Weird Pismo antics...

OK...here goes...got a Pismo which has been behaving badly for a couple months...nothing earth-shattering...but causing enough annoyance for me to consider retirement (something I REALLY don't want to do...since it's my primary traveling machine)...
I finally updated the firmware to 4.1.8f5 and things started getting flaky...when I reimaged the machine for OS9 (had been tiger only for a while) I had to disable ATI Accelerator and ATI Video Accelerator to get it to load OS9 completely...
DVD player no longer works...starts to load then freezes...
I have two processors (original 400Mhz G3 and 550Mhz G4)...several sticks of memory (a few 512MB and the original 64MB)...and a few hard drives (100GB, 60GB and original 10GB)...I've swapped parts around with no luck...
One thing I'd like to try would be to reapply the firmware patch (possible something went pear-shaped during the initial install of it???)...but it won't allow...is there a way to force the firmware update???
...any thoughts or ideas would be extremely helpful...thanks in advance...

Kenichi Watanabe wrote:
I had to disable ATI Accelerator and ATI Video Accelerator to get it to load OS9 completely...
That could be a clue... Since you were able to trouble-shoot by swapping out most of the parts except for the motherboard, that may be the problem. The ATI chips are there too.
I'm not entirely sure...everything works well under Panther (I gave up on Tiger because of all the niggling little faults like dealing with optical discs and having the machine huccup whenever I put in a CD or DVD...but oddly I do miss Dashboard and Safari 3)...
...the reason I'm doubting the Rage 128 is I just got done playing Diablo II without a hitch or any issues whatsoever...

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Weird startup with pismo

I usually put the pismo into sleep mode when I am not using it. In any event, I shut it down for the first time in a long time. When I tried to start it up today, it wouldn't start. I had to press the start button a few times before it finally started. At one point, I heard a long beep when I kept my finger on the startup button. I didn't hear the bong sound (even though the sound level was up). At first, I tried booting without the power chord. When that didn't happen, I tried it with the power yo yo adapter. After a second attempt (or maybe a third) with the adapter it finally booted up.
Is something on the way out? I am not sure if I am going to shut it down completely for a while but is there something that I should be aware up in the sense of replacement in the future.
Thanks in advance for your help.

macuser84:
Try resetting the PRAM (from a cold start, hold down Command + Option + P + R while you hit the Power button. Allow to chime for 3 to 5 times, then release and allow to boot.
Also, you should boot from your install disk holding down the "C" key, go to the Installer Menu, open Disk Utility and run Repair Disk. If DU reports errors, run Repair again, and again, until no errors are reported. If DU reports errors it cannot fix you will need to run Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior
Hope this is helpful.
Good luck.
cornelius

Can My New Hard Drive Be Causing BackUp Weirdness?

Last week, I bought a new Seagate 100GB/7200 rpm HD, which I've been using externally in a Firewire enclosure. I wanted to try it out for a week before I install it into my Pismo.
I've been using computers for 20 years, and I'm conscientious about saving often, and backing up everyday. Here's the weirdness: Today, Saturday Oct 6, I opened the two files I've been using every day, only to find I'd lost two day's work. I checked the Last Modified date, and sure enough, both files were marked Wednesday, Oct 3. So, I checked my internal HD to which I've also been saving my work. Same thing. Both files marked Wednesday. So I checked my memory stick. Same thing. Both files marked Wednesday. These are Word files. (I also usually have iTunes and Safari running in the background).
The most likely explanation for this is no doubt user error of an all too common kind but I am, as I say, extremely careful about backing up. So today, when I'd finished, I saved both files, and closed both files. I checked them in the HD's list, and they were both marked with today's date. Fine. So I clicked and dragged the first one over to the folder in the Internatl Drive. No problem. It alerted me that there was an older version and did I want to change it. I did. That went fine. But then, with the second file (also marked Today), when I dragged it to the Internal Drive's folder I fumbled it slightly, and I got a message saying "THere is a NEWER file with that name in this location." Huh? Sure enough, the file in my target folder was marked Today, and now the source file was marked Wednesday again!
The order I've been saving things is first to the new external HD, then to the internal HD, then to the memory stick (although I only used the stick on Friday).
First question. Is it possible there is something wrong with the new HD that would cause this? I don't want to install this puppy if that's the case. In fact, I'd want to return it.
Second question. If I've saved a file but haven't closed it, and then drag its icon from the HD to another target, will I be making a copy of the latest saved version? Or only the latest CLOSED version? (I don't think I did this yesterday, but it's possible, I guess).
Third question. Even if it is human error, what error could I possibly have made that would lose TWO days work and not just one?
Thanks for any light you can shed on this.

