the Great Britain Toshiba site. No luck by my model # so after a few weeks surfing Toshiba GB forums I decided to take a different track. In the search function I entered my processor model # Which is a T2080.

Several old and current models showed up so I matched the equipment listed with that of my model. Bingo... found an almost exact match, at least for what they listed. Mine has a 1.73ghz Pentium, 80gig HD, 15.4 screen, and Intel GMA Graphics 950. So did a Toshiba Satellite Pro A200-18P on the site. The model # PSAE1E-01C008EN is different than mine which is a PSAD0U. But the rest of all the specs is the same.

Checking the download section (on Toshiba site) http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/jsp/home.do?service=UK&from= and under Support & Download/Download Files menu I entered the model and model number of the English model that matched mine and I found the Vista and the XP drivers for that model! Including the Toshiba Flash card feature for XP. Most of the other stuff seemed to be there also!

The only thing that did now seem to match the U.S. Vista equipped model (mine) was the last Vista Bios date. I have not tried any of them yet but if you want a chance at an actual Toshiba source do a search on their site for your exact processor model and then compare it's features (particularly graphics adapter) to your's. It should give you several results then just compare them to your Toshiba.

So now I am curious if the XP bios update on the GB site would work because I found out from the polite but unhelpful Toshiba folks, that the screen brightness problem many seem to be having in their UPGRADE to XP, is a Bios controlled feature... not a device driver at all. Other than that I think I might have found the source for the exact drivers for the devices on Toshiba laptops as made by Toshiba.

If I get time this weekend and a new hard drive (I will keep my old with Vista on it for warranty purposes) I am going to try some of these drivers. Good luck to anyone else who tries and post to let us know if it worked for you!

Cheers!
DropVista
Please am also having promble with my toshiba satellite A135-S4677,is XP and Vista but the XP side is not working so am trying to their drivers for thatso please do will to help me, they are
Ethernet Controller
Mass Storage
PCI Device
SM Bus Controller
Video Controller
please please try and help coz am dieing of this thank you

[doctorlove]

:mad: [i just formatted my laptop for the same type and put windows xp on it. I dont know which driver to download. perhaps you could give me some tips so i can use my laptop as well.

I just got a new Toshiba Satellite A135-S2306 Laptop that had Vista pre-installed. I can't stand Vista! I was one of the many beta testers that Microsoft didn't listen to. :mad: Anyways, my wireless connection kept dropping, I dug around and updated drivers but nothing made a difference. I finally lost all patience when I was writing a discussion for a college class and as I was sending the connection went bust and I lost an hours work.

Anyway, I re-upgraded back to XP and haven't been kicked once yet. Plus, all my programs work too! So, now I have a new problem, my ati card drivers won't work, they were designed for Vista. Does anyone know where I can find XP drivers for this system?

Missing Drivers:

Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus
SM Bus Controller
Unknown Device (Looks like ACPI Controller)
Unknown Device (Same)
Video Controller (VGA Compatible)

jeff[/QUOTE]

[hipo]

Welll, hello everyone. As you can imagine, I'm in the exact same boat than the rest. I'm trying to downgrade my toshiba laptop from Vista to XP, and I'm looking for the drivers. I was able to use some of the drivers posted here for older models, but can't find the sound drivers for my model, which is A205 S4577. That worst part is that toshiba europe doesn't even has this model listed.

Any help on drivers for this will be appreciated.:)

[Shinma]

... A205 S4577...

A search on the net has that notebook associated with the Realtek ALC268 audio chip.
You can check to see if the generic Realtek ALC268 drivers work.
Realtek HD Audio 1.80 (http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/853/Realtek_HD_Audio_1.80_2K/XP_.html)

[yoyoucool3]

Hello,
I did some minor searching to see if anyone else had attempted or accomplished what I have before even downgrading this machine from vista to XP. Now I've done it, I've aquired all of the necessary drivers to get the machine up and going by looking up the hardware ID's and grabbing drivers, I want to share it with others as other people have done this for me for other machines i've downgraded for people in the past. Here's the drivers you will need:

Atheros Wireless: xp32-5.3.0.56-whql.zip
Toshiba Hotkey Utility: hotkey_util_24597A.exe
Intel 945 Express Chipset Family Video Driver: win2k_xp14311.exe
Intel Celeron M Processor Identification Utility: pidenu15.msi
Intel Chipset INF Driver Package: infinst_autol.exe
Realtek High Definition Audio: WDM_R182.exe
Realtek RTL8101 Gigabit Ethernet LAN: xp3264_v5.678.1003.2007.zip

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ALL OF THESE DRIVERS CAN BE FOUND ARCHIVED ON MY SERVER HERE:
http://www.ehkz.com/mirror/Toshiba_A135-S7403/
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TOSHIBA Software Modem will be detected as Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus and the driver can be updated by using Windows Update. Also, the Mass Storage Controller (The SD Card Slot) can be obtained by doing a windows update.

Hope this helps people that find this page by google searching, as I have.

-Yoyoucool3 (Brent)
Wisconsin, USA


* Post reverted back to original as per yoyoucool3's wish.
Alternative links to individual drivers removed and posted separately.
- Moderator

[rparkinson]

Thanks, mad props!! I will need this for someone who stood in line all night for one of these, and even tho it will get 2 Gb of RAM from Newegg, I'm guessing I will be "down" grading him to XP. Some reviewer said about this machine and visduh "****s dead snakes through rusty tailpipes." http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif
:D

[Shinma]

Some Toshiba notebook drivers available at the following link,
Click HERE (http://www.downloadsource.net/c311/Toshiba/)

Toshiba Europe,
Click HERE (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp)


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[DropVista]

Some Toshiba notebook drivers available at the following link,
Click HERE (http://www.downloadsource.net/c311/Toshiba/)

Toshiba Europe,
Click HERE (http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp)


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As a note one the Toshiba Europe driver list's they also have the instructions for which order to load the drivers in. For example my US modal is an S35 A4677 but the closest match buy listed equipment is a satellite Pro A200 18P series.
One of the downloads is an "Installation Instructions " " Please use the list as the recommended Software and Driver installation order."
Listed Equip: Intel T2080 Processor, Intel Video 950 (mine is an Intel 945)
The installation order instructions are in this file: install-20070924111751.zip
on their site.

