Keyboard Freezes on Toshiba Satellite A75-S229

mjdavino · 01-31-2008, 02:08 PM

Every once and a while the keyboard, touchpad & mouse freeze. I must power down and reboot to regain control. The freezing is not accompanied by any other symptom (e.g., excesive heat, fan stopping, etc.)

The laptop is 3 years old and still under extended mfgr warranty. I had a previous problem with a black display screen that I fixed by taking the unit into a CDW tech repair center.

Any sugestions on what to do to fix the current freezing problem - or should I simply take the laptop back to a tech repair center?

Thanks, MJD

**sobeit** · 01-31-2008, 08:31 PM

how much ram is in the system? what about harddrive size/free space? Also, what laptop? if theres a bios battery, it may need replacing - go into your bios and see if the date and time is correct.

mjdavino · 02-01-2008, 06:36 AM

The Toshiba Satellite A75-S229 is a laptop with a 3.20GHz P4 processor, 448MB RAM, 75GB hard drive and 51GB free space. BIOS is good. Internal date & time are correct. There is no battery issue since the laptop is plugged in to external power.

01-31-2008, 02:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
mjdavino Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Midwest, USA Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Keyboard Freezes on Toshiba Satellite A75-S229 Every once and a while the keyboard, touchpad & mouse freeze. I must power down and reboot to regain control. The freezing is not accompanied by any other symptom (e.g., excesive heat, fan stopping, etc.) The laptop is 3 years old and still under extended mfgr warranty. I had a previous problem with a black display screen that I fixed by taking the unit into a CDW tech repair center. Any sugestions on what to do to fix the current freezing problem - or should I simply take the laptop back to a tech repair center? Thanks, MJD

01-31-2008, 08:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Keyboard Freezes on Toshiba Satellite A75-S229 how much ram is in the system? what about harddrive size/free space? Also, what laptop? if theres a bios battery, it may need replacing - go into your bios and see if the date and time is correct. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age Last edited by sobeit; 01-31-2008 at 08:32 PM.

02-01-2008, 06:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
mjdavino Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Midwest, USA Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Re: Keyboard Freezes on Toshiba Satellite A75-S229 The Toshiba Satellite A75-S229 is a laptop with a 3.20GHz P4 processor, 448MB RAM, 75GB hard drive and 51GB free space. BIOS is good. Internal date & time are correct. There is no battery issue since the laptop is plugged in to external power.