Very Interesting and Annoying x505 q875 problem
Greetings,
I have an x505 q875 laptop and whenever I start gaming with the power cable plugged in (don't matter if the battery itself is inserted or not) the laptop will shut down in about 20 seconds. The moment I start playing a 3d game and enter the game itself from the menu, the computer shuts down.
The interesting thing is if I plug out the power cable and start playing the game with the battery as the only source of power, there is no shutdown. But the battery lifespan comes shorter after every use and I only have about an hour to play a game before I willingly recharge the battery or plug it in and watch the pc shut down in seconds.
CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!!
hqthief wrote:
Greetings,
I have an x505 q875 laptop and whenever I start gaming with the power cable plugged in (don't matter if the battery itself is inserted or not) the laptop will shut down in about 20 seconds. The moment I start playing a 3d game and enter the game itself from the menu, the computer shuts down.
The interesting thing is if I plug out the power cable and start playing the game with the battery as the only source of power, there is no shutdown. But the battery lifespan comes shorter after every use and I only have about an hour to play a game before I willingly recharge the battery or plug it in and watch the pc shut down in seconds.
CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!!
Sounds like your laptop fans/vents are clogged with dust and thus causing the laptop to overheat, which causes the shutdown. The reason for the playability when on battery is that x505 Qosmios actually throttle the GPU and CPU preventing them from doing too much "power draining" activities when on battery.
You can try using compressed air (you can buy at Office Depot) to clean the fans/vents ; use short bursts. I've already read of people using a shop-vac to suck the dust out.
Just to verify it is a overheating problem, download this utility which allows you to measure the temperature of the CPU and GPU.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
As a comparison, my x505-q8102X CPU and GPU idle at low 40s Celsius.
Good luck and keep us posted with results.
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QOSMIO - x505 q8102X
i7-2630QM , GTX 460m , 18.4" screen @ 1680x945p
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Printer HP LaserJet P1005
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
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E. Try to download and install the latest version of iPod software and iTunes
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A. Try to connect your iPod with another computer with the iPod updater pre-installed.
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For Mac computer
1. Open the disk utility, hope your iPod appears there (left hand side), highlight it
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Eject your iPod and do a Reset
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Tips
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b. It is not a difficult issue for a Mac user to find a window base computer, for a PC user, if they can’t find any Mac user, they can go to a nearest Apple Shop for a favor.
c. You may need to switch around the PC and Mac, try to do several attempts between “Format” and “Restore”
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2364921�
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B. Format your iPod with a start disk
I have not tried this solution myself, I heard that there were few successful cases that the users managed to get their iPod (you must put your iPod in disk mode before connecting with a computer) mounted by the computer, which was booted by a system startup disk. For Mac, you can use the Disk Utility (on the Tiger OS system disk), for PC user, you can use the window OS system disk. Try to find a way to reformat your iPod, again it does not matter which format (FAT32, NTFS or HFS+) you choose, the key is to erase the corrupted system files on the iPod. Then eject your iPod and do a Reset to switch out from Disk Mode. Reboot your computer at the normal way, connect your iPod back with it, open the iPod updater, and hopefully your iPod will appear there for the Restore.
If none of these steps address the issue, your iPod may need to be repaired.
Consider setting up a mail-in repair for your iPod http://depot.info.apple.com/ipod/
Or visit your local Apple Retail Store http://www.apple.com/retail/
In case your iPod is no longer covered by the warranty and you want to find a second repairing company, you can try iPodResQ or ifixit at your own risk
http://www.ipodresq.com/index.php
http://www.ifixit.com/
Just in case that you are at the following situation
Your iPod warranty is expired
You don’t want to pay any service charges
You are prepared to buy a new one
You can’t accept the re-sell value of your broken iPod
Rather than leave your iPod as paper-weight or throw it away.
You can try the following, but again, only do it as your last resort and at your own risk.
