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Hello All,
I will appreciate if you can help me solve this problem.
I noticed that whenever I type the word antivirus, mcafee, antispyware in Internet Explorer or Mozilla Google search, it closes the windows automatically.
The McAfee antivirus is not responding, it is not even let me uninstall it.
I got to ran the HJTInstall.exe and I am attaching the logs, so with your expertise you can give me more light on how to troubleshoot this issue.
Thanks in advance.
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I am pasting it for easy reading...
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 09:54:42 p.m., on 09/18/2008
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16705)
Boot mode: Normal
Running processes:
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
C:\Program Files\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\McSACore.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MPFSrv.exe
C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSK\MskSrver.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ulead Systems\DVD\ULCDRSvr.exe
C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PaperPort\pptd40nt.exe
C:\Program Files\Brother\Brmfcmon\BrMfcWnd.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe
C:\Program Files\Brother\ControlCenter3\brccMCtl.exe
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy.exe
C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WLLoginProxy.exe
C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\HijackThis\HijackThis.exe
C:\Program Files\Brother\Brmfcmon\BrMfcmon.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896" target="_blank" class="wLink">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896" target="_blank" class="wLink">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157" target="_blank" class="wLink">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Search_URL = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=54896
R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=69157
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=%s
R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL,(Default) = http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler?general=%s
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Connection Wizard,ShellNext = http://quicktimepro.apple.com/?coun...010200&qtVersion=07138000&cid=AOSA10000026883
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: Skype add-on (mastermind) - {22BF413B-C6D2-4d91-82A9-A0F997BA588C} - C:\PROGRA~1\Skype\Phone\IEPlugin\SKYPEI~1.DLL
O2 - BHO: McAntiPhishingBHO - {377C180E-6F0E-4D4C-980F-F45BD3D40CF4} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\msk\mcapbho.dll
O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\ssv.dll
O2 - BHO: scriptproxy - {7DB2D5A0-7241-4E79-B68D-6309F01C5231} - C:\Program Files\McAfee\VirusScan\scriptsn.dll
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {7E853D72-626A-48EC-A868-BA8D5E23E045} - (no file)
O2 - BHO: Windows Live Sign-in Helper - {9030D464-4C02-4ABF-8ECC-5164760863C6} - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live\WindowsLiveLogin.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Helper - {AA58ED58-01DD-4d91-8333-CF10577473F7} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O2 - BHO: Google Toolbar Notifier BHO - {AF69DE43-7D58-4638-B6FA-CE66B5AD205D} - C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\2.0.301.7164\swg.dll
O2 - BHO: McAfee SiteAdvisor BHO - {B164E929-A1B6-4A06-B104-2CD0E90A88FF} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Google - {2318C2B1-4965-11d4-9B18-009027A5CD4F} - c:\program files\google\googletoolbar2.dll
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {BA52B914-B692-46c4-B683-905236F6F655} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: (no name) - {B63D81CF-90DC-4d13-8782-9524A2752039} - (no file)
O3 - Toolbar: McAfee SiteAdvisor Toolbar - {0EBBBE48-BAD4-4B4C-8E5A-516ABECAE064} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IgfxTray] C:\WINDOWS\System32\igfxtray.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HotKeysCmds] C:\WINDOWS\System32\hkcmd.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Persistence] C:\WINDOWS\System32\igfxpers.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [RTHDCPL] RTHDCPL.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SkyTel] SkyTel.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Alcmtr] ALCMTR.EXE
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DiskeeperSystray] "C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkIcon.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroFilterCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SSBkgdUpdate] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Scansoft Shared\SSBkgdUpdate\SSBkgdupdate.exe" -Embedding -boot
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [PaperPort PTD] C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PaperPort\pptd40nt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IndexSearch] C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PaperPort\IndexSearch.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BrMfcWnd] C:\Program Files\Brother\Brmfcmon\BrMfcWnd.exe /AUTORUN
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SetDefPrt] C:\Program Files\Brother\Brmfl06a\BrStDvPt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ControlCenter3] C:\Program Files\Brother\ControlCenter3\brctrcen.exe /autorun
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [mcagent_exe] C:\Program Files\McAfee.com\Agent\mcagent.exe /runkey
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SunJavaUpdateSched] "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\jusched.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Adobe Photo Downloader] "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop Album Starter Edition\3.0\Apps\apdproxy.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DVMedia] D:\\Resource\AutoRerun.exe D:\
