All four USB ports in my Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop fail to work with a USB flash drive
I have Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop. I have never used any USB devices before and today I bought a new USB flash drive. For some reason, when I plug it into the laptop, it doesn’t work. I’ve tried all 4 USB ports without any luck. The drive works fine with my desktop computer. Do you know what is wrong with my laptop?
I think I know what is wrong with your laptop. Last Friday I fixed Toshiba Satellite A105-S1013 laptop with exactly the same problem. The laptop didn’t recognize my USB flash drive. Apparently the device was detected by Windows because as soon as I plugged it in, a balloon pooped up and it said “USB Device Not Recognized”. I tried to plug in three different devices and always got the same error. I found that this laptop is running BIOS v1.20 not even listed on Toshiba website for this model. I downloaded and installed the latest BIOS v1.90 and fortunately it fixed the problem. You can download the latest BIOS from Toshiba support website and install it right from the Windows environment.
August 24th, 2006 at 8:13 am
Have toshiba A105-S171, had problem with usb ports, port not recognized, some new objects like external drives would work even wireless keyboard, anything in belkin hub would not,unrecognized product,flashed bios and repaired just fine, thanks guys, you saved my bacon this time Matt
September 5th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Toshiba Sattelite A75-S213
Growing problems. The usb ports are failing. The one on the right side stop recognizing the mouse. The back to are disconnects for no reason and the mouse goes off and on constantly. Worst the pcmcia port is failing as well. I stuck my verizon card in the port. And it disconnected constantly although the range was full.
September 5th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
I really think the overheating problems has cause this because the thing shut down on occasion if I dont watch it.
September 22nd, 2006 at 7:13 am
Thank you very much! BIOS v1.90 really fixed all USB problems on my A105-S1013!
September 28th, 2006 at 6:22 am
I have a A105-S2091 with the same problem. I updated the BIOS to the new v1.90, but still have the same problem. Toshiba tech support couldn’t help.
October 5th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
I have a Toshiba satellite laptop and just a few days ago my two usb ports failed to lanch the drive boxes when a device was pluged in and my pci port slot is the same. The bell goes off saying something was puged in but you can not access the device and not in explore as well. Device manager says they are all working fine.??
October 6th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Gerryn,
Witch USB ports are affected by this problem? 2 ports on the side (located on USB board)or 2 ports on the back (located on motherboard?
October 8th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
The two USB ports on the back of the laptop, which is where my connection are for an additional screen, video and net work plug.
Also my PCM port is not working as well so perhaps this is all connected. I tried to load a new bios version off the Toshiba download web site but it was the same version so it did not accep it. I then was told by a technician from Linksys (Router Company) to try to update my chip set software and this did not help.
He thought my next option was to use a back up disk from Toshiba and reload everything??
Does Toshiba have firm ware? Software specifically for the motherboard and then I should reload windows Xp if I have it? All signs show that the hardware is working??
thanks
October 8th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Gerryn,
Two ports on the back are connected directly to the motherboard, as you can see on the step 20 disassembly guide for Toshiba Satellite A105 (www.irisvista.com). Two ports on the side are located on a dedicated board (step 21) and connected to the motherboard through a flat ribbon cable.
If you experience a problem only with ports on the back (two ports on the side works fine), then it’s most likely a motherboard related problem and you’ll have to take the laptop to a Toshiba service center (possible motherboard replacement).
If you experience the same problem with all four ports, then it could be either hardware or software related problem. To eliminate any software related problem try upgrading/re-flashing the BIOS first.
It sounds strange to me. Even if you have the same version of BIOS on the laptop, you still should be able to re-flash it. I do not really understand what you mean by “didn’t accept it”. OK, if reflashing the BIOS doesn’t help, the next step would be re-imaging the drive back to factory defaults. Boot the laptop from the recovery DVD you got from Toshiba and follow the wizard.
WARNING: backup all important personal files before you run the restore. During the restore process the hard drive would be reformatted and all personal data erased. If after you re-imaged the drive, the problem still exists, then it’s a hardware related issue. Most likely a motherboard fault.
