Multiple Problems Starting Up

Hi, I've had my iMac for about 7 months and in that time I have already had to replace the hard drive (thankfully under warranty), though now I'm getting more problems. Just this morning I tried starting it up; it seemed to be taking longer than usual on the grey screen and spinning grey snowflake thing. A bit later the fan turned on at full power making an alighty noise. A minute later it stopped, then went to the blue screen and started up as normal. It seems to be doing this every time I start up now. Also, none of my startup applications automatically start - I have to manually start them. The iMac doesnt recognise that I have JBL creature speakers plugged in nor my iMic with headphones attached. I have repaired permissions and verified the disk and it all came out fine. I hope I dont have to replace the hard drive again as it is way past its warranty and I'm broke! Thankfully I have a full backup, though I dont want to have to use it. Any suggestions ?

If you look here, you will find a list of things the PRAM deals with. Apparently one of these things was not working properly or was corrupt.
Hope this helps,
Miriam
Rev A 20" iMac G5, 15"iMac G4, 15"iMac G3 DVD Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Hi Dathaeus,
Welcome to the Lenovo forum :-)
I don't have answers for all of your questions, but do have a few comments.
First, I don't think the Dell OEM XP install is going to work. From a licensing standpoint, it's not supposed to.
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Good luck,
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Hey Paysonite,
A lot of questions hmm!!! Let me try to answer few of them.
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I am unable to fully understand your remaining questions. Please elaborate.
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Yes, everything was fine with Firefox. However, I have uninstalled it, and am just using Internet Explorer for now.
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Just to note, it doesn't look like this unit actually supports Windows 8 based on the lack of drivers on the driver page.
I experienced similar issues with my unit in Windows 8. My unit also does not support Windows 8. My system was overheating as well, but this was because both video cards were actually running at the same time. The system was designed with switchable graphics and is meant to only have one or the other active and not both. Both cards running simultaneously generates additional heat the system is not equipped to handle.
For me, the steps listed in this thread is what reoslved my switchable graphics and overheating issues. I can only hope that it would do the same for you. Without an official Windows 8 switchable graphics driver available, I'm afraid the options are limited.
Regarding the battery, have you ran the battery test to verify it is functional? When it is plugged in, does the charging indicator light reflect it is charging (amber) or not charging (white/blue)? The battery test is accessible by powering the system on and pressing F8 about once a second to get the diagnostics menu. If the test is not listed, you should be able to use the start-up test as it includes a battery test. Incidentally, I had this same battery issue on my unit and replacing the battery resolved it for my system.
Regarding the fourth topic, the reason that is happening is that the battery is marked as not being charged which puts it in a reduced power profile by default. In a reduced power state, the components are reduced to save battery power. For example, the processor speed would be reduced resuling in the performance that was described. Power plan settings can be tweaked to your liking by clicking on change plan settings under the power plan and then change advanced power settings.
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K9N Diamond - multiple problems