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [UVS10 Preload] C:\Program Files\Ulead Systems\Ulead VideoStudio SE\uvPL.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTTask.exe" -atboottime
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [iTunesHelper] "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesHelper.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [V0400Mon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\V0400Mon.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Windows Defender] "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe" -hide
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [swg] C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [antispy] C:\Program Files\IEAntiVirus\ANTIVIR.exe
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-19\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'LOCAL SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-20\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'NETWORK SERVICE')
O4 - HKUS\S-1-5-18\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'SYSTEM')
O4 - HKUS\.DEFAULT\..\Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:\WINDOWS\System32\CTFMON.EXE (User 'Default user')
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0_07\bin\ssv.dll
O9 - Extra button: Skype add-on - {77BF5300-1474-4EC7-9980-D32B190E9B07} - C:\PROGRA~1\Skype\Phone\IEPlugin\SKYPEI~1.DLL
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: @xpsp3res.dll,-20001 - {e2e2dd38-d088-4134-82b7-f2ba38496583} - C:\WINDOWS\Network Diagnostic\xpnetdiag.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
O12 - Plugin for .spop: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\Plugins\NPDocBox.dll
O16 - DPF: Web-Based Email Tools - http://email.secureserver.net/Download.CAB
O16 - DPF: {036F8A56-0BC8-4607-8F98-D3231E6FF5ED} (CentraUpdaterAxCtl Class) - http://centraus2.englishtown.com/SiteRoots/main/Install/win32/CentraUpdaterAx.cab
O16 - DPF: {5C6698D9-7BE4-4122-8EC5-291D84DBD4A0} (Facebook Photo Uploader 4 Control) - http://upload.facebook.com/controls/FacebookPhotoUploader3.cab
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://www.update.microsoft.com/win...ls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1194917712265
O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://fpdownload2.macromedia.com/get/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab
O18 - Protocol: sacore - {5513F07E-936B-4E52-9B00-067394E91CC5} - c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee\SITEAD~1\mcieplg.dll
O18 - Protocol: skype4com - {FFC8B962-9B40-4DFF-9458-1830C7DD7F5D} - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Skype\SKYPE4~1.DLL
O20 - Winlogon Notify: badaddaff - C:\WINDOWS\system32\badaddaff.dll (file missing)
O23 - Service: Apple Mobile Device - Apple, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\bin\AppleMobileDeviceService.exe
O23 - Service: Ares Chatroom server (AresChatServer) - Ares Development Group - C:\Program Files\Ares\chatServer.exe
O23 - Service: Diskeeper - Diskeeper® Corporation - C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
O23 - Service: Google Updater Service (gusvc) - Google - C:\Program Files\Google\Common\Google Updater\GoogleUpdaterService.exe
O23 - Service: Servicio del iPod (iPod Service) - Apple Inc. - C:\Program Files\iPod\bin\iPodService.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee SiteAdvisor Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\McAfee\SiteAdvisor\McSACore.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Services (mcmscsvc) - McAfee, Inc. - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\MSC\mcmscsvc.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Network Agent (McNASvc) - McAfee, Inc. - c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\mcafee\mna\mcnasvc.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Scanner (McODS) - McAfee, Inc. - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\VIRUSS~1\mcods.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Proxy Service (McProxy) - McAfee, Inc. - c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\mcafee\mcproxy\mcproxy.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Real-time Scanner (McShield) - McAfee, Inc. - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\VIRUSS~1\mcshield.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee SystemGuards (McSysmon) - McAfee, Inc. - C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\VIRUSS~1\mcsysmon.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Personal Firewall Service (MpfService) - McAfee, Inc. - C:\Program Files\McAfee\MPF\MPFSrv.exe
O23 - Service: McAfee Anti-Spam Service (MSK80Service) - McAfee, Inc. - C:\Program Files\McAfee\MSK\MskSrver.exe
O23 - Service: Ulead Burning Helper (UleadBurningHelper) - Ulead Systems, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ulead Systems\DVD\ULCDRSvr.exe
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Please help. My HP Pavilion Notebook, Windows XP, just started randomly shutting down (complete shut down, doesn't restart on it's own). Sometimes I can use it for an hour, but other times only 10 minutes. It just started doing that today. I haven't made any changes recently. Doesn't seem to be overheating.
I've tried searching the archives, but can't seem to find any recent posts (all expired) to try to find some answers.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My computer is having issues and I can't figure out what is wrong with it. Lately it's had this problem with just suddenly shutting off, especially when I'm playing a game. It will do it maybe once every day or every other day.
I turned off the hyper-threading function on the P4 and that stopped it for a couple of weeks but now its started up again.
Once it just suddenly restarted itself, but 99% of the time it will just shut off.
