Splash screen, etc.

I have a system with the K8N Neo4 Platinum and after the splash screen comes up the "press f4 for raid options" screen. Since I'm not using a raid configuration, is there a way to get that to not come up? I'm just using a single SATA drive.

I recently built an Asus Computer, It had that spash screen the customer asked me to remove it, i simply went into the bios. Flip around the different tabs and look for either something similar to a raid on/off or enable disable switch. It might be a tab that looks like IDE settings or something to that effect. Reguardless it can be disabled through bios. If that doesnt work also there is a way to shut off the raid controller too if its a 3rd party raid (not the nvidia brand raid it would say a company like SIL RAID CONTROLLER) I hope this helps. I dont own your board or have access to it. Or i would give detailed instructions.

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Splash screen in open office, gnucash, etc

The splash screen in open office, gnucash, and other applications are really annoying especialy in old systems where it takes lot of time to start and you cannot do other things with that splash thing on your face. I have seen that this does not happen in kde. Is there a way to disable it in xfce4?

/opt/openoffice/program/sofficerc
Change the logo from 1 to 0. Google told me. I did not test it.

Switched computer cases and now I hang at the MSI splash screen.

Hey guys. I've never had any problems with building my PC until yesterday on the simplest of tasks.
I decided to buy a new case and switch everything over but when I did it decided to hang on the MSI motherboard splash screen.
Specs:
* MEM 4Gx2|G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL + one more stick.
* Processor = AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT55TFBGRBOX
* Graphics Card = HD 7950
* Motherboard = MB MSI| 880GM-E41 880G R
* PSU = CORSAIR CX series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
* OS = Windows 7 64Bit
* No overclocking.
So far I've done the following.
* Removed battery/Jumped the bios.
* Checked and rechecked each RAM stick.
* Removed all connections.
* Removed graphics card etc.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, Christmas has kind of killed my budget for a new build.
Thanks!
These are as far as I can get before everything stops working.

Really strange.
Have you made sure that there was will be/was no contact between mobo and case (apart from spots where the contact should be made) ? This could've break the motherboard.
Check ALL of the power supply cable connections between it and mobo.
Now something weird which doesn't seen to make any sense... Try to put your motherboard back to the old case.
That's all my suggestions, apart from that, if you're still able, then get it on a warranty and RMA it.
Good luck.

Stuck on FCPX Splash Screen

I have obviously done something to totally screw (er, corrupt) my installation of FCPX as now when I launch the app, I only get the FCPX splash screen and the menu bar. Selecting any option from the Window menu shows me nothing. The splash screen says "Restoring the window layout", but nothing is shown but a large dark gray screen.
Prior to this, I was also unable to view Project List, and I could consistently get FCPX to crash by just trying to Create New Project. I've sent a half-dozen crash reports to Apple tonight. I'm guessing my Project database is corrupt and I will need to take some action to re-create.
Anyone else seen this or know how to get me out of this situation?
Grazie.

We are experiencing a similar problem where FCPX loads but just comes up as one large grey window. Our operating system is Lion and I wondered if anyone has had a solution that works in Lion? I couldn't find the same file associations that were described in this thread so I was guessing they were maybe from systems running Snow Leopard? (Primarily, we couldn't find a "Final Cut Pro" layouts folder) Any help is greatly appreciated!
The problem began when one our FCPX projects crashed and then wouldn't reopen. We removed the project and event from the Final Cut folders which allowed FCPX to reopen except that it went to this grey screen rather than showing the windows. Everything else (tool bar, dialog boxes, etc.) is functional. We have re-installed both FCPX and Lion with no improvement. Thanks again.

Problem Installing my new graphic card 760GTX Stucks on HP Splash Screen

I'm using a h9-1185 Windows 7 and I thought I'd update my graphic card from a 7870 to GTX 760 but that was easier said than done. When I try to boot my computer with the new card it stays at the hp splash screen. The GPU is correctly installed I have both cables connected to the PSU. The fans are running properly It's just that I get stuck on the loading screen when I use the gtx 760. I can't press any keys to go to the boot menu, etc. After sitting at the screen for 5 minutes it changes to a black sreen showing at the corner the brand of my Graphic Card (760 PNY etc....) but nothing happens.
When I changed it back to the old graphic card Sapphire 7870, it didn't freeze or anything. It worked fine. I was trying to update my BIOS but I think i have the latest update (v7.09).
Maybe my english isn't good at all, sorry about that.

