Hardware Failure - Really depressed

Just wanted to share my story...
My Apple TV arrived yesterday. After anxiously waiting since they were initially available for ordering, it FINALLY arrived.
After unpacking, setting up etc, I noticed that when I started the unit, it simply displayed an image of the Apple TV and a big white question mark above it. The status light was alternating between white & amber which according to the docs, that indicates a hardware failure.
So I called into Apple support and after a few steps (resetting via holding down menu and down) as well as several power cycles, the same problem remained. The tech explained that this is most likely a harware failure. He also explained to me the boot sequence which I thought was interesting.
The internal disk has 2 partitions setup. 1 with the OS install and 1 with a disk image of the OS to use as a recover option. The Apple TV will make 5 attempts to boot using the standard OS and then attempt to recover using the disk image. If both of these fail to boot the system, the status light will alternate between white and amber.
Long story short is that I am now waiting for Engineering to contact me (Tech told me that since this was a new product, all returns needed to be handled by Engineering) with the logistics of how to return my unit (bought online) as well as get a new unit shipped-out. I am still waiting to hear back and will call them if nothing by noon today to find out the story.
Bottom line is that I am bummed out as I have been waiting for this product for A LONG TIME (even before Apple invented it as I have tried MANY digital media streaming techniques via Windows and they all suck (including XBox 360's pathetic interface and controls).
Has anyone else experienced any hardware issues?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305164
yep hard drive / volume failing to mount. good info on the partition and os image.... thanks.
i wouldn't really call this a bug, in all fairness to apple, it is a hardware defect, explicable to shipping / handling (you go inside of a UPS/FEDEX/USPS shipping center and see how they handle your packages).
now, apple does have some bugs, or more appropriately software deisgn issues to deal with, but all in all the prodcuts seems like it is very nice - just currently a bit unduly limited.