Hope this helps someone as I saw other posts where people had what seemed to be the right drivers but had problems. Maybe the install order list will be usefull. ??





Hopefully this will make it go smoother. The instructions

[rottyfan]

So now I am curious if the XP bios update on the GB site would work because I found out from the polite but unhelpful Toshiba folks, that the screen brightness problem many seem to be having in their UPGRADE to XP, is a Bios controlled feature... not a device driver at all. Other than that I think I might have found the source for the exact drivers for the devices on Toshiba laptops as made by Toshiba.



Hi DropVista,

Did you ever get up the nerve to update your laptop with the UK bios? I'm very curious to know because your idea seems to make the best sense. I'm still sorting through a few models to find the closest match to my A135-S2386. I'm pretty sure I'm going to give the bios update a go unless someone can convince me that it's a very bad idea.

[yoyoucool3]

I'm not sure who added the links to the names of what the filename was for in my last post, but that's pretty stupid that you modify my post and it's not what I originally posted to help people out. :mad:

The files that I'm hosting on my server (and since I was stupid enough to buy one of these stupid laptops from bestbuy in the first place) will remain on the server in my mirrors section. :cool:

I do not know if those links that whomever added are any good. :confused: No clue at all. I cannot tell you exactly where I aquired the files (most were from manuf) but I have them tested, and am running them on the laptop. I'm also testing out a couple of different versions of the toshiba software, may have some updated information as far as that goes soon. The ONLY thing that I do not have working at this point is the function keys...:(

And yes, to answer the comment up above, I shoved 2GB into the laptop within a day or two of purchase. I was still having problems, so thus decided one night while bored at work to write down everything that was shown in vista for driver name and the hardware ID, and then blow the machine away and do it again in XP. Finding drivers wasn't THAT hard but there's a LOT of misleeding information like "OOOhh.. try this one, or wait, try this one off the UK site,.. or try this one" Noone seemed to really know and these made everything work.:eek:

Once again, the URL for the XP drivers for the Toshiba A135-S7403 from Best Buy Black Friday Sale are here: http://www.ehkz.com/mirror/Toshiba_A135-S7403/ No thanks is necessary, just enjoy as I said earlier I'm just returning the favor for people that have produced an archive for this in the past for other laptops that i've downgraded to Windows XP.

If anyone is interested in helping research the toshiba software or has ideas/thoughts on it, let me know as i'm always open to suggestions.

All for now, happy downgrading everyone!

And, I would appreciate it if my post is not modified this time, thx. :D

-Brent

[Shinma]

Apologies for your post mod.
No problem, links removed as per your statement.
Original intent was to ease up your server usage,
Having your bandwidth gobbled up,
and
Have backup sources on standy, since broken links reports are non-stop.

So with all that said,
For when hosting is interrupted/ceased... for whatever reason.
Alternate link sources, from vendors, where applicable, posted below.

Atheros Wireless (http://www.wireless-driver.com/download/atheros/2007-6-24/Atheros-Wireless-Driver-Download.htm): xp32-5.3.0.56-whql.zip
Intel 945 Express Chipset Family Video Driver (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Search.aspx?Prod_nm=14311&page_nbr=2&lang=eng): win2k_xp14311.exe
Intel Celeron M Processor Identification Utility (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=1881&DwnldID=7838): pidenu15.msi
Intel Chipset INF Driver Package (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?ProductID=816&DwnldID=8178&lang=eng): infinst_autol.exe
Realtek High Definition Audio (http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/SOUND-CARD/REALTEK/Realtek-High-Definition-Audio.shtml): WDM_R182.exe

[DropVista]

Hi DropVista,

Did you ever get up the nerve to update your laptop with the UK bios? I'm very curious to know because your idea seems to make the best sense. I'm still sorting through a few models to find the closest match to my A135-S238I'm pretty sure I'm going to give the bios update a go unless someone can convince me that it's a very bad idea.

Time situations did not allow me to go very far with other than research so I was diverted me away from my quest to DROPVISTA. However I did find out more by "data mining" and ended up on some Chinese/English forums and sites about 10 days ago and most said (the parts I could understand) that my computers BIOS was XP compatible standard. ????
Hopefully in the next week or I will probably just do the convert using the standard bios.... or...then again I also found an XP Bios (V1.4 dated in June for the model) on Open Drivers.com!

So many choices and downloads. So I think I am ready... when I get the chance. The only question I still have is can I overwrite my current Vista Bios V1.6 with an older version 1.4 for XP???

Good luck to all, I will post results as I have the time.