Disregard last post--I reread your message and see I got it wrong. The internal drive was set to Master. So, after reading your input, and checking Seagate's site (for the new drive) and Toshiba's (for the old), and OWC's Help Desk (for the Firewire enclosure) I've set the new drive to Master and put it into the machine. I've left the old drive on Master and put it into the enclosure to be used occasionally as an external backup. These seem to be the correct settings for both locations. I've now re-initialized the new drive and I'm up and running with it. I'm expecting this will have solved the problem. If not, I'll post back. Thanks so much for your help--others in the G3 Powerbook forum also found it very helpful. All best, GB.

Can My New Hard Drive Be Causing Back-Up Weirdness?

Last week, I bought a new Seagate 100GB/7200 rpm HD, which I've been using externally in a Firewire enclosure. I wanted to try it out for a week before I install it into my Pismo.
I've been using computers for 20 years, and I'm conscientious about saving often, and backing up everyday. Here's the weirdness: Today, Saturday Oct 6, I opened the two files I've been using every day, only to find I'd lost two day's work. I checked the Last Modified date, and sure enough, both files were marked Wednesday, Oct 3. So, I checked my internal HD to which I've also been saving my work. Same thing. Both files marked Wednesday. So I checked my memory stick. Same thing. Both files marked Wednesday.
The most likely explanation for this is no doubt user error of an all too common kind but I am, as I say, extremely careful about backing up. So today, when I'd finished, I saved both files, and closed both files. I checked them in the HD's list, and they were both marked with today's date. Fine. So I clicked and dragged the first one over to the folder in the Internatl Drive. No problem. It alerted me that there was an older version and did I want to change it. I did. That went fine. But then, with the second file (also marked Today), when I dragged it to the Internal Drive's folder I fumbled it slightly, and I got a message saying "THere is a NEWER file with that name in this location." Huh? Sure enough, the file in my target folder was marked Today, and now the source file was marked Wednesday again!
The order I've been saving things is first to the new external HD, then to the internal HD, then to the memory stick (although I only used the stick on Friday).
First question. Is it possible there is something wrong with the new HD that would cause this? I don't want to install this puppy if that's the case. In fact, I'd want to return it.
Second question. If I've saved a file but haven't closed it, and then drag its icon from the HD to another target, will I be making a copy of the latest saved version? Or only the latest CLOSED version? (I don't think I did this yesterday, but it's possible, I guess).
Third question. Even if it is human error, what error could I possibly have made that would lose TWO days work and not just one?
Thanks for any light you can shed on this.

Thanks JPL. At least now I know I'm not going mad. The drive really did undo what I saved. I watched it happen again on the weekend (but this time I'd emailed the work to my Yahoo account before I copied it in any direction). But it's still pretty unnerving to see it happen.
What you say accords perfectly with what I've been reading on the Panther forum and elsewhere. I didn't know anything about jumper settings. I looked up Toshiba (re the old drive) and Seagate (for the new drive) on the subject. Both are remarkably confusing. Toshiba's settings are dependent on whether "Pin 28" is High or Low, but they don't explain what this means, nor which pin is 28. Seagate's illustrations do not resemble my new drive and they contradict what is shown on the label.
Unfortunately, I went ahead and put the new drive into the machine set to Cable Select. And re-did the whole SuperDuper process. But after reading the above sites, I decided it should probably be set to Master. So I opened up the Pismo again and reset it (that only took about 5 minutes). I am just now completing the SuperDuper process again.
I also checked OWC's Help Desk and you're right--they say, "All drives should be set to Master when used in a FireWire case. If it is a dual enclosure then one is set to Master and the other Slave."
So it seems all this rigmarole stems from the HD having shipped set to Cable Select, since both the Enclosure and the Pismo want it set to Master.
Clarification: do you mean I should now re-initialize the old HD which I've now put into the Firewire enclosure? I haven't changed its jumper settings. I'd like to avoid SuperDupering again, if possible, as it takes over an hour. Wouldn't I just be cloning from the clone I just made?