Every time it shuts off, I have to unplug it, wait for a couple of seconds then plug it back in. A couple of seconds after I plug it back in it will power up again on its own.
I'm not sure if it's the ram, power supply, software or what. What could be the most likely culprit?
Thanks and let me know if you need more details.
Windows XP, SP2
While I am using my laptop suddenly computer shuts down. It shows a blue screen with some details of the error. But before I could read it, computer restarts. After restart, sometimes it may function normally and sometimes it would keep shutting down. I have to turnoff the computer completely for few minutes and then it would start working normally. This can happen at any time, there is nothing specific about this behavior.
This is happenening for 2-3 months now. Then it struck to my mind to check the log files of the system. So I checked system log files in computer management. It showed "iaStor" error there.
Whats this "iaStor" error ? Is that the problem for this kind of behavior ?
Secondly, the pointer on the laptop freezes for few seconds quite often and then its released from the frozen state. When I am trying to click on a link or trying to scroll down, the pointer or grabber sign freezes and then it gets released after 4-5 seconds. Whats this behavior due to ?
I did uninstall and reinstall the windows xp, but still it gives same behavior for both the issues.
My lenovo T400 has been working well for over 1 year now and since this morning it sometimes suddenly stops working.
It shuts down like if the batterie would be suddenly empty. This happened while it was on batterie and while working on power supply.
I am running Matlab currently, which is using all the CPU but the temperature seems to stay around 70 degrees celsius. I realy would enjoy some advice as I can't work without having solved this issue....
Thank you in advance,
I have a:
-Pentium III
-667 MHz CPU
-512 MB of ram
-Windows XP
-ATI Radion 7000 Video card
-Linksys Ethernet card
Hi Everyone,
Computers never cease to amaze me. Just when I think that the computer is running "the way it should be", the damn thing restarts on me. It happened a few days ago while playing Madden 2003. It happened this morning, while printing a picture, I decided to close Paint Shop Pro. For some reason, I am leaning towards this being a video card problem. More specifically, I think there is a conflict between the video card driver and several programs on the computer (i.e. graphic intensive). It has always been my understanding that a computer is SUPPOSED to remain ON until you tell it to TURN OFF. I hope someone on this amazing board can HELP ME OUT!!
Thanks In Advance,
I'm assuming that you've confirmed that your CPU fan is working properly? (in case it's overheating)
Check out this site....if you don't have this driver, then try downloading and installing it:
I know that the specific error they mention doesn't really apply to you, but it might help your problem.
You could also disable your computer from automatically restarting with system errors. Right-click on My Computer, go to Properties, then Advanced, then Settings (under Startup and Recovery), then take the checkmark off "Automatically Reboot". This is probably what's causing it to reboot....while you're working on something that deals with graphics, and the system generates an error, it automatically reboots.
These are just a couple of suggestions.
My other computer suddenly shut down while i was playing a game. Then i smelled a burning odor. I tried turning on the computer again but it wouldnt turn on so i opened the case and felt the hardwares. The power supply and the harddrive were hot.
What happened to my computer? how do i fix this?
have a look and see if you can see anything burnt on the motheboard.
powersupplies and HD are HOT - how hot - remember they do run very hot hence the fans.
when you turn on - do any fans spin up or lights come on - if not its likely to be the PSU.
you could try disconnecting the PSU from the MoBo and other devices and then switch on and see if fan in psu runs.
otherwise you probably need a meter to check if the psu is working.
whats the make/model of the PC and then maybe someone can advise more on parts etc.
Lately, my computer has been shutting itself off suddenly, followed by a loud high-pitched constant tone, which lasts until I turn the power off on the power supply. When I turn the computer back on, I get a blue screen that says there was an error and the system has been shut down. If I leave it off for about 10 minutes and turn it back on, it will come on fine, but eventually shut off again. A friend of mine mentioned that this may be a motherboard issue, so I'm just wondering what everyone here thinks.
Greetings-- my previous problem was wonderfully solved here, so am hoping help with new problem will be successful.
This past week I've suddenly developed a problem where without any warning the computer will shut off. The 'power' button on the PCU will go to an amber, and will not respond to repeated pressings. The only way I'm able to get it back on again is to cut the machine off at the power strip, then press the power button. I've run some various system scans, and nothing turns up.
I am using Windows XP, have a Gateway computer, and have NO CLUE about what is going on. Many thanks for your thoughts and suggestions. Please let me know what more information I need to provide for consideration.
Hi there!
Before I can help you in any way, I would like you to give information on your computer, such as service packs are installed or not, do you get any error messages, have you been experiencing speed problems with the pc lately, or have you been fiddling with the registry( ). Thank you!
