Reliability Question

Hello,
I am a bit concerned about the reliability of my MBP. The reason for this being is that it is only a few month old and I am now seeing warped lid (if I push one end the other moves up).
Another think is the battery health is down to 92% after 28 cycles. I had a macbook previously and after 75 cycles the health was at 100%.
Another thing is the heat. I am not even doing anything cpu intensive but the small piece of aluminum between the buttons and the screen is hot to the touch. The same goes about the left speaker grill.
These things can't be good. Can anyone comment on the actual reliability of the systems, I am afraid it would just stop working because of overheating.

Thanks for the answers.
About the lid flex I am not convinced (I am not seeing just a little flex, I am talking several millimeters), I mean planes are made of aluminum, but their fuselages don't flex (the wings flex, but they were designed for that, I don't think the lid was designed to flex). I am not sure, does everyone have a flexed lid? I was reading the forums before and it seemed only a certain % of people had that.
About the battery I am not sure, to me it seems like a quality issue because my old macbook was at 100% all the time, but I am not sure. I replaced that macbook with a lenovo x300 and I shall see whether the battery there also starts to fluctuate it's capacity.
About the heat thanks for reassuring, I never had a laptop with discrete graphics before, so I wasn't sure if its ok or not. Seems it could still damage something inside like the MB or some other components, but hopefully it will survive.

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Having had the Western Digital SE16 750GB for some time as a backup/archive drive I have to say it's done a good job of it. It's now tasked as my Time Machine drive as is seemingly doing well.
What you have to appreciate though is MTBF numbers don't really mean anything as any drive is going to be 100% reliable until it fails on YOU, and this is all anyone can really say over and above what any manufacturer says.
Personally, I recommend backup up in any case so you should always keep this in mind when considering your configuration. Even if you go with smaller drives you should be backing up as there is no such thing as a perfectly reliable drive.
When it comes to performance though the larger, 750GB and up, sized drives do tend to perform substantially better than their smaller counterparts.
So what exactly are your storage requirements and what exactly do you have now?

