Toshiba Laptop suggestions

[voysit]

Hey all....New to this so I am turning to the real pros for help. Have set up a small home studio and got the mbox as well as a new Toshiba Satellite A70. It seemed to satisfy the requirements but i have had problems from day 1. Hours spent on the phone with Toshiba & Digi tech have resulted in nothing changing. During record & play back I get in a minute at the longest and get error 9029 ( audio porcessing conflicting with other cpu tasks ) no matter what I disbale......and its been bare.......I cannot get more...........techs seem to think it could be a chipset issue which Toshiba denies. Fed up. They will take it back but I must purchase an upgrade from them(credit) I want to know if there is a Toshiba product that you guys have had no trouble with other than the Series 1900 which they no longer make. Any input would be very much appreciated. John

[toofly4asoundguy]

What are your specs?

[L.A.Branville]

Hi John,

I've run an LE studio (sometimes) on a Toshiba laptop and wouldn't really recommend them.

Anyway, I've had to disable the wireless networking, sound card, ethernet, and the SD controller card/slot (and add RAM) for best results.

I had to also delete a lot of useless software to get it running its best (careful though unless your a power user/tech).

Also, its a definate must to have an external hardrive.

Furthermore, closely follow Digidesign's setup specifications for running Pro Tools LE on a Windows XP machine.

With some tweaking you can get them to work pretty decent though.

Len

[Plastik909]

I've got an a70 and it works fine. I disabled the wirless stuff and uninstalled loads of software. I have the base MS apps and PT and Ableton installed on it. I must confess to not tracking huge sessions in it but I have never had that error. Ableton works fine with if I use the MBox as the sound card (I used it live several times) - if I use the sound card on the motherboard I get a jump or stutter after about 20 minutes.

[voysit]

Thanks guys I just reformatted the hard drive & will try what you suggest.......plase keep suggestions coming if anyone has experience..John

[voysit]

Hey.Thanks for the reply.....Pentium 4, 60 gig drive @ 5400, 512 ram, have tried it with an external drive....(no go) what else would help you help me? Thanks againb. John

[Matt Whritenour]

i have a Qosmio G15 with no problems, just make sure you delete all the antivirus BS it
comes with, when i first got it it didn't run as fast as i felt it should of then i deleted
the antivirus software it fly's now, goodluck