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Hi,
We have a server that crashed due to hardware failure and although brought back up OK Oracle DB's are no longer mounting. I am not a DBA but it looks bad to me and it seems there are no backups. Can anyone suggest a course of action? This is Oracle 11G XE running on Centos 6. I have put as much detail in as I can and could really do with some advice.
[root@627963 trace]# sqlplus /nolog
SQL*Plus: Release 11.2.0.2.0 Production on Thu Sep 12 23:18:26 2013
Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect sys as sysdba;
Enter password:
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1068937216 bytes
Fixed Size                  2233344 bytes
Variable Size             893389824 bytes
Database Buffers          167772160 bytes
Redo Buffers                5541888 bytes
Database mounted.
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
Process ID: 10571
Session ID: 62 Serial number: 3
SQL> startup /nomount
SP2-0714: invalid combination of STARTUP options
SQL> startup nomount
ORA-24324: service handle not initialized
ORA-01041: internal error. hostdef extension doesn't exist
SQL>
Alert_XE.log:
Thu Sep 12 21:26:18 2013
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 3
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =19
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
Starting up:
Oracle Database 11g Express Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production.
Using parameter settings in server-side spfile /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe/dbs/spfileXE.ora
System parameters with non-default values:
sessions                 = 180
memory_target            = 1G
control_files            = "/u01/app/oracle/oradata/XE/control.dbf"
compatible               = "11.2.0.0.0"
db_recovery_file_dest    = "/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area"
db_recovery_file_dest_size= 20G
undo_management          = "AUTO"
undo_tablespace          = "UNDOTBS1"
remote_login_passwordfile= "EXCLUSIVE"
dispatchers              = "(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=XEXDB)"
shared_servers           = 4
job_queue_processes      = 4
audit_file_dest          = "/u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/adump"
db_name                  = "XE"
open_cursors             = 300
diagnostic_dest          = "/u01/app/oracle"
Thu Sep 12 21:26:20 2013
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=21388
Thu Sep 12 21:26:20 2013
"alert_XE.log" 342L, 17231C
Thu Sep 12 21:26:20 2013
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=21390
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
VKTM started with pid=4, OS id=21392
VKTM running at (100ms) precision
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
GEN0 started with pid=5, OS id=21396
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
DIAG started with pid=6, OS id=21398
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
DBRM started with pid=7, OS id=21400
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
DIA0 started with pid=8, OS id=21402
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
MMAN started with pid=9, OS id=21404
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
DBW0 started with pid=10, OS id=21406
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
DBW1 started with pid=11, OS id=21408
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
DBW2 started with pid=12, OS id=21410
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
LGWR started with pid=13, OS id=21412
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
CKPT started with pid=14, OS id=21414
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
SMON started with pid=15, OS id=21416
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
RECO started with pid=16, OS id=21418
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
RECO started with pid=16, OS id=21418
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
MMON started with pid=17, OS id=21420
starting up 1 dispatcher(s) for network address '(ADDRESS=(PARTIAL=YES)(PROTOCOL=TCP))'...
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
MMNL started with pid=18, OS id=21422
starting up 4 shared server(s) ...
ORACLE_BASE not set in environment. It is recommended
that ORACLE_BASE be set in the environment
Reusing ORACLE_BASE from an earlier startup = /u01/app/oracle
Thu Sep 12 21:26:21 2013
ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT
Thu Sep 12 21:26:24 2013
Sweep [inc][21794]: completed
Sweep [inc][21793]: completed
Sweep [inc2][21794]: completed
Successful mount of redo thread 1, with mount id 2707110077
Database mounted in Exclusive Mode
Lost write protection disabled
Completed: ALTER DATABASE   MOUNT
Thu Sep 12 21:26:25 2013
ALTER DATABASE OPEN
Beginning crash recovery of 1 threads
Started redo scan
Completed redo scan
read 93 KB redo, 34 data blocks need recovery
Started redo application at
Thread 1: logseq 241, block 21190
Recovery of Online Redo Log: Thread 1 Group 1 Seq 241 Reading mem 0
Mem# 0: /u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area/XE/onlinelog/o1_mf_1_8kxhwjco_.log
Exception [type: SIGBUS, Non-existent physical address] [ADDR:0x76FFFFF8] [PC:0x319A88A1B8, _wordcopy_bwd_dest_aligned()+280] [flags: 0x0, count: 1]
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/trace/XE_ora_21440.trc (incident=22593):
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [_wordcopy_bwd_dest_aligned()+280] [SIGBUS] [ADDR:0x76FFFFF8] [PC:0x319A88A1B8] [Non-existent physical address] []
Incident details in: /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/incident/incdir_22593/XE_ora_21440_i22593.trc
Use ADRCI or Support Workbench to package the incident.
See Note 411.1 at My Oracle Support for error and packaging details.
Exception [type: SIGSEGV, Address not mapped to object] [ADDR:0x7C7FD5E7FFEC] [PC:0x444FE70, kcbs_dump_adv_state()+946] [flags: 0x0, count: 2]
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/trace/XE_ora_21440.trc (incident=22594):
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [kcbs_dump_adv_state()+946] [SIGSEGV] [ADDR:0x7C7FD5E7FFEC] [PC:0x444FE70] [Address not mapped to object] []
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [_wordcopy_bwd_dest_aligned()+280] [SIGBUS] [ADDR:0x76FFFFF8] [PC:0x319A88A1B8] [Non-existent physical address] []
Incident details in: /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/incident/incdir_22594/XE_ora_21440_i22594.trc
Use ADRCI or Support Workbench to package the incident.
See Note 411.1 at My Oracle Support for error and packaging details.
Dumping diagnostic data in directory=[cdmp_20130912212627], requested by (instance=1, osid=21440), summary=[incident=22593].
Errors in file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/incident/incdir_22593/XE_ora_21440_i22593.trc:
ORA-00607: Internal error occurred while making a change to a data block
ORA-00602: internal programming exception
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [kcbs_dump_adv_state()+946] [SIGSEGV] [ADDR:0x7C7FD5E7FFEC] [PC:0x444FE70] [Address not mapped to object] []
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [_wordcopy_bwd_dest_aligned()+280] [SIGBUS] [ADDR:0x76FFFFF8] [PC:0x319A88A1B8] [Non-existent physical address] []
PMON (ospid: 21388): terminating the instance due to error 397
System state dump requested by (instance=1, osid=21388 (PMON)), summary=[abnormal instance termination].
System State dumped to trace file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/trace/XE_diag_21398.trc
Dumping diagnostic data in directory=[cdmp_20130912212628], requested by (instance=1, osid=21388 (PMON)), summary=[abnormal instance termination].
Instance terminated by PMON, pid = 21388
Thu Sep 12 21:39:03 2013
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0
Picked latch-free SCN scheme 3
Using LOG_ARCHIVE_DEST_1 parameter default value as USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST
Autotune of undo retention is turned on.
IMODE=BR
ILAT =19
LICENSE_MAX_USERS = 0
SYS auditing is disabled
Starting up:
Oracle Database 11g Express Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production.
Using parameter settings in server-side spfile /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe/dbs/spfileXE.ora
System parameters with non-default values:
sessions                 = 180
memory_target            = 1G
control_files            = "/u01/app/oracle/oradata/XE/control.dbf"
compatible               = "11.2.0.0.0"
db_recovery_file_dest    = "/u01/app/oracle/fast_recovery_area"
db_recovery_file_dest_size= 20G
undo_management          = "AUTO"
undo_tablespace          = "UNDOTBS1"
remote_login_passwordfile= "EXCLUSIVE"
dispatchers              = "(PROTOCOL=TCP) (SERVICE=XEXDB)"
shared_servers           = 4
job_queue_processes      = 4
audit_file_dest          = "/u01/app/oracle/admin/XE/adump"
db_name                  = "XE"
open_cursors             = 300
diagnostic_dest          = "/u01/app/oracle"
Thu Sep 12 21:39:05 2013
PMON started with pid=2, OS id=2483
Thu Sep 12 21:39:05 2013
PSP0 started with pid=3, OS id=2489
Thu Sep 12 21:39:06 2013
VKTM started with pid=4, OS id=2546
VKTM running at (100ms) precision
Thu Sep 12 21:39:06 2013
GEN0 started with pid=5, OS id=2550
Thu Sep 12 21:39:06 2013
DIAG started with pid=6, OS id=2552
Thu Sep 12 21:39:06 2013
DBRM started with pid=7, OS id=2554
Thu Sep 12 21:39:06 2013
DIA0 started with pid=8, OS id=2556
And the tracefile:
Trace file /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/trace/XE_ora_21440.trc
Oracle Database 11g Express Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
ORACLE_HOME = /u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe
System name:    Linux
Node name:      <blah>
Release:        2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64
Version:        #1 SMP Tue Jul 16 23:51:20 UTC 2013
Machine:        x86_64
Instance name: XE
Redo thread mounted by this instance: 1
Oracle process number: 24
Unix process pid: 21440, image: <blah>(TNS V1-V3)
*** 2013-09-12 21:26:25.858
*** SESSION ID:(62.3) 2013-09-12 21:26:25.858
*** CLIENT ID:() 2013-09-12 21:26:25.858
*** SERVICE NAME:() 2013-09-12 21:26:25.858
*** MODULE NAME:(<Blah> (TNS V1-V3)) 2013-09-12 21:26:25.858
*** ACTION NAME:() 2013-09-12 21:26:25.858
Thread 1 checkpoint: logseq 241, block 2, scn 8960531
cache-low rba: logseq 241, block 21190
    on-disk rba: logseq 241, block 21377, scn 8979221
start recovery at logseq 241, block 21190, scn 0
*** 2013-09-12 21:26:25.869
Started writing zeroblks thread 1 seq 241 blocks 21377-21384
*** 2013-09-12 21:26:25.870
Completed writing zeroblks thread 1 seq 241
==== Redo read statistics for thread 1 ====
Total physical reads (from disk and memory): 4096Kb
-- Redo read_disk statistics --
Read rate (ASYNC): 93Kb in 0.01s => 9.13 Mb/sec
Longest record: 2Kb, moves: 0/242 (0%)
Change moves: 2/26 (7%), moved: 0Mb
Longest LWN: 8Kb, moves: 0/57 (0%), moved: 0Mb
Last redo scn: 0x0000.00890313 (8979219)
----- Recovery Hash Table Statistics ---------
Hash table buckets = 262144
Longest hash chain = 1
Average hash chain = 34/34 = 1.0
Max compares per lookup = 1
Avg compares per lookup = 377/542 = 0.7
*** 2013-09-12 21:26:25.872
KCRA: start recovery claims for 34 data blocks
*** 2013-09-12 21:26:25.873
KCRA: blocks processed = 34/34, claimed = 34, eliminated = 0
*** 2013-09-12 21:26:25.874
Recovery of Online Redo Log: Thread 1 Group 1 Seq 241 Reading mem 0
*** 2013-09-12 21:26:26.055
Exception [type: SIGBUS, Non-existent physical address] [ADDR:0x76FFFFF8] [PC:0x319A88A1B8, _wordcopy_bwd_dest_aligned()+280] [flags: 0x0, count: 1]
Incident 22593 created, dump file: /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/incident/incdir_22593/XE_ora_21440_i22593.trc
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [_wordcopy_bwd_dest_aligned()+280] [SIGBUS] [ADDR:0x76FFFFF8] [PC:0x319A88A1B8] [Non-existent physical address] []
Incident 22594 created, dump file: /u01/app/oracle/diag/rdbms/xe/XE/incident/incdir_22594/XE_ora_21440_i22594.trc
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [kcbs_dump_adv_state()+946] [SIGSEGV] [ADDR:0x7C7FD5E7FFEC] [PC:0x444FE70] [Address not mapped to object] []
ORA-07445: exception encountered: core dump [_wordcopy_bwd_dest_aligned()+280] [SIGBUS] [ADDR:0x76FFFFF

