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Toshiba sucks hard core. As Dan pointed out, if you attempt to install Vista on a Toshiba Tecra M4, you'll...

Not sure where you found the update...  I am sure they will post one eventually...

Here is where I was looking

http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modItemList.jsp?moid=893054&ct=DL&BV_SessionID=@@@@1452856614.1158641550@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdaddilflkmflcgfkceghdgngdgnn.0

For the record, this post was made from Vista RC1 on a Tecra M4...  Its just the in - vista setup that was disabled by the bios check...  There are a few issues with the video driver and suspend / sleep however, but definitely functional.

Dan

I see the Toshiba drivers are on a special page

http://www.csdsupport.toshiba.com/tais/csd/support/windows_vista/vista_beta.cgi

I don't understand you people.  I have been running various beta and RC versions of Vista on my Tecra M4 for months.  Are you that dumb that you can't make it work?  Also, does pre-release incompatibility make Toshiba a "suck hard core" vendor?  If it does, then you "suck hard core" for not realizing how easy it is to make it work.

Well I bought the final release Home Premium today to install it in my M35X Toshiba laptop and I get the error message of the bios needing an upgrade to be ACPI compatible. This is after Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor tells me all is ok except for my video driver which I knew, didn't say anything about needing an updated bios, which Toshiba does not have. Nice, out $160.00! What a way to sell a product tell them their computer is not compatible AFTER they convince you to buy it. Can Microsoft say "Class Action Suit"? This all the making of one pretty and I sure as hell will be onboard.

And I for one will never buy a Toshiba anything again. It's like they only found out Vista will be coming out today and don't have updated bios for their products that is only two years old. Good job boys down at Toshiba!

It's funny that even as recently as Today, Feb.5, 2007, Toshiba support STILL has not provided a BIOS update for the Tecra M4 that will satisfy the Windows Vista installer when one attempts to upgrade from Vista RCn to Vista RTM.

The Toshiba tech on the phone was really squirming because Toshiba has provided a raft of Vista support software and drivers for the Tecra M4, but no way to get past the infernal BIOS check nonesense--except possibly to wipe down the machine and start over with installing Vista RTM from scratch.

I am having the same problems with my Toshiba Tecra M3.  After running the Vista upgrade advisor, windows vista install gives me the error "can not update boot record". I have looked around everywhere and no help.

-Arun

I have an M35X Toshiba laptop and I also get the error message of the bios needing an upgrade to be ACPI compatible. Has anything been resolved for this?

I was able to get a bios update to support ACPI, I got it almost a year ago, but I bieleve that it was considered beta at that time.

count my finger up very high for this toshiba piece of garbage!

They suck major ass for teaming up with MS on this vista ***!