November 8th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
I’m going to try this. I’ve been through 3 mice in the last 3 months with this laptop. I have an A105-s2101. The USB ports on the side aren’t working, and the bubble comes up that says “not recognized.” I don’t want to screw anything up, so I’ll have the hubby read this post when he gets home and try to fix it for me. I’ll let ya know! Thanks!
November 8th, 2006 at 7:26 pm
Diane,
You’ve mentioned only USB ports on the side of the laptop but what about USB ports on the back? If ports on the back work fine, then you might have a hardware related issue. Two ports on the back are located on the motherboard and two ports on the back on a separate USB board (www.irisvista.com). So if you have a problem only with two side ports, then you might have a bad USB board or bad cable that connects the USB board with the motherboard.
November 8th, 2006 at 8:01 pm
To be honest, I hadn’t tried the back ports. I only used the sides for my mouse. I just tried it though, and no, they don’t work either. Each mouse I buy works for about a month, then nothing. I could go buy another LOL, but would rather fix the problem that is making it not work in the first place.
November 8th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Have you tried replacing the mouse battery (if it’s a wireless mouse)? It might help, if the battery is old.
November 8th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
LOL. Yeah, I’m dense enough to not think of that – but no, the mouse isn’t wireless.
Thanks for the advice, though! I’ve had some trouble with Toshiba laptops, so I guess I won’t be buying another one lol.
November 17th, 2006 at 5:58 am
I have a Toshiba Satellite A45-5150 and it has usb1 ports. I need to buy an external cd-rom but all of them on the market are usb2. Is there a way to use this external cd-rom that is usb2 through one of my laptops usb1 ports? and, your site is awesome!
November 18th, 2006 at 9:03 pm
Johnny,
Most USB2 devices are backward compatible with USB1.1 standard. You can use this external CD-Rom drive with your laptop but I would recommend to contact the seller and make sure that the drive is backward compatible with USB1.1
November 23rd, 2006 at 12:41 pm
I have a Toshiba Satt 1905, it has regular speed USB, but i am working with video and an external Hard drive and would like to upgrade to a high speed USB, can i? and the plastic parts that fit inside the USB external parts are gone, so the cables wont fit properly.
is there any thing i can do to fix this?
November 25th, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Kyle,
You cannot upgrade laptop USB posts. You can buy and use a laptop PCMCIA USB 2.0 card. You insert this card into a PC slot and get 2 USB ports, I think that would be the best solution because the card is not expensive.
It’s necessary to open up the laptop case and resolder the ports. I’m not sure if you want to go this route because it can be very pricy, I would go with a PCMCIA USB card.
November 26th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
I downloaded BIOS v1.90 and it made all my USB ports functional. Thanks a lot for posting this solution.
November 29th, 2006 at 10:10 pm
I have a toshiba satellite a105-s171. I have been using a sandisk ultra II 1g card that “transforms” into a usb drive while using the side usb port for 9 months with no problems ….then i started to get an error “One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message.” I tried using all the different ports, nothing worked. I tested the card in another computer and it worked fine. Sandisk offered to replace the card, i found this site and downloaded the BIOS v1.90 from the toshiba website and now my card works fine. Thanks for your help.
December 7th, 2006 at 11:29 am
Thank you so much. I have a Toshiba Satellite A105, which had been exhibiting new USB issues. I have a memory card reader and a printer that were no longer recognized by my system. Though they previously worked for 9 months. I’ve called Toshiba support and they had no clue. I tried updating all drivers, even doing a factory restore. Nothing worked. After updating the bios to 1.90 everything is fine. Thanks for the help, and for posting this information online!
December 10th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
I have a Toshiba A105-S1014 laptop and have also been through 3 mice in less than a year and failed to install or keep installed two printers. I never could use a storage device. I was about to call the Geek Squad or Toshiba (I know nothing about how my computer “works”) when I read your advice to update to BIOS 1.9. The download was simple and a complete success! Thanks so much.
December 19th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
I want to hug you, But not brokeback like
Worked fast and easy
December 24th, 2006 at 9:51 am
You freaking rock! Thank you so much!
January 3rd, 2007 at 3:20 am
i have a toshiba A105-s4384, and all its four usb ports are not working,when u plug in a flash drive with leds they go on but it dose not show that its seen anything…what could be the problem?
