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Toshiba Satellite A215-S6820 15.4" Laptop (AMD Turion 64 X 2 Dual Core TL-64 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 300 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) Onyx Blue
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Bright 15.4-inch LCD stylishly accented with an onyx blue metallic LCD cover and integrated Webcam. 2.2 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64 processor, 300 GB hard drive, 3 GB RAM (4 GB max), dual-layer DVD writer with LabelFlash printing. Tri-mode Atheros Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g); 10/100 Ethernet; ATI Radeon HD 2400 graphics card with up to 319 MB of shared memory. Connectivity: 4 USB, 1 FireWire, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, 1 ExpressCard 34/54, 5-in-1 memory card reader. Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium (with Media Center capabilities).
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Customer Reviews
for Toshiba Satellite A215-S6820 15.4" Laptop (AMD Turion 64 X 2 Dual Core TL-64 Processor, 3 GB RAM, 300 GB Hard Drive, Vista Premium) Onyx Blue --- Toshiba
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Great lap top
This is a great lap top that does everything I need. Oh and the price is awsome.......
Super fast and great at surfing the net and downloading your music. The dual layer DVD burner is a big plus. Battery life is good, and the screen
seems bigger than it really is.
If you are looking for a great deal on a lap-top you just can't go wrong with this Toshiba Satellite.
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BIOS problem fixed. A fantastic value for the $
Forget about the "black screen" problem that is/has been reported on the entire A200 line. Just download the BIOS flash file from Toshiba and install it. This laptops has more features and horsepower than most other PCs in it's price range. No comparison. I love it.
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This laptop rocks!
Come on guys! Buy this laptop with confidence. You will not find such a loaded machine of such a great brand. Black screen - its not the Toshibas fault. Blame uncle Bill and his new overprised Vista. I am trying to get an exchange for XP and get rid of that horrible looking PS. I also loaded Linux on that machine and it Rocks! Crystal clear fonts, fast. Its a great laptop with huge hard drive, video cam, two gigs of memory. Personally I only have black screen only once. If you prefer Vista just update the BIOS driver as previous reviewer suggested. I recommend this great laptop for everybody who wants to get a great productivity without spending 1000s of $$$.
Regards,
Mr.P
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"Black Screen of Death" fixed with safg BIOS Flash utility!
I recently reviewed this product very poorly because of the "Black Screen of Death" problem, but Toshiba, at the end of February, released a fix.
IMPORTANT: Toshiba has released a fix for the "Black Screen of Death"; a BIOS flash utility called safg v1.70 or v1.90, depending on your model number, which seems to fix the problem... It was a long time in the coming, but better late then never.
With the blank screen problem fixed, this computer is a good deal and an adequate performer. Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne works well with all settings at low, even Half Life 2 (but NOT Episode 1 or 2) works with low settings.
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OMG Black Screen of Death *WARNING* !!!
Be very careful about buying any toshiba A215 model, I have an A215-7407 and often get the black screen of death (system spontaneously shuts down when you are in the middle of an important project).
Most recently I lost several hours of work on a long research paper, yes I know I should have saved my work, but really.... Toshiba needs to offer a reliable solution to this problem, I feel they have really let me down as a customer.
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Black screen
We bought the Toshiba a215-s6804 from another source. Nearly immediately, we found that the screen would go black, but was clearly still holding power. Our only solution was to reboot the machine, losing everything we were working on. We exchanged the machine once and got a new one that has only done this once in the last 2 days - but it's still doing it.
I just want to reiterate what the other gentleman says. Based on hearing that Toshiba has no viable solution, I think we are going to look into a different machine. Its a shame too - because we really like the structure and features of this one.
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Purchase at Risk
Before purchasing this computer, do a search for "Toshiba black screen" (aka "the black screen of death") - you'll find many entries. For no reason at all, the screen goes black - not black like off, but black with a light behind it. The only thing you can do to correct the problem is hold down the power button. When you power the computer back on, you get the option to start up normal or start up in safety mode.
Toshiba support is aware of the problem, but do not have a real "fix." They do have a work-around which is to set your computer to 100% performance which is not good for long term use of the computer.
Obviously this is very annoying when surfing the internet, but when it occurs while working on a document and you lose everything you have been working on, it is beyond annoying - it is purely unacceptable.
The Black Screen of Death occurred for me about once every 90 minutes (give or take 30 minutes).
Apparently, the problem occurs with many A200-series of Toshiba laptops (I had the A215-S6804 model).
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Terrific laptop at terrrific price
Really attractive shiny black case with effective hardware and software for the average user. Highly recommend.
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