Hey, I'm a new Toshiba user. M500-S433. Got mine during PC fair.

So I have this problem, sometimes when I'm using the laptop, the screen will suddenly black out and then recover few seconds later... Then a notification bubble will pop and it says the NVIDIA kernel driver has stopped responding and recovered. At first I thought it was momentarily and one-time only but recently it happened a few times, is there ANY way to make this problem disappear permanently?

Thanks!

I don't know about your gf but although they advertised 64-bit, they gave me a 32-bit version. But since 64-bit has compatibility issues with certain programs, I'm fine with the 32-bit so far.

Yeah I went straight to NVDIA website to upgrade my driver. The problem still persists but not as frequent. Still waiting for a better upgrade. BTW the link you provided is invalid.



Thanks to both of you for replying! (:

OH well, will wait for any new updates. Will be watching this thread for a while then.

I have a problem with my Satellite M500... Sometimes after using it, the laptop will suddenly hang and usually I'll just take out the main power and switch it back on. And I don't know why that happens... So yesterday I had the same thing happened to me, the screen froze for few mins and after that it entered blue screen (blue screen of death)... then the system just restarted... I don't know what's going on and I have no idea what's the cause so I want to know whether my other Satellite M500 users are facing this problem?? I still have the problem with the NVIDIA graphics 310M, BTW.

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.

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

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?

Just the display incompatibility issue. You can always send it back and see what Teledynamics will do with it.
For my BSOD problem, it's when the display stops responding and starts cracking up. Very annoying issue. I will go Teledynamics and wreck their signboard once I'm free. xD

Of course, it's just a hiccup. Not consistent, just happens occasionally. It's not a major issue, laptop still functions fine but it's annoying.
Like there's a fly flying around your head and you're just too lazy to swat it that's all.

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Edit:

New Display Driver for M500-S433 (NVIDIA Geforce 310M), out on 15th June 2010.
Click Here
Not sure if it'd solve the stupid BSOD issue I'm having, gonna download it and see what happens.


Is it really necessary to get the 64-bit? The sites I read were urging readers to upgrade but there are some compatibility issues with certain softwares yadda yadda. In case you were wondering, 32-bit only supports use of RAM up to 4GB but 64-bit enables use for over 4GB RAM. Suitable for people w/ major task jobs such as video editing, gaming, etc.

This post has been edited by cherriedpie: Jun 20 2010, 04:55 PM

Update on latest display driver for M500-S433:
Just now when I was using the comp halfway, suddenly the display blacked out, leaving the cursor behind, then as I waited for what seem the longest 5-10 seconds ever, the display recovered BUT there was no pop-up notification at the bottom right hand corner so I can't confirm whether it's the display problem or not.

Edit:
Even with a new driver, the display still blacks out and recovers.

This post has been edited by cherriedpie: Jun 24 2010, 04:48 PM