January 3rd, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Vince,
First of all test the USB drive with another working computer. You might have a bad device.
When you install an USB flash drive into a laptop it will give you an option witch application to use for viewing files on the USB drive. One of the options is “Do nothing” (something like that). I believe if you chose this one, next time the list of applications will not pop up when you plug the drive but you still should be able to access the drive through My Computer.
Did you check if the device appears in My Computer?
If the flash drive will not appear in My Computer and updating the BIOS will not help either, you might have either a software related problem or an issue with the motherboard. To make sure it’s not just bad software, reload the operating system using the recovery DVD. Make sure to back up all personal files before you run the restore. If you still cannot access the USB drive, probably you have a bad motherboard. It would be replaced under warranty. Satellite A105-s4384 is one of the latest models and I most likely it’s still under warranty.
January 16th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Updating BIOS worked like a charm for USB ports on my Toshiba. Thank you very much.
January 24th, 2007 at 7:27 am
i have 250 GB portable hard disk plugged into my Sony VAIO VGN-A497XP and it comes up as G: on the drive list. However when i plug a usb flash disk/MP3 player into the machine it does not show up as a drive. Can the two not work together ? I want to transfer files from y portable hard disk to the flash disk/ MP3 player.
January 24th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
My problem was different – But the BIOS update fixed it too. Thank you all so much.
My Laptop (A105-1013) was working fine with USB drives for over 9 months and then it stopped recognizing any USB drives one day. I played with all possible actions with the Device Manager – but none worked. I was on the verge of re-icing the machine, when I came across these posts. That saved me a lot of pain. Thank you all again.
February 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
not related except it is a usb problem – have a 128 usb stick that is formatted as a boot drive with dos – works perfectly in my main pc – boots to a dos prompt – in my Dell laptop it simply will not work – - can tell the laptop to boot from usb but all i get is boot drive not found – have had a couple of other dells pass through and just the same – is it a dell laptop problem or just a laptop problem
February 9th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Tony,
Probably your laptop doesn’t have this feature (booting from an USB drive). Check if there is an updated BIOS for your model, maybe this feature is included in there.
February 10th, 2007 at 2:32 am
re not booting from usb device – laptop is a dell – it does boot from usb device or bios says it does – had same problem om other dells – never tried it on other makes – maybe its just dells???
February 12th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Awesome! Updating BIOS worked like a charm for USB ports on my Toshiba. I had already done a complete system restore without any luck and was an inch away from taking it to service when I decided to hunt on the internet for insight. I almost couldn’t believe it. I would have never found it myself even if I had looked on Toshiba’s website because the write-up there does not mention that it fixes the USB port problem. Thank you very much.
February 20th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
I worship at your shrine. Bios 1.90 worked like a charm on my Satellite A65.
February 25th, 2007 at 3:50 am
i have a toshiba satellite P15 S409.
some months ago it received a static shock via an external sound cable connection which caused my laptop to lock and crash. and upon restarting i realized none of the USB ports functioned. that is to say, when i plug in an external device it receives a signal (lights on external device will turn on, etc.)–BUT– nothing more. the ext. device is not recognized on the laptop and the device doesn’t funtion.
is there a way to get my ports up and running again?
February 26th, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Jeff m.,
I think you should try a USB PCMCIA cardbus card. You plug this card into an available PC slot in your laptop and get 2 USB ports instead. It might work.
Otherwise you’ll have to replace the motherboard.
February 27th, 2007 at 11:33 am
yeah thanks. in fact i have been doing that (using the PCMCIA for USB) but i need to free up my PCMCIA slot for another card and was hoping i could somehow gain the original USB ports back. a pipe dream apparently.
to replace the motherboard is too expensive i think. i will eventually end up buying a new laptop.
thanks for the suggestion though.
March 1st, 2007 at 1:40 pm
hi i have a toshiba satellite laptop and my kids bent in all of the usb port forks so i bought a usb drive and they managed to bend thos in too i have a freind who is willing to buy it but id like to fix them for him and not have to pay alot can you help me?
