Start Up issues and RSD
I've been having fun with my new toy, and as a new user of Mac I have generally been impressed, but this issue is really bugging me. I bought a reconditioned/refurbished MacBook a fortnight ago, and on the second or third day started having problems with start up and freezing. The display gets to the page with Finder in the top bar, but the mouse freezes and nothing seems to unfreeze it including the forced quit. I end up powering off and on again, and the issue may recur another 5-6 times before becoming stable. I have rung the local AppleStore for technical assistance, which involved using the disk utility, verifying permissions etc. That hasn't worked. If I try and connect to the internet after finally getting logged on, part way through the dial up procedure the laptop freezes and again the forced quit doesn't work. I also have an issue that when clicking on a link within Safari eg the User tips library on this site I experience RSD and have to go through the whole rigmarole again of getting the laptop up and running and connected to the internet. i do not have the option of wireless, broadband etc - only dial up. thanks for any insights.
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)
I have had some other issues with disk errors which the repairers determined to be software induced, and charged me accordingly to fix - I find it a little difficult to accept that a product which I had had less than three weeks, and to which I hadn't added/deleted any applications etc could suddenly have a software problem and wouldn't be covered under the warranty. The repairer did not address the RSD/startup/sleep problem, stating that it wasn't there and that the software issue should have resolved it. It did the same thing at the front reception, so they kept my little book and replaced the logic board. in the week that I have had it back I haven't had any startup issues and only 3 RSD - generally whilst connected to the internet (dial up). I think I can consider the problem resolved!
Belinda
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Macbook Pro 10.6.8 -Minor start up issues and graphical problems.
Hey guys, I have a Macbook Pro 10.6.8. I have had this computer since Christmas 2010 and I am pretty sure it was made in mid 2010. In the time I have been using it, it has run smoothely and worked very well overall. However, in the past few months I have noticed a few odd things when starting up the computer.
These things include:
- My current desktop image is sometimes replaced with the one I had before.
- Sometimes the white loading screen with the apple logo will show for around 5-10 minutes before the computer fully starts up
And within the past week, I have seen a few other odd occurances:
- The graphics seem to lag at times, like when I'm typing, after I hit the keys it takes a bit more than an instant (like normally) for the letters to appear.
- A few days ago, in Safari, I got a colored pinwheel that just wouldn't go away. It also seemed like it was affecting the whole system, because when I tried to force quit, it took about 2 or 3 minutes for the menu to come up after I right clicked the Safari icon.
- Some programs taking a few seconds longer than normal to start and respond.
And just last night, this happened:
- I shut the computer and tried getting back on an hour later. When I opened it back up, there was an unresponsive black screen and the sleep light stayed lit instead of blinking.
I am becoming increasingly worried something is seriously wrong with my machine and I appreciate any help you can provide.Hi,
Do you have all the updates installed? If so, I think you may need to do some maintenance on your Mac. Some caches to clean, some permissions to repair, etc... You can either use Onyx (here, just make sure to download the right version, not the Lion one: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11582/onyx) when your session is running, but it takes some getting used to.
Alternately, you can install a small utility called AppleJack (here: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15667/applejack), but it has to be run in Single User mode, by holding the Command and S keys down on startup. After that, you just type "applejack AUTO restart" (without the quotes, and that's a caps-on AUTO), then hit Enter, and let AppleJack do its job. Will take some time for your Mac to boot after that, but you should find a more usable machine in the end. -
Start up issues and open firm ware.
Ok, so heres the deal. I have a Gigabit G4 with dual 500 processors. I had a bad motherboard and replaced it. But getting the machine up and running again has proven challenging.
Here are the problems I am having.
1. The power button on the front stays on all the time, whether the computer is running or not. It will go off if I unplug it, and it does not appear to function as the power button any more. The only way to power on is to plug in the machine.
2. At start up, there is about a 3 second tone that sounds before the usual mac chime. This tone is only heard once per start up but at every start up. According to Apple and their 'beep' chart that means bad ram. I have checked the ram with another machine and all is good. Also once booted the system profiler can read all the ram just fine and it passes third party ram tests.
3. After the classic Mac chime I go straight to Open Firmware. Every time. I have pressed the PMU. I have reset the nvram in open firmware, I have zapped the pram. And still I start in Open Firmware every time.
Help please, this is driving me insane. I want my reliable Mac back.
As for an OS on the machine, it currently has a triple boot of Mac OS X Server 10.1, OS X Server 10.4, and Mac OS X 10.4 client.
Thank you in advance,
tom
I removed all components except for original equipment.Bump
There has to be someone on this forum that has solved this. Or at least have some Ideas that I have not thought of yet.
Anyone?? -
I am experiencing some major problems with my MacBook Pro. I have had some issues with it turning on/off at random times, but today, when starting, I get the grey start-up screen and a recovery bar. After filling in approx 1/4 of the way, the machine dies. After starting it in recovery mode, it will not allow me to download OS X Mavericks- it says the disk is locked. Any ideas? I do not have a back-up and do not want to erase everything before I have explored my options. Help?
try forcing internet recover, hold 3 keys - command, option, r - you should see a spinning globe
most people will tell you to do both pram and smc resets (google) and if you still have issues, either clean install (easy) or troubleshoot (hard) -
I have a MacBook pro that has power issues and will not start but the hardrive is fine. I do not want to lose all of my files so I was wondering if it's possible to transfer my hardrive from a older Macbook pro to a new one if I were to purchase a new one? Also, the software is not updated as the computer hasn't worked for about 2 months.