Hi Guys,
I have copied a backup script below that it turns out has been running every night at midnight. Where does this go, how do I know if it has worked and how can I use it to restore?
#!/bin/sh
# The script assumes that user can connect using "/ as sysdba" and Flash
# Recovery Area is enabled.
# =================
# Backup procedure
# =================
#    For database in NoArchiveLog mode, database is shutdown and an offline
#    backup is done;
#    For database in Archive log mode, online backup is done.
#    During the backup procedure, the script stores flash recovery area
#    location by saving complete initialization parameter to
#    ?/dbs/spfile2init.ora file. This will be used during restore operation
#    to find Flash Recovery Area location. If this file is lost, then user must
#    enter Flash Recovery Area location during restore operation.
#    Two backups are maintained in Flash Recovery Area and the corresponding
#    log files for last two backup job are saved in
#    $HOME/oxe_backup_current.log and $HOME/oxe_backup_previous.log
user=`/usr/bin/whoami`
group=`/usr/bin/groups $user | grep dba`
if test -z "$group"; then
   if [ -f /usr/bin/zenity ]
   then
        /usr/bin/zenity --error --text="$user must be in the DBA OS group to backup the database."
   elif [ -f /usr/bin/kdialog ]
   then
        /usr/bin/kdialog --error "$user must be in the DBA OS group to backup the database."
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   then
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fi
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if [ $failed = 'false' ] ; then
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      connect / as sysdba;
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      set echo off;
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         configure controlfile autobackup on;
         sql "create pfile=''$rman_spfile2init'' from spfile";
         backup as backupset device type disk database;
         configure controlfile autobackup off;
         delete noprompt obsolete;
EOF
      if [ $? = 0 ]; then
         failed=false;
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         failed=true
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         sql 'alter system archive log current';
EOF
      \$NOARCHIVELOG\$)
      echo "Warning: Log archiving (ARCHIVELOG mode) is currently disabled. If"
      echo "you restore the database from this backup, any transactions that take"
      echo "place between this backup and the next backup will be lost. It is"
      echo "recommended that you enable ARCHIVELOG mode before proceeding so "
      echo "that all transactions can be recovered upon restore. See the section"
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        read userinp
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      if [ "$userinp" = "n" -o "$userinp" = "N" ]; then
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         set echo on;
         shutdown immediate;
         startup mount;
         configure retention policy to redundancy 2;
         configure controlfile autobackup format for device type disk clear;
         configure controlfile autobackup on;
         sql "create pfile=''$rman_spfile2init'' from spfile";
         backup as backupset device type disk database;
         configure controlfile autobackup off;
         alter database open;
         delete noprompt obsolete;
EOF
      if [ $? = 0 ]; then
         failed=false;
      else
         failed=true
         errstr="RMAN error: See log for details"
      fi;
      errstr="Unknown database mode $mode"
      failed=true;
   esac;
fi;
#Save the error string in the log
if [ $failed = 'true' ]; then
   echo ${errstr}. >> $rman_backup
fi;
#Save the last run as previous
if [ -f $rman_backup_current ]; then
   mv -f $rman_backup_current $rman_backup_prev
fi;
#Save the current run
mv -f $rman_backup $rman_backup_current
#Display the result to user
if [ $failed = 'true' ] ; then
   echo '==================== ERROR ========================='
   echo '             Backup of the database failed          '
   echo '==================== ERROR ========================='
   echo ${errstr}.
   echo Log file is at $rman_backup_current.
else
   echo Backup of the database succeeded.
   echo Log file is at $rman_backup_current.
fi
#Wait for user to press any key
echo -n "Press ENTER key to exit"
read userinp