March 2nd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Dear Laptop Freak,
Toshiba’s seem to be a pain don’t they? I have a brand new A100-241 (PSAA2E)and from day one I have had issues with the USB ports. I could connect a mouse to one and a camera to the same one but not to another one. There are lots of strange things with these ports. Today I bought a new wireless mouse and a printer. I tried to install both, windows would detect them (I connected the printer after the installation of the HP software as required) and it can find the printer but cannot install it. It just won’t detect the drivers for the printer whatever you do. So I read through all the posts here and tried the BIOS Update hoping it would work. The BIOS update is version 2.1 and unfortunately this did not work. So I tried removing the USB ports from the device manger and restarting the computer and now windows cannot re-install the ports. The “detect new hardware” wizard detects the ports but cannot find the necessary software/drivers to install them. I am going nuts. Is there anything you can do to help me here? Eternally Gratefull and many thanks,
Sam
March 4th, 2007 at 4:36 am
I tried to update bios 1.9 from 1.2. But my laptop says “invalid chipset”, and nothing happened. what’s wrong with me? (Mine is Toshiba Satellite A105 as well)
March 5th, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Mason Allinder,
There is no simple fix for this problem. USB ports are located on the motherboard and if they are damaged, you’ll have to remove the motherboard and resolder the ports. Most laptop repair shops will offer replacing the whole motherboards.
You can use a PCMCIA USB card.
March 5th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Sam Minocher,
Backup all personal data and run the recovery DVD, it will reimage the hard drive back to factory defaults. Everything will be erased so do not forget to make a backup.
If running the recovery DVD will not help and you still experiencing the same problem with USB ports, most likely you have a bad motherboard. You’ll have to take the laptop to an authorized repair center.
March 26th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
To laptopfreak:
You are a god! I have been literally driving myself CRAZY over not being able to transfer the pictures from my camera. I downloaded the latest BIOS… and everything works fine!
I have been working on this problem for 6 months, and was one day away from paying to get it fixed.
Bless you.
I love you.
Paul
May 29th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
To laptopfreak:
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I’ve been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out this problem for months now and I just followed your recommendations and VIOLA!
I am eternally in your debt.
July 14th, 2007 at 7:40 am
Where do I go to download the BIOS v1.90?
I went to Toshiba, but I couldn’t find it.
Also, after I download it, how do I apply it to my computer?
Thanks in advance
July 18th, 2007 at 5:03 am
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro A60, and have been having problems with my usb ports too. The two on the back say USB malfunction device not recognised, and the one on the side does nothing. At first I found that there is an unknown usb device. I tried removing it, but to no avail. I then tried re-flashing the bios with v1.90. Still no luck. In the end, I bought a PCMCIA USB 2.0 card. This is identified in the device manager, but the ports do not work!!!!! I have tested the devices in other computers and they work fine. Any suggestions?
July 28th, 2007 at 5:56 am
I have a Toshiba A105-S4004. I had this problem with my usb ports surging, turned out to be the motherboard, sent it in to authorized dealer, had it repaired, now my windows installer is not working, cannot do DMI update, and after I saved everything to external hard drive I was going to use my recovery disk to start fresh, the recovery disk has worked in recent past…
This question with a possible solution has been published here.
September 1st, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Dear Laptop freak,
Thank you so much for your help, I downloded the BIOS v2.1 and that resolved all USB connection problems, I have been trying with Toshiba Techs for the last 1.5 year, they either did not know or did not want to help, even when the laptop was under warranty. They just gave me the run around. I will certainly remember that when I shop for any electronic products next time. I really appreciate your help.
Thanks again,
Best Regards
B. Afsheen
September 13th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the info! BIOS update finally fixed my USB problem on my Satellite A105-S101. I applied the latest update which was v2.2
For those that this doesn’t work for, I guess unplugging the computer from the wall socket and removing the battery for a while seems to work for a lot of people.
October 7th, 2007 at 11:07 am
Thank you for this solution. We have had USB issues with our Toshiba since day one. Support wouldn’t help. This fixed it instantly!
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Dear Laptop Freak!