Warning !!!! – It may or may not manage to solve your problem, and with a risk that you may further damage your iPod, which end up as an expensive paper weight or you need to pay more higher repairing cost. Therefore, please re-consider again whether you want to try the next level
Last Resort Level
1. . Disconnecting the Hard Drive and battery inside the iPod – Warning !! Your iPod warranty will be waived once you open the iPod.
In Hong Kong there are some electronic shops offering an iPod service for Sad iPod, the first thing they do is to open up the iPod’s case and disconnecting the battery and the Hard Drive from the main board of the iPod. Wait for 5-10 minutes and reconnecting them back. The reason behind which I can think of is to do a fully reset of a processor of the iPod. In case you want do it itself and you believe that you are good on fixing the electronics devices and have experience to deal with small bits of electronic parts, then you can read the following of how to open the iPod case for battery and HDD replacement (with Quicktimes)
http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/index.cfm?page=Video/directory.html
2.Press the reset button on the Hard Drive inside the iPod – Suggestion from Kill8joy
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2438774#2438774
Have I tried these myself? No, I am afraid to do it myself as I am squeamish about tinkering inside electronic devices, I have few experiences that either I broke the parts (which are normally tiny or fragile) or failed to put the parts back to the main case. Therefore, I agree with suggestion to have it fixed by a Pro.
2. Do a search on Google and some topics on this discussion forum about “Sad iPod”
Exclamation point and folder and nothing else
Spank your iPod
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ljPhrFUaOY
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3597173#3597173
Exclamation point and folder and nothing else
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2831962#2831962
What should I do with my iPod? Send it or keep it?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=469080&tstart=0
Strange error on iPod (probably death)
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435160&start=0&tstart=0
Sad Face on iPod for no apparent reason
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=336342&start=0&tstart=0
Meeting the Sad iPod icon
http://askpang.typepad.com/relevanthistory/2004/11/meeting_thesad.html#comment-10519524
Sad faced iPod, but my computer won’t recognize it?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2236095#2236095
iPod Photo: unhappy icon + warranty question
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2233746#2233746
4th Gen iPod Users - are we all having the same problem?
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=2235623#2235623
Low Battery, and clicking sounds
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2237714#2237714
Sad faced iPod, but my computer won’t recognize it
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2242018#2242018
Sad iPod solution
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=412033&tstart=0
Re: try to restore ipod and it says "can't mount ipod"
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=443659&tstart=30
iPod making clicking noise and is frozen
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2420150#2420150
Cant put it into disk mode
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3786084#3786084
I think my iPod just died its final death
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3813051
Apple logo & monochrome battery stay
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3827167#3827167
My iPod ism’t resetting and isn’t being read by my computer
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4489387#4489387
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Both MacBooks are WiFi connected to the Fritz! which serves as the central WLAN accesspoint with simultaneous 2.4/5 GHz. The interconnection between the Fritz! and the Time Capsule is a wired 100MBit. Also it manages the IP adresses via DHCP enabled.
The Windows PC, iMac and MX895 are directly connected to the remaining 3 network ports of the Time Capsule. The Time Capsule is a 2ng gen one equipped with a Samsung 2TB drive. WiFi on the Time Capsule is disabled. Firmware is 7.6.3
And here is the problem description:
After adding the Time Capsule to the network, there was no problem configuring it as a switch with Time Machine sharing available to the 3 Macs. Everything worked as expected... until...
...the Time Capsule does not respond any more. In more detail:
The LED of the capsule is still green, not blinking or amber!
I can access the capsule with Airport Utility but as soon as I try to do a remote restart, the Time Capsule is not responding any more.
First I thought: "Okay, probably there has happened something" but I didn't care much about it and did a restart by pulling the power cord out and plug it back in after some seconds. Then it seems to work again... for some hours/days...
...then it happened again:
My MacBook's Time Machine tells me that "the network drive does not respond", "...does not exist" or "...identity has changed". It seems to happen randomly, I don't have a clue what is causing this!