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hi
A hardware failure could cause applications to crash ??stack in respring during a safari work
its iPhone 4..all the time crashing ...any idea will be gladly accepted..
it is not jailbroken. it is not a recovery thing. . i did a clean Restore without a Restor from backup? Version 6.0.1 ... Is there anything hardware-based Wide that could cause such phenomena?? What element or antenna or chip can do this ?. I'm really desperate I have never met such a bug.
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A hardware failure could cause applications to crash?
hi
A hardware failure could cause applications to crash ??stack in respring during a safari work
its iPhone 4..all the time crashing ...any idea will be gladly accepted..
it is not jailbroken. it is not a recovery thing. . i did a clean Restore without a Restor from backup? Version 6.0.1 ... Is there anything hardware-based Wide that could cause such phenomena?? What element or antenna or chip can do this ?. I'm really desperate I have never met such a bug.
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Hello all. I'm the owner of a Powermac G5 tower, which has been recently acting up and pausing. Yesterday, out of the blue Techtool Pro told me that my system drive had reported a hardware failure. I immediately turned the computer off and booted up from my installation disk. (10.4) Sure enough, the drive is reporting a "fatal hardware failure" and suggesting I back up as much of my data as I can. At the moment, I am unable to find my Techtool DVD so I can't really give much more information.
It looks like my only option is to boot from the drive and use Carbon Copy Cloner to back it up onto my external.
Just in case this could have something to do with it, my 500gb Seagate Freeagent drive that I usually backed up my HD onto failed a few weeks ago. Therefore, I only recently was able to get a new external, and therefore I have NO other backups of the disk available.
Also, two years ago a hard drive in the same machine failed completely. I don't know if these three failures are related. (I really doubt the Freeagent failing has anything to do with it.) But my current HD that failed could very well have failed for the same reason that the one two years ago did. I've been thinking about buying a new HD but I don't want this one to fail in a year as well. It is probably smart to note that both HDs that failed had the exact same symptoms, except for the fact that the first just slowly died... it never reported a hardware failure.
I'd like some advice on the best course of action. Should I just try to back up using CCC onto my other external and then buy a new internal HD? Or is there a better way to back up the data.