The SSD myth unraveled

Written September 2011.
Introduction
SSD's are hot. Everybody talks about them and they are rumored to be the non-plus-ultra for performance gains. I write this to create a more realistic view on where we are now with SSD's.
SSD's have the reputation of being very fast, much faster than conventional hard disks. There are many reports on the internet that investing in SSD's will give you huge performance benefits and that is the explanation why so many people consider SSD's a must have for the ultimate performance experience. Unfortunately - and this is especially true for video editors - this is mostly a hype and not a wise decision.
Let's start with the basics.
They are physically small, have no moving parts, are quiet, cool and expensive per GB. The small physical dimensions mean that you can easily fit 4 SSD's in a single 5.25" bay. Because there are no moving parts they are quieter than conventional disks. They also operate at lower temperatures than conventional disks, which is a distinct advantage in a crowded system. Average access time is negligent in comparison to conventional disks. SSD's are not as susceptible to fill-rate degradation as conventional disks. (Conventional disks tend to show performance degradation when filled for more than 60%. Not so for SSD's). But there is the cost aspect and the reliability question.
But the most important question is performance. Does it justify the extra cost for the increase in performance?
Currently, the price per GB for a SSD of the latest generation is generally around $ 1.40 - $ 2.00, depending on the model, capacity and brand. A conventional disk is around $ 0.05 - $ 0.06 per GB and that means a SSD is around 30 times more expensive per GB. Is it worth the difference?
According to many, the answer is yes, it is worth it, but I beg to differ. Proponents of SSD's claim that the transfer rates of SSD's with figures of 500 MB/s are way faster than the 120+ MB/s of modern conventional hard disks and that justifies the extra cost. If this were true, why don't we see those performance gains in our benchmark? What is wrong with these claims of unprecedented speeds?
The background
Manufacturer's claims of IOPS - which are irrelevant for video editing - and sequential transfer rates are based on highly compressible data in 4K blocks, something that video data are not, because they have already been heavily compressed. It boils down to writing only 0's and compressing those 0's to achieve the claimed transfer rates of 500 MB/s, but effectively only around 30 MB/s are transferred. If you were to test effective transfer rates using CrystalDiskMark, which uses random data to benchmark, the compression is far less, because it is random, and then the effective transfer rate of SSD's is reduced to something in the order of 200 MB/s. With video data, the effective transfer rate could well be even much less because of the heavy compression that has already taken place during the shoot.
Interesting to see, and I do not know the answer, whether a heavily compressed codec like AVCHD would show lower transfer rates than less compressed codecs like P2-Intra or 50 Mbps MPEG2.
Write degradation
This is one of the most discussed issues with SSD's. On new SSD's the write speed is almost as good as the read speed, but when using that SSD for a longer time there are serious performance issues while writing data to a SSD. Even with the latest generation SATA3 / Sandhurst SF-2281 SSD's, write performance can easily drop by more than 60% despite the TRIM function. This effectively means in the best case scenario, that a SSD with a claimed transfer rate of 500 MB/s, which delivers less than 200 MB/s read speed with video data, can only deliver 80 MB/s or less write speed when used for some time. That is not too impressive in comparison to conventional disks at a fraction of the cost and less than a simple raid0 with two conventional disks on a ICHR10 on-board controller attains.
If TRIM is not working, the write degradation is even worse and you may count yourself lucky to attain write speeds of 50 MB/s or less. Unfortunately, most SSD's firmware in combination with raid controllers currently have the nasty side effect of disabling the TRIM function, so raiding SSD's is not a serious choice for raid configurations.
The only way to correct this write degradation is by performing a secure erase, which means losing all the data on the SSD, not a nice perspective for anybody, but most of all for notebook users. Are your backups current?
Reliability
NAND memory is susceptible to ageing and most SSD's calculate their lifespan in data transfer values. In a worst case scenario this usually means you can rewrite the complete contents of a SSD around 125 times, before the NAND memory is no longer reliable/useable. Not many people would try that and for a boot disk this means a very, very long time before the useful life of a SSD is at an end, but for video editors it is a different story.
The bottom line on SSD's at this moment of writing
They are the way to go in the future, but not yet.
For OS & program disks they are great, provided you set up Windows to not use the SSD for temp storage. They can easily shave off 3 or 4 seconds from your usual boot time of 60+ seconds, depending on your configuration. (Did you notice any sarcasm in this statement? You should.)
They are a waste of money for video storage and do not deliver any performance gain, because of the compression that has already taken place with the video material and that lowers the transfer rates significantly.
The faster loading of programs, which is often used as an argument for SSD's, is usually limited to 1 second per program or not even be noticeable.
Question
What would you rather have at this moment:
a. 8 TB of net storage with conventional disks for around $ 400 with a sustained transfer rate of 1000 MB/s, or
b. 2 TB of net storage with SSD's for around $ 3000 with the same transfer rate?
Just my $ 0.02

