HWSetup was pre-installed on all but early Toshiba notebook models. If it doesn't appear as a Control Panel applet on your computer, you may be able to download it from the Toshiba Support website as part of the Toshiba Utilities package for your model. If an external keyboard is attached to the notebook, either directly or via a docking station or a port-replicator, disconnect it. Immediately press and hold the Esc key for three seconds, and then release it.
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In contast, the A40 s wireless seems to work perfectly. It takes seconds for it to find my home network connection, and, so far, it has not hanged up on me. Although spinning at only rpm, the hard disk performs reasonably well, given the computer s fast MHz bus speed. The hard disk is also barely audible, so about the only thing you hear when using the laptop is the fan.
I like the fact that there were no partitions of the drive; often, manufacturers partitions are not the size I want, so I end up having to spend time repartitioning. Also, Toshiba had pre-set the drive to use the NTFS file system instead of FAT 32 another good feature that saved me the trouble of having to make the change manually.
Prospective buyers should note, however, that there isn t a wealth of software pre-installed on this machine in fact, only about 3gb worth, all backed up on a single rescue disk DVD. This is a positive thing for me, because I do not like to have a huge chunk of my hard drive filled with programs I will never use. Still, Toshiba should have included some basic programs like a word processor and Antivirus scanner both of which are absent.
Interestingly, Toshiba included voice recognition software, as well as a program that reads web pages out loud. To my surprise, this works really well. Nevertheless, I think most users would have preferred a basic desktop suite like Microsoft Works over these flashy little toys.
There were a couple of other annoying things with the software. One was that most programs had placed icons on the system tray, so that when I first turned the computer on, I was faced with a barrage of confusing little icons. My advice is to just get rid of the ones you don t need and ensure they re no longer running , because they re eating up your RAM needlessly. The other annoying thing was that the user manual included in the box is useless, except for really basic things like how to turn the computer on or put a CD into the drive.
The only explanation for the software was a 3 or 4 line blurb about what each program does. Now let me get to overall system performance.
First, I really felt no need to invest a couple of hundred dollars more on a Pentium 4. My desktop is a Celeron 1. So the Celeron 2. There were a few graphics editing programs like Blender that my desktop couldn t handle well due to its poor video card, but the 64mb shared video on my laptop has no difficulties with them. Bootup time is reasonably fast: the login screen appears within 30 seconds from the moment the machine is turned on, and it takes about another 10 seconds to login.
One negative I have seen in the performance category is that sometimes it takes a moment for shortcut menus to pop up when you right click. This usually doesn t bother me, but that doesn t mean I m not somewhat disappointed on this point.
Obviously, if you really need all out power, you will want the Pentium 4 version of this machine, with as much memory and hard drive capacity as you can get. But I would recommend against investing too much in an A40, because even the top model A40 is still limited to the 64MB shared video memory, so the old adage about a chain being only as strong as its weakest link clearly applies here.
For most people with even moderately high performance requirements, my configuration is fine. For a bit more umph, move up to a P4 2. But if you need more power than that, you might as well look into an entirely different line of computers. Hooboy, this was the biggest surprise on this computer! When I bought it, I was counting on about 1. In fact, if I set the computer to the long life setting, I get 4 — 4. Keep in mind that on the long life setting, there is a major decrease in processor performance, as the computer attempts to generate less heat.
Consequently, this setting is only good for basic functions like word processing or surfing the Internet. Also keep in mind that playing a DVD movie or a powerful 3D game will eat up the battery faster, so you will probably get only a couple of hours of life in those scenarios. In any case, this computer has excellent battery performance, so one may wonder how Toshiba managed that. The answer is very simple, actually: remember that huge cell battery I mentioned earlier?
Consider that many other laptops in this price range have 8-cell batteries, and you quickly realize how much bigger this cell beast is. One downside with this battery is that it takes longer to charge about 3. That difference is as good as money in your pocket, because it means you won t have to replace the battery as often. Note that one method of increasing battery life is to use the cooling fan more sparingly. For the A40 , this means the machine will get pretty hot in battery mode but not in AC mode , especially on the underside near the screen.
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