I'm female.
Yeah, using M500-S433... (I'm getting agitated as well)
Yeah I was running Firefox, Winamp and then randomly clicking around, then it hung.
The second time was when I was waiting for PPS (P2P video streaming) to load...

The previous times when I didn't wait for the BSOD　to appear and straight switched off my laptop was when I was playing FB games, and tabbed browsing... which is pretty manageable for my 4GB RAM laptop.

woo female
wanna know each other ? ^^

want to ask i just received my laptop back from service center(good customer service they have at toshiba I-serv)do i realy need to install all the update from windows update?

owh and my laptop is portege m900 it has ati gc,but i cant find the catalyst control center(if its what its called to customize colour display)

Sorry, thought you were a guy
BSOD may be caused by software or hardware problems I think. Perhaps you can try troubleshooting by recovering the system discs you created when you 1st bought your notebook (which will reformat all your harddisk partitions, so be sure to back them up), after reinstallating see whether the problem still persists (without installing any additional programs like PPS)

If its hardware prob then perhaps its best to just pay a visit to Teledynamics. Are you based in KL>? O_____O

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Added on May 26, 2010, 9:16 pmHihi, you mentioned that your notebook just came back from service centre, what was the problem?
Did the repair involve reformatting your notebook?
Well, its good to make sure that your windows is always up-to-date so that your notebook performance will be better/protected etc.
The program should be there (ATI catalyst control centre) try "search". If not you can always download it from Toshiba website I think ^^


This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: May 26 2010, 09:16 PM

sent to rma the problem is the hardisk(bad sector)they change it,and yes reformat but i dont know wether to download and install the updates or not

Well, if its not in your notebook then you should download and install it ^___^
Just select your notebook, OS and choose the "Display" option from here: http://www.toshiba-asia.com/portal/public/...rentTab=service
Hope it works for you

found the CCC just by pressing start-all programs-catalyst control center-CCC

No problem. (:
What system discs?
I'm based in Selangor, but I know there's a Teledynamics store in Lowyat.

I see. Thank you for telling me ^^

When you 1st bought your notbeook it is highly recommended to backup all your system files into 4 DVD+R discs as backup just in case anything happens to the system files in the Harddisk itself, you can create these discs via the Recovery Media Creator (the name is something like that LOL) program ^^
Yes, they've just opened a new Teledynamics store in Lowyat which is opened even on Saturdays and Sundays (Finally!!!! )
If you have any problems you can ask them for help

I just found out the cause of my BSOD.. *drum rolls* the display driver! which is the one M500-S433 is so commonly having problems with. Apparently it failed to recover, hence a BSOD appeared. Usually the screen will freeze, black out and recover with a pop-up at the bottom right hand corner. So this time (and the previous times), the display driver failed to recover.

Problem is, my driver is updated to the latest. However, I checked Toshiba's website for the display driver and found out the one they updated on May 25th is a driver that is an older version of the driver available on the NVIDIA website. So which one should I download? Should I still visit the Teledynamics store?

Oh I see, so the problem is also associated with that incompatibility issue
Yea, the websites are more often than not, not very updated 1 hehe
Just stick to the latest 1; but I don't think that the problem can be solved just yet
Try downloading and installing the driver and see whether the BSOD problem is solved. I doubt the "problem occurred and recovered" problem will be settled though... T____T

for the recovery disc how many disc we need?and theres a disc set which is 4.7gb and 8.5gb to be selected,

4 DVD+R (4.7GB) will do

i would love to buy the Toshiba m500 its my favourite model at that range have ben saving for months for it but after reading the problem faced. BSOD?! Are there any solution to it? Does it happen frequently?

+Jun 12 2010, 06:21 PM-->No, the BSOD is another problem. The actual problem is mostly due to graphic card incompatibility kua... The problem occurs (from time to time, not very frequent) where a message will jump out telling the user that there's a problem with the GC and has been fixed (which can be very annoying LOL ) No news so far, will keep on "disturbing" Teledynamics until they give us users a solution (My gf is using an M500-S433, unfortunately). However, do take note that this problem only exist for the M500-S433 model. No problems with other M500 models, but heck, the S433 is the most popular and offers the best specs

Perhaps can wait, or simply choose another model. There are some rather good ones from other brands o
The super glossiness of the M500 can be a problem to some

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Added on June 14, 2010, 11:24 amDear Toshiba users,
It seems lately nearly all Toshiba notebooks are equipped with both 32-bit Operating systems (Windows for this case) as well as 64-bit Operating systems (which are installed into the hidden HDD partitions of each notebook). Notebook sellers prefer to start up the whole notebook with 32-bit OS , mostly because of the shorter time required to boot the whole system. Since 32-bit OS can only support around 2.98GB of RAM, those who bought Toshiba notebooks with RAM upgrades (to 4GB RAM- models include Satellite L510, Satellite Pro L510, M500, M300, T130, F60 etc.) will not be able to fully utilize the RAM. This can be settled by converting your 32-bit OS to 64-bit OS. You can do it via recovery from the Toshiba hidden partition itself, or via the 4 system recovery discs that you burnt when you 1st got your notebook

The guide to Toshiba's HDD system recovery can be found here: cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/.../PMA500339010_web.pdf

Generally, it would be easier to conduct the recovery from the Hidden partition than the recovery discs (noneed to keep on changing discs XD )
In general, the steps involved are:

1. Make sure you backup all important files, EVERYTHING will be reformatted (except the Hidden Partition) when you recover your system. Noneed to worry about drivers and Toshiba programs as they are included in the Hidden Partition/Recovery discs.

2. Plug in A/C adapter and if possible, plug in the battery just in case of blackouts (in Malaysia) XD

3. Shut down your notebook.

4. Press and hold the "0" and the "power" button. A window will appear asking you whether you want to load a 32-bit or 64-bit windows. The remaining will be easy, just choose the "recover to out-of-box state" (Actually noneed to change anything, as for the subsequent windows, the initial ticked box will be the recommended one) XD

5. Partition reformatting will commence. Initiate the next step.

6. After that, leave everything to your notebook, it will restart on its own for quite a few times (to install the drivers and programs), may take up to 1-2 hours depending on your system. You will be configuring your OS in no time.

I guess that's all, hopefully this will help those who wanted to switched to 64-bit OS i.e. Eguy1314 ^_______^

** Be warned, Toshiba's feather touch buttons may become unresponsive after switching, still looking for answers for that one, it seemed there are no drivers for these buttons zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Anyway, Do refer to the link above for more elaborated details
Best of luck!

This post has been edited by [PF] T.J.: Jun 14 2010, 04:21 PM

i dunno whether this is the right place to share this news or not.

Toshiba Introduces First Notebook With 3D Blu-Ray Capability






Source

Hehe thanks for sharing~
It is actually quite a wonderful notebook, the specs are good... but it will definitely be expensive
Don't think it can support 3D gaming though

wa toshiba m500 gt so many prob ar?? thinking of buying it next year one... now got little scare of buying it.. lolzzz
edit: oh.. may i ask u guys a question? it's about the graphic card... which graphic card is better ATI or GeForce?

This post has been edited by imationyj: Jun 19 2010, 04:23 PM

Depends on the Graphic card model, not brand...