Pismo Ethernet problem

My pismo has just started acting up with a weird problem i cant figure out unless the port is going bad
Im running the pismo and a G3 tower on a Cable modem to a router wired both computers
What happens to the pismo is the connection will be good for hours and then it changes from the router to a different IP # and subnet addy
When i check network status it says you are connected to the modem but cant connect to internet
Now if i try my tower at same time it runs fine
Now when it does this if i connect to the modem directly i get same thing but whole time Tower will work
If i turn off the pismo for a bit 10-15 mins or sometimes just let it sit half hour it will reconnect on its own ...
What ya think bad port? and if so can i get a pc card to hook up?
Or is it something like its overheating rest of computer runs fine whole time
Thanks
Bud

This sounds like what happened with my D-Link DI-604 router.
It would work, sometimes for days, then slow down to a crawl.
I spent most of a year trying out all sorts of theories about it; it would work perfectly sometimes, so I was sure the problem wasn't the router, figured it had to be something else.
I finally replaced it with another (same model) Problem gone. It was an intermittent failure in the router.
I've still got the old one; I kept poking at it, thought maybe it was the firmware, flashed that ... nope.
It's just got an intermittent and partial failure that drops the IP address, slows down the transfers, etc. sometimes.
It probably, despite surge protectors and a DSL line noise/spike filter, got enough damage to become flaky, or had a bad or marginal part or three from day one.
Aside:
Here's the thing about semiconductors: "semi" because they're an insulator up to a specific voltage, then they're a conductor above that voltage.
Every little electrical spike can alter the threshold of some semiconductor, somewhere in the hardware. Eventually one or more of the parts is so out of spec that, when they happen to combine results, they make the hardware unreliable. This is why you always hear people say "aw, you don't need all those antistatic precautions, I never bother and I've never fried anything." Well duh, most of the damage is slow and cumulative.
I've been in the back of several computer stores that should know better and found no antistatic mats, no ground wrist straps, no precautions, and young "techs" who haven't a clue about quantum mechanics. And, hey, quantum mechanics is what makes superconductors work. If you don't understand quantum tunneling .... don't repair computers.
Sorry not to be able to say something more optimistic.
512ke,100,140,150,180,180c,520c,540c,LombardPismo Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Pismo G4 550 - no startup chime after 10.4.6

Since installing 10.4.6 I've had trouble with my start-up chime not working. I have isolated the problem down to the IOAudioFamily.kext file. When I take it out of extension and boot into Classic then back into Tiger I get a chime and it stays on even if I reboot into tiger. If I replace IOAudioFamily.kext to the extensions folder I get a chime on the next boot but after that my reboots are silent. The audio function works well after the boot-up is complete only if I have IOAudioFamily.kext installed. So, I either have a start-up chime and no sound or I have no chime and normal sound. Also, when I run profiler either way I get "There was an error while gathering this information." under the Audio (built in) tab. I've tried taking the IOAudioFamily.kext off the TIger install dvd and using it instead but I get the same problem as before. There must be some sub-extension or something that was changed to cause this. Does anyone have any suggestions besides live with it?
I've tried the PRAM reset thing and its doesn't work.
Thanks

