The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Toshiba A40 ACPI support

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by Newtotheforum, Jun 15, 2004.

  1. Newtotheforum

    Newtotheforum Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Bought a Toshiba satellite A40, worked great with XP, but had to install W2000 to hook it up to the company's network. The bios version is 1.5 (latest on Toshiba's website)

    I can't install the Toshiba common modules getting the error "not an ACPI machine". All ACPI funtions are not working.

    tried upgrading bios, reinstalling W2000, reinstalling drivers in correct order...no success.

    Any ideas.

    Thanks
     
    Newtotheforum, Jun 15, 2004
    #1
  2. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    126
    Messages:
    3,532
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Hey New,

    From the model you listed, I'm assuming your located in Canada. From what I can see, this model only has support for XP (only XP drivers available). It may be possible to install W2K, but it doesn't list any support for this unit from their support site. Another possibility could be that the bios is not compantible with W2K.
    Have you checked the BIOS to see what APM settings were? Try opposite setting and see if this helps. Another thing you can do is to contact Toshiba support to see if they can provide any further input.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jun 15, 2004
    #2
  3. Newtotheforum

    Newtotheforum Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I am actually located in Egypt. The drivers for the Satellite A40 can be found at www.toshiba-europe.com

    They have windows 2000 drivers, even the comon modules drivers. It says they have the lates bios update. which doesn't seem to be compatible with Windows 2000 (getting the same errors)

    Tried going into the bios setup, but couldn't find any entries that deals with APM. The local support for them here in Egypt is terrible they didn't even seem to understand what I am talking about.

    Very frustrating.....but I appreciate your response.
     
    Newtotheforum, Jun 16, 2004
    #3
  4. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    126
    Messages:
    3,532
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    105
    That's funny, the Toshiba.com & Toshiba.ca sites don't have Win2K drivers for this unit. It only has XP.
    Regarding the BIOS, it may not indicate APM, but look for any Power Management options, my old Toshiba has Power Management options listed in the BIOS. If yours does not have any, then Toshiba changed the setup for their newer units.
    If Toshiba support in Egypt is poor, you may want to just try the Toshiba USA support @ (800)457-7777. This is normally toll-free, but I'm not sure how it works from Egypt, but if it's toll-free, you may want to just try them out.

    Good Luck!

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jun 16, 2004
    #4