Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

[balboni20]

Hello,
I have a 256se and from some time now after being powered off it takes about 30-40minutes to startup.
i find this to be excesive amount of time so I kindly ask for help.

I have a time for periodic maintenance 088 but I have read that this is not problematic.


Thanks.

[ARMAN.MZ]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Hello,
I have a 256se and from some time now after being powered off it takes about 30-40minutes to startup.
i find this to be excesive amount of time so I kindly ask for help.

I have a time for periodic maintenance 088 but I have read that this is not problematic.


Thanks.

update your mfp

[balboni20]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Uhgh, it is preatty time consuming obtaining an updated version from Toshiba.

Isnt there something to check before getting to the update bandwagon?

Like filesystem or related?

[Vincent128]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Where I would start is:

Test/clean/re-seat the memory.
bad sector test on drive or just replace it
clear out the log files on the drive or just replace it.
reload firmware or just load fresh firmware on a fresh drive.

[balboni20]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Where I would start is:

Test/clean/re-seat the memory.
bad sector test on drive or just replace it
clear out the log files on the drive or just replace it.
reload firmware or just load fresh firmware on a fresh drive.

Thanks for your suggestions.
I have already done a bad sector check and result was ok 08-9072
I have cleared the log files, it was about 30mb
I have the T160SF0W1600 firmware and probably will rewrite it but before this I wanted to make a FS check (5+C+Start) but I have realised that at every power on the copier makes a "system check please do not power off the machine" ... is this normal?

[Vincent128]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Thanks for your suggestions.
I have already done a bad sector check and result was ok 08-9072
I have cleared the log files, it was about 30mb
I have the T160SF0W1600 firmware and probably will rewrite it but before this I wanted to make a FS check (5+C+Start) but I have realised that at every power on the copier makes a "system check please do not power off the machine" ... is this normal?

Yes, that is normal and this series of machine takes what seems like forever to come to ready from a cold start and then will seem sluggish for a bit.

1600 is OLD the current is 2140. You have to be careful updating an old machine. There were 3 line ccd's and 4 line ccd's and your not going to be able to jump from 1600 right to 2140. Some of these firmware's did make the machine faster and less likely to kill the hard drive so i recommend you get the necessary bulletins and firmware and update your machine.

[ShonRipz]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Yes, that is normal and this series of machine takes what seems like forever to come to ready from a cold start and then will seem sluggish for a bit.

1600 is OLD the current is 2140. You have to be careful updating an old machine. There were 3 line ccd's and 4 line ccd's and your not going to be able to jump from 1600 right to 2140. Some of these firmware's did make the machine faster and less likely to kill the hard drive so i recommend you get the necessary bulletins and firmware and update your machine.

I agree with vincent. These machine are very slow due to their hard drives. Be careful not to power off with the hard switch without first pressing the power button on the display . These hard drives die all the time. The new hard drives toshiba started using are lightning fast compared to these ones

[toshibaestudio]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Latest 2140 firmware is for T160HD0W2123(L4.7324) or later...

T160HD0W2122 or later F/W included the countermeasure for HDD failure.

[SalesServiceGuy]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

On the front right of the copier, you need to look through the copier glass and see if there is a red dot, yellow dot or no dot.

This will determine which firmware to use.

[balboni20]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

It is a yellow DOT one!
I know this from last time I have recieved the firmware. i was asked for this information and after that I have recieved the correct version.
Could I just replace the hdd with a SATA one?

[Vincent128]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Did the 456 series ever have a non-sata drive ?

I am fairly certain it was always a SATA drive and its an ADI/SED/Wipe drive so while you can use an off the shelve drive it must be a wipe drive of the correct size and still might not work.

Updating the firmware is not such a deal, just read the literature and follow it word for word.

I had a Tech put the wrong firmware on one, then panic and not follow the recovery procedure...we had to get some DLG jigs to salvage the thing..that was not fun since these not only require the DLG but an adapter as well and Toshiba support was confused on the matter.

Some of the firmware enhancements are with regard to the drive's firmware. The original code is wonky and the HDD will fail to park the heads or loose tracking and smack the head into the spindle which can occur at power loss or at sleep/super sleep wake up. Later on the line of updates they addressed the log files filling up/trashing up.

As I recall when the update that has the HDD firmware in it is preformed, the fist boot up into 08-9030 took a scary long time as it was flashing the HDD's firmware.

It is a yellow DOT one!
I know this from last time I have recieved the firmware. i was asked for this information and after that I have recieved the correct version.
Could I just replace the hdd with a SATA one?

[didi2005]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Yellow Dot is 4CCD, red dot is 3CCD...Firmware between the 3CCD & 4CCD are same except the scanner firmware. What u can do is skip the scanner firmware when updating firmware if u not sure which CCD your machine is.

[blackcat4866]

Re: Toshiba eStudio 256se very slow startup

Yellow Dot is 4CCD, red dot is 3CCD...Firmware between the 3CCD & 4CCD are same except the scanner firmware. What u can do is skip the scanner firmware when updating firmware if u not sure which CCD your machine is.

Ordinarily I follow this same procedure, but in the last firmware update the scanner firmware changes too. So check for red or yellow dot. =^..^=

[Nalinda]

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[blackcat4866]

Re: toshiba e studio 256se copier counter not working how fix it

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