Looking forward to helping you!
Leslie CT
Hey guys,
I have a serious problem. I bought a new computer lately, it is superb but it has one error. Everytime i start my computer it shuts off after an undifined amount of time. It doesn't cleanly shuts down windows or something it just roughly shuts off. I did run a memory check, i build in another cooler for my processor and it didn't change anything. Sometimes it happens when i'm gaming, sometimes it happens when i don't do anything so it is a hard problem to analyse. When i am in safe mode it doesn't shut off.
These are my specs:
Amd Athlon 64 X2 dual core 6000+
2 GB memory
450W power source
Asus 8800GS graphic card
I hope you can help me!
Greetz Oliver
I would make sure your drivers are up to date and try a system restore if you have a restore point. Also, you might be able to find our more about whats causing it by looking at the event manager for dump files. Otherwise if its not a big hastle for ya i would consider a reinstall.
Read other 9 answersneed help!!! computer suddenly shuts off when setting up windows xp
Maybe you could have read this first.
Guide To Making A Good Post: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic33297.html
If your computer is suddenly Shutting Down then firstly
1. Run Memtest86 to test your RAM.
2. Download the Testing software off your HDD Manufacturers website.
Then post back once you've done this.
Does anyone have a idea on why my computer shuts down mostly when playing games
the screen flickers once and then shuts everything down sometimes you can restart the system and it's ok but other tiimes it just keeps shutting off
I've tried troubleshooting everything but can not fiqure it out so please help
I am running windows xp with service pac 2
What kind of computer and what are the specs? Video card, motherboard, power supply?
Read other 6 answersNot sure if this is where I'm supposed to put this, but here goes. My father's laptop keeps shutting off. I know the battery is very poor, but I don't think it is what is causing the problem. When you boot the computer up, it runs through boot, loads windows, but as soon as it gets to the login screen, it suddenly does a hard shut down, like it suddenly loses power. Turn it back on and you get the "start windows normaly" option and it loads windows, but as soon as it comes to the login screen, complete shuts off, no shutting down, just hard shut down. The battery is bad enough that when you unplug the power cord, it shuts off like that, but the power cord was plugged in. We had a bad storm last night, but the power cord was plugged into a surge protector, so I don't know if the cord is damaged. When the computer shuts off at log in screen, it seems to do it at the same place. I don't know if it is a power issue or a Windows issue.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance guys
I have a Medion 8000 computer running Windows XP. Recently it started booting very slowly (5 min or more) and after it boots, it suddenly, without warning, shuts itself off and then starts to reboot. Any suggestions? Also when it starts to book and says "Push F1 or Del to enter setup", and I puxh F1, nothing happens.
I use an HP Pavillion dv5003cl Notebook I have owned since April 2006. I have had several problems with it and I think this might have been the last straw. I hope there is a fix for it because I cant afford a new laptop just yet so any help will be appreciated.
Yesterday i was using my laptop conncected to a 500 GB WD external hard drive. I began hearing this high pictched whine and I assumed it was my fan since it had been on for a while. suddenly it shut off, as if I had pulled out the battery. Pressed the power button several times but it did nothing. Then i noticed the high pitched noise was still audible (and more annoying than ever). Turned out it was coming from the power supply, primarily the big brick shaped section. It is the 3rd power cord I've owned, all my other ones keep breaking or stop working.
Anyway I dont think it's the problem because i have used another power cord and it didnt charge the battery or allow the computer to power up. I have also tried the 'hold power button for 30 sec then connect power and turn on then connect battery' routine to discharge any power in the comp but to no avail. Is it dead or is there a way i can fix it?
Man I never thought buying this pda phone 3 weeks ago would be so helpful...well now I'm stuck with it as my only means for internet access ): please help!
Try this... without the defective PSU(Power Supply) or any other power source plugged into the notebook.
Then try the 30-sec, no-battery installed thing.
With your PSU "exploding" - it might have fried your notebook. Hopefully data on drive is still good. Even if your notebook is alive, it may still be damaged... and those HPs are not quite good...
Look at ThinkPads (starting at $550 with Core2Duo CPUs) soon...
This has happened to me a few times already. The first time was in February. Then it happened yesterday. Today it happened again. The symptoms are always the same.
The computer would suddenly shut off without warning. The power light would go out completely, but then it would turn itself back on. The computer would make a weird noise. Hard to explain. It's like it's trying to run something. But it's not the usual "whirrrrr" sound I typically hear when it's busy. I wish I could explain it better.