[johnnyrover]

I'm not sure who added the links to the names of what the filename was for in my last post, but that's pretty stupid that you modify my post and it's not what I originally posted to help people out. :mad:

The files that I'm hosting on my server (and since I was stupid enough to buy one of these stupid laptops from bestbuy in the first place) will remain on the server in my mirrors section. :cool:

I do not know if those links that whomever added are any good. :confused: No clue at all. I cannot tell you exactly where I aquired the files (most were from manuf) but I have them tested, and am running them on the laptop. I'm also testing out a couple of different versions of the toshiba software, may have some updated information as far as that goes soon. The ONLY thing that I do not have working at this point is the function keys...:(

And yes, to answer the comment up above, I shoved 2GB into the laptop within a day or two of purchase. I was still having problems, so thus decided one night while bored at work to write down everything that was shown in vista for driver name and the hardware ID, and then blow the machine away and do it again in XP. Finding drivers wasn't THAT hard but there's a LOT of misleeding information like "OOOhh.. try this one, or wait, try this one off the UK site,.. or try this one" Noone seemed to really know and these made everything work.:eek:

Once again, the URL for the XP drivers for the Toshiba A135-S7403 from Best Buy Black Friday Sale are here: http://www.ehkz.com/mirror/Toshiba_A135-S7403/ No thanks is necessary, just enjoy as I said earlier I'm just returning the favor for people that have produced an archive for this in the past for other laptops that i've downgraded to Windows XP.

If anyone is interested in helping research the toshiba software or has ideas/thoughts on it, let me know as i'm always open to suggestions.

All for now, happy downgrading everyone!

And, I would appreciate it if my post is not modified this time, thx. :D

-Brent

I have the same driver set, found individually last week, and everything is in working order. EXCEPT - I cannot get DVD playback to work, there is an overlay error during playback.

Brent - does DVD playback work for you?

Respectfully,

John

[83bj60]

I just acquired a Toshiba Satellite P205-S7402 at Best buy during the black Friday sale, and as everyone else, I would like to 'downgrade' to XP (at least) so my programs may work on this laptop (I simply can't work with the new castrated version of Word this new laptop came with) and because I can't stand how Vista forces me to convert to its religion!!!

One example... What ever happened to being able to browse the content of the actual computer instead of getting obscure links that hide the content to make it more difficult to access? Why is Microsoft so intent on hiding the computer's files from the user?! GAW!!!

So the inevitable question is, is it possible to rollback this laptop to XP (I would actually prefer Windows 2000) with minimal functionality loss? If not I'll have no choice but to return return it as although it has a very nice screen, what's the use if I can't work with it efficiently.

I wish Microsoft would stop being so imperialistic and forcing its views on the rest of the world. If I could help it, I would still be using Windows 98, my desktop has been running it for a decade now and although I installed and uninstalled tons of stuff in that time, it's still running perfectly well and with no complaints from my extremely well adjusted software ( Apart from Win98SE, the only other Microsoft app that I run on that machine is my extremely cutomized version of Word, everything else is much more efficient freeware or shareware, some of which I am still using after more than 10 years)

[DrRJP]

I just acquired a Toshiba Satellite P205-S7402 at Best buy during the black Friday sale, and as everyone else, I would like to 'downgrade' to XP (at least) so my programs may work on this laptop (I simply can't work with the new castrated version of Word this new laptop came with) and because I can't stand how Vista forces me to convert to its religion!!!

One example... What ever happened to being able to browse the content of the actual computer instead of getting obscure links that hide the content to make it more difficult to access? Why is Microsoft so intent on hiding the computer's files from the user?! GAW!!!

So the inevitable question is, is it possible to rollback this laptop to XP (I would actually prefer Windows 2000) with minimal functionality loss? If not I'll have no choice but to return return it as although it has a very nice screen, what's the use if I can't work with it efficiently.

I wish Microsoft would stop being so imperialistic and forcing its views on the rest of the world. If I could help it, I would still be using Windows 98, my desktop has been running it for a decade now and although I installed and uninstalled tons of stuff in that time, it's still running perfectly well and with no complaints from my extremely well adjusted software ( Apart from Win98SE, the only other Microsoft app that I run on that machine is my extremely cutomized version of Word, everything else is much more efficient freeware or shareware, some of which I am still using after more than 10 years)

For openers, XP SP2 is a lot better than Win2K or anything else before it. I agree with your assessment of Vista, but i have found a way to make it work.

That doesnt mean I'll stick to it because I've already created a separate partition for XP. Yes, you can change your P205 to XP, but you will have to be prepared to go scavenging for the XP drivers.

[83bj60]

For openers, XP SP2 is a lot better than Win2K or anything else before it. I agree with your assessment of Vista, but i have found a way to make it work.

That doesnt mean I'll stick to it because I've already created a separate partition for XP. Yes, you can change your P205 to XP, but you will have to be prepared to go scavenging for the XP drivers.

Thank you for your very pertinent answer. I wanted to try Win2K because of the interface, but have since found out that XP can pretty much be made to behave like Windows 98 or 2000.

My concern, and I believe it is the basic concern of many here, is two-fold: firstly, there is the hardware operability and efficiency issue when 'downgrading' but secondly, and that is an even more important concern IMO, is the compatibility with old software of Windows Vista.

And this has been irritating me for a long time, this new philosophy that Microsoft and many other software giants such as Adobe seem to have adopted since the early 21st century: Make it accessible to all, and hide the inner workings so that 'dumb users' won't be able to crash their machines. In other words, users are dumb and need to be told what to do and how to think and frankly, I find that very offensive. The net result is, it's harder and harder to make your own computer behave the way you want it to!

It's as if computer makers and OS programmers only thought of newbie computer users. What about those of us who have been computing since the days of the Radio Shack TRS-80? Although I admit hardware was seriously limited then, it would seem that since Windows 98, no real improvements in true performance and stability have been made in software and that programmers have basically been asked by marketers to dumb down otherwise excellent software to 'make it accessible to granny'. The Computing paradigm appears to have shifted away from smarts and performance towards bloated, thoughtless convenience.