With all due respect, SSD's are not meant to be used as mass storage or scratch disks at this point in time. They are marketed specifically to be used as boot drives. In that respect they perform VERY well... IF... they are setup correctly.
First, they MUST have proper partition alignment. I believe Vista will perform the alignment properly on a new SSD (apparently by shear luck), and Windows 7 supports SSD's by default. Windows XP does not perform a proper alignment so it's up to the user to do it before anything is written to the SSD. If not properly aligned, you just slowed down your brand new SSD by 50%. Sorry, I don't know anything about the Mac OS capabilities.
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I've been using an SSD as my boot drive on XP 32bit for well over a year. It's much faster than even the fastest HDD's, uses a fraction of the power and 100% silent. It hasn't slowed down at all in that time but I also did a LOT of research before ever installing it. There are tons of system tweaks to take full advantage of , especially on XP. In looking for those tweaks I discovered the added benefit of using RAM above the 4GB that XP can see for scratch disks and virtual memory etc.
Another important thing to know about SSD's is to refrain from constantly benchmarking them! As stated, each cell can only be written to a limited number of times, so constantly benchmarking one can kill it before its time. However, the useful life hinted to in the OP is far below what today's drives can produce. On an average system, most new SSD's should last at least 5 years and that's longer than a lot of people keep a computer these days. Again, keep in mind, the average boot drive does a lot more reading than actual writing as long as you keep page/swap files, scratch disks, temp folders, cache files and anything else that is constantly updated on your fastest HDD and off your precious SSD.
I've had such great success with my XP SSD, I added another one to boot into Win7 64bit and it was a breeze to install by comparison. Again, the OP's experience varies greatly from my own because I reduced my boot times by almost 1 minute with XP. Granted, my system may be configured far differently than his. If you only have a few programs loaded on a business system, you may not see as much reduction in boot times. But my system is like many other home/office systems with programs accumulated over the years and a registry as long and crooked as the Mississippi. I don't look forward to reinstalls so I prevent them with a passion. The trade off is, the longer a Windows system stays up and running, the messier and slower it gets. But I offset that with regular maintenance, backups, and overclocking. I guess being an ex-computer tech has its benefits and hindrances.
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PS. I'd like to thank the OP for his help in another thread which prompted me to move to 64bit for CS5.5 and help choosing a new graphics card. I can tell you the Zotac GTX580 AMP is fantastic and works great with CS5.5. I can overclock it to almost 1Ghz on water cooling but that's more for fun than actual rendering speed. Thanks again!

RMA'ing GPU due to leaking fans

I have two R9 280X Gaming cards that are suffering from leaking fans and noisy bearings. As far as I know (see quote below from MSI employee) this is a well known issue and the solution seems to be to RMA them to MSI for replacement.
However that's proving to be easier said than done. The UK version of the MSI RMA page is contradictory as to what you can or cannot RMA direct to MSI and when attempting to register the cards the text of the page is in English (as you'd expect) but the buttons are in what appears to be Chinese (not very useful). (screenshot available if you think I'm making it up)
Quote
What is the issue?
Some cards manufactured pre-January are experiencing oil leakage from the fans.
How is this caused?
Oil leaks from the fans hub when the fans are spinning at 100% over a long period of time under high heat conditions.
Why is this happening?
We have seen a huge spike in sales numbers since late November when the BitCoin-Cryptocurrency mining craze started to kick off. Thus, customers have been using our R9 Series of GAMING Graphics Cards since mid-December to mine coins over a 24-HR, 7 days a week period which these cards are not designed for.
The details...
Basically our cards are designed mainly for one thing.. gaming (the clue's in the name). They are not intended for use under "industrial" load conditions where they would be needed to run flat-out continuously day after day, week after week with potential high heat levels.
MSI HQ have been working on the fix since late December to make some changes to our Twin Frozr coolers to stop this from happening. At the centre of the fan there is a 3mm gap inside where a specially made gel is inserted to keep our fans running smoothly and quietly to give you the award-winning silent conditions during idle and gaming modes you have seen and/or heard about. MSI has since reduced this to 2mm. This doesn't sound much but has in fact solved one of the issues whereby there was extra space for air to squeeze inside the area alongside the gel to cause tiny air bubbles that (while at 100% fan load for a long period of time) forces the gel to leak out onto the fan shroud and surrounding area.
The final issue that was fixed was simply not to put as much gel inside the fans core. We intentionally put more gel into this area during production to ensure your cards would continue to run smoothly and that durability would never decrease. Sadly our good intentions came back to hurt us since many customers are using R9 Graphics Cards (and R7) to mine for coins jumping quickly onto the Cryptocurrency bandwagon. Our cards we're not designed for this. Under normal gaming conditions this would not happen (rare cases it may). MSI HQ wanted (yet again) to improve our award-winning Twin Frozr coolers further by solving any and all reliability questions of the running of our fans... hence more gel.
Unlike our competitors, our bearing is made from a special ring made from a mixture of pressed cooper shavings and oil – This unique design avoids the need of ball bearings so the fan can run quieter.
Those customers with Graphics Cards pre-January that are worrying about oil leaking in the future causing harm to the fans.. don't worry. The oil leaking is from the fans hub and not from the bearing, thus will not impact the lifetime running of the fans.
Is it safe?
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What do I do now?
As mentioned, HQ knows about the problems you have been experiencing and recommends you RMA your Graphics Card to our RMA centre for a replacement card with the new fixes.
Can you not just send some replacement fans or coolers?
No. While there are 0 issues with the PCB's, we cannot send you replacement fans and/or Twin Frozr coolers to do it yourself. One reason is we want to ensure you do not damage the PCB or cooler during installation (and thus voiding your warranty), but another reason is due to how we design the Twin Frozr coolers. You may not know this, but unlike many of our competitors who simply use the same cooler for every batch of cards, we engineer our coolers differently per each graphics card to ensure each cooler we place onto each GPU can handle the thermals produced from that very GPU since every GPU is different (silicone lottery).
We are very sorry if you have been affected by this issue. We hold our hands up, however we did have good intentions. Please RMA the Graphics Card back to us for a swift replacement.
Can anyone tell me how to send my cards back to MSI for replacements without learning Chinese and/or jumping through hoops? TIA.

