Semaphore timeout expir

My muvo tx fm player suddenly stopped working and I? plugged it in in recovery mode and I keep getting? up to the formating part and then it stiops and says semaphore timeout expired. I've been searching these boards for a while for a solution but nothing has worked. can someone please help me?

hello,
I had the same problem some time again. see this thread:
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=68347#M68347
I contacted the e-mail support of creative labs and they send me the link to an older Firmware version, I installed it on the player (no more semaphore timeout warnings) and it works fine now

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ZEN StonePlus-Semaphore timeout period expired+firmware issue

Hello, im new here, i apolgize if the topic with same problem already exist. (i found similar, but from 2007.)
I have a problem with my Zen Stone Plus 2GB. The firmware is broken i think. It wont turn up, pc wont recognize it in any way.
I tried this :
http://forums.creative.com/t5/MP3-Pl...67B37F890FAA05
Hey I keep replying to myself. But this time it's good news, I've fixed the problem!
Here are the steps I performed:
. Put the player in recovery mode with these instructions (I was only able to do this once so follow the instructions carefully):
Here are the instructions:
a. Download and install the Mass Storage Drivers from the website.
b. Press and hold the Play button while connecting your player to the PC. If you have a one-piece player then remove the battery first.
c. Keep pressing Play until the New Hardware Wizard starts - this will only happen the first time you put your player into Recovery Mode.
d. Complete the New Hardware Wizard.
To check that you are in Recovery Mode open Device Manager (right-click My Computer and choose Properties, then the Hardware tab and Device Manager) and look for a Player Recovery Device entry.
When in Recovery Mode you can reload the firmware.
2. DO NOT INSTALL THE RIGHT FIRMWARE FOR ZEN STONE PLUS, instead upload the firmware for the MuVo player: http://files.creative.com/manualdn/D...W_LF__2_03.exe
3. After the firmware has been updated go into recovery mode again but this time upload the correct firmware for Zen Stone Plus: http://is.europe.creative.com/suppor...ame=Windows+XP
VOILA! The player has risen from death and can continue to be enjoyed!
And this says the same :
http://www.mycreativefansite.com/200...ue-on-zen.html
NOW what I have done :
. Installed drivers for creative players from their site [done]
2. Inserted the player to the PC [done]
3. Installed the "MP3 Player Recovery Device Drivers" (mentioned in above link) [done]
4. My player is now in "recovery mode" it was recognized as "Player recovery device" [done]
5. I tried to install the firmware for MUVO players (again see the link above) but it came up with the "Operating system reported error: The semaphore timeout period has expired" [fail]
6. I tried to install the latest Zen Stone Plus firmware from creative site but again - "Operating system reported error: The semaphore timeout period has expired" [fail]
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/430/aerhbae.th.jpg - picture here !
I tried MUVO V200.
That error should came up within the installation of ZEN firmware, not the MUVO firmware. But my problem is : The MUVO firmware does the same error as the ZEN firmware.
I also tried different firmware, for MUVO T200. It wont even turn on the update - "Your player is not connected, please connect your player" it says.
Reseted milion times and the battery is charged by the way.
ps : sorry for my english
Thanks for your help !

Anyone?

The operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details: The semaphore timeout period has expired (0x80070079))

Recently we got this error, while backup to tape, and no idea what is it.
What cause of this error?
The operation failed because of a protection agent failure. (ID 998 Details: The semaphore timeout period has expired (0x80070079)
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Hi,
Try this workaround, increase the TcpMaxDataRetransmissions to 10 or more.
How to modify the TCP/IP maximum retransmission timeout
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170359
Diagnostic steps when "Semaphore timeout" is hit during network transfer:
1. Check if the protected server (sender) or DPM (receiver) was under stress or inaccessible during the time of failure – from event logs from both the machines. Retry should work if the packet loss was because of either of the servers being inaccessible
or under stress for a period.
2. Check if the network between the PS and the DPM is flaky – retransmit count from ‘netstat –s’ or perfmon counters can give an idea.
3. Else contact network support engineer to diagnose the packet loss issue – netmon captures from both machines, packet route and network layout/devices will be required to start the investigation.
4. Take some performance monitor logs on both DPM and Proteted server side.
Some good and basic perfmon counters to take to see if the servers are under stress are below.
Logical Disk/Physical Disk
\%idle
• 100% idle to 50% idle = Healthy
• 49% idle to 20% idle = Warning or Monitor
• 19% idle to 0% idle = Critical or Out of Spec
\%Avg. Disk Sec Read or Write
• .001ms to .015ms = Healthy
• .015ms to .025 = Warning or Monitor
• .026ms or greater = Critical or Out of Spec
Current Disk Queue Length (for all instances)
80 requests for more than 6 minutes.
• Indicates possibly excessive disk queue length.
Memory
\Pool Non Paged Bytes*
• Less that 60% of pool consumed=Healthy
• 61% - 80% of pool consumed = Warning or Monitor.
• Greater than 80% pool consumed = Critical or Out of Spec.
\Pool Paged Bytes*
• Less that 60% of pool consumed=Healthy
• 61% - 80% of pool consumed = Warning or Monitor.
• Greater than 80% pool consumed = Critical or Out of Spec.
\Available Megabytes
• 50% of free memory available or more =Healthy
• 25% of free memory available = Monitor.
• 10% of free memory available = Warning
• Less than 100MB or 5% of free memory available = Critical or Out of Spec.
Processor
\%Processor Time (all instances)
• Less than 60% consumed = Healthy
• 51% - 90% consumed = Monitor or Caution
91% - 100% consumed = Critical
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VIP Swap and 'The semaphore timeout period has expired' errors

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Sqliosim semaphore timeout period expired...