My portege 3505 can not go to windows after fail in splitting partition by partition magic. I tried to boot from USB drive but it doesn’t recognize the USB. It happen the same with external Toshibe DVD Rom which connect to the laptop by a cardbus card. I tried to boot by a floppy disk, it was ok but didn’t recognize the USB or DVD ROM( i used a software of HP to boot from floppy disk and can use CDROM). Please help me to make my laptop recognize the USB or DVD ROM on DOS!!!
Thanks!
please send an answer to me via email:hungvuvan83@yahoo.com
October 25th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
hungou,
I’ve posted some suggestions here.
January 12th, 2008 at 3:02 am
Dear Laptop Freak!
Hi, ihave Toshiba A105-52719 my laptop cannot boot from usb external cd rom, help me please. thanks
February 5th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Thanks, USB Recognicion problem solved with the latest bios update from Toshiba for the Correct model Update. A+++, saved my mum having to buy a new laptop. Thanks everyone for this info.
February 21st, 2008 at 10:41 am
Howdy everyone,
Following what has been hashed here I discover a confusion relating to my issue. Let me just explain it.
Few days ago, I just replaced my Toshiba A105-S3611 with a brand new hard disk and there it goes, a USB 2.0 problem. What confusing is the old hard drive was gone well with its BIOS 1.4 but unable to working properly with this new hard drive.
How am I supposed to do?
Bunch of thanks.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:40 am
I think this laptop is not capable of booting from an external USB optical drive.
February 24th, 2008 at 10:46 am
iaci,
It looks like the latest version is 2.00
Try updating the BIOS. It can help. Maybe new BIOS release fixes some kind of compatibility issues with your new hard drive. This is just a guess.
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
I’ve been following this thread; however my problem is a little different from the rest:
I have two Toshiba notebooks a A105 S101 and a A105 S4334 both will recognize some of my USB Flash drives and will give me the Ding Ding sound and ask for a driver for the others. I even purchased a Toshiba brand USB drive thinking that would work for sure, but no joy. I have one USB Flash drive that will work in the first notebook and not the second one. I have updated the BIOS to version 2.20 and tried a PCICIM USB card to no avail.
All the USB drives work properly in my other computers and a call to Toshiba support generated a “Never heard of this problem” and of course no solution.
April 27th, 2008 at 9:50 am
This is unreal….IT WORKED!!!
I went and downloaded the latest BIOS version from the Toshiba website for my A105 and to my amazement, my USB ports are now working for the 1st time in over a year!
LOVE IT!
Thanks for the original post, Laptop Freak!
May 15th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
i Have a Toshiba A135-S2276.. my usb flashdisk doesnt work when i inserted it in usb port. it says windows doesnt recognized
it. i went to device manager and see UNKNOWN DEVICE on the usb part..!pls Help on what to do.. recently i have a usb mouse and it was working but know it doesnt work also.. PLS HELP!Thank You..
May 20th, 2008 at 10:04 am
hey, i have the same problem as WenYen…i really need help with that..is there a solution to dat?
please…
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Thanks for the very helpful info! BIOS update finally fixed my USB problem on my Satellite A105-S1014. I applied the latest update which was v2.2 and here it is, finally it works again, yehey!
Thanks for this site!!! Two thumbs up!
May 26th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I can’t thank you enough!! I stumbled here from Google and it fixed my problem completely. I’ve been trying to fix this dang issue for more than two months!
You have my undying gratitude!!
June 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
hi, if i really do not want to mess up anything else on the Toshiba A135 series laptop that i have so i’m not sure if i should download the new Bios..should i or shouldn’t i as i’ve only seen comments of success for series A105..please again
June 29th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Hi, I have installed xp service pack 2 on my toshiba satellite a105-s4384 laptop but I can’t seems to get the sound and wireless network on.
July 6th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Dear LF,
My issue is a little different. My Toshiba P35-S609 will not update the USB port drivers to 2.0. The specs for the machine state they are 2.0, but even with WinXP SP2, they are still at 1.x.
Is there any way to make them recognized as 2.0?
July 19th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Hello
I have Toshiba Sat pro 6100.
Both 2 Laptop (and Docking Station) usb works some time and then stop working.mostly hit and miss.