you can't send the card directly to MSI for Europe, but via reseller/place of purchase.
if you need more infornation you can ask MSI here about it:
Quote from: Svet on 08-June-14, 00:33:20
>>How to contact MSI.<<
or to ask your reseller.
we can't help more than this
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It categorically states that customers experiencing issues with leaking fans should send the cards back to MSI directly.
That's all I'm trying to do.
If you are in Europe, you can't do this

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Question 3:
Freq Channels setting:
Typically I would set the channel to be fixed on all three units to keep them from hopping from channel to channel. Is my logic correct?
Is there any way to determine which channel is the best, beside trial and error?
Also, can I lock the speed to a slower setting to help improve reliability?
Question 4:
Bridging:
I was considering setting up one of the repeaters as a bridge can the WAP200E A/P handle communicating with a bridge and a repeater at the same time?
Does anyone have any experience using these as bridges? I see a few issues online regarding briging with these units
Wireless is tough enough, but flakey wireless product can make you wish had a wire
Firmware... 1.20 on the WAP200E A/P unit.. I guess I will try 1.20a but the blogs say it doesnt matter
Firmware on the WAP200 unit is unknown at the moment
Thanks in advance

Update...
After speaking with Linksys support staff, they informed me that the antenna jacks on the WAP200 are slightly different
One jack is TX & RX and the other jack is RX only...
It is not documented or labeled as such on the device.
The support person told me it was the right jack when facing the rear of the unit with the network jack facing you. but this is the way I
had it configured... so for giggles I swapped the antenna jacks and presto it works fine
Many thanks
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Hi,
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(I have heard of issues with earlier version of iChat and the Address Book that "saw" the Company Name as the part of the Name and linking several Screen Names to the one name
Audio on a Mac using Skype tend to be the same as the streaming needs are less.
However you have to rely on any PCs audio abilities from PCs which may not be to the same standard.
Mac to PCs in iChat and AIM can be difficult though. (It should work but it rarely as simple as Plug and go)
Skype may suit your needs better on ocassions.
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Hi mate,
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In section 6.15 of the JMS Specification, titled reliability it is stated that:
"When all messages for a topic must be received, a durable subscriber should be used. JMS insures that messages published while a durable subscriber is inactive are retained by JMS and delivered when the subscriber subsequently becomes active.
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I am looking at the JMS 1.1 Spec version 1.1 April 12, 2002.
Section 4.10 "Reliabilty" has what reads to me as kind of a CYA statement that the contributing JMS providers got inserted. It reads:
"A JMS provider may have resource restrictions that limit the number of messages that can be held for high-volume destinations or non-responsive clients. If messages are dropped due to resource limits, this is usually a serious administrative issue that needs attention. Correct functioning of JMS requires that clients are responsive and that adequate resources to service them are available.
+
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+Once-and-only-once message delivery, as described in this specification, has the important caveat that it does not cover message destruction due to message expiration or other administrative destruction criteria. It also does not cover loss due to resource restrictions. Configuration of adequate resources and processing power for JMS applications is the job of administrators, who must be aware of their JMS provider's reliability features."
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The rest of my question/gripe: i'd gladly pay a subscription fee if/when firefox can provide reliability, function with other software like java,adobe,flash, et al. and figure out a way to deal with user frustration with a paid staff. otherwise, why engag