John, welcome to the forum.
Did you install the latest driver for the new video card? This must be done for it to work properly.
Also, when you have the new card and driver installed, I suggest clearing the CMOS:
This motherboard has a jumper to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS.
Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord.
Move the jumper to clear for 5 to 10 secs, then move the jumper back to default.
Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer.
On the next startup, enter BIOS setup to re-enter user settings.
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Pavillion Elite e9120y Hangs at HP splash screen, I've tried it all...

About a month ago I came home to find my PC stuck on the HP splash screen. After hours of trial and error I managed to repair the boot sectors by manually inputing codes into a command prompt. Unfortunately, I had to go to work immediatly after. When i returned, the screen was stuck at the splash screen again, and I haven't seen windows yet..
This desktop is about 2 years old now (no longer under warantee), although its relatively lightly used. At the time of failure it was running Vista 64 Bit. None of the hardware has been ugraded/modified in any way.
Only sometimes can I reach any of the splash screen menus (BIOS, Diagnostics, etc). These actions, and reaching the post screen, can only be executed by unplugging the power cord from the PSU for X amount of time (usually 5-10 mins, which is annoying to do EVERY time..)
Things I've tried:
-Removing all plugged in components except the stock keyboard and monitor
-Re-seating all of the components/wires
-Tested Mobo (removed memory, it beeped and made me happy ha)
-Individually seated each RAM stick in each slot.
-Repairing boot sectors
-Removing CMOS battery to reset
-Removing biult in media card reader (rare, yet prospectable issue)
-Many of the things in the recovery disk
-Removing USB ports from Mobo incase of short circuit (I think I did that correctly..)
Notes:
-Ever since I was able to first repair the boot sectors, my PC will NOT make it to the Windows Recovery Environment (The disk reading progress will freeze at a random spot on the progress bar and will not complete)
-Diagnostics froze after the Memory test completed
-*cringes* I have not backed up ANYTHING due to lack of funds for an external HD (though I've purchased one now incase I make it to my OS), so reformatting is really not an option.. Too many important school documents
-I have close to 10 years of intermediate software/hardware building/troubleshooting experience, but there are still many things that I do not know or may have overlooked! Any help is appreciated!
-*Sometimes* the post screen/BIOS does not display my 2 optical drives and/or my 1 hard drive device
-It's new favorite thing to do is say "Reboot and select proper media device," even though my boot order is correctly set in BIOS
Quick recap:
-HP Elite 9120y Vista 64 bit
-Cannot boot to Windows (most commonly hangs at splash screen)
-I've tried as much as I can think of/find online, and I'm tearing my hair out. Any help would be amazing!
I'm sure I missed something, though I tried to cover it all for anyone willing to help. PLEASE!!!!
Thanks,
-Andrew

Well I knew that there were quite a few problems with mobos used by HP, but I was unaware of the lawsuit. Unfortunately, its far past its warrantee. It's just unfortunate because all of the components are in great shape and it was treated very well. And aside from Windows Vista, it performed great all along until the day it decided to do this. I have literally tried everything, the next step is diagnosis from my computer engineering friends hah. You'd think being a student at a tech school would aid my effort. So far, no help..
There appear to be as many solutions to this problem as people walking the planet.. and none of them work!
Anyone who has fixed this problem please leave any information. Even if I have already tried that and it didn't solve my problem, it's worth a second shot. This computer was not cheap!

Satellite A300 will not get past splash screen

Hi All
got an issue with an A300 laptop about 2-2.5 years old. I have just installed windows 7 prof and it was working fine for about 3 days and then suddenly it stopped booting up.
It gets to the toshiba splash screen and then reboots. it does not even try to boot into windows. you can go into the bios and make changes etc. you cannot press f8 to load into safe mode it does not even get that far.
You can press f12 and get the boot menu up and try to boot from CD but this again does not work and it just reboots again
I'm not sure how else to troubleshoot it. I dont think its a motherboard problem as you can get into the bios.
It could be a HDD problem but then i thought it would have gave you a warning message of some kind ( no boot device available ) and you can see the HDD in bios and would have thought it would have at least booted to CD.
The only things i can think of are RAM problem HDD problem or Motherboard problem.
I think installing win 7 3days ago is just a huge coincidence?
Any help would be great. Thanks