I have tried to update the bios 1.90 but it won’t install as I have already 1.90 installed.
I also tried the auto powermanagement bit but no success.
Any help here please.
August 9th, 2008 at 7:33 am
Hi I am contacting you for a problem my Granddaughter is haveing with her toshiba A105. her laptop does not recognize her power adapter and goes directly to battery ,is it possible she needs a new adapter or could there be anoter reason this is happening.
Thank You Gloria Trosch
September 26th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Hi!
I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S4004 Laptop, and have a problem with Flash Boot Option on BootMenu!
My motherboard support FlashBoot [Boot from flash memory] And I buy a 4 GIG flash memoey for install my favorite OS on it then boot from it [My Flash Memory & A105-S4004],but it couldn’t!!!
For example,I install ubuntu on flash but after boot from flash usb ,my laptop displayed a black screen with one curser on top & left!!!
What is problem,anyone can help me,if can please contact me -> tomcat_14ea@yahoo.com
Very TNX… .. .
My System & BIOS Specification :
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer TOSHIBA
System Model Satellite A105
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~1662 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies LTD 5.60, 2007/03/09
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = “5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)”
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 357.43 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
October 12th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
satellite a105-s1014
hey I have the same problems!!!
I’ve never connected something to my computer because of that stupid problem. and please I need someone to help me. please. the laptop does recognize it on the screen. but won’t appear. or anything it only says that a problem has occured and all that.
December 11th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I’ve been having the same issue with my A135-S2266. I’ve had this fixed 3 times by toshiba and the usb ports never work. I have BIOS v1.5, but toshiba doesn’t show a newer version of bios for this machine. I’m not sure what to do?!?!
December 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
i Have a135-2276 laptop
all 4 usb ports are not working. i tried to update the bios but no use. Please help me how to fix the problem.
i think power supply to usb is down( some times flash drive LED blink and sometimes not)
I even formatted and reinstalled my vista O.S
please i need help from anyone.
i’m ready to pay for the solution.
Thanks in advance
December 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
USB quit working yesterday – had no idea why. Found this site through Google and tried it. IT WORKS GREAT!!! Went to the Toshiba support website and downloaded the latest BIOS (up to v2.3 now) for the A105 S101, followed their instructions, just ran it from Windows to do the reflash the the easy way, re-booted (automatically) and presto – the USB works perfectly. Couldn’t have been easier. Thank you for your help!
December 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hello! I have a Toshiba A105-1014 .I was working Online ,when it shut down. It will attempt to restart 6 times ,by itself,when you hit the button.Only the LED’s light up,but nothing else. Tried with and without? Any ideas ??? Thanks in advance
December 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I ment to include ; I tried it with & without the Battery, Ac Power Supply and the Hard drive. Thank again
December 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Jim,
Try removing memory modules one by one. Test the laptop with each module separately, it’s possible that one of them is bad. Could be memory related problem.
January 17th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Hey I have a sa135 toshiba lappy and usbs gone dead for past month any help, i’ve looked at bios but there are none for my lappy model??
February 1st, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I need a damaged motherboard for Toshiba a65-s126.Can you help me please?
February 3rd, 2009 at 8:02 am
i have a toshiba satellite p100 – 434.the memory card reader at the front doesn’t work,no recognition of the cards being put in.the device manager tells me the driver needs re-installing;yet when i follow the procedure,nothing happens.I’m lost for answers, can anyone help please????
February 6th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
hi there. i’m having the same issues as alot of the above mentioned. i have a toshiba satellite a135-s2266. all 4 drivers that have previously worked just fine are all now not working. when i plug anything into the usb ports it tells me that it doesn’t recognize the device, then when i click on it and try to solve the issue it says ‘unknown device’.
i did have to take this computer in a while back to have the bios password reset. don’t know if that has anything to do w/ any of these issues.
i am willing to update the bios version, but i’m not sure where to go to do this. is there a link where i should go to get the update? i looked all over the toshiba website and i can’t find anything. thank you very much for your time.
amanda
February 6th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
i’m sorry i meant to say all 3 of the usb ports don’t work…not 4. lol
amanda
February 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am
amanda,
You’ll find the BIOS update here:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp
Click on the product support and search for downloads available for your model.
