Report on installing Newer eSATA extender cable

Well I took the time to install the Newer eSATA extender cable and am zeroing the hard drive now in anticipation of Leopard arriving next week. It turns out that there is a glitch in the installation of the Newer extender and some Mac Pros. Mine was one of the problematic ones.
In order to install the cable you have to access the mother board behind the front fan unit. Basically that means taking out RAM boards, HDs. and a few screws. It should be pretty easy but the problem comes in from an assembly line error. On some Mac Pros two screws (located in the front edge of the RAM card bay) with tiny phillips heads which are screwed into extenders have been installed with Locktite rather than the extenders being installed with Locktite. That means that you almost inevitably strip those screw heads and the extenders spin. I had to use a tiny knife bladed file to hand cut a slot in each of the screws to get them out and then retighten the extenders with small nosed hemostats.
If the job went with no problems it is entirely do-able for someone reasonably handy (with the proper tools) and the Newer directions pamphlet is very well done. However, if you run into the Locktite problem the complexity of the job increases considerably. Overall, I think I'd suggest people without some electronic repair/modification experience use FireWire 800 for their Leopard Time Machine interface and avoid the potential difficulties I ran into.

I would have to agree that getting both of the SATA cables on the motherboard is a pain if the screws have the Locktite issue as mine does. However, I found running a stock 24" internal SATA cable with a right angle on one end to one of the SATA motherboard connectors and using an Addonics AASA2SAP15C on the other end of the SATA cable outside the Mac Pro lets me easily connect an eSATA enclosure to the Mac Pro using the motherboard connector.
I use this cable converter:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00094OWEC/arizomacinusergr
and this enclosure ICY DOCK MB559US-1S External 3.5" eSATA/USB 2.0 Hard Drive Enclosure:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000KMD1JA/arizomacinusergr
This provides a nice, quick mounting case that I can boot off of if needed using the internal SATA motherboard port. It provides much nicer performance than FW800 and is easy to setup.
Have fun!

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Question for Hatter; re: Newer Technology eSATA Extender Cable

Greetings Hatter,
I read in a recent post that you were using the Newer Technology Extender Cable to hook up drives to the extra 2 SATA ports on the Mac Pro's logic board.
I have a FirmTek enclosure (and a bunch of internal drives) that I used with my G5, and I'd like to continue using it with the Mac Pro.
Quick question: how is the cable working for you? Any problems?
Thank you for all the valuable information you post on these forums.
H.

The other threads on Newer kit, and www.xlr8yourmac.com report, are a good resource.
Drives have to be on at startup; can't be unmounted and can't turn on or off while the system is up. Excellent otherwise.
I added a 1x 2-channel controller also so I now have two choices and makes it easy to work with 4 external drives.
It was a real sweat to connect the Newer SATA cable to inside ports.
In the end, using the SeriTek (or Sonnet Tempo) makes more sense overall.

Is there any esata extender cable adapter for Mac Pro 3.1?

I have a Mac Pro 3.1 with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon @3GHz, and G-DRIVE0G00204 2TB External Hard Drive.
I was told the speed of sSATA cable is 3 times faster compared to firewire 800, but the Mac Pro doesnt provide eSATA port. Is there any solution to make connection with Mac Pro via sSATA cables?
Thanks.

You do this with a pci slot. Either the following,
Newer Technology eSATA Extender Cable Adapter
or a eSATA pci card. For example,
Sonnet Technology Tempo SATA E2P Serial ATA Host Adapter Card

I need to install photoshop cs4 extended from a disk to a new computer because my old computer had a hard drive crash. There is no serial number on the back of the case. How can I obtain a usable serial number?

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Find your serial number quickly
You can activate software without following up and registering it... at least that was the case in the past. The serial number is normally located on the disc case or a box inside the main box. If you did not purchase the disc from Adobe then it is possible you would have dealt with a redemption code, in which case it would have been up to you to keep a record of the serial number, especially if you did not follow up and register the software.