Hi-
Sounds like you have had some bad luck.
Except for the FreeAgent, the other drives should be chalked up to that.
With the FreeAgent, well, that should be chalked up to "expected sooner or later"....
Best course of action is to get your data as fast as is possible.
User files are the most important, as OS and applications may be reinstalled.
The fewer total files that you pull, the better your chances are with a failing drive.
Use whatever method that you have at hand.
Not sure if a cloning operation will work with a failing drive.
In the end, if it doesn't work, use Data Rescue (II or III).

Bluetooth hardware failure, cause by using a usb bluetooth adapter

My laptop is MBP 13" early 2011, after using a usb bluetooth adapter( built-in bluetooth had compatiblity problem with my mobile phone) and unplug it, and then found the built-in bluetooth is not working any more, it can search devices, but it won't establish connections or pair with other devices. At firs I thought it was the bluetooth driver or configuration problem, I try to reset factory setting using the develper tool Bluetooth Explorer, then reset kext file, even tried installing a new lion, but the problem remains. So I think it's not driver/configuration problem now, it's hardware failure, but wait.. just caused by using other usb bluetooth adapter? I really can't understand why apple will let such thing happen....

it turns out the hardware is fine , the problem is solved after resetting SMC : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

Fatal Hardware failure - macintosh hd!!