OK, I agree that this assessment is a bit simplistic and reactionary even, and that I am forgetting the real improvements that 32 bit and 64 bit computing can allow but what has changed in real life? Wordprocessors may have become 'more convenient' for newbies but you just try to set up your machine the way you want and are accustomed to work with!!! GOOD LUCK! I was just trying Word 2007 and I simply can't make it work like I am able with Word 2000! There is no way to work in full page full screen (no bars, noo menu) mode!!!

I remember when Windows 98 came out a refractory programmer whose name I forget made a tweaked version or install available (Windows 98 Lite) that was high performance without the Internet Explorer bloat and interface that does not add any real functionality and forces one to view one's computer as just another internet terminal instead of an individual machine with it's own filing system and an internet connection. In other words, Microsoft has singlehandedly decided that users would not be individuals anymore but simple units connected to a vast web. Philosophically, that is WRONG. That new Vista computer is CONSTANTLY trying to connect to the internet and do stuff that I did not authorize, presumably for my convenience!!!

Anyway, I can truly relate to all of us who are trying to do things our own way and are basically told by 'those in the know' that their way is the 'better way'...

Keep up the good work and post your results. I will be foillowing this thread with great interest.

And for those who long for the days where computing was an art in minimalism, just look up on the internet for a ramarkable demonstration in computing efficiency and art called "the .product" :)

[kramertheman]

Can someone please put all drivers in one pack?Including the catakyst control center that WORKS, and everything in one pack so I dont have to be downloading different things?I did install xp but then had to get a repair on motherboard they think and I think the os is going to be wiped.So please all xp drivers in .exe would be really well appreciated!Thanks in advance.

[billmcintee]

Toshiba does in fact list ALL of their drivers on their website...I took a look at the spec page for this model and got some info off of that page to start the installs...if you look throught the list...you can find the drivers you need for XP...There are over 5,000 drivers there...I am amazed at all of the posts about this issue, but some are very helpful as to let you know the drivers you need...life should not have been that hard!

The link to the drivers pages:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp




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[DropVista]

I have everything I need to try to drop[ vista on my A135 S4677. I even got a new hard drive so that I can keep my Vista drive (for warranty purposes).

Can anyone assist me? Can I flash an older version bios over a new one? I have v1.6 installed on my A135 S4677 and I found one from last summer V1.4 that supports XP. Can I just reflash that or is there a process I need to take to uninstall the V1.6?

Anyone know?

Thanks

[Joedo]

but I couldn't find it.

I have an a135-s4467, and my friend helped me out by installing the drivers for XP. Everything seems to work, but the thing pauses every couple of seconds, and we're both at a loss. This is frustrating because I use my laptop for mostly music and movies. It causes a stutter in the sound and video that makes it unbearable.

Anyone know how to fix this? Please? :D

[nickqueen]

I just decided tonight that I am tired of Vista. I have 2 gigs of RAM and a so-so video card in the ATI 128mb and my system crawls. I have a Toshiba Satellite A215-7444 and I'm going to start tomorrow in bringing it to XP, which I consider an upgrade. I'm going to read through this thread and I'll post later to let everyone know how it goes. Wish me luck!

[Shinma]

Before starting the process switching from Vista to XP,
Remember to record the brand/model of all the components making up the notebook.

And good luck.

[nickqueen]

Crap, I am missing one bloody driver! I can't get the sound working. I am missing a PCI Device in the Device Manager and Driver Max says this is what I'm missing:

High Definition Audio Controller
Manufacturer Microsoft
Hardware type System devices
Hardware class System
Hardware ID VEN_1002&DEV_4383&SUBSYS_FF0A1179&REV_00
Vendor ID 1002
Product ID 4383
Revision ID 00
Match probability 100 %

My computer is a Toshiba Satellite A215-7444 and my chipset is AMD M690V. Anyone have any suggestions?

[nickqueen]

Issue was with the Microsoft Bus driver. I went here

http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2006/06/11/81540.aspx

and I'm all fixed. NO DRIVER ISSUES! Woot!

[McClusky]

Hello,
TOSHIBA Software Modem will be detected as Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus and the driver can be updated by using Windows Update. Also, the Mass Storage Controller (The SD Card Slot) can be obtained by doing a windows update.



Hello - I bought the a135-s7403 for a first time computer user that will be using dial up and I cannot get XP to recognize the modem. Can anyone help? I tried doing what Brent mentioned without success.

Thanks to all...

[DrRJP]

Toshiba does in fact list ALL of their drivers on their website...I took a look at the spec page for this model and got some info off of that page to start the installs...if you look throught the list...you can find the drivers you need for XP...There are over 5,000 drivers there...I am amazed at all of the posts about this issue, but some are very helpful as to let you know the drivers you need...life should not have been that hard!

The link to the drivers pages:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp




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Yes, they have lots of drivers, but not all of the ones listed for XP will actually work with models specifically designed to run on Vista drivers. I had to go to the Atheros, Realtek, and Intel websites to get the ones that would work with my S4656.

I also had to try out about a dozen variants of the Toshiba Softmodem drivers before I literally lucked into the right one -- a driver not intended for use with Win XP, but one intended for Win2k.

Go figure.

I found almost all of the other drivers I needed on that website, but there were two that I only found on the European website.

If someone is patient enough, they can find, by trial and error, everything they need.

Apparently, though, not everyone is willing to go on a scavenger hunt.

[Baker_hsv]

Hey Guys, Did anyone manage to find the LAN, Audio and Card Reader Drivers for Toshiba Satellite P205-S7402 for WINDOWS XP?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

[francysfer]

I have downgraded my lapto to XP. Finally after a lot of searching I have found almost every sinle driver.
However, I really need your help because I have no audio on my device manager appears on yellow a "PCI device". I the realtek audio drivers and those ones are not working.
Please share with me any useful info to fix this problem.

Thanks a lot for your help.