When
booted in 10.4.6, do you always get the startup chime
through a restart? If so, then the difference lies
with the cold start versus the restart and there are
a few differences.
I lose the chime whenever I boot into Tiger and let it run to the log-in page. When I safe boot the chime is preserved but the os doesn't recognize my built in speakers and the volume control disappears. If I boot into OS 9 the chime is still gone until I shut down and power up or reboot, then the chime is back. So, my thinking is that there is a kernel extension that enables Tiger to see my IO card (built in speakers and headphone jack) and it must turn off the speakers from the system somehow. The OS 9 startup must unhook the IO card from the driver and therefore allows it to chime when no driver is present.
A cold start runs the POST (power-on self-test); when
powered on, the Start Manager, contained in ROM,
makes sure that certain hardware components on the
computer's logic board are working, like the
microprocessor, ROM, drives, ports, expansion slots,
and RAM. When you hear the startup chime, the Start
Manager has successfully completed its test.
Open your System Profiler > Hardware > Diagnostics
and see what the last POST reports.
OK, this is weird. When I go to profiler and look up Diagnostics it says "No information found" but you say that post should give some sort of account.
On my iMac G5 it says:
"Power On Self-Test:
Last Run: 6/12/06 8:17 AM
Result: Passed"
I think that means the boot ROM on the pismo (boot rom version 4.1.8f5) isn't talking to the system profiler log.
Just another tidbit: Audio (built in) says "There was an error while gathering this information"
No error code.
This smacks of a firmware issue. Do you think there is a firmware update that would fix it?
I don't know what else you can do. If it is in fact
strictly a software problem (which I cannot explain
since software does not begin to load until after the
startup chime), I would not be concerned. The other
test you could perform is removing the added
RAM...maybe OSX has a small problem with the new
memory module.
iMac G5 17in 1.8ghz, Powerbook Pismo g4 550mhz, 40gb Mac OS X (10.4.6) My wife has an icebook

My G3 Pismo has startup problems

I'm experiencing a problem with my Pismo. What happens is that when I try to startup with the power button, either I get a startup chime (NOT the Chimes of Death) and nothing happens, or nothing happens. -_-
So far, I've been able to start up by pressing Command-Control-Power, but I'm feeling a bit off by that - isn't that supposed to be the forced restart sequence? It feels weird using it to startup.
Tonight, as I was transferring files to my new iBook, I got warning indicators saying that my Pismo was running out of battery, while the adaptor was plugged into a working wall socket.
I'm kinda worried about this, and I'm not sure if it's the battery or the power supply, or the adapter is at fault. Is there any way to check this?
iBook G4 12" (Mid 2005) Mac OS X (10.4.2) 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD, standard loadout

Fred:
First, I hope my suggestion for you to create a new post was not offensive to you.
Now, let us address the battery problem. If the power adapter is plugged in the battery would normally be charging, and your computer should not be running off the battery. This seems to indicate that you have a problem with the power supply. It is either:
1. That the power cord to the adapter is faulty;
2. That the adapter itself is faulty;
3. That the connection at the computer is not secure. Does it jiggle if you move it gently while it is plugged in?
Which power adapter do you have? The yo-yo adapters sometimes have the wires breaking in close to the molded plug that plugs into the base of the adapter. The shiny adapter itself can go dead. When the apatter is plugged in you should have a symbol that indicates it is plugged in or charging on the menu bar to the right of the flag.
Now to the battery. If your battery is the original battery that came with the Pismo you should count yourself lucky that it lasted this long. The normal life is about 3 years and with a bit of luck up to 5. But if you power adapter is not working properly, it is difficult to tell what's going on with the battery.
If you can borrow an adapter at the Apple store or something, you can determine if it indeed your adapter.
Let me stop there for now and give you a chance to respond.
Good luck.
cornelius
PismoG4 550, 100GB 5400 Toshiba internal, 1 GB RAM; Pismo 500 OS X (10.4.5) Mac OS X (10.4.6) Beige G3 OS 8.6

Changing "page down" keys on G3-Pismo

On my G3-Pismo, I like the way function-keys operate on the top and bottom-left, but not bottom-right where there is an option-key (which I rarely use) but no command-key (that I often use) and -- this is what bothers me -- there is a "line down" key, but to get "page down" you have to simultaneously push the "fn" key at bottom-left. This seems like a bad design choice, since I (and also others?) OFTEN use page-down (when reading web-pages,...) but almost never use line-down. WHY would they make these choices, for option & line-down?
More important, is there any way to CHANGE the function of these keys? It would be great if I could re-define their function so they would do a "command" and "page down". Is this possible?
Craig

Even the menu item for Go | Down doesn't work.
Page up works for me, though.
Weird.

Boot Rom/Hard Drive Problem on Pismo. Any thoughts? CPU?