I've purchased a new PC and want to install my Photoshop Extended to my new computer. How do I unintstall from my old machine and load to my new machine.

I've purchased a new PC and want to install my Photoshop Extended to my new computer. How do I uninstall from my old computer and install on my new one.

you are allowed two concurrent installations/activations.
if you no longer need ps on your old computer, open ps>help>deactivate.
to install on your new computer, dl the installation file(s) and use your serial number to activate,
Downloads available:
Suites and Programs: CC 2014 | CC | CS6 | CS5.5 | CS5 | CS4 | CS3
Acrobat: XI, X | 9,8 | 9 standard
Premiere Elements: 13 | 12 | 11, 10 | 9, 8, 7
Photoshop Elements: 13 |12 | 11, 10 | 9,8,7
Lightroom: 5.7.1| 5 | 4 | 3
Captivate: 8 | 7 | 6 | 5
Contribute: CS5 | CS4, CS3
Download and installation help for Adobe links
Download and installation help for Prodesigntools links are listed on most linked pages. They are critical; especially steps 1, 2 and 3. If you click a link that does not have those steps listed, open a second window using the Lightroom 3 link to see those 'Important Instructions'.

I am facing a problem in my IPod . it is not detected by computer i tried every possible thing i changed cable i installed new itunes still its not coming up in itunes. can you please help me regarding this problem.

i am facing a problem in my IPod . it is not detected by computer i tried every possible thing i changed cable i installed new itunes still its not coming up in itunes. can you please help me regarding this problem.

This is for Windows: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

Trying to install PS4 on new MacBook Pro. I have already installed PS 3 extended. When PS4 asked for my PS3 serial number will not accept # on back of my PS3 case?

I have PS3 and PS4 installed on Mac 27", but when I try to install PS4 on my new MacBook Pro will not accept Serial # on my PS3 Extended case. Even though I have PS3 Extended installed!! Tried Serial # with and without dash, but neither works. Had both installed also on my MacBook Air OK but I wiped intend installed new OS. Not clear why PS4 not accept PS3 Serial # despite the fact that PS3 Extended already installed with the correct Serial #.

Photoshop 3 and Photoshop 4 for the Mac were released in the 1990s before Mac OSX and will only run natively on the Classic Mac OS (OS 9.x or older). They may run under emulation in "Classic Mode" on a PPC Mac up until OSX 10.4. They will not run on any Mac with an Intel processor nor with OSX 10.5 or newer. Same with Photoshop 5 and Photoshop 6.
Photoshop 7 came with both Classic and OSX versions, but will only run on a PPC-based Mac, or an Intel Mac up to OSX 10.6.x with the Rosetta emulator
Now, to clarify the naming of versions;
Photoshop CS = "Photoshop 8.x"
Photoshop CS2 = "Photoshop 9.x"
PS CS and CS2 came as OSX versions only and will only run on a PPC-based Mac, or an Intel Mac up to OSX 10.6.x with the Rosetta emulator
Photoshop CS3 = "Photoshop 10.x"
Photoshop CS4 = "Photoshop 11.x"
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As for upgrades, you can go back about (3) revisions to use the old SN for an install; e.g. a PS 7 SN can be upgraded to PS CS3 (10.x) but not to PS CS4 (11.x). So, there is no way PS 3 could be upgraded directly to PS CS4 (11.x)

Seritek 2EN2 + Intel SSD's + eSATA Extender?