Looking at the Event Logs, I noticed this for each of the 3 times it blacked out like this:
ACPI thermal zone ACPI\ThermalZone\THRM has been enumerated.
_TSP = 6000ms
_PSL - see event data.
Could this be an overheating issue? Or maybe a power supply issue?
please follow the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) Posting Instructions
Read other 9 answershello, i had for quite a time that my computer shuts down all of a sudden, whether im playing a game or watching a movie or just idling.
i thought it was something about the temperature, but it was not.
the problem first showed up after i upgraded my GPU card from gtx570 to gtx 770.
Attachment 53852
up here is my BSOD file.
hope you can help me.
You have 3 hard drives. What is the make/model/wattage and age of your Power Supply?
Lot's of Windows Updates failures in the WER section of the MSINFO32 report. If the problems continue, please post over in the Windows Updates & Activation - Windows 8 Forums for further expert assistance with this issue.
There are no memory dumps in the uploaded reports - nor are there any hints about them in the WER section of MSINFO32.
Please do the following:
- open Event Viewer (run eventvwr.msc from the "Run" dialog))
- expand the Custom Views category (left click on the > next to the words "Custom Views")
- right click on Administrative Events
- select "Save all Events in Custom View as..."
- save the file as Admin.evtx
- zip up the file (right click on it, select "Send to", select "Compressed (zipped) folder")
- upload it with your next post (if it's too big, then upload it to a free file-hosting service and post a link here).
While waiting for a reply, please monitor your temps with this free utility: HWMonitor CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting
There are enough signs here that I have to wonder about this installation. Should this be a pirated copy of Windows, please be aware that we may not be able to fix it (as the hacks that were done to activate it will cause the OS to behave differently than we expect it to). If that's the case, our efforts to help may just waste your time. Secondly, the f... Read more
Hey, can anyone help me out here? My operating system is Vista. My computer suddenly goes into a blue screen and says that there is something critical in my system, and will shut down to prevent data loss. So I let it shut down, I reboot in safe mode, and I find that Windows Security tells me that the entire Security System is turned off. I tried turning it back on but an error message pops up. I used Tune Up 2008, and did a system restore. I rebooted and it said that the system restore was successful, but then the next day, the same thing happened. What am I supposed to do?
February 2- 8:49 pm = I am scanning my computer right now, with my original ESET NOD 32 Smart Security, then Spybot Search and Destroy, then Windows Defender. I will post the results as a "found infection" or "did not find infection".
Operating System : Vista 32bit
Please help me if you can, I don't thing this is a MAJOR thing, but I would love to not have to restart my computer every couple hours...
Thx, noelzelda
Scanned with Eset Nod 32, Spybot S&D, and Windows Defender. All with no infections found. What should I do now?{Mod Edit:Moved to more appropriate Forum~~boopme}
Read other 4 answersI have a HDX16 laptop running windows 7. The battery is a year and a few months old, and yesterday was giving me at least 50 min of battery life. However today, it wont hold a charge at all and my computer shuts down completely whenever the power supply is interrupted for a millisecond. I ask because this is the second time a battery has suddenly stopped working on me and I am wondering if there is a reason for this. I tried to check the battery condition by hitting esc + f2 when my computer starts up, but there is no battery check option. Any explanation or advice would be greatly appreciated Thanks for your time.
Hey Aitchpk, I'm sorry you're having a battery issue. I would suggest running a battery check using HP Support Assistant if you have it installed on your computer. You could also try using this standalone Battery Check. Do you have any issues like this if you operate the computer without the battery and just have the power cord plugged in?
Read other 2 answersHi, I have following problem:
When working on my computer it turns off suddenly, but it is not a full shut down (like when you pull out ppower cord), instead monitor becomes balck (green LED is still ON) and LED on computer case is ON indicating it is working, but no other activity. Hard disk is no active and I don´t hear FAN anymore. My only solution is to press power button and hold for a few seconds and then computer shuts down. Then, when I try to reboot computer simply stop reacting before memory testing and waits for something. After a minute or two it continue booting. Sometimes it boots normaly and works normaly. What could be a reason?
Configuration is :
Windows XP,
Pentium 4 2.66 GHz
3 partition 55 GB, 46.8 and 9 GB
I hope it is because of some software nad not hardware fault. Does anyone have similar experience? I have searchd the board but didn't find anything to solve my problem.
Thanks very much
My PC shuts down all of a sudden all the time(Up to like 5 times now). There's no warning, and no blue screen. It just shuts down and then starts back up again instantly.