Having a nightmare with a month old imac! It won't boot to desktop, just sits on the apple logo and pin wheel, Disk Utilty reports fatal hardware failure on the hard drive, but an extended hardware check reports no problems...?
Is there anything to try before taking it in for repair? There are files on there I'd really really like to recover, and was only half way through backing them up when it died!
Cheers for any pointers...

Get Prosoft Data Rescue from http://www.prosofteng.com/
It may be able to recover the information off of it that you haven't already if you get another empty hard drive.
If it doesn't you may be forced to use a data recovery firm.
Good luck.

MBA Hardware Failure--How Long to Get FedEx Return Label?

This is the first time I've ever had to return an Apple product.
Two days ago, the hardware failed on my 13" MBA. It was 4 days old at that time. After the hardware failure was confirmed by the tech people at Apple, I was told (by Sales Support) that a FedEx shipping lable would be emailed to me so that I could return it for a full refund. At that time, I was told that the label would be sent within 24 hours. It's now almost 48 hours and I haven't received the shipping label. I called Sales Support yesterday at the 30-hour point and was told that I would be receiving it "any time now."
Question: How long is normal in a case like this. I'm sitting on $1,300 of worthless hardware. If I call Sales Support again this afternoon, is there some other person I can ask to talk to if they can't help?

Finally got the FedEx shipping label. I'm really disappointed because for the four days I had my Air, it was totally outstanding. I'll probably wait a month or so and re-order. There are enough reports in this forum about hardware problems (not booting any more, clickings sounds, etc) that I'm going to wait.
Everything was fine with mine until day four. I had just downloaded the lastest HP print drivers from the Apple Web site. My network throughput that morning was really slow on what is normally a very fast wireless and wired network. Then, while installing the new print drivers, the computer display gave me about 2 seconds of horizontal, colorful lines across the display and then the system froze. I booted immediately into single user mode to run fsck. The computer froze midway through the boot and I never got to the root> prompt. I've never had a Mac freeze during a single user boot.
I then tired booting from an external hard drive clone of my boot volume. I got the spinning gear for about 10 seconds and then the system shut off.
Later, I booted from the USB thumb drive supplied with the system and tried to reinstall the operating system. I tried Disk Utility first, but it said the drive could not be repaired. It froze about 5 minutes into reinstalling the operating system with garbled video right before the freeze. The system would never boot from the internal SSD. I sent it back today for a full refund.
It was so nice while it worked...

GT780DXR P_F_N_list_corrupt but suspected hardware failure!?! MSI wont answer!!

Hello and
The other day my computer start to behave really wierd. It happened after i upgraded it with MSIs upgrading program. The laptop is barely 8-9 months old. Now i get the blue screen regardless what i want to do. Either if i would like to execute windows memory test or if i start to reinstall windows it allways stop the operation that i would like to perform by hitihng me with blue screen with PFn_list_missing. I am not newbie and I am sure i can fix most of problems i come accros but this must me some kind of hardware failure since performing any kind of operation is not possible. Well i tried everything and since nothing works I decided to post question for MSI suport team online and here is where actual problem occure. Now i wonder Is there anyone who works for MIS that checks posts we are posting to you @ suport site? Its been 5 days since i posted the request for reparation but still no reply? What i suspect is HDD ( i am allmost 100% certain) or memory failure and I dont want to screw up my 9 month old laptop by MSI only to check and ruin the warranty. What i have whish to do is blogg about how long time it takes for MSI to take sake in their own hands and repair my 8 month old laptop that also have extended warranty by MSI to 2 years? Now either someone will answer me or helpless the way I am I will blog about poor service provided by this HUGE company that stands for quality and great perfomance??? So will anyone from MSI take and answer to my requests in oreder to start repairing my expencive laptop that is broken after 8-9 average usage!!!
Thankfull for Your answer
I am swedish so excuse my english.....