[Baker_hsv]

Hi francysfer,

Whats your email address, I'll email them to ya :-)

-Brent

[puneetjain]

Hello,
Mail me the following drivers at puneetjaini<AT>gmail.com:

Mass Storage Controller
SM Bus Controller
PCI Device (Sound Driver)

I've P205-S7402

Thanks in advance,
Puneet

Hi francysfer,

Whats your email address, I'll email them to ya :-)

-Brent

[Thaijitsu]

Hello Baker hsv

Could you send me drivers also? I rolled back an A207-7422 from vista to XP pro and can't find several of the drivers needed. (I've been crushed on the ATI x1200 video driver & have tried about 6 different w/o any progress)

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me on this matter.

[echoxray]

Likewise I would be forever grateful for the ATI 1200 and catalyst software... i am on an A215-7444... I got everything else working... Thanks in advance!

email
echoxray2000<AT>yahoo<DOT>com

Email edited to discourage spam harvesting. - Moderator

[Iie! Vista]

Rare models are very annoying..
I am in the process of looking for all the drivers now, trawling through Toshiba's site (this one: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp ) along with (more helpful) broad google searches.

Basically I've put XP over the Vista and have installed Windows Service Pack 2 (which seems to have corrected one PCI device - I have yet to check if I can connect to the internet with ethernet cable.. the wireless still doesn't work).

I'm having trouble finding out exactly what hardware is in the computer - even after using a hardware detection program, all information I can muster is: vender = Texas information/ Intel corporation

Any help in locating the drivers would be greatly appreciated ^^.

[aprilshowerz]

Help, none of the links to Datars drivers for my toshiba satellite a135-s4517 (aka a135-s4467) work. Can anyone help me out here? Pleeeeeeze, I've been trying to fix this for like a month. This is the best info source I've found yet.
Thanks!
p.s. vista ****s a**.

[DrRJP]

My version is the Toshiba A135-4656 and I have all of the XP drivers for the following devices:


Intel(R) 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C4
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family [Display adapter] (2x)
Generic CardBus Controller
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC Realtek High Definition Audio
TOSHIBA Software Modem
Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Microsoft AC Adapter
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad [Mouse]
Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
Toshiba Mobile PC Driver
USB Root Hub (5x)

Unfortunately, what I don't have is a product key for Win XP. Because my version of XP Pro is OEM, Microsoft will not provide me with a new one. Also, Microsoft does not allow Vista Home to be downgraded to XP.

I had the 15 days to test out these drivers before I was asked to activate Windows, so I know that they all work, and I will make them available for others to download. For a few of the devices, you may see more than one file listed. Since I cannot get back into XP to figure out which one is the right one, you may need to install the 2nd one if the 1st one does not work.

The only driver that did not install automatically was the Toshiba Soft Modem (which also has the Universal Audio Bus). For that, you will need to do a "Search for New Hardware," and point to the INF fle in the folder where you extracted the modem files.

All of the files should be uploaded to my server by this afternoon, and when they are, I will post the link to them. Be sure to check with the Intel and Realtek websites to see if they have any newer drivers than what I will provide.

[ctotheb]

I have successfully downgraded my a135-s4427 using 4467 drivers. The link to the zip is : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8J1T1SKX using a previous users post. I just wanted to post this again if it helps anyone. The driver helped me. I feel your pain!

intel wifi/realtekaudio/intel graphics/modem software/and txt file with info on getting the realtek lan installed.

[aprilshowerz]

Thanks ctotheb, I'm downloading your drivers as we speak. I'll let you know how it turns out. Here's hoping!:)

[remtulla]

hi francysfer,

could you help me in the drivers section, plse send me all available drivers for this model,

br

riz

[VampireHunterG]

If you like to make your Laptop run faster, then remove the 5400RPM drive, an install a 7200RPM HD. Take the old drive and put it into an external. I do this for all my Laptop customers.

been a while since i posted on here, but the laptop's [A135-S2276] been running great with datars' help, but now i'm thinking of going back into the breach so to speak and install a new, faster, larger hard drive as is mentioned in the quote above.

i saw some toshiba laptop hardrives at the store yesterday...

so, i was wondering, do i need to 'ghost' the old drive onto the new one before i install it?
or just install some startup/bios files onto the new drive before or after i put it in?
or can i just put the new drive in and install XP on it from the CD?

just weighing my options before i jump back in.

btw, bioshock won't run under the omega drivers.
something about requiring pixelshader 4.0

:cool: if it wasn't for cool new games i'd never upgrade.

[BPHusker]

My dad just got the S7402 and hates Vista. He wants to downgrade to XP. Could someone post a ZIP file of all of the S7402 drivers like the person posted above for a different model?

Thanks!

[83bj60]

I have found several download links and will be collecting drivers in the next few days for that exact computer (bought it at Best Buy as well, I assume?). I sure wish my son would do that for his dad like you do for yours, I sure can understand his frustration with Vista :mad:

If I get it all together and working before someone else does I will sure post it somewhere, but as I am very busy it may take a while.

Vista is so frustrating, and Word is so outrageous I simply haven't been able to work with it and have only used it for making video presentations while I have continued to use my trusty Windows 98 desktop to produce my work.

For the first time, I feel Micro**** has made a huge mistake and has basically lost it.

I sure will be following this thread with great interest.

Anyway good luck and keep us informed.

[busterbraun]

I have the same Toshiba A135-4656 laptop as you and really need the Win XP drivers in order to revert my laptop to Win XP. Please post them to your server and provide the link. Thanks!