Also, i have gotten 2 Blue Screen errors, and 1 incident where the lsass.exe process terminated suddenly and started the "shutdown -s -t 60 -c"Dont remember the message"" command at the login screen. All within 2 hours.
And right now my computer just lost all sound, which means its probbably about to shut down again.
I restored my computer 2 days ago, and havent installed much since then. It was suggested that one of my 3 RAM sticks had gone bad. But when i opened my PC, i couldnt figure out how to take the RAM sticks out.
Why is it doing this?
I recently had a serious Adware attack. Fortunately, with the help of Hijackthis and this forum, I was able to stop all the annoying pop-ups, but ever since my IE will suddenly shut down while I am browsing the web. I'm lucky I got to type this whole message.
Any advice on how to resolve this problem?
Firewall?Blue screen msgs?(could be Windows Protection Measure)tho it will tell
you usually"IE has caused a fault in xxxx & will shut down";Could also be a F/W
defense.Is OE functioning OK?A possible Kernal32 error(also reported usually); a
problem with your ISP(disconnection /time out);do you have call waiting?);is this
random or after set time?;is it possible the sites visited are restricted to members;
Is IE fully updated(IE 6?).If no error messages display,do full scan with everything
& run scandisk in thorough mode;# your advanced settings,restore defaults &
get back to us.
This problem started a week ago.
When the pc shut down i can`t turn it on right away (nothing happens), so i have to unplug the power cord for about 10 secs to turn it back
i thought the problem was processor overheated, so i bought termal paste, now temps are good, arround 39C IDLE and 55 under heavy load.
so, i don`t know why my pc keep shutting down suddenly.
(i have pc specs in my sing, if you do need any other info just let me know)
i really appreciate your help, i`ll be waiting your answer, thank you.
I experienced something similar a few years back on an older rig, it turned out to be the PSU was dying might well be the same thing on your system.
Hi, i'm having this problem where my computer suddenly turns off. The cases are when i open the computer from standby mode, it overheats and when i'm playing Far Cry. I have no clue why it does the turn off when i open from standby mode,
and when i play Far Cry. It doesn't happen at all with SimCity 4 O_o.
Intel Pentium M 2.00 Ghz
1.00 G Ram
GeForce Go 6600 128 Mb
Appreciate the help =)
if you have cooling problems, then you know how to fix it already, provide better cooling.
Hi, I've a problem. My pc sometimes shuts down suddenly and without any reasonable cause. It happens in various moments and I don't see the reapetibility of the situation.
Can it be caused from an insufficient power supply?
I've attached the system file zipped.
Hi there everybody. Lately I've built up my own computer. I am kind of expert so there shouldn't be any nab problem like mounting something wrong or placing wrong cables in wrong places but I have this problem. My pc runs very smoothly and powerful but after a period of gaming (like 1 hour of gtaV) my pc suddenly shuts down. It gives me no warning at all. I checked the temps and they all seems to be normal when the power off happens, so I think it couldn't be an over heating problem. This happens only when I "make things hard" let's say. The first days that this happened the AI software told me there was low voltage but now that doesn't happen anymore. But that's strange assuming I have a KCAS 600w.
My specs:
Mother: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
cpu: AMD FX 8320E 3.2->5GHz 8 core
GPU: AMD SAPPHIRE Dual-X R9 270X
Ram: 4GbKingstone+8GbKingstone
PSU: KCAS 600w
Cooling: Freezer 7 Pro rev 2
Help please, that's my struggle since 7 months
I kept it monitored until the shutdown and on the AI software I saw that there was low voltage on the 2v and the 12 one.
How is it possible? I have 600 w and it should be enough
I was recently having issues with the LCD backlight on my Dell XPS M1530 laptop. So I took it to the tech guy who fixed the backlight issue. But, now I get sudden shut downs while I'm working on my laptop. The screen goes white for a second before it shuts off by itself. Could it be an issue with wiring inside which the tech guy messed up? Or maybe the heat? because I notice the shut down when mostly my laptop is resting on a wooden table for about half and hour. Any advise?
Does your laptop have the Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT installed? If so your problems are very likely a result of the nVidia Defect (I have recently had a refund on a laptop I boughgt in 2007 because of this), have a look here http://www.nvidiadefect.com/ for info, it's a very helpful website.