Hi hitenkacha,
> tired to boot from a windows 7 disk and this does not work
In this case it seems to be a hardware malfunction because a Microsoft Windows disk should also work properly.
> i can try and flash the bios but im not sure how i can do that
This is only possible on Windows because its a Windows based update. Furthermore BIOS update will not help you if the hardware is defective.
> is my theory correct that if you can get into the bios then thats a sign that the Motherboard is ok?
Thats hard to say because for going into BIOS you dont need much performance.
I would recommend contacting an authorized service provider and let the guys check the hardware of your computer. Theoretically it could be everything so a professional diagnostic is recommendable in this case.
Good luck! :)

A135 stuck at splash screen

Normal shutdown; when i bootm, the comp is stuck at the Toshiba splash screen. F2 won't respond; f12 , if I tap repeatedly wwill say 'entering ..." but stays there (the splash screen.). It is not responding to the recovery disk. Lights say HD, battery, etc. are all good. Ideas?

1) Try removing only the battery, leave the AC plugged in, power on.
2) Try unplugging the AC, leave the battery in, power on.
3) Try unplugging AC, remove the battery, remove both RAM modules, replace one RAM module in a different spot, replace battery & AC, power on. Repeat this process until you have tried each RAM module alone in each slot. See the installing/removing RAM directions starting on page 47 of your Satellite® A130/A135 Series User’s Guide.
4) If none of the above works it could be a corrupt BIOS.
BIOS Recovery procedures
5) As your system is likely off warranty, perhaps you should consider paying a professional for a diagnostic:
Locate a Service Center
Good luck.
Mike

Tecra A9 stuck on the splash screen

Hello,
I'm new to your forum and hope to find help.
I have a Toshiba Tecra A9 stuck on the splash screen after my intervention in the bios to boot from a USB stick.
_DETAILS:_
At the start, it turns more on the startup screen with the 5 symbol of choice (hard disk, USB, etc.).
Clicking on a symbol and nothing responds I can not enter the bios.
It is displayed at the top of the screen: In Touch With Tomorrow TOSHIBA and five symbols.
I disconnected two small green battery on the motherboard for 10 minutes, but nothing has changed.
That said, I do not know if I disconnected the battery good (y 'have it two?).
It also would it make a metal button battery on the motherboard?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Alain

Hi
If the notebook cannot pass the Toshiba Splash Screen then this means that the POST (power on self test) cannot be passed properly and this means mostly than an hardware part on the motherboard or the motherboard itself is faulty
Thats worst case since the mobo is very expensive :(

Satellite P300 PSPCCE: I want to remove or chang splash screen on startup

I have Satellite P300 PSPCCE laptop and want to remove or change splash screen on begin of booting laptop.
Is there a way to do it? My Bios version is v3,40

this is how it looks my BIOS setup (no options like quite boot, fast boot, etc.)
Main
* System Time
* System Date
* CPU Type
* CPU Speed
* HDD1 model name
* HDD2 model name
* Optical Disc driver
* Power on display
* Total Memory
* System Bios version
* Language
Advanced
* Legacy USB Support
* Core Multri-Processing
* Execute-Disable bit Capability
* Intel(R) Virtualization Technology
* Built-in LAN
* Wake-up on keybord
* Wake-up on LAN/Wireless LAN
* Critical Battery Wake up
* Pointing devices
* Illumination LED
* USB Sleep and charge
* HDMI-CEC
* Remote power on/off
* SATA controler Mode
Security
* User password Is
* Supervisor password is
* Set user password
* Set supervisor password
* HDD1 password
* Set HDD1 User password
* HDD2 password
* Set HDD2 User password
Boot
* HDD1
* HDD2
* CD/DVD
* FDD
* LAN
Exit
* Exite saving changes
* Exit discarding changes
* Load setup defaults
* Discard changes
* Save changes
Which version of bios, are you having?

