Eventually, it was discovered that this particular device was installed as a part of the Toshiba Supervisor Password Utility. This SHOULD have resulted in a simple fix but Toshiba made this utility locked to a specific set of Serial Numbers. This meant that if your laptop had a serial number that wasn’t in this set, you were out of luck. The program would refuse to install and the driver would not load.
TOSHIBA Firmware Linkage Driver - Driver Download. Updating your drivers with Driver Alert can help your computer in a number of ways. From adding new.
I tried to get an image of this, but not that I have the Firmware Linkage Driver installed, I can't seem to get it to bring up an error. Thanks for posting this PedroDaGr8. I installed Windows 7 x64 late last year and like many had the same annoying 'Unknown Device'. After spending ages doing various Google searches and contacting Toshiba I was resolved to disabling it (like you say, it doesn't 'seem' to do any harm).
My Toshiba laptop came with 2GB RAM (upgradable to 4GB) and Vista x86. I went for this model as it supports 4GB but what Toshiba didn't say, was they don't provide drivers for this model for Windows x64. After sending several e-mails asking how I was supposed to get 4GB RAM with Windows x86 and getting nowhere (Toshiba didn't want to know), I gave up. Their response was that you can install 4GB RAM with Vista x86 and 'what's the problem only being able to use 3.2GB of it?'
Obviously not answer I was happy with. Like you I discovered Supervisor Password Utility was the key and like you, discovered it refused to install on Windows x64 (Windows Vista x86 or Windows 7 x86 isn't a problem). I didn't know it was serial number locked though (Why?).
Only the other day I finally fixed this by installing Driver Easy (drivereasy.com), which installed the Vista x64 Firmware Linkage Driver (v1.0.0.3) but downloading your link, the Windows 7 x64 driver is newer (v1.0.0.6). When installing Windows 7 x64, I literally just needed two additional chipset drivers.
The Firmware Linkage Driver and a Flash Media Driver (which I managed to install the Flash Media x64 driver from another model, this time not serial number locked). It would be so easy for Toshiba to create a Windows Vista x64 subset on the download page for my model (and clearly yours too). If we've worked it out, it's obvious some Toshiba technical support person knows this too! As the laptop was supplied with Vista x86, instead they flatly refused to help me. It looks like Toshiba North/South American support, are are useless as Toshiba European support. Thanks for taking the time to post this again.
The package provides the installation files for TOSHIBA Firmware Linkage Driver version 1.0.0.10. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version. Take into consideration that is not recommended to install the driver on Operating Systems other than stated ones. In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below (the next steps): 1. Extract the.cab file to a folder of your choice 2. Go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer, choose Manage and then find Device Manager in the left panel), or right click on Start Menu for Windows 10 and select Device Manager 3.
Right click on the hardware device you wish to update and choose Update Driver Software 4. Choose to select the location of the new driver manually and browse to the folder where you extracted the driver 5. If you already have the driver installed and want to update to a newer version got to 'Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer' 6. Click 'Have Disk' 7. Browse to the folder where you extracted the driver and click Ok About Device Firmware: Applying a newer firmware version than the one already installed on your unit can bring various enhancements, include workarounds for diverse problems encountered by the device, and improve or add newly developed features. On the other hand, downgrading the firmware version can recover the device’s functionality in the event of a software update either turning up faulty or causing the unit’s overall performance to drop.
However, bear in mind that applying an older firmware isn’t recommended and might not always be possible. When it comes to the update steps, due to the large variety of devices and numerous ways for installing a new firmware, it is recommended that you carefully read and understand the upgrade steps, and consider applying a different firmware only when you have familiarized yourself with the update method. As the installation process is most of the times quite risky, this step should be taken by users that have the ability to successfully complete the update; regular users may initiate it at their own risk. Moreover, it’s best that this task be performed in a steady power environment such as the one ensured by a UPS unit.
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