Hey guys! Was wondering if you can help. I am trying to play gears of war and it stops working right in the middle of me starting it up. It would play for a while load up and the game will stop working and the program closes. I tried installing it and running it as admin. Installed reinstalled the game and directX still nothing. Any course of action you can recommend would be appreciated.
i had the same problem, the only way i could get it to work was to use a no cd /dvd patch, hope this helps
Read other 8 answersHey Techspot, I'm hoping you can help me out with a little problem I've started experiencing. I got a Lenovo G555 just last year, and everything's been going great with it so far. However, as of about a day ago it decides to start shutting down without any warning whatsoever. It seems that this happens at random also. Some times I can keep the laptop on overnight (I like to have videos playing while I sleep) with no problems, and other times it snaps off after not even 5 minutes. Thus I can't really finish a scan with avast! or malwarebites. I haven't done anything out of the ordinary either. I don't know if it's really overheating because I keep it in a similar environment as my Toshiba laptop that has remained on around the same amount of time with no overheating whatsoever. I'm running Windows 7 on my Lenovo.
EDIT: I thought that my problem was in fact overheating, so I cleaned the fan area with some compressed air. That seems to help a little bit, but my computer still has a tendency to shut down randomly, just a lot less frequently. I checked the temperature with SpeedFan, and upon startup my core temp is as high as 80C, then cools off to about 60C when I'm doing nothing. The thing that worries me is that SpeedFan can detect no RPMs from my fan. Fan1, Fan2, and Fan3 all show 0 RPMs in the program.
Chances are the thermal pads or the thermal paste on the CPU/video chip needs replacing
I've been struggling with this for months and am at my wit's end. Any help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated!
Basically, without warning, my computer, for no apparent reason, shuts itself off. No shut down. It simply shuts off, as though the power had been disconnected. (It might be worth noting that on starting it back up again, chkdsk doesn't run.)
At first, I thought it was a random occurence and likely a hardware problem; possibly the Power Supply. However, my MoBo is set to power up the computer after losing power and, after one of these unexpected power downs, the computer doesn't start back up until I hit the power button.
I've also started to notice a link to downloading. Namely, if there's multiple downloads going on, it seems to trigger the problem. It shuts down almost every night, which is when I've got utorrent scheduled to run, and I've been able to trigger the problem reliably by initiating multiple downloads of podcasts in iTunes. It also seems to happen sometimes when web pages are taking too long to load.
It's probably important to note that the computer functions perfectly otherwise. I can tax the system with the latest games or a heavy set of video transcodes without incident, so I'd have a hard time believing it would be a heat problem.
Based on suggestions from others, I have tried replacing the RAM and Network Card, but neither has had any impact on the problem.
Any help anyone can o... Read more
I'm not an expert by any means, but I guess there's no harm in having a bit of (possibly helpful) input...
It could have something to do with a faulty hard drive...I had something not so long ago where I had a lot of damaged secotrs, and copying things between disks would restart my computer (and sometimes never let it start back up)...
Have you got a spare drive you could test? Or if you have multiple drives, set the other 'good' one to the default download location and try to induce the problem.
I dont know what anyone else thinks of this...it could be completely wrong, but I guess there's no harm in trying!
My notebook computer has suddenly shut off three times today.
This has never happened before, except during times of cpu intensive activities,
such as video transcoding, where it has overheated.
...Then I bought a nice expensive cooling pad and it has never suddenly shut off since (until now).
The notebook did not feel that hot after any of the three times it shut off today,
and the cooling pad was turned on the last two times.
How can I figure out what the problem is?
We can also check the memory and Hard drive .....
Bad memory will cause system shut down...
for memory you can use Memtest86 http://www.memtest86.com/
or Microsoft Memory test http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
and also bad sector on HD may casue that also...
For checking HD you can fellow http://www.sonexpc.com/support/how/1/0001
I am running windows 7 on this laptop which I bought back in April 2010. Just 30 minutes ago, my laptop suddenly shutdown without warning or whatsoever, and upon rebooting, it hung while loading windows. I tried running startup repair but nothing was found. I restarted another time and managed to get into Windows 7.
Could it be a failing motherboard?
Thanks for responses.
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 184.108.40.206
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7
Processor Count: 8
RAM: 8169 Mb
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6970M, -2048 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 241427 MB, Free - 24409 MB; E: Total - 235308 MB, Free - 11353 MB;
Motherboard: CLEVO, P150HMx
Antivirus: Norton 360, Updated and Enabled
check your temperatures and all the air vents are clear of dust
you are using it on a hard flat surface?
