Hello people,
have an old Toschiba laptop that doesn't get into the bios.
When I press the F12 key, the following sentence comes up:
Ready for Bios update, Place the Bios update disk in the drive, and press any key when ready to Proceed.
Does anyone have an idea? Thanks in advance.
km
Old laptop won't let me into the bios
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Hallo,
to get into the bios there are several buttons .....
test: F1, F10, (F12), DEL, ESC .....
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Thanks Helloween for the quick reply,
have tried everything, unfortunately without success. -
Hallo,
well, do you know where the battery for the BIOS is? Take out, battery out, switch on device (without mains connection). Then put everything back in and try to get into the BIOS, what's possible?
Klaus
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Hello
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Hallo,
have already tried to open the device, but did not succeed. I know the trick with the battery, but I don't know how to get it out without opening the device. It is a Toschiba 4000 series laptop.
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Hallo,
So with this series I unfortunately only know the way to either remove the battery, to do this you have to open the housing.
Theoretically you can also solder a dongle, the old part still has a Centronics connection. But I really wonder if it's still worth it. Does it no longer work or why do you want to go into the BIOS? Because at some point the broth will just be more expensive than the chunks as we say.
Klaus
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Try the following key entry: ESC + F1 that is for the 4000 CDS series satellite. I can't say whether all models have the same key
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Thanks for the answers, but unfortunately didn't help.
I have to go to the bios to pick up the PW and I have to reach the boot manager as I want to install a Linux debian. Strangely enough, I can open a new OS with Win XP, but that doesn't work with any other OS. I only want to use the device for the Internet, so I'm looking for a Bs that is very slim and therefore runs reasonably smoothly on the old part.
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Hallo,
I understand you correctly, one XP CD starts but another doesn't? So, for example, no rescue CD from Aviara or Knoppix?
I can't understand that, I'd rather think your debiancd has a defect.
The way you describe the problem, you should think about opening the case, if the device is no longer usable anyway, what harm should it do?
If you want to risk it I can provide you with instructions
Klaus
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Hello Klaus
the Debian CD is fine as it works fine on my pc.
But such a manual would be great, maybe I can get the problem sorted that way.
Thanks again
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Hallo,
take a look here and keep us updated
Klaus
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Hallo,
unfortunately I can't do it, I've tried everything.
km -
Hallo,
how is that meant, does the download not work or you can't get the part open?
Klaus
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The download works, I just can't open it.
km -
Hallo,
then I would leave it, sell the part on Ebay and maybe get a netbook, just for the Internet.
Unless you know someone who is skilled at handicrafts, hiring a professional might be rather unprofitable, I'm sorry, keep us up to date,
Klaus
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EVERYTHING I HAVE FOUND:
Press ESC key during PC start-up, when Toshiba screen appears, press F1.
Older devices by pressing when starting t
Slim BS: Android 3. Honeycomb -
Hello Chuckoo,
As far as I understand it, the device just doesn't accept key commands, otherwise you're right, a small Linux distribution is good for an older device.
Klaus
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There is original software for the keyboard assignment for netbooks / notebooks depending on the manufacturer and model and OS <HotkeyService>. The problem lies in the fact that you need an OS for the installation, so that you can restore the keyboard assignment. The problem is only the minor evil! the bigger one is how do i keep the program on the pc when i want to change the OS. When purchasing a netbook or notebook, all of this is pre-installed as only the HDD is installed and the device is ready. However, the simple access to the BIOS is always carried out by the BIOS itself via the keyboard, which means either the BIOS is not in order or the correct key command is still missing.
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Hallo,
what is the status at the moment. If I understand km correctly, can the original XP be installed?
Otherwise, isn't there a consensus that the keyboard commands when starting the Toshiba computer are documented?
From the message originally posted, I conclude that a BIOS update has already been initiated?
Klaus