[Lancaster] Toshiba Satallite

[Ken Hough]

Andy, Rik,

I understand that Toshiba Satellite machines are laptops. Unless the 
Satellites are different from the laptops that I have played with, the hard 
drive should simply be a push fit into a header block. No cables at all!

I have changed a few hard drives in laptops generally without problems.

However, (isn't there always one of these.  :-) on one occassion I replaced a 
bog standard 5400 RPM drive with a much faster 7200 RPM drive and that just 
wouldn't work. The drive controller simply didn't understand the drive.

Suggest that if not already done, you check Toshiba site for compatibility 
with new drive.

Also check that any master/slave jumper is set correctly.

Good luck

Ken hough


On Sunday 16 August 2009 14:54:51 andy baxter wrote:
> P.S. unless someone else knows of the top of their head, you'll need to
> find the manual for that make of laptop to know what that long beep
> means. Have a look on the toshiba website and see if it's on there.
> Might be called BIOS manual or something like that.
>
> andy
>
> Rik Boland wrote:
> > It makes one big beep?
> >
> > What r the cables when I put the hard drive in it just had pins!
> >
> > Shalom
> >
> > andy baxter wrote:
> >> At a wild guess it sounds like you need to check your hard disk cables
> >> ('Media test failure...'), but I'm no expert on hardware, and someone
> >> else might have a better idea. Does the machine make a beeping sound
> >> when you turn it on? sometimes you can learn something from the pattern
> >> of the beeps - e.g. one short, two long might mean a problem with the
> >> video card (just an example - it varies between machines).
> >>
> >> andy
> >>
> >> Rik Boland wrote:
> >>> Got new hard drive and put it in now a message comes up
> >>>
> >>> Bad check sum (ROM)
> >>> Check system. Then press {F1} key
> >>>
> >>> When I press this I am sent to BIOS the machine resets itself and reads
> >>>
> >>> Intel(r) Boot Agent Version 4.1.03
> >>> Copyright (c) 1997-2002, Intel Corporation
> >>> PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
> >>> PXE-MOF:Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
> >>> Insert system disk in drive.
> >>> Press any key when ready....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> When I do the same message appears.  Any idea's PLEASE!
> >>>
> >>> Shalom
> >>>
> >>> Rik
> >>>
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