I am going to be setting up a new boot volume for my Mac Pro most likely consisting of 2 x 80GB Intel X25-M SSD's in a RAID 0 stripe. I am still exploring options on how to configure this along with my other data volumes and am wondering if anyone has any experience with any of the following configurations.
1. *Seritek 2EN2 Enclosure* [http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Firmtek/SATA2EN2> + *Newer Tech eSATA Extender* [http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MPQXES2>
My first question with this setup is will the Seritek 2EN2 enclosure accept the 2.5" SSD drives? I know from these forums that the VelociRaptors are not supported. I'm curious if using the Intel-provided 3.5" bay adapters with the Seritek trays will work properly. If Firmtek can confirm or deny this that would be very helpful.
Secondly, I don't believe the Seritek 2EN2 is a port multiplier, so there shouldn't be any foreseeable performance hit using this with the 2 SSD's as they will each be on their own channel. Is this correct?
Lastly, I prefer to boot from this and I'm curious if anyone regularly boots from the 2 extra ODD SATA ports on the logic board. Any downsides or problems?
What's nice about this setup is it frees up the 4 internal bays for a fast RAID 0 data volume.
Note: I also have a Sonnet Tempo E4P card installed with a SeriTek 5PM connected and this setup has been flawless. Firmtek is a bit pricey but high-quality in my experience.
2. *MaxConnect 2.5" Drive Sled for Mac Pro* [http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=Product.display&product _id=180] [http://bilsta57.com/?p=1266]
This looks like a nice solution and definitely has the easiest install process, simply replacing the existing drive sleds in the Mac Pro. The downside is, using 2 SSD's in a RAID 0 stripe will eat up 2 of the internal bays. I am considering this option especially if I end only using 1 of the SSD's as the boot drive in my Mac Pro and possibly using the other SSD in my MBP instead.
3. *MaxConnect Optical Bay Kit* [http://www.maxupgrades.com/istore/index.cfm?fuseaction=Product.display&product _id=188]
As far as I can tell, this 2.5" kit will mount 2 or 4 SSD's in the lower optical bay position. I would have to give up my second optical drive with this solution. I'm assuming that the 2 SSD's would still connect to the 2 ODD ports on the logic board. It seems like routing the SATA cables from the logic board up to the optical bay could be a PITA. Also, event though I'd be running SSD drives, I wonder about cooling and ventilation as I don't think there are any fans up there.
Anybody using any of these solutions in their MP? Any advice or comments?
Finally, can anyone comment on using a single Intel X25-M 80GB SSD as their boot drive vs. striping two together in RAID 0? I'm still a bit on the fence on this point. A single SSD is going to smoke my current solution and I'm wondering if 2 in RAID 0 is overkill or really noticeably better in real-world experience.
Cheers!

seems like routing the SATA cables from the logic board up to the optical bay could be a PITA. Also, event though I'd be running SSD drives, I wonder about cooling and ventilation as I don't think there are any fans up there.
A fan sits behind the optical bay. Getting to the ODD ports is easier than you imagine:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/tips/MacProHD_in_optical_drive_bay/MacPro_HD_inOpticalBay.html
This is more specific to CalDigit installation, but covers your basic idea:
http://www.caldigit.com/RAIDCardDemo6.asp

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First you need to prep your new drive:
Extended Hard Drive Preparation
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4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
To restore from a TM backup see Restoring files from a Time Capsule backup. Note that the procedures are basically the same for restoring from a TM backup on a non-Time Capsule backup drive.

DVR doesn't recognize new eSATA drive

I just purchased a new eSATA drive (Western Digital 1 TB: WDBABT0010HBK-NESN) and connected it to my Motorola QIP7232-P2 set-top box, but after following the on-screen prompts to enable more storage the DVR does not recognize the additional storage and still reflects the pre-eSATA drive usage %.
I've already disconnected and reconnected the eSATA drive and tried to "enable more storage" through the DVR, which included rebooting the set-top box, a few times already.
Thoughts?

Thanks, Armond! I haven't tried replacing the SATA cable yet, but that may be the next logical step.
I tried disconnecting, reconnecting and rebooting the DVR at least a dozen times. Finally, I was able to get the DVR to recognize the external storage (showing 100% capacity).
However, when the eSATA drive was connected and recognized the DVR wouldn't record any shows (neither scheduled nor live TV). As soon as I disconnected the drive, recording would resume. The error message I received in the "History" section of the DVR stated, "This show could not be recorded due to the channel being unavailable, not subscribed or other error." Verizon Technical Support even sent me a refurbished DVR and that encountered the same problem.
Do you still think it's the cable?