I want to know about the semaphore timeout error caused while read/write io of sqliosim.
I have mapped lun to windows through FC connection and started io using sqliosim, i am getting semaphore timeout error.
I have found many microsoft links which talks about this error but not explained exactly the reason of this error
May i know the reasons of this error?
Sample testcase to get this error?
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Hi vikram jadhav1,
The error "0x80070079: The semaphore timeout period has expired" is returned from the Windows API "winerror.h". It occurs when a synchronization object of type semaphore times out.
A semaphore object is a synchronization object that maintains a count between zero and a specified maximum value. The count is decremented each time a thread completes a wait for the semaphore object and incremented each time a thread releases the semaphore.
When the count reaches zero, no more threads can successfully wait for the semaphore object state to become signaled. The state of a semaphore is set to signaled when its count is greater than zero, and nonsignaled when its count is zero. It acts as a gate
that limits the number of threads sharing the resource to a specified maximum number.
So, in case the semaphore object is nonsignaled(its count is zero) and there are threads waiting for the object, the error occurs when the waiting reaches the timeout.
The error can occur in many scenarios. E.g. TCP/IP, Disk Driver, VSS etc.
It this case, it seems to be a driver issue. However, it is really hard to say what it is the exact cause without the detailed error message.
To understand the exact root cause, I would suggest you to open premier case to Microsoft. The premier team can help to debug the sqliosim to get the cause.
Short answers to your other questions:
--Sample testcase to get this error?
No
--Is this related to disk device registry timeout?
It may be. Debug is required to confirm it.
--how i can regenerate this error using sqliosim?
Without get the root cause, it is hard to reproduce it.
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Semaphore timeout period has expired

when trying to prompt the windows server 2012 to be additional domain controller or join server to Domain i got this message
"Semaphore Timeout period has expired " , i changed the Network card with no result.

Hi,
Please confirm your network MTU size is the default value 1500, you can use the following command line to get the current MTU size.
netsh int ipv4 show int
to get your NIC mtu valut.
Please try to disabled the RSS and large send offload on the server and rejoined the member server to the domain.
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I am getting the following error when I try to move files/folders onto my external hardrive.
0x80070079 The semaphore timeout period has expired.
How can I resolve this issue? Thank you.

Hi,
We need some steps to troubleshoot:
Were the files you attempted to move located on the local hard drive?
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Please disconnect the network and try again for test.
Temporarily disable the firewall and anti-virus to check the result.
If it doesn't resolve the issue, perform an safe mode to check the result:
Start your computer in safe mode
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/windows-startup-settings-safe-mode
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Error 0x80070079: The semaphore timeout period has expired

Whenever I try to copy large files over a wireless network (Laptop > Desktop) I get the following error:-
Error 0x80070079: The semaphore timeout period has expired
I've done a search on Google and have found that a number of other users are having the same problem, but no-one seems to have a fix for it.
Can anyone help?
(I'm running Vista Ultimate on both my Laptop & Desktop)

Lionel Chen - MSFT wrote:
Hello Ady,
Thanks for your post!
This issue may be a little complex and require some steps to troubleshoot:
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2.    Temporarily disable all the firewalls and anti-virus applications, then check the issue again.
3.    To exclude the factors from other services and applications, do a clean boot to check the issue and perform Step 4.
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;932045
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If problem still persists after steps above, this issue is very possibly due to network devices or configurations, please let me know:
1.    Whether this problem occurs in wired network?
2.    If strengthening the network signals, the problem can be changed?
3.    What size of files will lead to this error.
4.    Does this error terminate the copy process?
5.    Models of the wireless network adapter and wireless router.
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Have a nice weekend!
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Well this did'nt work for me.
Any other solution?
Using XP Prof. Service Pack 3 beta.

Remote SQL Server weird semaphore timeout period error

I'm using SQL Server Express 2012 in a home server using no-ip service.
I tried to setup home server to allow remote so I can access home server in my office.
after following a walkthrough, I can register my server to Registered Servers, and tried a query "select * from users", it's worked and I can see the data return.
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When I try to load the firmware I keep getting this message_ERROR - Operating system reported error: The semaphore timeout period has expired
I?ve tried everything...
any idea?
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In February, 2006 I bought a Zen Nano 52 to listen to audio books. In early January 2007 it would start to turn on then power off. I came to the boards to see what I should do about it. The consensus was to load the new firmware and hope for the best. Some people had good luck with that and others not so much. I downloaded the new firmware and followed the ?Updating the Firmware? directions (Solution ID : 4789). During the installation process I got an error message ?Operating system reported error:? The semaphore timeout period has expired.
Without any firmware on my Nano, the computer wouldn?t even recognize it was plugged in. I went back to the boards with that problem and the news was pretty discouraging.
Not willing to give up I tried the recovery instructions for flash memory players at http://forums.creative.com/creativel....id=5537#M5537 .
The computer recognized my Nano so I tried again to download the Nano firmware but ran into the same ?semaphore timeout? problem.
During my search for information though, I found out that the MuVo was very similar to the Nano. I figured I couldn?t make the problem any worse, so I downloaded the MuVo N500 firmware (.20.04) from here, (see the second message)
?http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=2037
?ran the recovery again without the battery?(actually I think it took a couple tries before the computer would recognize my player) then installed the MuVo firmware into my Nano. It worked and I was able to download all my books back onto my Nano. It's been working for three weeks (and several battery changes). The only difference I can see is that my Nano thinks it'ss a MuVo when it starts up. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has success by using a different firmware in their MP3 player.

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Error 0x80070079: The semaphore timeout period has elapsed.
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Since we can live with some missing data, I think we should use asynchronous mirroring instead of synchronous, do you agree ?
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