I have just spoken with some woman at
Sweden
Arabygatan 9, 352 46 Växjö
Repairs goods status query or related service questions: +46-776700303
Technical support hotline: +46 406927909
http://www.infocare.se/fullstory.aspx?m=63&amid=217
She told me that in order for them to repair my computer she need me to report failure to You and then that You should be the one who order reparation from them for my coputer. Only and only then i will be able to send my notebook to reparation.
I must say its never ever been so complicated to repair computer that is less, I repeat less then one year old. I will for sure never again buy my product over the internet since i start to realize its allmost impossible to get response and get my computer fixed.
MSI asks me to contact people in sweden that repair their products Service in sweden asks me to contact you and ask you to issue reparation. What a service. I am not ping pong ball to be tossed arround that way. I hope You take care of Your customers better way. If this is best You guys can then i cant other then never ever go MSI way to be honest. Reading swedish forums plenty of people are having problems. I was proud about my laptop but since it only served me for less then one year I am not sure I could recommand it to other people as reliable product that keeps what it promises for money payed.
Now i am stuck with computer thats still covered by your warranty (proudly shown beneeth the keyboard " 2 years msi extended warranty") and I am not sure if its ever gonna get repaired.
Shame Shame

Hardware failure on my iPhone 4s, I want to get a new phone under the NZ consumer guarantees act. How do I go about doing this?

Hello,
My ear speaker has failed in my two year old iPhone 4s. As this is a hardware failure under New Zealands consumers guarantees act apple is liable and is legally obligated to replace my device. Since I ordered my phone online from the apple nz store and New Zealand dosen't have an official apple store, how do I go about making the claim?

Call AppleCare. They will explain your options.

I was directed to adobe to download CS4 on my new iMAC after hardware failure on PC. The valid CS4 serial number for the PC is not recognized by Adobe, even though I downloaded all the software successfully. They gave me a free 30 day trial.........Does

I was directed to adobe to download CS4 on my new iMAC after hardware failure on PC. The valid CS4 serial number for the PC is now not recognized by Adobe, even though I downloaded all the software successfully on the new iMac.. They gave me a free 30 day trial on the new iMAC.........Does this mean I have to spend a lot of money to update and activate the latest CS release on the new machine ??????

Purple Lobster your Creative Suite 4 serial number is for Windows or Mac only. If you were previously using it on Windows then it is likely you have a Windows license. You can verify by checking your serial number at http://www.adobe.com/. You can find more details at Find your serial number quickly - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/find-serial-number.html.
If you wish to run Adobe Creative software on your new iMac then I would recommend a Creative Cloud complete or single application membership. You can find more details at https://creative.adobe.com/plans. There is also a 30 day trial available for the Creative Cloud if you wish to evaluate the newest versions of the Adobe Creative applications.

TS3694 I bought the iphone 5 has not been one week do not understand why the home key of the time activities at stops working, not crash or fall. hope its help, probably due to software, not hardware failure, what do I do now?

I bought the iphone 5 has not been one week do not understand why the home key of the time activities at stops working, not crash or fall. hope its help, probably due to software, not hardware failure, what do I do now?

Restore iPhone with current iTunes on computer. See if better. If still problem, make Genius reservation or set up Service and take or send to Apple for resolution. Of if easier for you, take receipt and iPhone, box and everything and return to where you bought it.

I suffered a hardware failure on my PC, and have moved to an iMac. I own Adobe creative Suite 4 for Windows. Can I transfer the license to my new iMAC without the huge expense of buying a new license?

I suffered a hardware failure on my Dell desktop PC, and have moved to iMac. I own Adobe creative Suite 4 Design Premium for Windows. Can I transfer the license to my new iMAC without the huge expense of buying a new license or purchasing a month to month option?

you need a cross-grade, but adobe only offers free cross-grades for current releases, Order product | Platform, language swap

What is procedure to recover music after ipod hardware failure

My uncle's ipod had a hardware failure and died. Apple genius bar gave him an estimate for repair. But he has not repaired it yet. At that time, his music was still playable within iTunes. Then my uncle's tried to transfer music library to his daughter's PC. I do not know exactly what he did but, itunes produced a file called library.XML containing a list of his music titles along with the file paths to each item. At this point, all his music is not playable on his PC nor his daughers's PC. What was can be done with the Library.xml file? What is the purpose of library.xml. After iTunes generates library.xml, what should be done with it? My uncle wants to recover is music library. What should he do? Please help. Thank you.

