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Alnero · 06-18-2008, 02:00 PM

Last night I decided to update my BIOS from 4.20 to version 4.30 to see if it would improve performance any bit. I downloaded the file from Toshiba, backed-up the old BIOS and flashed it with the new settings. I restarted my laptop and I noticed a difference in speed, it was slower and didn't take me to the login screen. It just kind of froze there. I switched it off and on again and this time it worked. I managed to login fine but the CPU and fans were going crazy. Everytime I'd open a folder or a browser, somtimes even when I go to a website the CPU would reach 20-25% for folders 50-60% for opening the browser and web pages and the fans would follow right after (I can constantly hear them on unlike before).

I've looked all over for the previous BIOS version (4.20) and haven't been able to find it anywhere.

I'm not sure if anyone could tell me why it's doing that but If anyone could tell where to find a BIOS v4.20 for Toshiba Satellite P100-434 (PSPADE) would be a great help.

06-18-2008, 02:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Alnero Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 40 OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 My System	BIOS update[moved from xp] Last night I decided to update my BIOS from 4.20 to version 4.30 to see if it would improve performance any bit. I downloaded the file from Toshiba, backed-up the old BIOS and flashed it with the new settings. I restarted my laptop and I noticed a difference in speed, it was slower and didn't take me to the login screen. It just kind of froze there. I switched it off and on again and this time it worked. I managed to login fine but the CPU and fans were going crazy. Everytime I'd open a folder or a browser, somtimes even when I go to a website the CPU would reach 20-25% for folders 50-60% for opening the browser and web pages and the fans would follow right after (I can constantly hear them on unlike before). I've looked all over for the previous BIOS version (4.20) and haven't been able to find it anywhere. I'm not sure if anyone could tell me why it's doing that but If anyone could tell where to find a BIOS v4.20 for Toshiba Satellite P100-434 (PSPADE) would be a great help. __________________ Anything's possible.