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Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 Driver Problem
I am trying to resurrect a Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 laptop.
I have XP SP3 installed on it, and have resolved all the drivers except for the Ethernet. I have found and tried two drivers: sa85lanx.exe tm4wlanutilax.exe But XP Device Manager still shows the Ethernet to be bad. What I believe is the Ethernet hardware unit is tagged: AR5BMB5 PA3458U-1MPC but I have found nothing that helps through that. I fear that maybe the hardware unit is bad or that I have it installed wrong. You see, I had to dismantle this laptop in order to kill the BIOS password that had the laptop locked. Just maybe I reconnected things wrong. But since the OS seems to detect the presence of the Ethernet, i have the hope that I did things right. If so, can anyone suggest something I can try? Paul? Thanks Big Fred |
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I am trying to resurrect a Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 laptop. I have XP SP3 installed on it, and have resolved all the drivers except for the Ethernet. I have found and tried two drivers: sa85lanx.exe tm4wlanutilax.exe But XP Device Manager still shows the Ethernet to be bad. What I believe is the Ethernet hardware unit is tagged: AR5BMB5 PA3458U-1MPC but I have found nothing that helps through that. I fear that maybe the hardware unit is bad or that I have it installed wrong. You see, I had to dismantle this laptop in order to kill the BIOS password that had the laptop locked. Just maybe I reconnected things wrong. But since the OS seems to detect the presence of the Ethernet, i have the hope that I did things right. If so, can anyone suggest something I can try? Paul? Thanks Big Fred The drivers page on the Toshiba site, has LAN and Wifi. http://support.toshiba.com/support/m...eeText=1042295 RealTek LAN Driver for Windows XP Posted Date: 2005-06-14 | Version: 5.612.628.2004 | Size: 2.0M http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...s/sa85lanx.exe ;; Realtek RTL8139/810x/8169/8110 all in one NDIS Driver ;; Copyright 2004, Realtek Semiconductor Corporation ;; .this release is primarily for OEM for WHQL test. ******* Atheros Wireless (802.11 a+g/g) Client Utility for Windows XP/2000 Posted Date: 2005-04-22 | Version: 3.1.2.45.i132 | Size: 14.6M http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...wlanutilax.exe Atheros Mini PCI Wireless Lan (802.11 g/b) Driver for Windows XP Posted Date: 2005-04-21 | Version: 3.1.2.45.i120 | Size: 2.78M http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont.../tm4wlanax.exe The Wifi appears to be on a Mini PCI card. When I google your part number, AR5BMB5 appears to be Atheros wireless. The RealTek LAN chip (drives the Ethernet cable) could be soldered to the motherboard. Maybe you could give the "code" value that tells you "Ethernet to be bad". As someone might recognize it. Of the two Wifi drivers, one will be the plain driver (the small one), the other package the Wifi management. Windows also has Wireless Zero Config, so it is possible in some cases, that no Wifi management is needed, if Windows manages the Wifi. But the driver portion would still be required. Paul |
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:49:43 -0500, Paul wrote:
The drivers page on the Toshiba site, has LAN and Wifi. http://support.toshiba.com/support/m...eeText=1042295 RealTek LAN Driver for Windows XP Posted Date: 2005-06-14 | Version: 5.612.628.2004 | Size: 2.0M http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...s/sa85lanx.exe ;; Realtek RTL8139/810x/8169/8110 all in one NDIS Driver ;; Copyright 2004, Realtek Semiconductor Corporation ;; .this release is primarily for OEM for WHQL test. ******* Atheros Wireless (802.11 a+g/g) Client Utility for Windows XP/2000 Posted Date: 2005-04-22 | Version: 3.1.2.45.i132 | Size: 14.6M http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...wlanutilax.exe Atheros Mini PCI Wireless Lan (802.11 g/b) Driver for Windows XP Posted Date: 2005-04-21 | Version: 3.1.2.45.i120 | Size: 2.78M http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont.../tm4wlanax.exe The Wifi appears to be on a Mini PCI card. When I google your part number, AR5BMB5 appears to be Atheros wireless. The RealTek LAN chip (drives the Ethernet cable) could be soldered to the motherboard. Maybe you could give the "code" value that tells you "Ethernet to be bad". As someone might recognize it. Of the two Wifi drivers, one will be the plain driver (the small one), the other package the Wifi management. Windows also has Wireless Zero Config, so it is possible in some cases, that no Wifi management is needed, if Windows manages the Wifi. But the driver portion would still be required. Paul Thanks Paul. Actually I had the drivers you specified already, so I tried them again. This time I have Ethernet and it works. That's what I really wanted. Device Manager shows the Realtek RTL8139/819X Family Fast Ethernet NIC as working, but 'Ethernet Controller as not working under 'Other Devices'. I am concluding that the AR5BMB5 is my Wifi. It is what I disassembled and reassembled, so maybe I did the latter wrong. There were only two mini-cable little connectors - one red the other plain. I have connected the red to 'Main', the other to 'Aux' I tried re-installing the AR5BMB5 drivers, and Device Manger remained the same, but now I have lost my Internet connectivity again. Go figure. BF |