Useful Code of the Day: Splash Screen & Busy Application

So you are making an Swing application. So what are two common things to do in it?
1) Display a splash screen.
2) Block user input when busy.
Enter AppFrame! It's a JFrame subclass which has a glass pane overlay option to block input (setBusy()). While "busy", it displays the system wait cursor.
It also supports display of a splash screen. There's a default splash screen if you don't provide a component to be the splash screen, and an initializer runner which takes a Runnable object. The Runnable object can then modify the splash screen component, for example to update a progress bar or text. See the main method for example usage.
It also has a method to center a component on another component (useful for dialogs) or center the component on the screen.
NOTE on setBusy: I do recall issues with the setBusy option to block input. I recall it having a problem on some Unix systems, but I can't remember the details offhand (sorry).
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
* <CODE>AppFrame</CODE> is a <CODE>javax.swing.JFrame</CODE> subclass that
* provides some convenient methods for applications. This class implements
* all the same constructors as <CODE>JFrame</CODE>, plus a few others.
* Methods exist to show the frame centered on the screen, display a splash
* screen, run an initializer thread and set the frame as "busy" to block
* user input.
public class AppFrame extends JFrame implements KeyListener, MouseListener {
 * The splash screen window.
 private JWindow splash = null;
 * The busy state of the frame.
 private boolean busy = false;
 * The glass pane used when busy.
 private Component glassPane = null;
 * The original glass pane, which is reset when not busy.
 private Component defaultGlassPane = null;
 * Creates a new <CODE>AppFrame</CODE>.
 public AppFrame() {
 super();
 init();
 * Creates a new <CODE>AppFrame</CODE> with the specified
 * <CODE>GraphicsConfiguration</CODE>.
 * @param gc the GraphicsConfiguration of a screen device
 public AppFrame(GraphicsConfiguration gc) {
 super(gc);
 init();
 * Creates a new <CODE>AppFrame</CODE> with the specified title.
 * @param title the title
 public AppFrame(String title) {
 super(title);
 init();
 * Creates a new <CODE>AppFrame</CODE> with the specified title and
 * <CODE>GraphicsConfiguration</CODE>.
 * @param title the title
 * @param gc the GraphicsConfiguration of a screen device
 public AppFrame(String title, GraphicsConfiguration gc) {
 super(title, gc);
 init();
 * Creates a new <CODE>AppFrame</CODE> with the specified title and
 * icon image.
 * @param title the title
 * @param icon the image icon
 public AppFrame(String title, Image icon) {
 super(title);
 setIconImage(icon);
 init();
 * Creates a new <CODE>AppFrame</CODE> with the specified title and
 * icon image.
 * @param title the title
 * @param icon the image icon
 public AppFrame(String title, ImageIcon icon) {
 this(title, icon.getImage());
 * Initializes internal frame settings.
 protected void init() {
 // set default close operation (which will likely be changed later)
 setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
 // set up the glass pane
 glassPane = new JPanel();
 ((JPanel)glassPane).setOpaque(false);
 glassPane.addKeyListener(this);
 glassPane.addMouseListener(this);
 * Displays a new <CODE>JWindow</CODE> as a splash screen using the
 * specified component as the content. The default size of the
 * component will be used to size the splash screen. See the
 * <CODE>showSplash(Component, int, int)</CODE> method description for
 * more details.
 * @param c the splash screen contents
 * @return the window object
 * @see #showSplash(Component, int, int)
 * @see #hideSplash()
 public JWindow showSplash(Component c) {
 return showSplash(c, -1, -1);
 * Displays a new <CODE>JWindow</CODE> as a splash screen using the
 * specified component as the content. The component should have all
 * the content it needs to display, like borders, images, text, etc.
 * The splash screen is centered on monitor. If width and height are
 * <CODE><= 0</CODE>, the default size of the component will be used
 * to size the splash screen.
 * 
 * The window object is returned to allow the application to manipulate
 * it, (such as move it or resize it, etc.). However, do not
 * dispose the window directly. Instead, use <CODE>hideSplash()</CODE>
 * to allow internal cleanup.
 * 
 * If the component is <CODE>null</CODE>, a default component with the
 * frame title and icon will be created.
 * 
 * The splash screen window will be passed the same
 * <CODE>GraphicsConfiguration</CODE> as this frame uses.
 * @param c the splash screen contents
 * @param w the splash screen width
 * @param h the splash screen height
 * @return the window object
 * @see #showSplash(Component)
 * @see #hideSplash()
 public JWindow showSplash(Component c, int w, int h) {
 // if a splash window was already created...
 if(splash != null) {
 // if it's showing, leave it; else null it
 if(splash.isShowing()) {
 return splash;
 } else {
 splash = null;
 // if the component is null, then create a generic splash screen
 // based on the frame title and icon
 if(c == null) {
 JPanel p = new JPanel();
 p.setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
 BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder(),
 BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10)
 JLabel l = new JLabel("Loading application...");
 if(getTitle() != null) {
 l.setText("Loading " + getTitle() + "...");
 if(getIconImage() != null) {
 l.setIcon(new ImageIcon(getIconImage()));
 p.add(l);
 c = p;
 splash = new JWindow(this, getGraphicsConfiguration());