Also, if it is possible to transfer the hardrive, would my iTunes music transfer as well? It is not saved in the cloud.
Thanks for your help, it is much appreciated.You computer is probably perfectly repairable, but if you want a new one anyway, it is perfectly possible to transfer the data from the faulty one.
But it would be a mistake to simply put the old HD in the new computer.
These are the steps:
Remove Hard drive from faulty computer. (very easy on Unibody MBPs, do-able but not so easy on older MBPs)
Put it in a cheap enclosure
Connect it the new computer
Boot up new computer.
If the new computer has never been run before the Setup Assistant will ask if you want to import your apps, data, settings etc from either another mac, another HD connected to the Mac or a Time Machine back up.
Obviously chose the second option (another HD connected to this Mac) and follow prompts.
If the new computer has already been run (so Setup Assistant doesn't run when you boot it up), you will need to use Migration Assistant...or run the installer again so that Setup Assistant runs again.
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My older mac book pro and iMac are both running 10.6.8 and both have started running safari and email VERY slowly. My new mac book pro running 10.9 is having no issues. Is anyone else experiencing these issues?
No noticeable speed differences running the four latest OSs on my machine.
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I purchased an iPhone 3 and had taken some photos on it. I started having issues within 30 days and could replace it. So I created an iCloud account and saved those photos as a back up on iCloud. I did not restore my new phone from back up because I did not realize I needed to restore and not just activitate it. How can I save the new photos, apps, and other stuff but retrieve the old photos?
If all you want is your old photos, you could backup your new phone using iTunes, then restore it from your iCloud backup, import the old photos to your computer, then restore it from the backup your made in iTunes returning your newer data to your phone. If you want your old photos on your phone, sync them there from your computer using iTunes. The process would look like this:
Connect your phone to your computer, when it appears in iTunes on the left sidebar right-click on it and select Transfer Purchases; right-click again and select Backup.
Disconnect from your computer and go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content and Settings to return it to new
Go through the activation setup, choosing to Restore from iCloud backup. Make sure your phone is plugged into a charger and has access to wi-fi as this can take hours to complete.
When complete, without connecting your phone to your computer, open iTunes and go to Preferences. On the Devices tab check "Prevent...from syncing automatically"
Now import the old photos to your computer (see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083)
When done, open iTunes, right-click on the name of your phone on the left sidebar and select Restore from Backup, choose the backup you made in step 1.
Go to the Photos tab and select the photos you want to sync to your phone and sync. -
Hi All,
I tried to search through the community, but with the sheer volume of posts, I didn't find anything that seemed like the same issue.
My iPad 4 just started having issues with the volume. On either Bluetooth or the iPad Speaker, anything I'm watching or listening to drops the sound to just barely hearing it and then, about 2 seconds later, it comes back.
I haven't tried wired ear phones, but I am sure they'll be the same way.
It's very random, but consistent enough to happen several times per day.
Thanks for any help that anyone can provide.
I have restarted it and also did a Hard Reboot and it didn't help.
Thanks Again,
Scott P.Well there you go, when you advertise it just be sure to say that you can't even see the scratches at half brightness and see how it goes.
Of course you are saying you want $500 for one with many scratches on the screen, has been dropped, but the scratches aren't visible at half brightness, and has no warranty. Or I can buy a refurbished iPad 4 WiFi 32 GB directly from Apple with no scratches and a one year warranty for $499. http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD514LL/A/refurbished-ipad-with-retina-display -wi-fi-32gb-white-4th-generation
Why would I buy yours?
I wouldn't pay more than $300 for a used model with your specs in perfect condition. But yours is far from perfect. I think your high point is $250 which is why I said 50%. -
Started iTunes Match and the songs are individually available on my apple TV, and there is a tab for playlists. Yet the only playlists available are the Preset itunes generated 4: 90's music, Classical Music videos, and Recently Added. Yet even the recently Added playlist does not contain my most recelty added music purchased form iTunes and shows that is in the Cloud. None of my other playlists are on my apple tv yet looking at the playlists from my iTunes on my mac, there looks to be no issues relating to them and the cloud. Even tried making a new playlist. It made no difference. It would be nice to figure out how to have my music available on my TV without having to open up my computer everytime. Yes I know I can use my cell phone but, I'd like to put my photos to music and to set that up I need the Itunes Match playlists to WORK
Hi I had exactly the same problem, I don't know if you setup your Apple TV before you subscribed to iTunes I match? If you did then I did the same and although all my songs showed up on my Apple TV none of my playlist did.
This is how I fixed it I went into settings on the Apple TV menu and reset the device back to factory default, I then setup the unit again adding in my iTunes username and password etc, ticked the bix that says turn on I match and then went into music
It took a few moments but it said updating once this finished I checked playlists and all my playlists as per my desktop PC were showing up!
I hope this Helios resolve your problem too :) -
Mac Pro 2008 Apple Cinema Displays are black and there are start up issues
I have a Mac Pro 2008 Dual quad 2.8 GHz. I have two Apple Cinema Displays (graphics are the standard ATI Radeon HD 2600 – 2 dual link DVI. I have 4 2-GB RAM sticks (8 GB total).