Hello. Here are the details of my problem, and the chronology of events leading up to it. Any thoughts or information that might lead to a solution would be appreciated.
G3/500 Pismo running 10.4.8 on a recently installed (used) 80GB hard drive. Everything working fine, but weak signal on Airport network (MDD (FW) 2x1.25ghz w/Airport Extreme Card, dialup)
Removed Airport card, installed PCMCIA Belkin F5D7011 125 plus. Worked fine, signal still not great. OS kept creating new ports every time Internet Connect was opened. Weird. I decided to restart to see if that would clear up the problem. Also upgraded Airport software to latest (extreme) version. Later wondered if this might have been a bad idea since the Pismo wasn't originally designed to support 802.11(g) cards, but...
Restarted-- or tried to. Got four beeps and 1 long, 3 short flashes on the sleep LED. Reset and repeated this several times. Switched hard drives experimentally. No more beeps, but hard drive spun up.
Eventually nothing even after reset-- no beeps, no spin-up.
Apple says four beeps is a boot-rom problem. A diagram of the logic board shows the boot rom on the CPU board. (Important note: it has been dry here of late, and I changed the Airport card. Static electricity problem? I didn't notice a discharge but...)
I've ordered a G3/400 CPU from eBay to see if that is the problem. I figure I can resell it if it is not the culprit.
Do you have any thoughts on what else it might be? I'll report back here on whether the CPU replacement fixes the problem. Similar symptoms on a Lombard, minus the four beeps, were corrected by replacing the CPU.
Anybody have a G3/500, G4/550, or G3/900 CPU for sale?
Again, any responses to my inquiry would be sincerely appreciated.
From Northern California,
reidjam7

James,
Your Pismo can run an "extreme" 802.11g wifi PC card in the PCMCIA/CardBus slot with no problem; however, you are limited to the original AirPort card under the keyboard...no extreme.
A few procedures you might try in your diagnosis:
1. Remove all peripherals, including PC cards and the optical drive.
2. Lift off the microprocessor card. Apple recommends you remove the heat sink and CPU card as one unit so as not to disturb the thermal transfer pad between the heat sink and CPU; be very careful as you can mistakenly pop the heat sink off including the plastic bracket around the CPU. If you have removed the heat sink in the past, then this would be the safest procedure.
3. Remove/reseat the lower memory module, then firmly seat the microprocessor card; push down very hard on the right side of the card next to the HD and closest to the palm rest where the multi-pin connector resides on the underside. Press down very hard...you may even hear a snap as it fully seats. At this stage you can just plug in the power adapter and see if it will start. I suggest this procedure only because another user stated he solved his bootROM failure which was apparently due to a poor or oxidized connection. There is a very low probability this will be the solution.
4. If no boot, disconnect the HD ribbon cable from the logic board, then try starting; a working powerbook in this configuration should produce the gray screen with a flashing '?'.
5. If still no boot, disconnect the internal rechargeable backup batteries (the red/black/white pigtail from the two round batteries that plugs into the logic board), then try starting. A dead/internally shorted backup battery can prevent startup.
6. Lastly, disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable, then try starting.

My Excel with PowerPivots acts weird, it hangs when i try to change font color

Hi
I am facing a weird issue using PowerPivot in my workbook, there is a worksheet named Charts in my workbook and all the charts i am using resides in that worksheet. Whenever i try to change the font color in that sheet, my excel's color palette goes blur
and then everything just freezes and turns black. This problem is happening only with Charts worksheet, when i try to change the color in other sheets, it works just, the problem is only with Charts sheet. File
size is 16 MB, there are just 10 pivot tables with some calculations and some calculated fields. There are no add-ins other than PowerPivot.
Thanks,
Shanker

