Toshiba Tecra A3X manual

W e don’ t just make Notebooks. W e make history , too.[...]

Three things make T oshiba Corporation unique amongst the world’ s major computer companies: W e have an unusually wide range of skills in areas ranging from power generation to r obotics. W e make a significant annual commitment to R&D. W e have a str ong focus on mobile computing technology . These factors have helped make T oshiba the wor[...]

3 Some notable achievements in ar eas other than Notebooks. T oshiba has a broad range of interests. What unites them is an emphasis on advanced technology , and a concern with pr oviding people with essential services and the tools they need to get mor e out of life. T oshiba has a medical equipment division that leads the world. T ake the new Aqu[...]

If you think you have a tough day , try working in space. Satellites in orbit experience temperatures of over 100 degrees Celsius when they’re in direct sunlight, and then plunge to minus 170 when they move into the Earth’ s shadow . This is a high stress environment. No wonder things can go wrong - and no wonder r eliability is so important. T[...]

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR... A Notebook that lets you work with a pen? An ultra-portable Notebook? Go to page 21 Full size T ablet Ultra-portable T ablet Go to page 19 Go to page 21 Go to page 18 Fully featured ultra-portable Thinnest and lightest ultra-portable Compact ultra-portable Go to page 19 A desktop replacement? For a small or mid-size business [...]

Cooking up new ways to handle heat. Bringing new batteries to life. Shrinking components to fit. Reliability that’ s built in, not bolted on. Designing and building Notebooks is a complex exer cise. It requires innovation on many fronts, and a careful balance between competing priorities. This section outlines some of the key challenges, and int[...]

7 San Disk ® – F lash m emo ry Mat sush ita ™ – LC D dis play s an d m emor y NEC ™ – MRA M de velo pme nt Can on ™ – n ext gene rat ion flat pan el d ispl ays Sam sung ™ – n ext ge ner atio n ha rd dis k dri ves Har man Kard on ® – h ig h q uali ty s pea kers nV idia ® – g raph ics car ds Meet our partners. Some of the wo[...]

Crumple Zones A simp le idea to r educ e the im pa ct of i mp ac ts . W e’ve le ft a gap of 2 to 6mm be tw ee n the edg e of eac h ci rc uit boa rd and the ins id e of the cas ing. I n ef fect , this cr eat es a cru mple -zon e that hel ps to pr ot ec t th e moth erbo ard in the even t of im pa ct s se ver e enou gh to de fo rm th e cas ing. Fo r[...]

9 T oshiba’ s Notebook testing pr ocess - just like r eal life, only tougher . Each new Notebook design is subjected to an assault course of tests to make sure it can handle the rough-and tumble of life in the office and on the road. Hinge Durability T est This device opens and clos es the Note book ’ s lid thousan ds of time to simu late seve[...]

EasyGuar d ™ Connect and Optimise: how to stay cool, calm and connected. EasyGuard ™ includes a range of useful utilities that are designed to help you connect to wired and wireless networks, solve connection pr oblems, and optimise your Notebook for performance, battery life or other outcomes. The end r esult – increased pr oductivity and re[...]

11 OPTIMISE PC D iagn osti cs One touch of a butto n and the Diagn ostics window appears. It’l l walk you thr ough a proce ss which will hel p you quic kly iden tify and diagnos e pr oble ms. This saves a lot of time and tro uble, and makes it eas y for non -technic al users to give IT supp ort staf f the i nforma tion t hey need to solve probl e[...]

12 The Fingerprint Scanner Imagine a small scanner built into the keyboard of a Notebook. Skim your fingertip across it and the scanner r eads the sub-surface pattern (no worries about cuts and calluses). Then it checks your print against the stor ed scan and gives you access to your Notebook. It’ s simple. It’ s very secure. And it can replac[...]

What s ize are you? Size isn’t every thing. But if you’ re looking for a smaller Notebook, or if you wa nt one with a very large screen, this chart will h elp you home in on the right models. What are you inter ested in? The chart shows two key parameters to help you na vigate to the right model or r ange. The vertic al axis . This maps a co nt[...]

14 Desktop r eplacements for every business (and every budget). The Satellite Pr o P series is designed for power-hungry professionals who are working with graphics, images, video or CAD and want a multimedia powerhouse to crunch through the numbers and display their work in exquisite detail on a spectacular 17” high-resolution widescr een. Featu[...]