 splash.getContentPane().add(c);
 splash.pack();
 // set the splash screen size
 if(w > 0 && h > 0) {
 splash.setSize(w, h);
 } else {
 splash.setSize(c.getPreferredSize().width, c.getPreferredSize().height);
 centerComponent(splash);
 splash.show();
 return splash;
 * Disposes the splash window.
 * @see #showSplash(Component, int, int)
 * @see #showSplash(Component)
 public void hideSplash() {
 if(splash != null) {
 splash.dispose();
 splash = null;
 * Runs an initializer <CODE>Runnable</CODE> object in a new thread.
 * The initializer object should handle application initialization
 * steps. A typical use would be:
 * <OL>
 * <LI>Create the frame.
 * <LI>Create the splash screen component.
 * <LI>Call <CODE>showSplash()</CODE> to display splash screen.
 * <LI>Run the initializer, in which:
 * <UL>
 * <LI>Build the UI contents of the frame.
 * <LI>Perform other initialization (load settings, data, etc.).
 * <LI>Pack and show the frame.
 * <LI>Call <CODE>hideSplash()</CODE>.
 * </UL>
 * </OL>
 * 
 * NOTE: Since this will be done in a new thread that is
 * external to the event thread, any updates to the splash screen that
 * might be done should be triggered through with
 * <CODE>SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(Runnable)</CODE>.
 * @param r the <CODE>Runnable</CODE> initializer
 public void runInitializer(Runnable r) {
 Thread t = new Thread(r);
 t.start();
 * Shows the frame centered on the screen.
 public void showCentered() {
 centerComponent(this);
 this.show();
 * Checks the busy state.
 * @return <CODE>true</CODE> if the frame is disabled;
 * <CODE>false</CODE> if the frame is enabled
 * @see #setBusy(boolean)
 public boolean isBusy() {
 return this.busy;
 * Sets the busy state. When busy, the glasspane is shown which will
 * consume all mouse and keyboard events, and a wait cursor is
 * set for the frame.
 * @param busy if <CODE>true</CODE>, disables frame;
 * if <CODE>false</CODE>, enables frame
 * @see #getBusy()
 public void setBusy(boolean busy) {
 // only set if changing
 if(this.busy != busy) {
 this.busy = busy;
 // If busy, keep current glass pane to put back when not
 // busy. This is done in case the application is using
 // it's own glass pane for something special.
 if(busy) {
 defaultGlassPane = getGlassPane();
 setGlassPane(glassPane);
 } else {
 setGlassPane(defaultGlassPane);
 defaultGlassPane = null;
 glassPane.setVisible(busy);
 glassPane.setCursor(busy ?
 Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR) :
 Cursor.getDefaultCursor()
 setCursor(glassPane.getCursor());
 * Handle key typed events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param ke the key event
 public void keyTyped(KeyEvent ke) {
 ke.consume();
 * Handle key released events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param ke the key event
 public void keyReleased(KeyEvent ke) {
 ke.consume();
 * Handle key pressed events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param ke the key event
 public void keyPressed(KeyEvent ke) {
 ke.consume();
 * Handle mouse clicked events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param me the mouse event
 public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
 me.consume();
 * Handle mouse entered events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param me the mouse event
 public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
 me.consume();
 * Handle mouse exited events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param me the mouse event
 public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
 me.consume();
 * Handle mouse pressed events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param me the mouse event
 public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me) {
 me.consume();
 * Handle mouse released events. Consumes the event for the glasspane
 * when the frame is busy.
 * @param me the mouse event
 public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me) {
 me.consume();
 * Centers the component <CODE>c</CODE> on the screen.
 * @param c the component to center
 * @see #centerComponent(Component, Component)
 public static void centerComponent(Component c) {
 centerComponent(c, null);
 * Centers the component <CODE>c</CODE> on component <CODE>p</CODE>.
 * If <CODE>p</CODE> is null, the component <CODE>c</CODE> will be
 * centered on the screen.
 * @param c the component to center
 * @param p the parent component to center on or null for screen
 * @see #centerComponent(Component)
 public static void centerComponent(Component c, Component p) {
 if(c != null) {
 Dimension d = (p != null ? p.getSize() :
 Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize()
 c.setLocation(
 Math.max(0, (d.getSize().width/2) - (c.getSize().width/2)),
 Math.max(0, (d.getSize().height/2) - (c.getSize().height/2))
 * Main method. Used for testing.
 * @param args the arguments
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 final AppFrame f = new AppFrame("Test Application",
 new ImageIcon("center.gif"));
 f.showSplash(null);
 f.runInitializer(new Runnable() {
 public void run() {
 f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 f.getContentPane().add(new JButton("this is a frame"));
 f.pack();
 f.setSize(300, 400);
 try {
 Thread.currentThread().sleep(3000);
 } catch(Exception e) {}
 f.showCentered();
 f.setBusy(true);
 try {
 Thread.currentThread().sleep(100);
 } catch(Exception e) {}
 f.hideSplash();
 try {
 Thread.currentThread().sleep(3000);
 } catch(Exception e) {}
 f.setBusy(false);
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Hi
Thanks fo this piece of code. This one really help me
Deepa