columbus new boy wrote:
Hi,
Just got my new Macbook Pro, and I'm a little lost, I too don't understand how to post a new question even after reading your reply. Can you please help clarify it?
Thanks.
On the main Apple Discussions page, select MacBook Pro under Computing Hardware. There you'll find 12 individual forums each with a name and description, e.g.
Using your MacBook Pro (Late 2008 and 2009)
If your question doesn't fit in other categories.
Choose the forum where the description suits the type of question you want to ask. Just above the list of threads will be a link to *Post New Topic*, click this to proceed.
Use the subject line to give a concise description of your issue rather than something like "Help me!" as there are plenty of users who have experience with specific topics who will scan the subject lines and may ignore anything they don't immediately recognise as an area they can help with.
tt2

IPhone hardware failure in 1 yr 2 months! Can anything be done for replacement?

I had purchased an iPhone 5 in Nov 2012 here in India (Bangalore) for ~ Rs 45,000.
However for the past few months it started crashing mysteriously. For the last few days the frequency of crash increased to 20-30 times a day (from the previous 2-3 times a week). Recently after a crash, it rebooted upto the "Recovery Mode" screen only.
I tried with the latest iTunes to do recovery but it always failed at the _end_ of writing the new software. I even tried the DFU mode, but that too fails right at the end of writing the new software. Sometimes it gave error 12 and sometimes error 9. I've tried different USB cables just to make sure there was no problem there but to no avail!
I then showed it to the Apple service center folks here (service is provided by an Apple authorised service unit - Ample) but they too were unable to fix it. They said it was a "rare" internal hardware failure. They are asking me to cough up Rs 21,000 for a replacement unit!
It's barely 2 months out of the warrannty period when the dam phone crashed. This is real poor quality of service from Apple. Is there anything I can do to get my unit replaced? Is there an escalation I can do to get someone's attention in fixing my issue?
TIA for any tips.

For the first part, that does beg the question whether this is something that is more of a problem with iCloud than it is other providers, for whatever reason.
I'm not a huge fan of anecdotal "evidence" in general, but iCloud mail does seem to have the worst reputation for missing messages when compared to Gmail or even Outlook.com, at least going by a quick search. For other iCloud mail users, does this ever concern you? Any former iCloud users who left for similar reasons?

Hardware Failure - Cannot login to Folio Builder

I was having problems with DPS App Builder - that problem was mysteriously solved.
Yesterday I had a catastrophic hardware failure when my MacBook Pro's screen died. I had to move my harddrive to a new MacBook Pro.
After moving my harddrive, I could no longer login to the Folio Builder Panel in Indesign CS6 (CC subscription). I decided to
deactivate, uninstall InDesign and reinstall, removing preferences, and ensuring that all updates had been applied. I have
done that I am still getting the message:
Sign In has failed. Network failure. Then after I hit OK, I get: Sign Out has failed. Network failure.
I can login to the Digital Publishing Suite Dashboard and the Digital Publishing Folio Producer, but I cannot
login to the Folio Buidler Panel. DPS App Builder continues to work without a problem.
It seems as if these tools are TOO TOUCHY which leads to a lot of wasted time.
What's going on?

Try This:
Quit InDesign and any other CS apps.
Use the Activity Monitor to quit the CS5ServiceManager or CS5.5Service Manager.
Next delete this file based on version: (Back up the file just in case.)
Note:
For example:
/Users/"your user name"/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CS5ServiceManager/preference/csxs2.pref
/Users/"your user name"/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CS5.5ServiceManager/preference/csxs2.pref
Then remove this item from the Keychain Access based on version: Adobe CS5 renga or Adobe CS5.5 renga.
To remove from the keychain, navigate to: /Applications/Utilities and launch the Keychain Access.app
If the lock icon in the upper left appears locked, click it and enter your password to unlock it.
Select the “login” item in the Keychains list in the upper left.
Select “Passwords” from the category list.
Type “renga” in the search field in the upper right.
Lastly, select any matches and press the Delete key.

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