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On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:41:28 -0500, wrote:
I tried re-installing the AR5BMB5 drivers, and Device Manger remained the same, but now I have lost my Internet connectivity again. Go figure. BF I got my internet connection back. My cat5 cable had worked loose from the router. Device Manager still shows the one problem though. Thanks again BF |
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Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 Driver Problem
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 13:32:07 -0500, Paul wrote:
wrote: On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:41:28 -0500, wrote: I tried re-installing the AR5BMB5 drivers, and Device Manger remained the same, but now I have lost my Internet connectivity again. Go figure. BF I got my internet connection back. My cat5 cable had worked loose from the router. Device Manager still shows the one problem though. Thanks again BF The two mini-cables are for antennas. The coaxial connectors on the mini-PCI, carry RF signals to some patch antennas. The patch antennas have to be arranged underneath some plastic, so the RF can get out. Those connectors are easy to squash and deform, so you have to be careful. They're not robust like regular cabling. You would have to open it back up, remove whatever plate covers the mini-PCI, and check the insertion. If it is being reported in Device Manager though, that probably means the Wifi module is making electrical contact. So probably just your Wifi is broken, and the RealTek Ethernet (RJ45 connector) is OK. Paul I think I will let it go the way it is. Thanks Fred |
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Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 Driver Problem
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:50:32 -0500, wrote:
I think I will let it go the way it is. Thanks Fred I have changed my mind on living with the non-working wireless. I quickly realized that the laptop will not connect to the web unless physically connected to my router (via CAT5). That prevents a main functionality of the laptop of course - that I can use it on the web in another room. So, that said, let's see. I assume the little 1-2 inch hardware tagged AR5BMB5 & PA3458U-1MPC is the culprit As I said, I had removed and replaced it and other stuff, and reconnected the two wires, red and non-red tipped, to the 'main' and 'aux', resp. Am I correct on that? I downloaded and installed both downloads at http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont...wlanutilax.exe and http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/cont.../tm4wlanax.exe but Device Manager still shows a problem as 'Ethernet Controller' under 'Other devices'. The downloads were tm4wlanax.exe and tm4wlanutilax.exe If I am looking at the correct problem piece, what should I look for that could be causing the problem? Or just maybe, it is okay, and I still am not downloading the correct driver? Thanks for all you helps I gotta leave this AM, but will return around noon local. Big Fred |
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Toshiba Satellite A85 S1072 Driver Problem
You know, I am wondering if the wireless is really showing up in my
Device Manager. I say that because I see no actual wireless there, just a working network adapter shown to be Realtek, and an 'other device' that is shown to be a non-working Realtek, which is not the wireless. Right? So maybe the thing is not connected correctly? Could be, in my ignorance. Thanks Big Fred |
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On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:21:22 -0500, Paul wrote:
Check in the BIOS, and see if there is a setting for it. Like, to turn it on and off. All I see in the BIOS related to a LAN is build-in LAN which is enabled Look with msinfo32.exe for Problem Devices. See if some VEN/DEV device is in there. For 'problem devices' it has Ethernet controller PCI\VEN_168C&DEV_001A&SUBSYS_7094144F&REV_01\4&253 A0906&0&10A4 the drivers for this device are not installed Suggest anything to you? Thanks Big Fred Some of those Wifi things, have more than one chip on them, and are "combo" devices. And that could be the Other Devices thing. Paul |
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