Neither of my displays are showing anything. Their power lights are on but they are completely black throughout the start up process. In addition when I try to boot up with both graphics cards installed, I get nothing – no beeps no chimes. If just one card is installed (either card in either slot) the computer beeps, chimes and makes the sounds of booting up, but not a flicker on the displays. RAM does not seem to be the issue as I have tried booting with several configurations of RAM sticks with no negative or positive effects. I tried booting up with Hard Drives 1 & 2 removed with no effect. I have tried several different start up moods and have reset PRAM.
My guess is that there is something wrong with the motherboard. Or is it possible that both graphics cards are bad?The "least intensive" thing you can do is hold down Alt/Option at Startup. Thsi invokes the all-in-ROM Startup Manager, which will light up the screen gray or blue, then attempt to draw an Icon for each potentially-bootable Volume attached (if any). It works as if in slow motion, so you must be patient. If no activity after about two minutes you may count that as a failure.
The next most intensive is to attempt to boot from an incorruptible source of software, such as an Installer/Utilities DVD. This again uses the "one-size-fits-all" display driver, and attempts to load software off the DVD. The dark colored Apple is loaded off a drive -- it is not present inside your Mac.
The next most intensive step is to attempt to boot into Safe Mode. This also uses the "one-size-fits-all" display Driver, and does a disk check as it starts up, adding five minutes to the startup time. It then drwas a login screen and deamds your username and password, even if you normally auto-login. -
Has anyone experienced a similar issue and was solved by replacing the HDD?
Does your qualify timewise (within 3 years of initial sale)?
http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/
If so, call them.
I had mine replaced last year. There are several reasons why a computer does not boot, so it is difficult to say if the hard drive was the cause. You can take yours to an Apple store and ask to have diagnostic tests run. Youc an also boot up from your backup and run Disk Utility > Verify disk on your internal to see if any errors pop up. -
SD Card Issues and Sound Issues
Hello all,
I bought my Xperia Z2 probably 2-3 months ago and I have to say I do love this phone.
However I have come across a few issues that seems to be, not so common as I cannot find any solutions online (Which is why I'm here).
I am having 2 issues:
1st Issue:
SD Card Issue, this is a funny one as I have not been able to identify what actually causes this issue. Now this all started (or when I started to realise the issue) when I changed some settings in the Camera App. I saw that it was saving photos to "Internal Storage" and since I specifically bought a new SD card for the Xperia Z2, I wanted to store photos on the SD card instead.
So I changed it to SD Card Storage and all is well (At least, that is what I thought).
After taking some photos one day, I got home and wanted to preview them, in the photos app and Album (Sony's Photo Previewer) it shows that the photo is corrupted or missing (Depending on which app I'm using). This really annoyed me as the photos I took seems to be all lost and corrupted. So I tried to use a file explorer (Including File Commander) to find the actual file and open it, but it seems to have the same problem. I get this grey background with a picture of a mountain with like a thunderbolt sign (Broken sign).
Following this, I have also tried to copy some video files onto the SD card and it has been giving me troubles too. I tried to copy videos onto the SD card in 2 ways, first way is to take the SD card out, connect it to a SD card reader and plug that into the computer. After it finished copying onto the SD card, the files would just disappear (I use computers a lot and this was very surprising and new to me... It's like the SD card deleted the files right after it was copied, or maybe even 'hid' the files).
So since that method didn't work I thought I would try putting the SD card back into the phone and connect the phone to the computer then use Sony's MediaGO (Computer App) to transfer the videos and it sort of worked this time. I copied 14 videos over and only the first 2 videos are working, the others are all "Media is missing" or of some sort. I checked the video's format and they are all either .avi or .mp4 which I don't think is a problem as the first 2 videos are in .avi so surely other .avi videos would work too? Guess not...
So it seems like I am having troubles with Video and Photos on the SD card as music is working 100% fine. Used Media GO to copy the music on and it's all working wonderfully.
Some of you might suggest formatting the SD Card, I will say I have... I have tried the above methods before formatting AND after formatting (Formatting using Xperia Z2, or shall I say "erase").
The SD card I have is Sandisk's 64GB Ultra (I bought this to anticipate 4K or at least 1080p video recordings).
If the issue here is SD Card compatibility and I was silly enough to not have seen that prior, then I would gladly admit it's my fault and be happy that the solution would simply mean to buy another SD card.
But that said, I highly doubt that would be the issue due to the fact that the SD card is made for performance (Not the best performance as the Extreme and Extreme Pro range are a lot better) and the card is new.
2nd Issue:
Now this issue is not as bad as the first issue, it's something to do with the sound. I understand the phone has 3 sound controls, one for the Ringtone for when you get a notification or/and phone call, one for Media and one for Alarm.
What I do is I have the Ringtone volume sitting at around 50% and Media will be dependent as I change it when I open an app but the issue I've been having is this:
If I open an app (Mainly games that has sound/music) and I change the Media volume to say 70% or even 20%, whenever I get a notification whilst in-app the notification volume seems to be at 100% no matter what I do with the media volume. This is weird as my default Ringtone/Notification volume is sitting very low at around 50% or even if I change it to 20%.
What am I missing here? Any thoughts?