How to resolve a Lenovo PC that will not pass the Lenovo Splash screen with no access to Windows

Here is my problem and here is the solution!!!
My B540 Ideacentre would not pass the Lenovo splash screen. The only operational keys I had was F1 (BIOS) and F12 (BIOS options). F2 went to a light blue screen so no chance of even a one key recovery. Warrenty had expired four and a half months ago. I contacted Lenovo and after the guy told me to try F2 twice he said it was a HDD or other hardware failure and would cost around £200 maybe and also would take about two weeks.
AT THIS POINT YOU SHOULD NOT BE ANGRY FRUSTRATED OR PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND STOP AND THINK WHAT ACTUALLY WAS HAPPENING WHEN YOU LAST USED YOUR PC.
For me I remembered Windows had auto downloaded 8.1 and was asking me to install. Also my keyboard had lost shift W T Y keys. This told me that it was not a hardware issue but a software issue and perhaps from this update. My HDD was not clicking or beeping and this PC has a 2TB Seagate Barracuda which has a good reputation. Luckly for me I also have a Seagate external expansion 2TB and a 500MB expansion which was the HDD from my old HP Touchsmart which I converted into an external hard drive by buying a HDD enclosure with cooling fan and all leads from eBay for £25 and this is where the solution is.
If you can create an expansion drive so easily and access the HDD then why cant I do it with the HDD from my Ideacentre and of course you can. So first unplug your PC or laptop. Next remove the cover and unclip the HDD (which is easy with the B540. See user instructions). Next I removed my HP HDD from the enclosure and fitted my Ideacentre HDD in its place. Next you need a laptop or another PC. Switch it on and then connect your HDD to the laptop or PC via highspeed USB cable. My laptop is running Windows 7 Ultimate and of course has all the repair tools required. When the software has loaded you may get a box that will have two options. The first will ask you if you want to repair your files and the second to scan for bad sectors and to attempt repair recovery of sectors. Tick both boxes and click start. This is a long slow process but worth the wait. Nine hours later my HDD was ready. I connected my Seagate expansion to my laptop and moved all new files that I had not backed up. So at this point you should create a folder and move all your photos music videos documents etc to it. This can take upto three hours if you have never backed up before and are moving everything. Once completed I shut everything down and replaced the HDD into my Ideacentre. Make sure do not have any external devices connected such as expansions external drives headphones etc. Connect the power and switch on. The Ideacentre booted up and there was a pause at the splash screen then it went to a black screen and then by the miracle of logical thinking I was at my lock screen. I was never so glad to see the map of my home land "Ukraine". After jumping up and down with joy I then went in and all was as normal but to be sure I went into safemode and started a complete restore. This is the option where you completely format your HDD and restore as new. It takes a long time but it is the best option because you do not want this to happen again. When this has completed and you are in Windows do not wait a moment longer by playing with your photos or creating your desktop picture. Go to create a recovery drive (use a 32GB stick) and after that also make a copy to disc. Next go to command prompt (cmd) Admin and change a setting by typing bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy. This will now enable your F8 key to boot straight into safemode just incase you need to in the future. It will slow boot time a little but better to be able to get in to Windows than not at all for the sake of a few seconds.
Well I hope this helps someone out there and I know you may think its a lot to do but it is not. Ask a friend to borrow a laptop or PC and perhaps a HDD encloser. The rest is just time but when you see your lock screen you will not care trust me.
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I thought this was the method I used before but I followed through it and it was a horrific fail. "Operating system not found". Can anyone help?
http://superuser.com/questions/421402/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-windows-os-us ing-mac-os-x
Steps To Achieve Victory
Download the ISO you want to use
Open Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities)
Convert .iso to .img using hdiutil:
hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o /path/to/target.img /path/to/source.iso
Rename if OS X gave it a .dmg ending:
mv /path/to/target.img.dmg path/to/target.img
Type diskutil to get a list of currently connected devices
Insert USB drive you want to use
Run diskutil again to see what your USB stick gets assigned eg - /dev/disk3
Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (where N is the number assigned to your USB stick, in previous example it would be 3)
Run sudo dd if=/path/to/target.img of=/dev/diskN bs=1m (if you get an error, replace bs=1m with bs=1M
Run diskutil eject /dev/diskN and remove your USB stick
The USB stick will now be ready to use
Also similarly described here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1733410/creating-microsoft-bootable-usb -mountain-lion.html#.