What I have tried to fix this:
Tried another Time Capsule (1st gen) with the same hard drive
Tried this 1st gen with another Samsung 2TB HD
Reset the 1st and 2nd gen TC and started with fresh backups
Tried different TC settings, like transfering DHCP from the Fritz! to the TC, fixed IP
Reset the complete Time Machine settings on all Macs and configured it again
At the moment I'm trying, if a specific Mac in the network causes the issue by disabling the automatic Time Machine backups. I checked the TC log with the old Airport Utility - there is no error.
I know, this is a bit strange and maybe I make some mistake, but I don't know what to do next. Maybe someone has an idea or can give me a hint what to try.
Any help is very appreciated.
Thanks
AlexI don't see anything wrong in your setup.
Unfortunately I think this is just network bug in mountain lion and the TC.. this is fairly common that the two will lose connection and a reboot will get things perked up again for times varying from a few hours to days or weeks.
I don't have a bug killing solution either sorry to say.
Let me recommend a few things.
1. Do not use 7.6.3 firmware on those old TC.. go back to 7.5.2
It has proven much more reliable. Do a factory reset after you flash back and redo the setup from scratch.
2. Names on the TC for network sharing to be kept short, no spaces pure alphanumeric. Do not use apple type names with spaces and particularly the apostrophe.
3. Whichever is running dhcp.. it should normally be the Fritz though, set dhcp lease to a very short time.. eg 30min. This will get the lease renewal faster and hopefully keep the ARP tables in the computers updated.
4. But even though the TC is in bridge it should have a static IP address. That can help so you can link not just to the TC by name but also by IP address. The static IP is better handled by the Fritz though via fixed host type setting.. I am sure the fritz offers that.
5. Just as a matter of interest why keep the link between the fritz and the TC to 100mbit.. both can do gigabit? It has nothing to do with the problem and there is nothing in the current setup that needs more than 100mbit link unless you are getting super speed on the 5ghz from the fritz.
Your post and picture of network are excellent.. helps when you are so clear. -
System is very fragile and has trouble booting. Hard Drive Problem?
Im having a problem with my Intel iMac which I can't solve and it really annoying me. As of lately my mac has been crashing, a lot. I am running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on my 2008 24" iMac.
In the order that I remember them happening, here are the symptoms:
1. Applications would not start, from the dock to from spotlight.
2. Pressing OptionCommandEscape showed no applications in the Force Quit dialogue.
3. Rebooting solved the problems for a while.
4. Starting the Disk Utility in OS X will trigger 1.
5. My fiancees account will not log in, it either freezes on the wallpaper or kicks me back to the login screen. Making the keyboard not work to type in my password on my account.
6. Rebooting the machine now often results in booting to a folder with a ? (question mark) on it.
7. Most recently I lost the drive completely and could not boot into anything.
Here is what i have done to try fix it.
A. I have ran the repair disk in disk utility by booting from the install CD. However now (see 7.) I cannot even see the drive in the utility to try again.
B. I booted with Command + s to enable the console and typed /sbin/fsck -sy a few times
C. Holding Option while booting will NOT show my HDD only the CD
D. I reset the PRAM by holding CommandOption+PR during boot. This doesnt seem to have done anything.
E. to resolve 7. I pulled the power cord out for 30 mins. Then it booted.... weird
The machine overall feels very fragile and I cannot do anything with it really and its amazing if it even boots up. What are my options? The only thing I have not tried is a full reinstall of OS X. However it feels like more of a hardware issue, will this fix it? I'm not sure.
Thank you for looking and any suggestions are welcome.
Cheers.
Andrew
Message was edited by: JamsenFirst, make sure your user data is backed up.
Instead of just unplugging it, use the reset SMC procedure
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
which is unplugging the iMac and reconnecting using a precise procedure. You should disconnect ALL cables when you do this. If you have been connecting the power cord to a power strip, connect it directly to a wall outlet for this test. Power up with nothing connected, except the power cord. If it does start up from the hard drive, connect only your keyboard/mouse and use it that way, doing the things that caused problems. Any improvement?
If not, the next thing you should try, since you have already done good troubleshooting, is probably to erase the hard drive and reinstall the software. There is a way to do this and give the hard drive a good test, so you can post back if you want more info. -
Very Interesting problem, need urgent resolution
Hi Guys,
I have very weird and interesting problem which I have to fix urgently. Appreciate any help you guys can provide.