Hi support please help me to sync my ipod and iphone 5 . Since i have installed new itunes version 12 , i am not able to sync to transfer data to my devices through itunes. I think there is some issue with tunes new version .kindly support ASAP. Ra

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I think there is some issue with tunes new version .kindly support ASAP.
Rachna khanna
[email protected]

you might need to buy a new cable from the apple store.

HT1222 ipad apps 1 I lost all after I installed new windows and I tried to connect it between your computer and iPad, what's the solution? (Please Inbox : Bambangtjio@yahoo.o.id) Thanks

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Hi,
Sounds like it isn't to serious. the Bluetooth connection had an error and that is that generated
the Problem report.
When the Blackberry started to use Bluetooth the "gold standard" was using Microsoft's
"native" windows drivers. Now, every major PC company has there own version
Thus the problem report.
There is rather involved and lengthy procedure to check and install the correct Bluetooth drivers
in the Dell, but I really don't think you want to take that on.( Nod you head and say H*LL YES)
Here is what I propose;
The problem report needs to be resolved or it wont go away. Read the manual, call Dell,
try apologizing to it and that you'll never never do it again, what ever it takes!
Make the best investment you can make for your Blackberry, buy a media card.
All the memory in the BB is dynamic, this facilitates the functions of the phone.
By storing media in that memory, you effect are wasting X amount for file storage.
Store all media and files on the media card, and you will have a smooth running device.
They run about $25.00usd, they are easy to install, and they also make moving your
media a snap. You will need the USB adapter that came with it, but you can get that at
your local carrier store.
So if you agree with this I need some info.
On the Blackberry go to the options icon,click then scroll up to ABOUT.
I need your software version number, it's listed in this format: 4.x.x.xxx.
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Crystal reports error on new server

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I have search for a runtime file and found one off of the site for Crystal Reports 2008, however, after installing, the error is still happening.
How do I know what to install and where to find it?

The error occurs because you haven't configured IIS to run in 32 bit mode. See note 1200907 for more info. There are no native 64 bit assemblies for Crystal Reports XI R2 or Crystal Reports 2008.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/boc/businessobjects-notes

Report Server create new database error

Hello everybody
I have MSSQL 2012 Standard Edition SP2 istalled on Windows Server 2008 R2.
I had installed Reporting Services on that server (thru install wizard add new feature).
Reporting Services installed with no errors, there is SQL Server Reporting Services service in SQL Server configuration Manager and it is running. When I launch Reporting Services Configuration Manager it saw the reporting services name and instance name,
but when I try to define the new database there is such error:
Could not connect to server: The type initializer for 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection' threw an exception.
The Reporting Services and Database Engine are on same server. I have the administrator permission both on Windows and SQL server instance
Please help
Thank you

Hi HeyLe,
Based on my research, the issue may be related to user access permission. You can refer to the following method to troubleshooting the issue:
Open C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG folder | right click on the machine.config file | Properties | Security | make sure your domain account has FULL CONTROL permission on this file.
If above steps still do not work, please backup your machine.config file to somewhere else and replace with the attached one from my Windows Server 2008 environment.
Alternatively, app.config file also may cause the same issue.
There is a similar issue, you can refer to it.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6922879/exception-type-initializer-for-system-data-sqlclient-sqlconnection
http://nishantrana.me/2011/04/19/the-type-initializer-for-system-data-sqlclient-sqlconnection-threw-an-exception/
If your problem still exists, please feel free to let me know.
Regards,
Vicky Liu
Vicky Liu
TechNet Community Support

