Comments on: BIOS Upgrade Might Get Toshiba Netbooks to Run Even Longer

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:26:14 +0000

How did you set the BIOS to be able to boot from the SD card?

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:55:17 +0000

My NB205 gives me BIOS beeps when the battery is under ten percent. No amount of changing the Control Panel/Power or Toshiba Power settings affects it.

It… is… annoying…

Does anyone know if this BIOS update fixes that or gives us the ability to disable it?

By: MrBlue21

MrBlue21 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:48:41 +0000

Caution to SD card users. After BIOS update I lost the ability to boot from the SD card and Linux no longer sees it when installing. (I have to use the HD) Grrrr….. I hope they address this as with no CD the boot-able SD card was a life saver.

By: HG

HG — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:47:04 +0000

I finally got the time to install the new BIOS update and it seems that the fan runs a little faster then before. Also seems that the battery life lasted a little bit longer, just need to test later. I think Toshiba might be getting ready to release some more Windows 7 drivers, so they released this BIOS update.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:36:04 +0000

I did figure out how to make the power light not so blinding. If you take the battery out there are 3 silver screws in there. Take them out and the silver trim pops off. Then you can see the actual power button. If you cut a small piece of electrical tape or similar material you can put it on the underside of the switch. Just be sure it is small enough not to interfere with the switch itself. Put it back together and enjoy.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2558/3866018111_0ebf69cffa.jpg

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:55:06 +0000

Mine still gets very hot. I don’t really notice a huge difference, seems the fan cycles on and off more than it used to, but I don’t really notice much for sure.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:54:59 +0000

Can anyone report after flashing the new BIOS whether the fix to the fan control setting makes the NB205 run any cooler?

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:11:32 +0000

Just updated mine running windows 7. I did the cdrom option of the bios update. Everything seems to be working just like before.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:38:40 +0000

Have to use an old BIOS revision to even get ACPI install to work on my EEE 1101HA. Havent noticed any battery loss in Windows 7 though, the 8 hours reviews say is about correct