First, here is my setup:
K9N Diamond
AMI bios v1.2
AMD 64x2 5200+
2 gig Corsair ValueSelect (no timing info available)
XFX Fatality 7600GT 256mb video
Okia Okia-450ATX ps +3.3v@28A +5v@50A +12v@18A (+3.3/+5v 230W)
Primary HD: Maxtor 80 gig IDE. Secondary: Maxtor 200 gig SATA
Pioneer 16x DVD burner
WinXP Home SP2 + updates
All mobo drivers are from the cd. The video card drive is the latest forceware driver.
Ok. I am having multiple problems. First, I have tried 3 pci dialup modems (2 Broadxent 56.6 and 1 generic SmartLink 56.6) and only the SmartLink shows up. The 2 Broadxent (Creative Modem Blaster) modems don't even appear to the system , yet they both work in other computers. The SmartLink modem appears and will connect sometimes, and then not reliably. I have tried all 3 in both pci slot. None work in the orange slot. Any ideas?
Second, I am getting random reboots. This happens less often if I disable the onboard audio, but it still happens. If I have the audio enabled and use a USB modem I have, then it will enevitably auto-reboot I have even gone so far as to remove the side of my case and point a small high velocity fan into the case to lower the temp of the internal components in case the CPU temp was an issue. The CPU temp is around 34 C this way. Still random reboots. I have had previous bad expreience with SB audigy SE addon cards, but this still happens with the audio disabled.
And last, but not least, I am experiencing protracted bootup times. I was previously running a ABIT AV8/ AMD 64 3000+ combo with a ATI X700 and 2 gig of Kingston valueram with the same ps, hd's and dvd drive and my bootup times have almost doubled with my new mobo cpu combo.
I am getting a new Thermaltake 600w ps and 2 Antec tornado case fans tomorrow, but I don't see how that can really help with these problems as I am not really drawing that much power yet and the CPU is running fairly cool with the big fan at the moment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. It looks as I might possibly have a bad board on my hands. :(
Oh yeah, I also cannot get Dual Core Center to run at all. I DO have .NET framework 2.0 on my system and have had for a long time. Every time I try and start the program I get an error popup saying "The application failed to initialize properly (0x0000005). Click OK to terminate the application." . I downloaded the latest version from MSI. Version 2.0.2 I think.

Quote from: Exo on 25-January-07, 21:42:07
Try that new PSU first, 18A on the 12V rail is barely enough and that might be a peak rating...
Defiantly agree there, 18A on 12V rail is not enough and most likely the cause of the reboots. You would want at least 24A on the 12V. Also if you go to buy a new one, avoid those multi-rail PSU's as they are not as good as the single rails as the current on each rail is not overly high.