Eclipse Mars Install New Features/Update fails with HTTP Code 416

Hi,
I'm currently trying to update my working Eclipse Luna (for Java and DSL
Developers) to the new Mars version (seperate fresh installation), but I keep getting an error, which I was unable to resolve.
The workstation has to use a corporate proxy and it was always a little bit tricky to get the Eclipse Marketplace and Install New Feature/Update working. My Luna Eclipse is configured (network settings) to use "Manual" as Active Provider, with the correct host + port + user + password combination. I also got the known bugs
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=281472 and
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=281384 , so I added the infamous "-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.excludeContributors=org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient4"
option in the eclipse.ini. While this is working in Luna, I cannot use the Marketplace or Update features in Mars.
I can open the Marketplace and it actually shows all the plugins, I can select one for install and the plugin-dependency-tree is show, but the next step fails with the following message:
eclipse.buildId=4.5.0.I20150603-2000
java.version=1.8.0_45
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=de_DE
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.dsl.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.dsl.product
org.eclipse.equinox.p2.transport.ecf
Error
Mon Jul 27 09:41:12 CEST 2015
Unable to read repository at http://download.eclipse.org/technology/subversive/3.0/update-site/content.jar.
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 416 for URL: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/subversive/3.0/update-site/content.jar
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.getDecompressedStream(UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.java:552)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.openStreams(UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.java:322)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.sendRetrieveRequest(AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.java:885)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.MultiProtocolRetrieveAdapter.sendRetrieveRequest(MultiProtocolRetrieveAdapter.java:146)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.transport.ecf.FileReader.sendRetrieveRequest(FileReader.java:424)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.transport.ecf.FileReader.readInto(FileReader.java:358)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.transport.ecf.RepositoryTransport.download(RepositoryTransport.java:101)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingTransport.download(CachingTransport.java:178)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingTransport.download(CachingTransport.java:219)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.CacheManager.updateCache(CacheManager.java:402)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.CacheManager.createCache(CacheManager.java:259)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.getLocalFile(SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.java:66)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.load(SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.java:88)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.MetadataRepositoryManager.factoryLoad(MetadataRepositoryManager.java:57)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.loadRepository(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:768)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.oomph.util.ReflectUtil.invokeMethod(ReflectUtil.java:116)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingRepositoryManager.loadRepository(CachingRepositoryManager.java:344)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingRepositoryManager.loadRepository(CachingRepositoryManager.java:146)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingRepositoryManager$Metadata.loadRepository(CachingRepositoryManager.java:394)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.MetadataRepositoryManager.loadRepository(MetadataRepositoryManager.java:96)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.MetadataRepositoryManager.loadRepository(MetadataRepositoryManager.java:92)
at org.eclipse.epp.internal.mpc.ui.operations.AbstractProvisioningOperation.addRepositories(AbstractProvisioningOperation.java:92)
at org.eclipse.epp.internal.mpc.ui.operations.ProfileChangeOperationComputer.computeInstallableUnits(ProfileChangeOperationComputer.java:385)
at org.eclipse.epp.internal.mpc.ui.operations.ProfileChangeOperationComputer.run(ProfileChangeOperationComputer.java:165)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:119)
Check for Update shows the same result.
I tried googling for this kind of error, but it seems no one has reported this problem so far. I'm a little bit lost what to do now (apart from using Luna again), since exactly the same configuration is working in Luna, but is unusable for me in Mars. The network access seems to work because Mars can load the dependency tree of a Marketplace plugin. Every other combination in the network settings fails because of the corporate proxy.
So, any suggetions how to find the root cause? It's quite possible the corporate proxy is misconfigured, but I hope you can help me finding the difference between the working Luna and the (for me) broken Mars, so I know what has to be configured differently. Something seems to be changed in the way the packages are downloaded.
Thank you very much!