With the above 2 issues, last resort would be to factory reset my phone but will be willing to do it if there's a high chance of the issue getting fixed.
Your thoughts will be greatly received as right now I'm just lost and not sure what to do with the issues. I'm slowly getting the feeling that I should just give up on the phone and use it for phone calls, music and forget about the whole photo/video taking which is very sad as I love the phone's photo/video taking features.
Solved!
Go to Solution.Hello Rickard,
Thank you for the link, I have started the test and 10 minutes into the test the speed for writing dropped. Anyways I only managed to get through in writing 8GB of data then I gave up. I then started to verify that 8GB of data that was written on the SD Card.
I have to say, it does seem like that SD Card is defective
Thank you for providing the link, what I will do now is get another SD Card and see if the problem is still there.
If the problem goes away I would consider my 1st issue being solved
However I am still not sure about my 2nd issue as this is not related to the SD card. Even without the SD card in the phone I seem to be experiencing this problem.
It's frustrating sometimes as if I'm trying to keep the volume down and play a game I can't because any notifications that comes through will be at 100% volume.
Perhaps there's a setting I'm missing?
Your help would be greatly appreciated. -
Compilation of Lenovo X120e issues and solutions
Just thought a compilation of issues may be beneficial for folks who own an X120e.
Screen adjusts brightness automatically without user input depending on content on screen:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X100e-screen-brightness-increasing-by-itself/td...
This is caused by Vari-Bright being enabled in the Catalyst Control Center. With this option enabled, the screen will automatically adjust its brightness depending on what is shown on the screen. The display brightness is increased when the screen is predominantly white while the display brightness is decreased when the screen is predominantly dark. An easiest way to see this effect happening is to have two tabs opened in a web browser window. Set one tab to display a website that is mainly filled with white pixels (such as this Lenovo Forum) and another tab to display a website that is mainly filled with dark pixels (such as http://www.krijtenberg.nl/ ). Switch between the two, pausing a few seconds in each tab.
Solution:
Open the Catalyst Control Center and select the PowerPlay option in the Power section. Uncheck the Vari-Bright option (or adjust the slider) and click Apply. Verify that the automatic adjustment is no longer occuring by doing the two tab experiment described above.
Function keys for brightness control not working after waking from sleep / hibernation in some instances:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Funtion-keys-for-brightness-not-working/t...
For my X120e, whenever I have it sleeping or hibernating and change the power source (such as initiating sleep when on power and then waking it up while on battery, or vice versa), the function keys for brightness controls do not work.
Solution:
Restarting the machine will bring back functionality of the brightness control keys...
A way to prevent this from happening in the first place is to wake the X120e in the same power state that the X120e was put to sleep in (wake up from power adapter if slept while connected to power adapter, or wake up from battery if slept while on battery).
All we can do now is wait for Lenovo to come up with a fix on their side of things.
AMD SATA Controller and TRIM for SSD:
The AMD SATA Controller provided by Lenovo does not support passing of TRIM command according to http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/450343-post35.html for SSDs. The Lenovo provided AMD SATA Controller is 1.2.1.197, before the official TRIM support in 1.2.1.263. If you're using a HDD, this is of no concern.
Solution:
In order to have support for passing of TRIM command, one has to update the AMD SATA Controller to any version above 1.2.1.263 ( http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/Pages/integrated_win7-64.aspx#3 for Windows 7 64-bit, for example) or uninstall the AMD SATA Controller to revert back to Microsoft's Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller.
Disclaimer: Since the AMD SATA Controller driver linked is not from Lenovo themselves, I'm sure they won't provide any support if something is to occur so try at your own risk.
As HP79 mentions below, at least according to the update notes, TRIM implementation is implemented for Hudson chipsets as of 1.2.001.263.
Audio Stutter / Slurring occuring during playback of video/audio:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Stuttering-Audio/td-p/389023
This issue can be reproduced (at least on my X120e) by waking the X120e after putting it to sleep. The symptom is the audio repeating a sound over a span of a second or two during playback and is quite noticable.
Solution:
uEFI Bios version 1.11 seems to deal with the audio stuttering issue. So far, results lead to positive outcomes.
Old Solution:
PWMTR64V.DLL that is loaded at Startup seems to be causing this issue. Disabling it from launching when starting up seems to cure the Audio Stutter (even after waking up from sleep which was seen to be a pretty reliable way to get the issue to repro). Start Menu > Launch MSCONFIG from the Search Bar > Select Startup Tab from the System Configuration window > Uncheck Thinkpad Power Manager > Restart.
This does not seem to turn off the power manager application itself so settings in Power Manager can be saved and it seems to still be in effect. However, opening up Power Manager from the notification / taskbar can cause audio stuttering and mouse movement slowdown while it is launching and/or when applying settings. This is only temporary and is gone when Power Manager is closed. (Thanks kns7977 for the find)
Pending to see if those who uninstalled Power Manager are able to turn off the offending startup .dll.
Mouse seems to stutter or stay in place for a moment when moving:
This seems to be caused by the same issue causing the Audio Stutter / Slurring. At least at this time, the cause of the issue and solution seems to be the same.
Emulating Middle Mouse Button with Trackpoint:
One can set up the middle button between the left and right click button for the TrackPoint to act like pressing a middle mouse button on a standard mouse by changing the scrolling type to Smooth instead of the default Standard.
Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > Mouse > UltraNav Tab > Setting for TrackPoint > Setting for Choose Scrolling or Magnifying Glass Function > Smooth.
Trackpad's two finger gesture being hit or miss:
The trackpad's two finger scrolling is very hit and miss.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X120e-Touchpad-issues/td-p/393751
Solution: Turning off Gesture Filtering may alleviate the problem. As mentioned in http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/561751-x120e-owners-thread-24.html#post7323293, it seems that the Gesture Filtering is counteracting any sort of two finger input.
Get to Mouse Properties by Fn + F8, select Manage Settings. At Mouse Properties, select the UltraNav tab > Settings for TouchPad. Expand the Smart Check Settings, highlight Gesture Filtering, and uncheck the Enable Gesture Filtering box and Apply.
Screen flickers lines:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Flickering/td-p/389523
Had this issue occur on me once, but never seen it happen again. Unsure what caused or cured it.
Solution:
If the flickering is occuring, a restart is all that is needed to alleviate the problem. Haven't tested if hibernation fixes it, but neither sleep nor turning off the screen with the Power Manager dealt with the flickering.
3-Cell Battery mentioned as a 40Wh in the Order Page of Lenovo X120e when it is actually rated as 32Wh according to Power Manager:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X120e-3-cell-40Wh-battery-reported-as-32Wh-by-P...
Yeah...
Solution:
Accept that it's a 32Wh you will get when selecting 3-Cell or go for the 6-Cell if you want more than 32Wh.
2x2 ABGN Driver from Lenovo triggering Error Code 10:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/X120e-ABGN-Driver-issue-in-Windows-7-Pro-x64/td...
The Wireless driver from Lenovo's site seems to not work with the 2x2 ABGN wireless when installed on a fresh copy of Windows 7 x64.
Solution:
Not really quite a solution, but one can bypass this by either installing the 32-bit Windows 7 and installing the 32-bit driver, or using the factory recovery disc to install 64 bit windows 7 to have it install drivers that work for x64 windows 7.
X120e bluescreens after installing LAN Realtek 7.26.902.2010 drivers from Lenovo's Driver download site.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-bluescreen-when-installing-lan-drivers/td...
The drivers doesn't seem to work and it causes a bluescreen on fresh installed Windows 7 x64.
Solution:
As Clicq suggests, Realtek's own drivers from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTy... seems to deal with the issue.
Screen quality on the X120e:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-poor-LCD-quality-viewing-angles/td-p/3945...
The quality of the screen on an X120e is below expectations.
This is common with low-quality TN panels not helped by glossy displays. My personal X120e screen likes to bleed certain colors of red.
Solution (not really):
One can use the Windows 7 built-in color calibration tool to adjust the colors to make it more tolerable. Adjusting your own viewing angle in relation to the screen might deal with some color issues (hard to figure out what's the correct viewing angle because of TN panel's small range of optimal viewing angles). Also, changing the refresh rate to 60Hz may deal with some headaches due to the screen (as it did for me).
HDMI Overscan to HDTV issue:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/HDMI-overscan-to-HDTV-issue-on-x120e/m-p/395335
There is a black border when outputting to HDTV through HDMI.
Solution:
AMD's CCC by default sets a specific value for overscan / underscan. One can http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Output-to-TV-via-HDMI-port-black-border-on-the-... while the device is connected via HDMI (the option is hidden if the HDMI port is not used) and adjust the slider to an acceptable value.
Skype asserts after 10-20 seconds of video chat:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/x120e-Skype-quits-after-10-20-seconds-of-video/...
When doing a video chat, the video feed will freeze and then skype will crash to desktop.
Solution:
Version 5.3 of Skype seems to be the culprit. Until Skype itself is fixed, one can use Skype 5.2.60.113 from http://www.filehippo.com/download_skype/changelog/9465/ to bypass this issue. Just reject any offer to update to 5.3 after installing 5.2, for now.
If there is anything I missed, please respond and I'll update this post with new information. These are the ones that I have encountered so far with my Lenovo X120e. Don't get me wrong, I like my X120e... it's just been a "learning" experience lol
For a compilation of most X120e issues:
Compilation of Lenovo X120e issues and solutionsAbout the AHCI driver, if you download and open the install file, it'll extract files to where you instructed it to. Look in AMD SB7xx/W764A directory, and there are the AHCI files along with a text file. In that text it shows
AMD AHCI controller driver distribution list
Version 1.2.001.0275, 11/11/2010
Supported chipsets
SB700 family
SB800 family
Hudson-1/2/3 family
Revision History
1.2.001.0275
- Memory usage optimization
- ZPODD power on incurred 10 sec delay workaround
- Potential DMA overrun bug fix
1.2.001.263
- Performance optimization
- Boot Optimization
- TRIM implementation
1.2.001.0238
Renamed
- amdsata.inf -> amd_sata.inf
- amdsata.cat -> amd_sata.cat
- amdsata.sys -> amd_sata.sys
- amdxata.sys -> amd_xata.sys
Added
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- DAPS support
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List of forum editor issues and bugs
This thread is work in progress. Please report additional bugs and issues you are aware off. I will try to reproduce the issue and add your information to the appropriate columns below. Thanks!