I have one query which runs in All our database enviornments but Prod. Our UAT is refreshed by Prod Fortnightly so I am sure that it is not a data problem. I even tried for very small dataset making sure to select same data in UAT and Prod.
Error:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got -
Query:
select level ,--works if we reomve this
xmlelement("L1", XMLATTRIBUTES(resource_name as "L1" ,resource_id as "p_resource_id",resource_manager_id as "p_rm_id",FTE, project_hrs ,
misc_hrs , total_hrs, avg_tot_hrs, Perc_utilization))
from ( SELECT resource_id,
resource_name,
resource_manager_id,
trim(to_char(round(SUM (FTE),1), '999,999,999,999.9')) FTE,
trim(to_char(round(SUM (project_hrs),1), '999,999,999,999.9')) project_hrs,
trim(to_char(round(SUM (misc_hrs),1), '999,999,999,999.9')) misc_hrs,
trim(to_char(round(SUM (total_hrs),1), '999,999,999,999.9')) total_hrs,
trim(to_char(round(SUM (total_hrs)/decode(SUM (FTE),0,1,SUM (FTE)),1), '999,999,999,999.9')) avg_tot_hrs,
trim(to_char(ROUND (SUM (project_hrs) * 100 / decode(SUM (expected_project_hrs),0,1,SUM (expected_project_hrs)), 1), '999,999,999,999.9'))
perc_utilization
FROM ( SELECT CONNECT_BY_ROOT resource_name AS resource_name,
CONNECT_BY_ROOT resource_id AS resource_id,
CONNECT_BY_ROOT resource_manager_id AS resource_manager_id,
employee_type_code,
FTE,
project_hrs,
misc_hrs,
total_hrs,
avg_tot_hrs,
expected_project_hrs
FROM ( SELECT r.username resource_name,
resource_id,
resource_manager_id,
employee_type_code,
fte,
project_hrs,
misc_hrs,
total_hrs,
avg_tot_hrs,
expected_project_hrs
FROM TIME_UTILILIZ_ORG_SUM_L3M_MV r
START WITH resource_id = 129523
CONNECT BY PRIOR r.resource_id = r.resource_manager_id)
CONNECT BY PRIOR resource_id = resource_manager_id)
GROUP BY resource_id, resource_name, resource_manager_id)
start with resource_id =129523 connect by prior resource_id=resource_manager_id; --works if we remove thisIf we remove outermost connect by, it runs so not a xmlelement problem as well. Any idea?
Edited by: 783830 on Jul 22, 2010 6:58 AMI'm not sure if this will help you, but:
with my_tab as (select 1 resource_id, 0 resource_manager_id, 1 project_hrs from dual union all
select 2 resource_id, 1 resource_manager_id, 1 project_hrs from dual union all
select 3 resource_id, 1 resource_manager_id, 1 project_hrs from dual union all
select 4 resource_id, 2 resource_manager_id, 1 project_hrs from dual union all
select 5 resource_id, 2 resource_manager_id, 1 project_hrs from dual union all
select 6 resource_id, 0 resource_manager_id, 2 project_hrs from dual union all
select 7 resource_id, 6 resource_manager_id, 2 project_hrs from dual union all
select 8 resource_id, 7 resource_manager_id, 2 project_hrs from dual),
--- end of mimicking some data
results as (select resource_id,
project_hrs,
prior resource_id prev_resource_id,
level lvl,
sum(project_hrs) over (partition by connect_by_root (resource_id)) tot_project_hrs
from my_tab
connect by prior resource_id = resource_manager_id),
results2 as (select resource_id,
connect_by_root resource_id top_resource_id,
project_hrs,
prior resource_id prev_resource_id,
level lvl
from my_tab
connect by prior resource_id = resource_manager_id
start with resource_manager_id = 0)
select r1.resource_id,
r1.project_hrs,
r1.tot_project_hrs,
r2.top_resource_id,
r2.prev_resource_id,
r2.lvl
from results r1,
results2 r2
where r1.resource_id = r2.resource_id
and r1.lvl = 1
order by resource_id;
RESOURCE_ID PROJECT_HRS TOT_PROJECT_HRS TOP_RESOURCE_ID PREV_RESOURCE_ID LVL
1 1 5 1 1
2 1 3 1 1 2
3 1 1 1 1 2
4 1 1 1 2 3
5 1 1 1 2 3
6 2 6 6 1
7 2 4 6 6 2
8 2 2 6 7 3 -
I was just having this problem until today. It is now all sorted and I can explain what to do very simply and easily.