A fea tur e-packed 15” entry -lev el de skto p-r eplac emen t at a very af for dable pri ce. T he A 3X’ s range o f pr ocessor and s creen optio ns e nable s bu dget- cons cious bus iness es t o min imis e upfr ont cost s wit hout comp rom isin g on qual ity o r r eliabilit y . Featu res inclu de: Choice of Mob ile In tel® P entium ® M Pr oce[...]

Desktop r eplacements that will help keep fleets afloat. T oshiba’ s T ecra M and T ecra S series have been developed specifically for businesses deploying fleets of all sizes, from those with dozens of Notebooks to those with thousands. W e’ve focused on building in features that minimise the T otal Cost of Ownership and maximise your r et[...]

Features include: T oshiba RAID 1*support – mirror your hard disk drive or secondary internal HDD and protect yourself against data corruption or loss. This feature makes the T ecra S3 suitable for mission critical applications. T oshi ba EasyGuard™ Secure technologies – the high security fingerprint reader prevents unauthorised system acces[...]

18 T ravel light. V ery light. Or very , very light. T oshiba’ s ultra-portables. T oshiba’ s ultra-portable Notebooks are designed for life in the air , the briefcase and the handbag. They’re engineering marvels, featuring numer ous leading edge technologies that minimise size and compress as much performance and capability into the smallest[...]

P or té gé R 2 00 P or té gé M 3 00 Ul tr a- s li m. U ltr a- se c ur e. U lt ra -du ra bl e . Ul tr a -d es ir abl e. Portégé R200. Th e Po rté gé R 200 b le nds l eadi ng- edg e te chn ol ogy w it h a cut ti ng- ed ge d esi gn . Th e mag nes iu m all oy ca sew ork i s so t hin – fr om j ust 9.9 mm – it ’ s sh arp . A nd it ’ s a f[...]

20 Notebooks that help you collect your thoughts. T oshiba’ s T ablets. T ablet s repr esen t the fu tur e of Note boo k co mputi ng. The logic beh ind the conc ept and the impl icatio ns for perso nal and fleet pr oduct ivi ty ar e com pellin g. Our cur rent range con sists of fourt h gene rat ion dev ices that hav e cut the user lear ning curv[...]

T e cr a M 4 T he l ig h tw e i gh t T ab l et t ha t co n ve r t s i nt o a h ea v y we i gh t No t eb o o k. P or t ég é M4 0 0. Th e P or té gé M4 00 is a h ig h p erfo rma nc e, ul tr a- po rt ab le ta blet – b ut it ’ s n o lig ht we ig ht . Wi th in it s sl im , tou ch-o ver -2k g bo dy you’ ll als o find a full y feat ur ed Not eb[...]

22 23 When you spend around A$4 billion a year on R&D (approximately six times the CSIRO’ s annual budget) you tend to come up with a lot of new ideas. In fact, we earned over 1,250 patents in the USA alone in 2005 (and over 1,300 the year before) - the ninth highest of any company in the world. Th is ri ve r of ide as is wha t dr ive s th e [...]

22 23 Ha lf N ote bo ok , ha lf n ote pa d, tw ic e as ha nd y . It l ooks lik e a normal Not eboo k. B ut t he scr een can be d etac hed so y ou c an w alk aro und with it and take not es, writ e memo s, c heck you r e- mail or go t o a meet ing. Th is r elieves you of the bur den of a key boar d when you want to wand er , but lets you tap bac k i[...]

24 25 T oshiba’ s commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility . T osh iba has ma de a gl oba l c omm it men t t o cor por ate s oci al r es pon sib ili ty . If y ou’ d l ike mo re in for ma tio n, p le ase t ak e a lo ok a t our Cor por at e So cia l Res pon sib il ity R epo rt 20 05. I t’ s a co mpr eh ens iv e 68- pag e ana lys is of our [...]

24 25 First, we build the best possible Notebooks. Then we back them up with the best possible support. T echnical services on the W eb Fo r qui ck and easy s el f- he lp tips an d ad vi ce , vis it the sup port se ct io n of T os hi ba ’ s we bs it e at w w w.is d.tos hib a.co m.a u or (NZ ) w w w.tosh iba .co.nz . Y ou’ll find the latest inf[...]

T oshiba Infor mation Systems Division - Australia’ s market leader in mobile computing. Cus tome rs in Au st ral ia and New Zea land h ave bou ght over 1 .7 million T os hiba Note boo ks sinc e we s old our fir st in 1 985 (the sam e year w e introd uced the worl d’s fir s t indus tr y st and ard No tebo ok ). T os hiba Aust ral ia P t y Lim[...]