Hi,
I'm currently trying to update my working Eclipse Luna (for Java and DSL
Developers) to the new Mars version (seperate fresh installation), but I keep getting an error, which I was unable to resolve.
The workstation has to use a corporate proxy and it was always a little bit tricky to get the Eclipse Marketplace and Install New Feature/Update working. My Luna Eclipse is configured (network settings) to use "Manual" as Active Provider, with the correct host + port + user + password combination. I also got the known bugs
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=281472 and
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=281384 , so I added the infamous "-Dorg.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.excludeContributors=org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.httpclient4"
option in the eclipse.ini. While this is working in Luna, I cannot use the Marketplace or Update features in Mars.
I can open the Marketplace and it actually shows all the plugins, I can select one for install and the plugin-dependency-tree is show, but the next step fails with the following message:
eclipse.buildId=4.5.0.I20150603-2000
java.version=1.8.0_45
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=win32, ARCH=x86_64, WS=win32, NL=de_DE
Framework arguments: -product org.eclipse.epp.package.dsl.product
Command-line arguments: -os win32 -ws win32 -arch x86_64 -product org.eclipse.epp.package.dsl.product
org.eclipse.equinox.p2.transport.ecf
Error
Mon Jul 27 09:41:12 CEST 2015
Unable to read repository at http://download.eclipse.org/technology/subversive/3.0/update-site/content.jar.
java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 416 for URL: http://download.eclipse.org/technology/subversive/3.0/update-site/content.jar
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.getDecompressedStream(UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.java:552)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.openStreams(UrlConnectionRetrieveFileTransfer.java:322)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.sendRetrieveRequest(AbstractRetrieveFileTransfer.java:885)
at org.eclipse.ecf.provider.filetransfer.retrieve.MultiProtocolRetrieveAdapter.sendRetrieveRequest(MultiProtocolRetrieveAdapter.java:146)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.transport.ecf.FileReader.sendRetrieveRequest(FileReader.java:424)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.transport.ecf.FileReader.readInto(FileReader.java:358)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.transport.ecf.RepositoryTransport.download(RepositoryTransport.java:101)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingTransport.download(CachingTransport.java:178)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingTransport.download(CachingTransport.java:219)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.CacheManager.updateCache(CacheManager.java:402)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.CacheManager.createCache(CacheManager.java:259)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.getLocalFile(SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.java:66)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.load(SimpleMetadataRepositoryFactory.java:88)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.MetadataRepositoryManager.factoryLoad(MetadataRepositoryManager.java:57)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.loadRepository(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:768)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.oomph.util.ReflectUtil.invokeMethod(ReflectUtil.java:116)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingRepositoryManager.loadRepository(CachingRepositoryManager.java:344)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingRepositoryManager.loadRepository(CachingRepositoryManager.java:146)
at org.eclipse.oomph.p2.internal.core.CachingRepositoryManager$Metadata.loadRepository(CachingRepositoryManager.java:394)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.MetadataRepositoryManager.loadRepository(MetadataRepositoryManager.java:96)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.MetadataRepositoryManager.loadRepository(MetadataRepositoryManager.java:92)
at org.eclipse.epp.internal.mpc.ui.operations.AbstractProvisioningOperation.addRepositories(AbstractProvisioningOperation.java:92)
at org.eclipse.epp.internal.mpc.ui.operations.ProfileChangeOperationComputer.computeInstallableUnits(ProfileChangeOperationComputer.java:385)
at org.eclipse.epp.internal.mpc.ui.operations.ProfileChangeOperationComputer.run(ProfileChangeOperationComputer.java:165)
at org.eclipse.jface.operation.ModalContext$ModalContextThread.run(ModalContext.java:119)
Check for Update shows the same result.
I tried googling for this kind of error, but it seems no one has reported this problem so far. I'm a little bit lost what to do now (apart from using Luna again), since exactly the same configuration is working in Luna, but is unusable for me in Mars. The network access seems to work because Mars can load the dependency tree of a Marketplace plugin. Every other combination in the network settings fails because of the corporate proxy.
So, any suggetions how to find the root cause? It's quite possible the corporate proxy is misconfigured, but I hope you can help me finding the difference between the working Luna and the (for me) broken Mars, so I know what has to be configured differently. Something seems to be changed in the way the packages are downloaded.
Thank you very much!

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