Toshiba Satellite 1800-S203 No Sound

Hello, great forum you got here, and lots of info. Unfortunately I can't find an exact answer to this question.

I bought this computer used from a rental place and It can with WinME. I formatted it for Win98SE and everything is nice and smooth now, except that I have no sound. The Volume Control won't even open, even though it's available from the start menu.

Model: Satellite-S203
MotherBoard: Toshiba Portable PC Verison A0
BIOS: Toshiba v2.00
OS: Win98SE build 4.10.2222

I used Belarc to get these numbers, if you need anymore let me know.

I tried the ALi Audio Accelerator WDM Driver (s108snd8.exe) from Toshiba's web-site, but no joy. I also downloaded all the critical updates using Windows Update and that didn't change anything either.

Any ideas, help, or suggestions you can give me? Thanks in advance for trying.

:)

-Did the sound work in ME before you reformatted?
-Does the sound card show up in device manager? If so, are there any yellow ! or ? or error messages when you open properties?

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Originally Posted by daffy86

Toshiba's support page there is 2 models S-203, In bios or bottom of the machine the model number should be located.

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/t...ngdgnn.0&ct=DL

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An XP driver will work?

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Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

-Did the sound work in ME before you reformatted?
-Does the sound card show up in device manager? If so, are there any yellow ! or ? or error messages when you open properties?

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Yes, it worked when I had it running ME.
It shows upwith a yellow "!" either as the basic "PCI Multimedia Hardware Adapter" or a "!" with the YAMAHA AC-XG Audio Device if I install the driver above.

If I install the ALi driver, there is no "!" but there's also no sound.

AC-XG Generic Drivers for YMF753, 743, 752
(Yamaha AC97 Codec)
Note : This generic driver may or may NOT work with your system.

Win98se/ME/2k drivers HERE
WinXP driver HERE

If these dont work, I know of 5 or 6 earley Ver. that might


Detailed Specs from Toshiba

TOSHIBA
Satellite 2410 Series
Great Features and Performance at a great price
Model(s): Part Numbers
Satellite 2410-S203
P4 1800MHz/15.0”TFT/256MB/30GB/DVD-CDRW/Mdm/LAN/WinXP Pro PS241U-2DC2P7

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Product Highlights
Performance
• Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 processor-M at 1.80GHz
• 256MB expandable to 1024MB
All-in-one design
• 30GB* hard disk drive
• DVD-ROM/CDRW multi-function drive
• 3.5” 1.44MB floppy diskette drive
Great Features
• 15.0” TFT active matrix display
• NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go graphics controller with 16MB video
memory

Sound
• YMF753 Codec Chip; Software Sound Chip
• 16-bit stereo, Built-in stereo speakers
• Direct 3D Sound; DirectSound (supported by driver) and
DirectMusic; Full Duplex and MIDI support
• Sound Volume Control Dial
• Ports: Microphone port, headphone port
Power Supply
• AC Adapter: 75W external AC Adapter, 100-240V / 50-60Hz
frequency (Universal) input voltage, 15V x 5A Output.
• Battery Pack: 9-cell, rechargeable, removable Li-Ion battery,
10.8V x 4500mAh = 48.6Wh
Dimension (LxWxH): 6.8” x 2.7” x 0.7”
Weight: 0.8 lbs
• Up to 2.52H battery life; Recharge time (off/on): 3H/4H-11H+
Battery life may vary depending on product model, configuration,
applications, power management settings and features utilized.
Recharge time varies depending on usage. Battery may not
charge while computer is consuming full power. After a period of
time, the battery will lose its ability to perform at maximum
capacity and will need to be replaced. This is normal for all
batteries. To purchase a new battery pack, see the accessories
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information that shipped with your computer or visit
www.accessories.toshiba.com
Security

Product/Part Numbers
Satellite 2410-S203 (Win XP Pro) PS241U-2DC2P7
Satellite 2410-S204 (Win XP Home) PS241U-2DC2P3
Satellite 2410 Small Business Series (Office XP SB) PS241U-2DC2P7W
Satellite 2410 Small Business Series (Office XP Pro) PS241U-2DC2P7X
GB = 1 billion bytes

Well, it didnt work. I still have the "!".

This computer is an 1800-S203, not a 2410-S203. Could that be why?

Well, now the "!" is gone but there's still no sound and no access to the Volume Control.

Well lets stop guessing about what sound chip you've got, since Toshiba sure doesn't have it straight. Download Everest http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...ng=en&pageid=3 and post the info under the Multimedia\PCI Audio heading

remove all sound devices in safe mode (press f8) just before windows loads)

Reboot and try again.