the details are in my question. for starters, please fix the interface with gmail--and notify all users about it!
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== see previous statement

There is no Flash player version 15... as in your code:
<param name="swfversion" value="15.0.0.0" />
For some reason Adobe thought it would be a good idea to target a Flash player version (15) as default.....which may be out a couple years in the future. Go figure!!!
If you don't like player version 9, change to 10 or 11.... just not 15 (yet).
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

Weird questions...who makes a reliable firewire cable?

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Can anyone recommend a firewire cable brand that has good SOLID connectors? Braided metal cable is preferrable because it looks cool.
Thanks,
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Try here:
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They have everything firewire under the sun.....
SG

Reliable Linux Distribution. Question to Oracle Team

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Use Red Hat 6.2.
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Pressing Question about my wireless performance. Yes ... everyone has one! ":-\

Is there any reliable and typical answer that could satisfy me about this layman test I performed?
My neighbor across the street has the same Verizon DSL speed I have. He recently acquired his service with a new modem.
My service and modem are about 7 years old.
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I can connect with my wireless with my Wi-Fi service with the router right next to the pc
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I asked Verizon if it could be my modem was 7 years old. They said no, their tests showed I was getting what I should be. How is it that his wi-fi is so strong I can get speeds comparable to mine just 3 feet away?
Is there any reasonable explanation, and should I press them for something .... I don't know what? I think as long as they say I am getting what I should they won't take action. Even though the speeds are comparable when I connect to neighbors everything is more fluid, quick. On mine when I am trying to follow links or even in such as Facebook, which I guess has to update via the wi-fi when scrolling etc, for more data it is choppy and lags. When connected to his it's more fluid.
Any help here? Thanks for taking the time to read. jack

First question is how do you know your neighbor has the same speed you do. Have you compared transceiver statistics?
Verizon prices DSL service in tiers, basically anything between 1 and 3 mbps is considered to be 3Mbps, and anything from 3-7mbps is 7mbps. So unless you have compared transceiver statistics, you don't know if your neighbor really has the same DSL speed you do or not. So while you might be a 1.5mbps, he might be at 3 mbps, but you would both be in the 3mbps tier.
Having said that, and assuming you really both have the same underlying speed, you get down the issues with wireless in general. The problem with 802.11b/g service is the band that it operates in is shared by a veritable laundry list of devices including remote controls, cordless telephones, and other wireless devices. There are essentially 3 channels available for 802.11b/g, 1, 6 and 11. Depending upon the exact circumstances, some channel choices are going to be much better than others. You can change the selection from automatic to specific channels by logging into your router, and access the wireless menu.
Ultimately the performance of your wireless is driven by the signal to noise ratio. The higher it is, the faster the connection. Other users of the band where 802.11b/g operate generally look like noise, and reduce the signal to noise ratio, and the effective speed of the connection. The unpleasant reality is there are more things that can interfere with 802.11b/g service than you can shake a stick at, and that's why Verizon will say nothing and do nothing about a wireless service from their routers. There are simply too many variables that are beyond their control.
Bottom line is that you can try other channels for your wireless and see if it makes a difference. Ultimately if you want better performance, you probably need to go to a dual band 802.11n wireless access point (assuming your device has a card capable of 802.11n dual band operation). The 5 GHz band where 802.11n can also operate has more 'real estate' than the 2.4GHz band, and at the moment, substantially fewer applications. So the odds on a higher sustainable rate with 802.11n dual band service are better.

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