The latest version for your model is 1.60
February 25th, 2009 at 3:09 am
my thosiba sattelite laptop motherboard has gone bad.i want to replace it..please tell me the cost and procedure
March 4th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Hi laptopfreak
I have a toshiba sattelite pro a100 vista laptop and none of my usb ports work (all four, two on rhs and lhs at back) i have tried attaching my external hard drive and the light works on the harddrive its powering up but the laptop wont budge so to speak.
i have checked the device manager and it says all is working out usb side, also i have tried the toshiba maintenence and it to says the usb ports are working fine.
I have done a bios update throught the toshiba website and no change.
any ideas?
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:00 am
T O S H I B A L A P T O P S S U C K S !!!
Thery are not the ones we knew from 5 years ago.
And even my mom knows more computers than their support
people.
pfu…
April 24th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I also have some issues with my Toshiba Satellite A135-S2386, all 4 USB ports fails, it is 2 days after that. Sometimes it recognizes my USB devices but just for a little time and then again it doesn’t recognize.
I updated to v1.60 of the BIOS Firmware and it still has the same behaviour
I tested with Windows 7 and Windows XP and also GNU Linux Ubuntu and all of them fails.
I guess I bought a bad laptop, because it also fails the Inverter of the LCD Display and the lamp turns off. I’m totally disappointed of Toshiba. I thought they were good laptops.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
hi, i have a toshiba satellite a135-2386 laptop and all usb ports are not reading. i understand that i should dl the new bios driver on the toshiba site, but i run linux. will it still install or should i install a recovery cd i have that will set to factory settings(for vista)? i’d appreciate some help. thanks.
May 21st, 2009 at 8:42 am
my toshiba laptop satellite A135-s2286 has the same problem i have notice that some times i had problems with usb devices.And now it doesnt work with any usb at all i have done recovery,updated bios and everything,the laptop has been repair one time all ready and i have to say something i am really mad with this toshiba sh!T products,My laptop baterry doesnt last even 30min,15 min turn on and it is hot as hell,it is very slow and their support sucks.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Try looking into the bios and make sure the legacy usb is enabled
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:04 am
Hello , guys it has been 2 years i bought the laptop in $800
, i thought it was a great good company after 1 year i started facing problem from simple boot andbios reset i sloved it but this is working across the limit i think all the people should sue on them for there worst laptop on the world universe …..;
I Hope there is a solution for this problem
otherwise it sucks totally like a hell.
August 23rd, 2009 at 8:17 am
i wasted 9 hours for the solution still nothing appreciated .
I think the best solution is buy new laptop. There is not a complex solution yet.
November 20th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I was also having trouble with my usb ports, so I deleted them, only I don’t have the recovery disk to reinstall them. I’ve updated the bios and all that, but now I don’t have any root hub driver and I can’t seem to find it anywhere… I need the root hub driver for my Toshiba Satellite Laptop, Model # A105 S4254. I am running Windows XP Media Center Edition, Version 2002 SP3. Any ideas?
February 6th, 2010 at 9:52 am
My usb ports failed (“usb device not recognized” and no power lights to the devices) about a week ago, so I unplugged the power + battery and waited for a couple of hours. Ports came back to life, but my logitech usb keyboard was now simply recognized as a HID keyboard.
This weekend, I lost all 4 ports again. Nothing is recognized.
I got desperate and called toshiba tech support for my Satellite A134-52386. They were no help.
I’ve uninstalled the ports and flashed to BIOS v1.4 (there is a BIOS 1.6, but toshiba downloads does not show it when I select my vista OS.) Should I try BIOS 1.6?
Ubuntu does not recognize the drives, and I will be checking with a Linux CD next, but I’m guessing that this may be a hardware problem with my 2 year old laptop.
Any other suggestions to troubleshoot this as a hardware or software issue? It seems to be a huge problem for people.