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Issue
Date
Summary
Browser
Status
Remark
1
08-Jan-2014
last verified
24-Aug-2014
Text copied from discussions, such as code, result in double line spacing when copied to the host system.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
open
open
fixed
fixed
1.1
1.2
2
08-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Cannot append text or code to Syntax Highlighting.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
fixed
fixed
fixed
fixed
3
08-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Cannot properly select text or code with Syntax Highlighting.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
improved
fixed
fixed
fixed
3.1
4
08-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Subsequent edit sessions add empty lines to Syntax Highlighting code.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
fixed
fixed
fixed
fixed
5
08-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Copying text under Syntax Highlighting includes line numbers.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
improved
open
fixed
fixed
5.1
5.2
6
08-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Cannot copy and paste the whole Syntax Highlighting frame.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
improved
fixed
improved
improved
6.1
6.3
6.3
7
09-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Syntax Highlighting suppresses empty lines and white space when browsing.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
fixed
fixed
fixed
fixed
8
08-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Syntax Highlighting overwrites font.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
improved
improved
improved
improved
8.1
8.1
8.1
8.1
9
09-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Cannot paste any text into the editor window.
Firefox
Internet Explorer 11
Safari
Chrome
working
fixed
working
working
10
09-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Cannot change the font when selecting several lines of text.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
improved
working
fixed
improved
10.1
10.1
11
09-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Changing the font gets confused and shows the wrong font.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
improved
working
open
open
11.1
11.3
11.3
12
09-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Pasting a URL captures the text insertion point.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
fixed
fixed
fixed
fixed
13
16-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Quoting captures insertion point.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
fixed
fixed
fixed
fixed
14
24-Jan-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Adding HTML label tag for no apparent reason.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
fixed
fixed
fixed
fixed
15
28-Feb-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Undo disables functions, such as Quote and Syntax Highlighting and results in complete loss of text when attempting to post.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
Improved
working
working
working
15.1
16
28-Feb-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
Syntax Highlighting shows several <span> when browsing.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
fixed
fixed
fixed
fixed
17
23-Jun-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
When specifying a table width, typed numbers are falling through and land the table as text.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
open
open
open
open
18
23-Aug-2014
Quoting of content with Syntax Highlighting looks fine when editing, but when posting, quoting around SH is removed.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
open
open
open
open
19
22-Aug-2014
Text like "Patch 11.2.0.3" are converted to non-functional hyperlinks when posting.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
open
open
open
open
20
20-Jul-2014
last verified23-Aug-2014
The editor toolbar disappears behind the forum banner when scrolling to the next page.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
open
open
open
open
21
17-Nov-2014
Insertion point displayed in text under Syntax Highlighting is not showing the real position.
Firefox
open
22
23-Aug-2014
Hover-up and pop-up menus are in the way then typing text in tables and code under Syntax Highlighting.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
open
open
open
open
23
23-Aug-2014
Copying text from the first post of a thread includes a grey background.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
working
working
open
open
24
24-Aug-2014
Copy and paste does not retain the size of a picture and resizing produces bad quality images. Resizing also no longer shows picture dimensions. Copying images between documents does not copy size settings.
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari
Chrome
open
open
open
open
25
17-Nov-2014
Copying and pasting of text determine the source format and creates unwanted or useless tables, affecting also Syntax Highlighting.
Firefox
open
26
17-Nov-2014
Adding additional rows to tables do not inherit the previous cell formats, such as vertical and horizontal center line.
Firefox
working
27
02-Dec-2014
The Jive spell-checker is difficult to use. Pointing and clicking of marked text has to be very precise in order to function, or the spell-checker deactivates itself.
Firefox
open
Ref. No.
Remarks
1.1
Pasting of regular text results in double-line spacing. Pasting of code with Syntax Highlighting does not produce double-line spacing, but includes line numbers when pasting in a rich text editor window, or results in indented lines when pasting to the command prompt or plain text window.
1.2
Pasting of code with Syntax Highlighting includes line numbers when pasting into notepad or to the command prompt. Copying of normal text does not wrap and appears a single line when pasting into notepad.
3.1
Selecting of code and copying works, but selected text looks like a tape and is not visible.
5.1
Copy works find and does not include line numbers, but the text is indented.
When pasting text into a rich text enabled editor window, it includes line numbers.
5.2
Code in syntax highlighting does not copy blank lines, but copies line numbers.
6.1
Only parts of a code segment can be copied, but not the complete code segment. Copy and paste always copies an additional line that was actually not selected.
6.3
Copy and paste only copies the code but not syntax highlighting, which can however be can be re-applied.
8.1
Applying syntax highlighting now applies a font that is suitable for displaying code.
However, it is not possible to change the font, if necessary, or apply color or bold or highlighting. Color can be applied, which looks like double-vision, but anyway is removed when posting.
10.1
Not working reliably. Sometimes the last line selected is not changed, or only the first line changes.
11.1
Sometimes fonts are not displayed properly, for instance, the text insertion point may show Arial, but the text is Courier. There is no clear pattern when this happens or what triggers the problem.
11.3
The text insertion point or selected text always reports the font name "font family", regardless of the font applied.
15.1
Ctrl-z aborting editor functions under Firefox on Mac OS X. However, Cmd-z, which is standard, works properly. This problem does not affect Safari.