Hi,
In regarding of the issue, please provide us more information to assist you better.
Do you receive any error message?
Which Excel version are you using? Excel 2013 or other?
Which workbook format are you using? XLS or XLSX?
Are you performing any specific task?
According to your description, this issue seems only occur with the special worksheet "Charts".
Firstly, I recommend we copy all of the content to a new/blank Excel file to test.
If it works fine, this issue might be caused by the "Charts" workbook itself. We'd better check the "Charts" workbook. Or re-build the file with a new workbook.
If it still makes Excel hang with a new file, this issue might due to the content. Please check the content first.
Secondly, we could follow below KB to troubleshoot this issue:
https://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2758592/en-us?wa=wsignin1.0
Thirdly, if the issue still exists, we may try to collect the Event log and App crash dump file to do advanced troubleshooting.
Event log:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-Event-Viewer
App crash dump file:
First enable app crash dump collection by copying following words into notepad, saving it as dump.reg and importing
it:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\localdumps\EXCEL.EXE]
"DumpFolder"=hex(2):63,00,3a,00,5c,00,63,00,72,00,61,00,73,00,68,00,64,00,75,\
00,6d,00,70,00,73,00,00,00
"DumpCount"=dword:00000010
"DumpType"=dword:00000001
"CustomDumpFlags"=dword:00000000
Then, open Excel
to repro the issue. If crash issue appeared, please find the crashdump file under c:\.
To further help you, please upload this file into Skydrive and shared the link here.
Also, you can try to analyze dump by yourself if you would like to：
How to analyze app crash dump file:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/05/29/basic-debugging-of-an-application-crash.aspx
Hope it's helpful.
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

My MacBook was acting weird so I restarted it and when I login a white screen flashes and goes back to the login page. Help?

My MacBook was acting weird like sometimes I would log on and I wouldn't be able to type my password for a couple seconds,but it usually logged in after that. Then I left my computer open after installing the recent update after that all my applications were not responding. So I shut it down, when I turned it back on about an hour later it went to this loading screen and then to the login like usual. After I tried logging in a white screen flashed and it went back to the login/ password screen like nothing happened. Any ideas on what happened and what I can do to fix it?

Reinstall OS X;
Reinstalling Lion/Mountain Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Why does my safari browser frequently gives me a gray screen? I resetted my safari many times and it doesn't help. Also sometimes when I scroll it gives me this weird scrolling effect where everything is either upside or messed up.

Why does my safari browser frequently gives me a gray screen? I resetted my safari many times and it doesn't help. Also sometimes when I scroll it gives me this weird scrolling effect where everything is either upside or messed up.

This article is for startup but it might help. http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2570

Creative Sync Manager weird bug (featur

Hi,
I'm a new Zen Touch 20GB owner although I've been an avid 3G iPod owner before it died on me some time ago. Anyway, I love my new Zen Touch for what it worth but if only if the bundled software would perform better. Well, first of all, I find Creative MediaSource Organizer to be quite a decent audio player despite the weird 4-panes navigation scheme. I have no problem with it yet though.
However, the accompanying sync plugin/module for my Zen Touch is very disappointing.
Before I start ranting, here are some details:
Mp3 Player:
Zen Touch 20GB
Date of purchase: 0/2/2005
Firmware: 2.0.05 (PlayForSure)
Creative MediaSource:
Version 3.30.2 with updated driver for PlayForSure-enabled Zen Touch
Now back to the issue. First, it takes more than 0 seconds to initialise. Loading a big chunk of drivers for all MP3 players Creative have ever produced or what? Second, it doesn't have an option to delete files in my zen player which are not in my PC library. Third, it REFUSES TO REPLACE MP3 files that are already in the player eventhough the files are listed before the syncing procedure. You see, I edit ID3 tags of my music collection all the time so it is natural for me to have my modified ID3 tags to reflect on the files on my Zen Touch as well. OK sure, when I fire up the sync manager, it manages to detect that I have all these files with updated ID3 tags needed to be copied over to my Zen Touch but why in the name of creativity wouldn't it copy the files just like it should do? The files are already in my Zen Touch? Just replace them! I know what I want to do so just replace them! Or at least give me the "Do you want to replace the files?" box with "Yes" or "No" button. Why do I have to go into the directory structure of my zen player and delete the files manually in order to get the latest files copied over?
I hope this issue is fixed soon. Don't give me those "download the freeware NomadSync etc" advices. Why bother releasing the bundled software if it cannot do such a simple job of replacing files already in the player.
p/s: I read the "read before you post" post and I already did some searches in the forum for previously posted posts on the issue above but it seems that I'm the first one to discover it. Or maybe everyone else just doesn't care and decided to suck it up?Message Edited by anatilmizun on -09-2005 02:57 AM

well, I don't mind having to use other program for not-so-common jobs, but this is about replacing/overwriting files that are already in the player. I did mention that the sync manager is smart enough to make a list of files that it thinks should be synced to my zen touch but why won't it copy the files over? Isn't it weird if you sit and think about it's Isn't the real purpose of sync manager to copy files from PC to Zen or vice versa so that both places have the exact set of files? So what if the destination already has the files? The files are different, as detected by sync manager, so it should just overwrite them. It is the basic job the Sync Manager is supposed to do, isn't it's Why should I use another program?
It's like sync manager saying "hey, I think the files X, Y and Z in your MP3 player are outdated so I am going to sync them. WHoaaaa! There are already X, Y and Z in your MP3 player so I'm going to leave them alone" Sense any weirdness or craziness about this hypotethic monologue?Message Edited by anatilmizun on -0-2005 0:09 AM