AIR 3.9 as3 IOS app stuck on launch / loading / splash screen

When deploying an app to ipad2 ios7/iphone4 ios6/iphone5 ios7 the app doesnt get past the loading/splash screen.
Ive tried debugging on the device via usb but doesnt even hit the first breakpoint on the firtst line of code. Also deployed via testflight with the same result ie stuck on the loading screen.
I released the app in December but the app freezes on the loading screen from the app store!!?? Ive no idea how this passed apple testing etc and it previosly worked. ..Has anyone got any advice on how to debug this or does anyone know what could be the problem?
Ive now created a VERY simple app for testing, this includes all icons etc and just displays some text in a text box. This also freezes on the loading screen.
Im using Flashbuilder 4.7 with air 3.9
Ive updated compiler arg with -swf-version=22
application descriptor updated with - <application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/3.9">
included icons are -
<icon>
<image16x16>16x16.png</image16x16>
<image29x29>29x29.png</image29x29>
<image32x32>32x32.png</image32x32>
<image36x36>36x36.png</image36x36>
<image40x40>40x40.png</image40x40>
<image48x48>48x48.png</image48x48>
<image50x50>50x50.png</image50x50>
<image57x57>57x57.png</image57x57>
<image58x58>58x58.png</image58x58>
<image72x72>72x72.png</image72x72>
<image76x76>76x76.png</image76x76>
<image80x80>80x80.png</image80x80>
<image96x96>96x96.png</image96x96>
<image100x100>100x100.png</image100x100>
<image114x114>114x114.png</image114x114>
<image120x120>120x120.png</image120x120>
<image128x128>128x128.png</image128x128>
<image144x144>144x144.png</image144x144>
<image152x152>152x152.png</image152x152>
<image512x512>512x512.png</image512x512>
<image732x412>732x412.png</image732x412>
<image1024x1024>1024x1024.png</image1024x1024>
</icon>
included launch images are -
Default.png
320 x 480
iPhone, standard resolution
[email protected]
640 x 960
iPhone, high resolution
[email protected]
640 x 1136
iPhone, high resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio
Default-Portrait.png
768 x 1004 (AIR 3.3 and earlier)
768 x 1024 (AIR 3.4 and higher)
iPad, portrait orientation
[email protected]
1536 x 2008 (AIR 3.3 and earlier)
1536 x 2048 (AIR 3.4 and higher)
iPad, high resolution, portrait orientation
Default-PortraitUpsideDown.png
768 x 1004 (AIR 3.3 and earlier)768 x 1024 (AIR 3.4 and higher)
iPad, upside down portrait orientation
[email protected]
1536 x 2008 (AIR 3.3 and earlier)1536 x 2048 (AIR 3.4 and higher)
iPad, high resolution, upside down portrait orientation
Default-Landscape.png
1024 x 768
iPad, left landscape orientation
[email protected]
2048 x 1536
iPad, high resolution, left landscape orientation

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The app launches less than half of the time successfully.
Mar 5 11:46:09 backboardd[29] <Warning>: CoreAnimation: timed out fence 2a207
Mar 5 11:46:09 backboardd[29] <Warning>: CoreAnimation: timed out fence 2a0df
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Mar 5 11:46:09 backboardd[29] <Warning>: CoreAnimation: updates deferred for too long
Mar 5 11:46:13 backboardd[29] <Warning>: <app ID replaced> failed to resume in time
Mar 5 11:46:13 backboardd[29] <Warning>: Forcing crash report of <app ID replaced>[136]...
Mar 5 11:46:14 backboardd[29] <Warning>: Finished crash reporting.
It might have something to do with the new way iOS7 shows the last active screen of an app as a screenshot and optionally replaces it with the running app, if the app had been killed in the background. That way, it seems that more apps are running concurrently than the device supports. There's often a flicker showing the real app behind the splash screen WHEN I minimize a stuck splash screen.