Issue
Steps to reproduce
Workaround
1
Copy a couple or more lines of text from a discussion window and paste it into any application or document on your host system. For instance:
The following may produce double line spacing:
If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those
ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it.
The following should work correctly:
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will
cause the most damage will be the first one to go wrong
Use Shift-Return instead of Return to terminate the end of lines when creating text.
Use a different browser to perform cut and paste operations, such as Apple Safari or Google Chrome.
2
Paste some text code into the forum editor window. Select the code and choose Syntax Highlighting:Plain from the editor toolbar (>>). Close and re-edit the thread. It is not possible to place the insertion point below the block of code in order to add any additional lines of code or to add any normal text. For instance:
mknod compress_pipe p
mknod export_pipe p
chmod +rw export_pipe compress_pipe
nohup split -b 8192m < export_pipe &
nohup gzip < compress_pipe > export_pipe &
exp system/passwd full=y direct=y consistent=y compress=n \
buffer=10485760 file=compress_pipe
It is possible to insert additional code or text below Syntax Highlighting, provided the frame it is not the end, as shown in issue 7.
Add any line of text at the end of your code before applying Syntax Highlighting to the lines above.
Adding code within the frame of Syntax Highlighting works in Safari and Google Chrome.
3
Re-edit a post with Syntax Highlighting. It is not possible to properly select any lines of code. An additional empty code line is added and the focus is shifted. The selection mask does not match the actual text. It is pretty much impossible to re-edit Syntax Highlighting.
Screenshot: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6121/viun.jpg
Use Safari or Google Chrome when to re-edit text or code under Syntax Highlighting.
4
Every subsequent edit of a post with Syntax Highlighting adds an empty blank line to the code block with an incremented line number. The resulting empty lines (07, 08) shown in the screenshot cannot be selected or removed unless there is text below the code frame as shown in issue 7. Screenshot: http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/5514/cxkd.jpg
Removing of empty lines woks in Safari and Google Chrome.
5
When browsing code with Syntax Highlighting, it is not possible to select the code without the line numbers. Screenshot: http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6626/j7n7.jpg
Select and copy each line separately. Or use Firefox or Google Chrome, but note issue in Remark 5.
6
When editing, it is possible to copy and paste lines under Syntax Highlighting when selecting the lines, but not when selecting the complete Syntax Highlighting frame.
Carefully select text without the Syntax Highlighting frame boundaries.
7
Empty lines and white space (identation) in Syntax Highlighting are suppressed when browsing, although they exist in the actual post. For instance:
mknod compress_pipe p
mknod export_pipe p
Screenshot when editing the above code:
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/673/kmy4.jpg
8
Syntax Highlighting changes the font to Arial and it is not possible to apply something more suitable for the displaying of code, such as fixed-width Courier New.
mknod compress_pipe p
Arial: 1l0OI
Courier New: 1l0OI
Arial: 1l0OI
Courier New: 1l0OI
9
It is not possible to paste any text into the editor window.
Use a different web browser or downgrade to IE 10.
Or enable F12 Developer Tools from the Tools menu. Press Ctrl-8
Change the default document mode from Edge to IE 10. Select Leave this page.
10
Create a new thread and type several lines of text. Then select select several lines of text and choose a font, e.g. Courier New. Not all selected lines are changed and only a couple of lines remain highlighted. For instance:
It is difficult to prove the existence of aliens.
Photos exist with aliens, but they could be fake.
On the other hand, photos without aliens could be fake too.
11
Select a line of text and change the font to Courier New. Then select the line again and it will show Arial. Change the font to Courier New and the text will change back to Arial.
12
Copy a URL and paste it into the editor window. The URL will be shown as a hyperlink using blue text. It is not possible to continue with normal writing without changing the text of the link. The text insertion point is captured inside the text of the link when trying to click below the link.
After pasting the URL, use the arrow key or mouse to move the cursor to the end of the link, then press RETURN and start writing normally. You can than move the cursor to the beginning of the line and use BACKSPACE to move the text up, after the link.
13
When replying to a thread and pressing the Quote Previous Message button and then clicking inside the quoted text, for instance, to remove some of the content, it is sometimes no longer possible to move the text insertion point outside of the quoted text back to the normal editing area.
When this happens it helps to switch to HTML and then switch back to the Full Editor.
14
While writing normal text in the editor, it sometimes becomes impossible to edit a line of text. When clicking on any text to move the text insertion point, it selects the complete paragraph instead. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/585/d0v5.jpg. When pressing the "Post Message" button, a dialog appears to "Stay" or "Leave" the page.
Apparently the editor adds HTML label tags for no apparent reason, which can be seen when switching the editor to HTML mode. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/199/1r5a.jpg
15
Copy some text into the editor window. Select the text and choose Syntax Highlighting form the >> insert toolbar. Undo using Ctrl-z. It is no longer possible to use any of the >> insert functions. After that it is also not possible to post the message, resulting in an unexpected error and the content is lost.
16
Syntax Highlighting shows several <span> at the beginning and end of the Syntax Highlighting block after posting. This affects old and new posts.
17
When changing the width of a table column, entering the 2nd number gets punched into the cell content instead.
After entering the first number, click in the entry field again to enter the 2nd number.
18
19
Automatic insertion of links to support.oracle.com contains more info, including responses from Oracle staff.