I remembered the answers to my questions, I just forgot "EXACTLY" how I entered the text - so I had to have them reset. The easiest way is to sign in through www.appleid.com. Then on the right click the "Manage your Account" link and sign in. Easy so far right. Then, as others have said, look on the left of the screen you will see a link called "Password and Security" - click on this. Now this is where the confusion begins. Some people have a link located directly under the existing questions that looks like this "Forgot your answers? Send reset security info email to blah blah blah email . If you see this click it and it will send an email to the "Rescue Email" address that you entered when you originally entered your answers. Follow the instructions contained in this email and you are done. If you cannot remember this email address or you have since closed it, you will need to go to the Itunes Express lane and send an email to Apple requesting them to reset your answers.
HOWEVER IF YOU DO NOT SEE A THIS LINK UNDER THE QUESTIONS - this means that you DID NOT enter a Rescue email address when you originally set your questions. The only way you can now reset your Security Questions and Answers is to go to the Itunes Express lane and email Apple asking to have these reset. I have 2 apple accounts, one for myself and one for my daughter - as I did not include a rescue email I had to email apple. On both occasions, these questions were reset and an email sent to me exactly 24 hours after I sent them the request. I entered the new details, WROTE THEM DOWN EXACTLY AS I ENTERED THEM THIS TIME, entered a Rescue Email this time and I am good to go again. Simple. Now when I log in and click on "Password and Security" I do have the reset link visable. Apple support are good, they just take a bit of time to get things done, but they always seem to get there in the end. I just wish someone had taken the time to explain this somewhere else in the forum as it would have saved me much time and angst.
To get to the Itunes Express Lane go to this website www.appleid.com make sure the correct country is displayed top right, if not change it. Once this is saved go to the tabs at the top of the screen and click Support. Then halfway down the next page you will see a photo of two random people with a title of Contact Apple Support - Click this. Scroll down until you see the itunes logo, to the right of this you will see the link Express Lane for iTunes Player and iTunes Store - click on this. One the right hand side of the next page click on the link "itunes Store". On the next page click the link "Account Management" check the radio button beside "itunes store account security", select your country from the drop down box and click "Continue". Under the heading MORE OPTIONS, you will see a clickable link called email - click this. Fill in your name, Apple ID and country. Then in the text box, write "I have forgotten the answers to my Security questions, would you kindly please reset them. Thank-You". Then Click Continue, you will be given a reference number and an email is sent to your address advising that generally someone will attend to your request within 24 hours. Like I said previously, I had to do this twice and both times it was reset however it was done within about 5 minutes of the 24 hour cut off, so you will have to be patient. I know 100% that this works for Australia - I am guessing other countries should be similar. Hope this helps someone somewhere!Standard troubleshooting...
1. Try a Restart by pressing the sleep/lock button until you see the slider. Slide to power off. Restart by pressing the sleep/lock button until you see the Apple logo.
2. Try a Reset by pressing the home and sleep buttons until you see the Apple logo, ignoring the slider if it comes up. Takes about 5-15 secs of button holding and you won't lose any data or settings.
3. Remove apps from Recently Used list...
- From any Home Screen, double tap the home button to bring up the Recents List
- Swipe up on the app preview card
- Press the home button when done.
4. If still a problem restore with your backup.
5. If still a problem restore as new, i.e. without your backup. See how it runs with nothing synced to it.
6. If still a problem, it's likely a hardware issue.
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