Weird error message from aplay

Got a new system this week and everything is set up and working, except a few weird audio glitches. Audio goes through the onboard HDMI thingie, but I'm not using HDMI; my monitor sends the HDMI signal to a different computer and VGA to my problem child. So HDMI audio is inactive. I finally got alsa and all the other audio apps to stop trying to use the nonexistent HDMI by default (resulting in a segfault) by simply deleting that module from libs/modules/{...} I set up /etc/asound.conf to identify the analog PCM as the default (card 2). But there's a further complication. I also have an external sound adapter plugged into USB for my podcast work, and it shows up as card #1.
Anyway, thanks to the default settings in asound.conf I can get most programs to send output to the analog onboard card and external speakers. But when I try to play a wave file with aplay, I get
aplay: set_params:1081: Sample format non available
That message came up in another thread in 2007, and the solution was to install an updated set of alsa-plugins... but pacman says mine are up to date and I assume any problem with them in 2007 is no longer an issue -- at any rate, aplay worked fine with wave files on my old PC. mpg123 plays mp3 files fine, and mplayer handles wave files (et al) fine... it's just aplay that's giving me grief.
I do *not* run jack, except during my podcast because idjc requires it.
Anyone else familiar with that error and can recommend a fix?

gday Andrew -
I believe that this is caused by setting the attribute exclusive-write-access=false in the orion-ejb-jar.xml file for your EJBs.
This is a known OC4J problem: a bug has been logged and it's been fixed here. The next minor release of OC4J will contain the fix for this.
In the meantime as a workaround removing the exclusive-write-access=false attribute from the orion-ejb-jar.xml files for your beans should get you going.
cheers!
-steve.
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Weird error message need help..

SO.. i havent updated my itunes in a while because i keep getting this weird message.. it comes up when im almost done installing the newest/newer versions of itunes. it says
"the feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" "click ok to try again or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'iTunes.msi' in the box below"
now when ever i choose a file from the browse box it replies with this message "the file 'xxx' is not a valid installation package for the product iTunes. try to find the installation package iTunes.msi in a folder from which you can install iTunes."
no idea need help thanks
~~~lake
Message was edited by: DarkxFlamexCaster
Message was edited by: DarkxFlamexCaster

+it comes up when im almost done installing the newest/newer versions of itunes. it says+ +"the feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" "click ok to try again or enter an alternate path to a folder containing the installation package 'iTunes.msi' in the box below"+
With that one, let's try the following procedure.
First, head into your Add/Remove programs and uninstall your QuickTime. If it goes, good. If it doesn't, we'll just attend to it when we attend to iTunes.
Next, download and install the Windows Installer CleanUp utility:
Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
Now launch Windows Installer CleanUp ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up"), find any iTunes and/or QuickTime entries in the list of programs in CleanUp, select those entries, and click “remove”.
Next, we'll manually remove any leftover iTunes or QuickTime program files:
(1) Open Local Disk (C:) in Computer or whichever disk programs are installed on.
(2) Open the Program Files folder.
(3) Right-click the iTunes folder and select Delete and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion.
(4) Right-click the QuickTime folder and select Delete and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. (Note: This folder may have already been deleted if QuickTime was successfully removed using Add/Remove Programs earlier.)
(5) Delete the QuickTime and QuicktimeVR files located in the C:\Windows\system32\ folder. Click Continue if Windows needs confirmation or permission to continue. (Note: These files may have already been deleted if QuickTime was successfully removed using Add/Remove Programs earlier.)
(6) Right-click on the Recycle Bin and on the shortcut menu, click Empty Recycle Bin.
(7) Restart your computer.
Now try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly now?

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