20
Change the width of browser window until the editor toolbar appears. It will then stay on top when scrolling through pages.
21
Select Syntax Highlighting, Plain from the >> insert menu, then copy and past several lines of text (code) into it. Or, copy and paste the text, then mark the text with the mouse and select SH from the insert menu. Many times, the insertion point is not reflecting it's actual position when you click inside the text. Very often it is also not possible to position the insertion point to the end or beginning of a line using the left and right arrow keys; the insertion point jumps to the next line, even though the end of the line has not been reached.
For instance:
The text insertion point [|] is showing up between the words "point" and "is", but when pressing the delete key or entering text, it affects a different area.
22
The following is a picture with text and Syntax Highlighting.
In tables, pressing the delete key will remove or rearrange the hover-up window.
23
The original or initial post of a thread is shown with a grey background when browsing. Depending on the web browser application, this background is also copied when doing a copy and paste of the text, provided the target window supports rich text editing.
Change the target editor window to plain text.
24
After resizing a pasted image to the same size than the original, the quality is much worse. The following shows a screenshot of the original and copied image:
When resizing a picture by moving the image end-points, the editor does no longer show the current picture dimensions (pixel x pixel) as it did in Jive 5. Also when copying a picture between documents, the picture is enlarged and requires resizing.
25
Copy and paste content from /etc/oratab, for example:
The same also happens when pasting the text into a Syntax Highlighting field.
It is often necessary to use undo (ctrl-z, cmd-z) to get rid of the mess.
26
Please see below screenshot:
27
Message was edited by: Dude!moniquevdb_oracle wrote:
Holy.... wow, this is helpful, thank you so much for kicking this off, Dude!
BluShadow I know you are in favor of reenabling code formatting and ditching the Syntax Highlighter altogether. I've also heard that users would prefer the advanced editor to open by default. Anything else on the wishlist?
correction, I would certainly be in favour (favor to you ) of reenabling code tags, mainly because I work quicker by copy/paste and by keyboard than by having to click through a load of buttons (that currently don't do what they should). I've not said that syntax highlighting should be ditched altogether, and I'd certainly be in favour of it being there, just so long as it provided a decent formatting that was appropriate, so code actually looked like code, and the ability for people to copy/paste the code out of the forum to their own environment wasn't corrupted with double line spacing (as dude has already mentioned) and the addition of the line numbers it puts in (the line numbers are useful for reference on the forum, e.g. when we want to say "you're problem is on line X", but not good when you copy/paste code out to your environment and have to spend ages deleting them all to get the code to do anything). If it's too difficult, then removing the line numbers from the code formatting would be preferable to having them there and not being able to copy the code out without them.
I agree with dude that it would be good to be able to highlight portions of code with bold or colours, which the old forum didn't allow, but this one does, so it's really a combination of old and new that's needed. And as dude highlights, the supressing of blank lines is a pain as it can make the posting of multiple code commands become all compressed and difficult to read, and is not representative of what we have in our interfaces such as SQL*Plus etc.
Basic example:
Copy paste from my SQL*Plus window into the forum (and me applying courier new and quoting it)...
SQL> select * from emp;
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-1980 00:00:00 800 20
7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-1981 00:00:00 1600 300 30
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-1981 00:00:00 1250 500 30
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-1981 00:00:00 2975 20
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-1981 00:00:00 1250 1400 30
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-1981 00:00:00 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-1981 00:00:00 2450 10
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 19-APR-1987 00:00:00 3000 20
7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-1981 00:00:00 5000 10
7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-1981 00:00:00 1500 0 30
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 23-MAY-1987 00:00:00 1100 20
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00 950 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00 3000 20
7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 23-JAN-1982 00:00:00 1300 10
14 rows selected.
SQL> select * from dept;
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
SQL>
but in my SQL*Plus window it looks like.
SQL> select * from emp;
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 17-DEC-1980 00:00:00 800 20
7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 20-FEB-1981 00:00:00 1600 300 30
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 22-FEB-1981 00:00:00 1250 500 30
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 02-APR-1981 00:00:00 2975 20
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 28-SEP-1981 00:00:00 1250 1400 30
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 01-MAY-1981 00:00:00 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 09-JUN-1981 00:00:00 2450 10
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 19-APR-1987 00:00:00 3000 20
7839 KING PRESIDENT 17-NOV-1981 00:00:00 5000 10
7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 08-SEP-1981 00:00:00 1500 0 30
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 23-MAY-1987 00:00:00 1100 20
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00 950 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 03-DEC-1981 00:00:00 3000 20
7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 23-JAN-1982 00:00:00 1300 10
14 rows selected.
SQL> select * from dept;
DEPTNO DNAME LOC
10 ACCOUNTING NEW YORK
20 RESEARCH DALLAS
30 SALES CHICAGO
40 OPERATIONS BOSTON
SQL>
Obviously that's a basic example; in reality we can be providing a solution to someone, explaining multiple steps and commands to demonstrate their issue and the solution, and having to go back through the code once we've pasted it adding back in all the line spacings, is a real pain and time consuming.
Certainly, having the advanced editor options available immediately for replying would be better than having to switch to it manually, especially as most people using these forums are going to want to paste code in (what with it being a technical forum and not really a social forum), and the basic editor just doesn't allow for any suitable code formatting (unless the person is mad enough to switch to HTML mode). -
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