My version is the Toshiba A135-4656 and I have all of the XP drivers for the following devices:


Intel(R) 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C4
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family [Display adapter] (2x)
Generic CardBus Controller
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C8
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27C9
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CA
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB Universal Host Controller - 27CB
Intel(R) 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 27CC Realtek High Definition Audio
TOSHIBA Software Modem
Atheros AR5006EG Wireless Network Adapter
Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Microsoft AC Adapter
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad [Mouse]
Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
Toshiba Mobile PC Driver
USB Root Hub (5x)

Unfortunately, what I don't have is a product key for Win XP. Because my version of XP Pro is OEM, Microsoft will not provide me with a new one. Also, Microsoft does not allow Vista Home to be downgraded to XP.

I had the 15 days to test out these drivers before I was asked to activate Windows, so I know that they all work, and I will make them available for others to download. For a few of the devices, you may see more than one file listed. Since I cannot get back into XP to figure out which one is the right one, you may need to install the 2nd one if the 1st one does not work.

The only driver that did not install automatically was the Toshiba Soft Modem (which also has the Universal Audio Bus). For that, you will need to do a "Search for New Hardware," and point to the INF fle in the folder where you extracted the modem files.

All of the files should be uploaded to my server by this afternoon, and when they are, I will post the link to them. Be sure to check with the Intel and Realtek websites to see if they have any newer drivers than what I will provide.

[adel28]

Hi friends, after very work and with the help of this fórum, I obtained to install all drivers of the Notebook Satellite A135-S2266. Then, nothing more just than to share drivers with all!.


This package includes:

Video - Radeon Omega Driver
Sound(in Folder Audio) - Realtek WDM R170
South Bridge - ATI Catalyst
Keyboard (in Folder Teclado ) Driver
Wireless - Atheros
Modem - Toshiba Software Modem Driver

Instructions for installation

First, it installs Universal the Audio Architecture, and after that, it normally continues installing drivers. I had much difficulty, therefore I installed drivers without installing Universal the Audio Architecture and then the Xp detected the modem audio device on high definition bus. But I read in one another one fórum that it was necessary to install the UAA before installing drivers of sound and modem.

Then I formatted the Notebook one more time and I followed this described script soon above. Who not to want to install the UAA and to try to install the modem, can try, I am only recommending because 100% with me functioned in this way, and cannot guarantee that driver of the modem it will install without the installed UAA.

After to install drivers conventional, they will go to lack three drivers, being these, 2 Unknown device, such drivers are drivers of the Keyboard, that are located in the folder Teclado. The modem audio device on high definition bus is the modem of notebook.

It wanted to ask for excuses for my precarious English, I am Brazilian. I wait to have helped!

Links :

Universal Audio Architecture
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-s...97/eng/UAA.zip

Drivers for Windows Xp
http://www.mediafire.com/?ad1w2o9gz9g


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link is invalid.
please another link.
thanks

[83bj60]

Have you checked Toshiba Europe's site? Downloading stuff from there as we speak. They are slow though (on the order of 2-8 KB/S).

Here is a link, it may ask you to revisit the main page. If so go to support then download. Key in your model (the number on the back of the laptop, not necessarily the same it is sold under).

http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp

Hope it helps.

[VampireHunterG]

been a while since i posted on here, but the laptop's [A135-S2276] been running great with datars' help, but now i'm thinking of going back into the breach so to speak and install a new, faster, larger hard drive as is mentioned in the quote above.

i saw some toshiba laptop hardrives at the store yesterday...

so, i was wondering, do i need to 'ghost' the old drive onto the new one before i install it?
or just install some startup/bios files onto the new drive before or after i put it in?
or can i just put the new drive in and install XP on it from the CD?

just weighing my options before i jump back in.

btw, bioshock won't run under the omega drivers.
something about requiring pixelshader 4.0

:cool: if it wasn't for cool new games i'd never upgrade.

ignore that...

i went ahead with replacing the hard drive and it's a lot easier than i thought it would be.

this way i can do some more driver experimentation with my new drive and keep the old one as a backup.

was there ever a consensus on which video driver was best?

Catalyst 7.7 or 7.12 or 7.6?
omega drivers?

what's working and how goes the grail quest (brightness adjustment)?

[VampireHunterG]

oh, and has anyone tried this?

ATI Catalyst™ 8.1 Display Driver for Windows XP Professional/Home Edition - Motherboard/IGP Drivers (http://game.amd.com/us-en/latest_news.aspx?id=AMD000000020)

[mengder]

FOR all satellite A135-S2266 users,

The drivers download link in previous pages is invalid.
I searched somewhere else and finally found all drivers.
NOW they are working perfectly on my computer.:D
NO MORE unknown devices.
" Then, nothing more just than to share drivers with all!"

this is the new link,
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KLMIAL9M

The package includes:

Video - Radeon Omega Driver
Audio - Realtek xxx
South Bridge - ATI Catalyst (SM bus driver)
Modem - Toshiba Software Modem Driver
Direct application launch button: get rid of the two unknown devices.
PS: For the 2 unknown devices, just
go to device manager,and update their drivers from list, then search the location of the Direct application launch button, click ok, done.

although this driver works for both,you still have to do it individually.

any questions, please contact dpmeng<AT>hotmail.com

[aprilshowerz]

Good news guys! :D If you've been looking for XP drivers for your Toshiba Satellite laptop I may be of some help. After doing tons of searching I came across the perfect set of drivers. If you have any of these models, these drivers should work for you, I'm not making any guarantees, but they worked for me and others. Models are A135-S4517(worked for me personally),
A135-4467,
and A135-4656.

There are drivers for :
Modem
SM Bus
Realtek WDM (audio)
Texas Instruments FlashMedia
Video Controllers
Wired Lan
Wireless Lan
Synaptics Touchpad

All these Drivers except touchpad are courtesy of Chipoates from Notebookreview.com forums. And come with general instructions. Please follow for best results!