April 23rd, 2010 at 11:04 am
After doing some research, it looks like it is the southbridge failure or some other chip that is soldered on the main board (mother board). I had an issue with a hp laptop that would not turn on. Turns out that the fins on the heat sync were clogged up, which generated more heat inside the laptop which in turn caused a chip close by to unsolder. The hair line gap between the pins of the chip and mother board was not visible. After some research I found out that it needed to be taken apart and re-soldered. After it worked like the day I first got it. So to me it looks like the same thing or similar is up with these toshiba laptops. I also have a Satellite P15-S479 and when I plug a usb flash stick into the port the light comes on, on my flash stick but device does not pop up in my computer. Same thing with usb wireless mouse. I have reinstalled windows xp, then installed windows 7 and its still same issue. I also updated the bios and still nothing. So in conclusion its a component level issue on the main board its self. Now if only some one can tell me which chip I need to re-solder.
May 9th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
I also tried ubuntu linux 9.10 on my Toshiba Satellite P15-S479. This is in addition to the various windows versions I tried that I stated about earlier. So this just confirms again to me that it is a hardware/component level problem on the motherboard of my toshiba laptop. Still hoping that someone can give me some insight on what the problem is. At least tell me what chip that controls the usb ports, ie southbridge, northbridge, some other chip, etc. Oh currently my work around is by using a PCMCIA USB 2.0 card.
June 11th, 2010 at 5:56 am
Toshiba A105, Vista: USB ports on one side were always crapping out sporadically. Had it checked out under warranty and seems it was delivered with a defective HD. Worked fine for several months, then the USB problem resurfaced. Now it periodically gives a “USB not recognized” error when nothing is plugged in to the port, does a hex dump & reboots. No more toshibas for me.
October 25th, 2010 at 6:31 pm
WHEN YOUR USB ACTS LIKE IT IS TOTALLY DEAD…. (NO POWER ON USB e.g. NOTHING REACTS WHEN PLUGGING IN.) TAKE AN OLD USB CABLE AND PLUG IT IN USB PORT FROM YOUR COMPUTER. CUT OFF (YES, WITH A KNIFE) THE OTHER END FROM THE USB CABLE AND STRIP THE RED & BLACK WIRE. APPLY +5V TO THE RED WIRE AND THE 0 or ZERO TO THE BLACK. (JUST HOOK UP 5V TO THE STRIPPED WIRES BASICALLY) PLUG ANOTHER USB DEVICE IN THE OTHER USB PORT AND………….. THERE YOU GO. YOU JUST FIXED THE +5V POWER SUPPLY INTERNALLY FROM YOUR PC OR LAPTOP. (REALLY, YOU JUST RESET THE USB PORT FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, HOW ABOUT THAT). CRAZY MAYBE, BUT IT WORKS AND THAT WHAT MATTERS. SICK OFF THOSE NO GOOD HELP DESKS FROM TOSHIBA…………. TOSHIBARF!!!!
November 19th, 2010 at 12:17 am
TOSHIBA SUXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!!!! GOT SATELLITE AND AFTER 1 MONTH ALL USB IS OUTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!
FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL
January 10th, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Thanks to Fred Swemmer! (97)Your tip works great. My C650 Toshiba has the same fault. It’s been back twice to Germany for repair but was just the same. The 4.8V USB supply comes on briefly and then dies whenever a memory stick is plugged in. Fred’s solution overcomes the problem. I am going to make up a little battery pack to plug into one port so that the other will work as it should. My experience has been the same as Bayar – about a month before the fault appeared. Surely this must have been reported to Toshiba many times. Their ‘help’ desk told me my fault was most unusual – rubbish!
January 19th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Thank you Fred Swemmer. you re great. it worked like magic. thank you so much, u have made my day.
March 10th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
bios update didn’t solve the problem at our laptops.
i’m working for a company in the IT-department and we’ve got some problems w/ Toshiba S300L (especially the -102 models) and their usb-ports.
the entire usb-controller died when a mobile phone/camera was plugged in.
you can reactivate mice and extern keyboards by completely cutting off the notebook from the energy supply.
this means: power off – plug off the power cable – remove rechargeable battery.
wait about a minute and put it together again.
it is like the usb-controller – reset from Fred Swemmer, but w/o working on red and black cables
hope, it’s helpful for some of you guys