Photoshop wont open, error at splash screen

i had CS3 running fine for as long as i can remember.. (on winxp pro sp3 32bit)
then all of a sudden today when i try to start it.. it opens and the splash screen comes up, then when it gets to 'initializing palettes' i get an error that says etc etc memory cannot be read...
i uninstalled, ran the cleaner, deleted all cs3 folders in docs&settings.. reinstalled.. same problem
ive spent the last few hours on google looking for some solutions but couldnt come up with anything that helped..
any ideas at all? i dont want to have to reformat just to get photoshop to work again, thats a bit silly of a solution.. there has to be some other reason..

ive reset the prefs.. ran the cleaner.. searched the registry.. etc etc..
the only thing i can think of that ive added since the last time i used photoshop was the new google chrome browser, which i uninstalled and it didnt help any
my hard drives all check out fine, memtest shows my 2gb of ram have 0 errors, ran several virus/spyware/etc scans and got nothing..
i really dont wanna reformat just for one program that seems to have randomly stopped working.. there has to be another solution lol.. reformatting for me is a huge pain as it takes quite a while for me to get everything tweaked back to the way i like it..
i guess later tonight ill try installing it on my vista partition and if it works on that, i guess i can just boot up to vista instead of xp when i need to use it

Custom splash screen only shows up when command line is used...

Hi,
Everything in my Java web start application works perfectly but, the custom splash screen only shows up when command line is used ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin>javaws -verbose http://www.xxx.eu/AcSentVivresCrus/AcSentJnlp/AcSent.jnlp"), if I use the shortcut on the desktop or in the start menu, the Java 7 splash screen shows up (tested under Windows Vista and Seven). Does someone have any clues?
Thanks...
My jnlp file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="6.0+" href="AcSent.jnlp">
<information>
 <title>AcSent : Commande de repas</title>
 <description>AcSent - Commande de repas</description>
 <vendor>AcSent</vendor>
 <homepage href="http://www.xxx.eu" />
 <icon href="acSentIconBiseau.png" />
 <icon href="splashAcSentRC.png" kind="splash" />
 <shortcut online="true">
 <desktop />
 <menu submenu="AcSent" />
 </shortcut>
</information>
<security>
 <all-permissions />
</security>
<resources>
 <j2se version="1.6+" href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se" max-heap-size="128m" />
 <jar href="AcSentJnlpProgressIndicator.jar" download="progress" />
 <jar href="AcSentJnlp.jar" main="true" version="1.0" />
 <property name="jnlp.packEnabled" value="true" />
 <property name="jnlp.versionEnabled" value="true" />
</resources>
<application-desc name="AcSent" main-class="eu.acsent.jnlp.AcSentApplication"
 progress-class="eu.acsent.jnlp.progressindicator.CustomProgress">
</application-desc>
</jnlp>

Hi again,
I made some researches :
- The link in the generated shorcuts ("C:\Windows\SysWOW64\javaws.exe -localfile -J-Djnlp.application.href=http://www.xxx.eu/AcSentVivresCrus/AcSentJnlp/AcSent.jnlp "C:\Users\Arnaud\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\Deployment\cache\6.0\46\69c1e9ee-1f252d1a") is not the same as the one I use in the command line ("C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin>javaws -verbose http://www.xxx.eu/AcSentVivresCrus/AcSentJnlp/AcSent.jnlp"). Is there a way in the the JNLP file to tell how to generate shortcuts (not the icon, etc., but command line options)?
- This sample (https://blogs.oracle.com/thejavatutorials/entry/changing_the_java_web_start) displays the splash screen when I click on the the generated shortcuts (I use Windows 7). I have copied the ButtonDemo jar file and the JNLP file on my IIS web server (Windows 2008 Server), this time the splash screen does not show up when I click the generated shortcuts but always shows up when I use the command line. Can someone tell me if it is a trouble with IIS ?
Thanks again...

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