Here's the link to download all but Touchpad:http://www.sendspace.com/file/yewomo

Here's to download Touchpad (Thanks to Tucsonan from same site): http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm



Hope I helped someone today!;)

[falconhead]

Hi there,
if you have'nt found the audio drivers I have them. please let me know if you need and I can upload and post a link.

I need help on my LAN drivers, I have 3 errors in my device manager.
1. Ethernet card
2. wireless
3. mass storage device (I dont know what this is for)

can you please help me with this. I will be really grateful

Thanks



I have downgraded my lapto to XP. Finally after a lot of searching I have found almost every sinle driver.
However, I really need your help because I have no audio on my device manager appears on yellow a "PCI device". I the realtek audio drivers and those ones are not working.
Please share with me any useful info to fix this problem.

Thanks a lot for your help.

[VampireHunterG]

oh, and has anyone tried this?

ATI Catalyst™ 8.1 Display Driver for Windows XP Professional/Home Edition - Motherboard/IGP Drivers (http://game.amd.com/us-en/latest_news.aspx?id=AMD000000020)

i installed the new ati driver last night along with the catalyst control center and it seems to be working pretty well. i'll know for sure once i try running some games, particularly bioshock

i used the steps below to install the driver. once that was installed, the catalyst controls loaded right up from the setup.exe.

---

here's how to get the driver to install [thanks to swlatham].

1. Run the Catalyst 8.1 driver zip file and install
2. Install will fail
3. Navigate to a directory on the C drive
C:\ATI\Support\7-7igp_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_49709\Driver\XP_INF
4. Open the CX_49709.inf file in notepad. Next click the Edit Menu then Find and enter XPRESS 200 - This should find the line below:

"ATI MOBILITY RADEON XPRESS 200" = ati2mtag_RS480M, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5955

Enter a blank line after the line above and paste in the line below:

"ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M Series " = ati2mtag_RS480M, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5A62&SUBSYS_FF041179

5. Save the file, replacing the older version.
6. Select Display adapter from Device Manager and select Reinstall Driver
7. Select on second screen "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
Click next
8. Select on third screen "Search for the best driver in these locations"
Uncheck the “Search removal media”
Check the “Include this location in the search”
Click the “Browse” button and navigate to a directory on the C drive
C:\ATI\Support\7-7-igp_xp32_dd_ccc_wdm_sb_gart_enu_49709\Driver\XP_INF

9. Click next and driver will install the ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M.
10. Reboot and verify the new driver is installed.

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:D AND the control center has brightness controls! maybe they could be assigned to hotkeys?

i got the realtek audio driver directly from www.realtek.com.tw

most of the hardware was assigned drivers when i downloaded updates from microsoft.

the few remaining unknown devices (PCI bus and 2 others) were fixed by datars' original driver collection.

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now that everything's up and running, i copied the whole hard drive onto a partition on an external drive so i'll have a place to go back to if everything goes haywire.

[mdau]

how can i get drivers for TOSHIBA A200-1GS(PSAECE-02D00ERU) for window xp?

[lvyuan]

Good news guys! :D If you've been looking for XP drivers for your Toshiba Satellite laptop I may be of some help. After doing tons of searching I came across the perfect set of drivers. If you have any of these models, these drivers should work for you, I'm not making any guarantees, but they worked for me and others. Models are A135-S4517(worked for me personally),
A135-4467,
and A135-4656.

There are drivers for :
Modem
SM Bus
Realtek WDM (audio)
Texas Instruments FlashMedia
Video Controllers
Wired Lan
Wireless Lan
Synaptics Touchpad

All these Drivers except touchpad are courtesy of Chipoates from Notebookreview.com forums. And come with general instructions. Please follow for best results!

Here's the link to download all but Touchpad:http://www.sendspace.com/file/yewomo

Here's to download Touchpad (Thanks to Tucsonan from same site): http://www.synaptics.com/support/drive.cfm



Hope I helped someone today!;)


Hi,aprilshowerz:
I need the drive for A135 S4656, thank you to provide the link, but I can't connect the link which you give. So can you send the drive to my email (*Email removed. - Moderator).
Thank you!

[Shinma]

aprilshowerz's links tested just prior to this post and confirmed to be working.

[carpediem8]

Hi francysfer,

Whats your email address, I'll email them to ya :-)

-Brent

Hello !

I have downgrade my laptop( toshiba satellite m200) to xp and i am missing some drivers... I really hope you can help with this !

1. Modem device on high definition audio bus
2. Ethernet checker
3. SM channel checker
4. network checker
5. audio device on high definition audio bus

I would really really appreciate your help !!

Thank you in advance :)

[illest]

I am looking to downgrade my Vista a215-s7444 to XP. The darn thing runs so slow! If anyone has any of the xp drivers or has any tips on how to make the transition easy please e-mail me.

kouki_nissan<AT>yahoo.com

thanks in advance.

[Toshiba]

I wanted to thank you for the list of XP drivers for the Toshiba A135-S4487.
The installation of XP and the drivers went very smoothly.
Everything is working great. Again thanks very much.
Toshiba

[leprechaun]

i just recently bought a satellite a215-s5824. after finding out my programs at work will not work with vista, some guys at work helped me down grade to xp. i've looked through these forms for 2 days now, and i'm very confused. i have missing drivers with 5 yellow question marks, 3 of them labeled "base system device", 1 "unknown device" and "video controller (vga compatible)". i've tried to download different drivers with no luck. i think i need someone to point me in the right direction.
what are base system devices?
are all a215 drivers the same?
i would greatly appreciate if some one could help me.
jif52<AT>yahoo
thank you!