OK Lets try this again:

Win98se sound driver from TOSHIBA


TOSHIBA
Satellite® 1800 & 1805
Great features and performance at a great price
Model(s):
Satellite 1800- S203
! Cel 800/13.3” TFT/128MB/15GB/DVD/Mdm
Satellite 1800- S253
! PIII 850/14.1”TFT/128MB/15GB/DVD/Mdm/LAN
Satellite 1805- S203
• Cel 800/13.3”TFT/128MB/15GB/DVD/Mdm
Satellite 1805- S253
• PIII 850/14.1”TFT/128MB/15GB/DVD/Mdm/LAN
Product Highlights
• Performance
• Intel® Celeron™ 800MHz or Pentium® III
850MHz processor
• 128MB expandable to 512MB
• All-in-one design
• 15.0GB hard disk drive
• DVD-ROM
• 3.5” 1.44MB floppy diskette drive
• Great Features
• 13.3” TFT or 14.1”TFT active-matrix display
• 8MB video memory
• Get On-Line
• Integrated V.90 56K modem
• Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN (1800-S253 &
1805-S253 Models)
System Characteristics
Processor
Intel® Celeron™ 800MHz (1805-S203 & 1800-S203) or
Pentium® III 850MHz (1805-S253 & 1800-S253) processor
Integrated co-processor

Sound
Trident Sound chip; AK4543 Codec Chip
16-bit stereo, Windows Sound System Ver.2.0
Sound Blaster® Pro compatible (in DOS box only)
Built-in stereo speakers
3D sound support with HRTF 3D positional audio
Direct 3D Sound
Hardware acceleration for DirectSound and DirectMusic
Full Duplex support
MIDI Support
Ports
• Microphone port
• Headphone port
Sound Volume Control Dial
Communication
Integrated V.90 56K modem
Data and fax support
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN (1800-S253 & 1805-S253
Models only)

Product/Part Number
Satellite 1800-S203 PS181U-00CFC2E
Satellite 1805-S203 PS181U-00CFCHE
Satellite 1800-S253 PS181U-00WZY2E
Satellite 1805-S253 PS181U-00WZYHE

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Originally Posted by hudsonsmith

Well lets stop guessing about what sound chip you've got, since Toshiba sure doesn't have it straight. Download Everest http://www.lavalys.com/products/down...ng=en&pageid=3 and post the info under the Multimedia\PCI Audio heading

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ALi M5451 AC-Link Controller Audio Device

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Originally Posted by dodint

ALi M5451 AC-Link Controller Audio Device

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http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/drivers_sound.html#ali

download the K7AMA Win 98 Version V5.12.01.5124

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crumbs,

This is the best so far. When it boots, now it beeps twice, which it didn't do before. However, it doesn't play any sound once Windows is loaded, and the Volume Control is still missing.

The difference now is, Windows is now finding an "Unknown Device", the sound card, and the software modem.

Argh, I'm getting closer, I just can't seem to seal the deal. Thanks for all the help.

The driver you need is at Toshiba's site, see post above, that is the ALi driver for your machine. Try it after you unload the others that you have installed. Remove all from with-in safe-mode, than reboot, say no to all after boot. Than run s108snd8.exe

the unknown device is more than likley the nic Card Find That HERE

Sound driver HERE

All drivers can be found at TOSHIBA site HERE make sure to apply win98 filter or you will end up with all XP drivers

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Originally Posted by dodint

crumbs,

This is the best so far. When it boots, now it beeps twice, which it didn't do before. However, it doesn't play any sound once Windows is loaded, and the Volume Control is still missing.

The difference now is, Windows is now finding an "Unknown Device", the sound card, and the software modem.

Argh, I'm getting closer, I just can't seem to seal the deal. Thanks for all the help.

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Did you remove any previous drivers? also you might try ADD or REMOVE Programs...... to make sure everything loaded.

;)

Press Fn+F4?

Okay, so far I've tried everything here, and only crumbs ALi M5451 driver has yeilded any result. I get the dual beep on startup, and when a sound should be being made, the speakers kind of crackle, but I never get any full sound.

Sly,

That driver is for the M1535 processor. Why should I prefer that over the M5451 driver even though I have the M5451 processor?

Oh, and the Yamaha drivers are obviously useless so I got rid of them.


I've gotten this far. i keep installing them over and over again hoping it takes, like I've seen some other people. Nothing yet, except the crackling and the dual beep.

Hmmm it used to work in ME
Now you have 98 loaded?
This is probably a wdm driver problem. Find the vxd or 95 version and uninstall the 98/ME version.

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Originally Posted by dodint

Okay, so far I've tried everything here, and only crumbs ALi M5451 driver has yeilded any result. I get the dual beep on startup, and when a sound should be being made, the speakers kind of crackle, but I never get any full sound.

Sly,

That driver is for the M1535 processor. Why should I prefer that over the M5451 driver even though I have the M5451 processor?

Oh, and the Yamaha drivers are obviously useless so I got rid of them.


I've gotten this far. i keep installing them over and over again hoping it takes, like I've seen some other people. Nothing yet, except the crackling and the dual beep.

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Try Safe mode, delete all sound devices then try to reload the ALi M5451 drivers.