PLEASE HELP -- iTunes Match - multiple problems, desktop and iOS

I've been going round and around with this issue for the past couple days (yes, I've been dedicating that much time to it) and finally went to the Genius Bar today to get help and even they were stumped. Hoping someone here can shed some light on the situation. Next stop, express lane for support.
Broad Problem:
I paid for iTunes Match around 6 months ago and activated it on my desktop.     Since then, I've had nothing but problems across my desktop and 4 seperate iOS devices (3 iPhone 4's, and an iPad 3). The basic sympton on the desktop is that iTunes itself frequently freezes (Option-Command-Esc reveals "Application Not Responding") and requires a force quit.   As soon as I turn OFF iTunes Match, this symptom goes away. I can leave iTunes open for hours without any problems. As soon as I turn it back ON, then the problem comes back -- sometimes iTunes won't launch at all (crashes before bringing the UI up), and other times it's the same freeze that requires a force-quite. Quite frustrating.
On the iOS side of things, the situation isn't any better.   When I toggle on iTunes Match and then enable "Show All Music" in the Preferences of the iPhone, then I get any one of the two following scenarios:
A) The Music App simply won't load. It tries, goes to white, and crashes back to the home screen of my iPhone.
B) If I'm lucky, the Music app will launch and I can see my entire library in the cloud as intended. The problems start though when I go to actually download/play songs from the cloud. Typically, the songs will start playing but I will eventually get an error message that alerts me that there was "Problem Downloading Track". When I then go into the Download Que of the iTunes Store (again, still on the iPhone), it shows the entire list of songs that I had wanted to download and shows them at various stages of download completion -- even if they have actually completely played on the phone itself.   Sometimes they will time out and display the "problem downloading track/try again" status, and other times the progress bar sits at about 99% with a status of "Processing".
What's particularly strange about scenario B is that I've tried to download a variety of songs to different devices -- my wifes iPhone 4, my iPhone 4, an iPad, and a iPhone 4S that the person at the Genius Bar had me use as a tester.   When I tried the iPhone 4S at the genius bar, I was amazed at how fast it downloaded to the device. This had the genius bar guy wondering if it was a problem with my phone itself or with the iPhone 4 in particular.   Unfortunately he didn't have a spare iPhone 4 to test with so I had to go home and test with my wife's iPhone 4. Again, she had the same problem.   The status bar hangs at about 99% showing a status of "processing", even though I have completely listened to the track within the Music App. The same scenario happens on the iPad as well.
Okay, if you're with me so far: here's where things start to get REALLY strange....
On MY iPhone 4, when I run into problem A or B, the only fixable solution for me has been to go into Preferences and toggle OFF iTunes Match, completely shut down the phone, restart the phone, and then launch the Music App, at which point I can see the music that has loaded to my phone.    The kicker here is that even though I've turned iTunes Match OFF and completely powered down my phone, when I go into the Music app I can ALSO see my ENTIRE iTunes Match library, completely with cloud status icons.   It's as though I never turned off iTunes Match at all. In fact, I had to triple check my own preferences to verify that it was turned OFF, which it sure enough is.   I can even go and attempt to download songs, with various levels of success based on the problems above.
Now, on my WIFE's iPhone 4, when I run into problem A or B, I tried the same process in tandem with the phones side by side as I did the test -- turn iTunes Match OFF in Preferences, power down the phone, power up the phone, and launch the Music app.    However, on her phone, when this happens the Music App shows what is to be expected -- only the music that is on the phone itself.
Okay, there's a lot to digest here, but here's the synopsis: my phone and my wifes phones are behaving differently when displaying iTunes Match, with my phone appearing to completely disregard the status of the On/Off Toggle within Preferences-->Music, and my wifes phone behaving as it should, at least in terms of what it displays.   The download problems are present on each device and the iPad is also behaving like my wifes phone.
Given all of these inconsistencies and irregularities across devices and platforms -- MacBook Pro running Lion, separate iPhone 4's each running iOS 5.1.1, an iPad running iOS 5.1.1. and an iPhone 4S running iOS 5.1.1 - my suspicion is that:
A) I've got a corrupt iTunes library file residing in the cloud
or
B) iTunes Match is having a hard time reconciling my Apple ID across so many devices (possibly complicated by issue A)
The bottom line is that I have paid for iTunes Match and have never been able to use it successfully or with any predictability.
I'm wondering if anyone else has any symptoms that match any of this and/or have come across a corrupted file in the cloud and, if so, how to remedy the situation. Since it's in the cloud, I can't do anything about. I can't even see it. Most troubling.
Note:
When I went to the Genius Bar, they had me do a complete restore of the phone (not from backup) to elminate any corrupt files within the phone itself. Even that didn't solve the problem.   That's when he brought out the 4S phone to test on and we were both so shocked at how blazingly fast the songs downloaded, error-free. That phone was able to download 8 songs completely before one song downloaded to my phone sitting right next to it. Both on the same Apple Store network and both downloading the exact same tracks using my Apple ID and login.   While it's tempting to say that the 4S is faster than the 4, I don't think it's 8 times faster with download speeds over WiFi.   However, even if the speed/completion discrepancy is because the 4S is superior, it doesn't explain the mind-boggling disparity between my wife's phone and my phone -- both iPhone 4's and both running the same iOS.   Throw in the oddity of iTunes on Lion crashing whenever iTunes Match is on and this all seems to point to some corruption in the cloud that perhaps the 4S device is able to bypass...for whatever reason.
Please help. This is nuts.

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After download and installation of PS PE12 I have problems starting the programm. After selecting video and new project nothing happens, only the colorbar below new project is showing

New computer.
After download and installation of PS PE12
I have problems starting the programm, double clicking on the icon.
After selecting video and new project nothing happens, only the colorbar below new project is showing, nothing happens.
(expected was to activate the program and the sarting the PE12)
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System:
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New computer.
After download and installation of PS PE12
I have problems starting the programm, double clicking on the icon.
After selecting video and new project nothing happens, only the colorbar below new project is showing, nothing happens.
(expected was to activate the program and the sarting the PE12)
PSE12 runs fine
System:
WIN8.1 / i7 /16GB RAM

Tabs only open in a new window. Ctl T opens a new window NOT a new tab help-last update this problem started. How do I set FF back to open tabs in 1 window

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