[Shinma]

Existing thread/sticky,
Want to switch to XP? Need drivers? Read this first (http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/showthread.php?t=179034)

[leprechaun]

i tried the unknown device identifer the other day, but when i go to find driver it googles a bunch of links that are just other forms, are the web pages that are incredibly long (that i don't know what i'm loking for) or is in another langauge. i also tried that belarc, but i think thats over my head. i did find "driver magician", that says they have the downloads (but its $30). is that even worth it for 30 dollars? our IT guy was at work today and he heard what i had going on, and he ran the other way. feel the love

[DrRJP]

I have the same Toshiba A135-4656 laptop as you and really need the Win XP drivers in order to revert my laptop to Win XP. Please post them to your server and provide the link. Thanks!

I had to wait because my IP was switching to a different server system. I think that I might be able to upload them tonight.

Rather than try to upload massive ZIP files, I'll assign them to different subfolders in my FTP directory.

I wanted to add that the weakest link in the A135 series is that darn Celeron piece of crap. Those of you who own X2, Dual Core, or Core Duo, I envy you! As soon as I get some jack, I'm going to upgrade the CPU and get a original copy of XP.

Also, you may wish to know that if you are struggling with Vistas, Readyboost does work with laptops having 512K or less; but, when you've got the memory up to 2GB, it SLOWS DOWN your drive access!

My advice is to disable that, and any other service running in the background that is non-essential for Vista's operation. You should disable all of the useless gadgets that Toshiba installed.

[skonthebass]

toshiba doesnt seem to support XP atleast not in the US but if you look at toshiba-europe there satellite l30 uses the same chipset and the driver there seems to work fine

http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/Satellite/sl30/xp/display-psl30e-xp-820300.zip

also for the

Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus

use http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?soid=1383514&moid=1598565&BV_SessionID=@@@@1914884863.1171599940@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgaddkefiljhdcgfkceghdgngdgnj.0&ct=DL


Just wanted to let anybody down"up"grading a Toshiba Satellite L35 S2366 to XP that the above ATI driver works (support.toshiba-tro.de link), many thanks for your very useful post madcow!!

[N@der]

Hi friends,

I have a Toshiba Satellite A135-S2386 and I just resently installed XP. I have a propblem with ATI Radeon express 2ooM.i try many solution in this forum but negative.
Could somesome assist me please as I have to work with this PC.

Thanks,

[scroogle]

I have also converted this laptop to xp pro. I was reviewing this most lengthly thread again, and noticed that no-one has specifically identified the model number of the european version of the a135-s2386...Can someone please do so or repost so this thread can resolve and continue productively? By the way, for all those that are interested, I upgraded my bios to the recent version with no hang-ups or problems with any drivers. I origionally got this laptop with the ver 1.1 bios and noticed at that time that above ver 1.2 was labelled as for vista only. Recently all the bios files from toshiba now state they are all for vista...whats up with that? The condensed wisdom of this thread belongs on a web page as a how-to.:D

[zzOtherlandzz]

I just recently bought a Satellite L35-S2366 that was password glitched. At the time I bought it I had no clue that a bunch of the Toshiba's did that. Sent it to Toshiba they un-glitched it and had it back to me in 5 days. Anyway hated how slow it ran with vista. Found this thread stayed up until 4am last night reading almost every post. Installed XP today thanks to everybody and all the great info here I have everything working (dunno bout the fn keys) ..... lol. One minor problem that i have not quite figured out is that when hooked up wired to my LAN its slow.... not quite dial up slow but pretty slow. I have all the ethernet drivers and no yellow exclamation point in device manager. It connects wirelessly perfectly with great speed. Doesn't much bother me only had it connected wired to get some of the updates at first anyway..

Anyway ..... registerd here and posted mostly just to say Thank You!!!!! to everybody..

[jibsnotjobs]

i have all the XP Drivers for A205-S5804 in a Zip File,email if you need it!
sata ahci controller 2829 driver,marvell yukon 88e8039 lan diver,intel 965 express video driver,toshiba software modem driver,realtek rtl8187b wireless driver,realtek highdef audio....and work with XP!!
jibsnotjobs@yahoo.com

[skonthebass]

The condensed wisdom of this thread belongs on a web page as a how-to.

Agreed! This thread REALLY saved the day for me and what I thought would be maybe an hour process! Unfortunately, I can only speak to my specific model: Toshiba Satellite L35 S2366

I still have one Yellow Exclamation regarding the RealTek audio driver I believe, but the sound works and everything else, so I'm trying not to pick at it, I had the issue with the RealTek driver (HHCTRL.OCX) that was fixed with this patch: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448

System is very peppy now and acts like a new laptop should! Let's hope Microsoft recalls the POS Vista and makes a real OS soon!

[garfield123]

hi somebody help me pls with XP drivers for a toshiba satelite a215 s7444, i did.t find network driver, video card etc. Thanks.

[ltsuper]

Hey Guys, Did anyone manage to find the LAN, Audio and Card Reader Drivers for Toshiba Satellite P205-S7402 for WINDOWS XP?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Ok Since I cannot stand VISTA useless software designed for the internet browsing home moron and could not take it any longer and was ready to rip my hair out etc. you get the picture.
here are the drivers for the P205-S7402 I managed to find all for my system.

The drivers are over 130mb so if requested I will make torrent for the DL but here are where they are located and since the US has different #'s this is how to get them
Drivers for the P205-S7402

Also if your video drivers don't work correct, there is an ATI driver at this link too.

AT THE LINK

Choose the Satillate P series
P200
then look at serial on back of laptop, the first few digits will be what you want, for instance i needed the pspb3e for mine

http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp?service=EU

Also if you didn't already install XP make sure you get the Raid drivers installed on a Win XP disk CD if you don't have a Floppy.