I'm from India. I bought a HP 15-ay106ne laptop through my uncle in Abu Dubai on 01-01-2017.After a week I noticed that it didn't charge to 100% it reaches 99% only. After 15 days I noticed that it suddenly shuts down when the charging reaches 15% without any notification about plug-in. After few days it shuts down in between 15% and 20%.Now it's shutting down in between 36%-40% of charging. I found that the battery backup is also not good. Original backup is 10 hours but my laptop gives 5 hours of battery backup.I gave my laptop in to a HP service centre and they said it has a hardware problem. In India the spare parts are not available so please go to Dubai with your laptop.I preferred to buy it in Dubai because of its international warranty. But now they are not going to help me out of this problem.Please help me to get my laptop in good condition. And suggest me how to decrease the cycle count.
Read other answersHi!
Sometimes my laptop suddenly shuts itself down, as if i´d just cut the power.
This usually happens while playing Crysis, is my computer getting to hot?
I´m currently using WinXP, and it happens all the time, after about 20 minutes gaming. I used to run Windows Vista, and it happened only twice in 5 months. Anything I can do?
My first question to you is this: do you notice any intense heat coming from the underside of the computer? Try playing the game in your lap, and feeling for heat (don't get yourself burned though!).
Also, what type of laptop do you have? (brand and model #)
In the past Sony Laptops were very known for overheating.
I've been struggling with this for months and am at my wit's end. Any help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated!
Basically, without warning, my computer, for no apparent reason, shuts itself off. No shut down. It simply shuts off, as though the power had been disconnected. (It might be worth noting that on starting it back up again, chkdsk doesn't run.)
At first, I though it was a random occurence and likely a hardware problem; possibly the Power Supply. However, my MoBo is set to power up the computer after losing power and, after one of these unexpected power downs, the computer doesn't start back up until I hit the power button.
I've also started to notice a link to downloading. Namely, if there's multiple downloads going on, it seems to trigger the problem. It shuts down almost every night, which is when I've got utorrent scheduled to run, and I've been able to trigger the problem reliably by initiating multiple downloads of podcasts in iTunes. It also seems to happen sometimes when web pages are taking too long to load.
It's probably important to note that the computer functions perfectly otherwise. I can tax the system with the latest games or a heavy set of video transcodes without incident, so I'd have a hard time believing it would be a heat problem.
hello techspot community!
My wife was playing Tetris battle on facebook, that time I was watching her playing tetris battle then suddenly my laptop shuts down. That incident happened twice. But it didn't happened when I was playing NBA2k12 earlier that day. And when I tried to turn it on again, at first try it did not power up so i took the battery out and put it again then it turns on. What happend to my laptop? could this be overheat? But I have a cooling pad with two fan. pls help me. I'm not the techie type, me just a gamer so pls I need help. It's an Intel core i3, ATI mobility radeon 5470, 4GB RAM.
Hi guys,
I'm just a newbie and don't know how to mess inside my PC.
I just want to ask what problem my PC might have. My PC is old, but it is the only one I have. Lately, after some time of using my PC, the graphics went crazy with big pixels and the resolution was messed up. When I tried to print, the output has gone crazy as well. Then all of a sudden my PC shut off. When I tried to restart, it shut off again immediately.Today, as I tried to start again, everything seemed to be fine, but again after hours of using the PC shut off again. I worried that I might be hurting my PC since the problem still persists.
Fans are working.
Pentium 4 (2.8 Ghz)
Board: FOXCONN 865A01
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)
I really need my PC for my upcoming school finals and projects. I'm desperate, please help.
My Spectre x2 keeps turning off automatically without warning, even when I'm just watching YouTube videos or using Facebook. There's nothing to signal that it's going to happen, it just goes to a black screen.
Read other answersmy HP Paviliion 22z was one month old. I was using it and all of a sudden it shuts off. no warning message. I thought it's a power cord connection problem. but after I look carefully, no connection issue. I pressed the power button, it started and everything looked ok. However, this happens more and more often. It is less than 2 months old, as of today. no sign of slowing down or any problem using it. it just shuts down right away. looks like there is a power failure. but when i press the power button, it turns on and works just fine. lost the data I worked on. Very annoying. Anyway to fix it?
It's under warranty. Let HP fix it. Do not tamper with it and make an issue worse.
Read other 1 answersHi,
Heres my problem:
When i start outlook and i hit F5 to check for mail, i get three spam emails (always the same ones) and then i get the message:
"microsoft windows messaging subsystem spooler has encountered a problem..." etc
I guess thats the MAPISP32.exe thats necessary for sending and recieving email. So guess what happens, i cant recieve or send email. The only thing I know that I changed in the computer is that i recently disabled and then enabled again the system restore. I also recently installed SpywareBlaster. Can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance.
PS: I run WinXP and MS Oulook 97.
You may have a corrupt mail spool. Call your isp and ask them if they can delete those first 3 spam messages and then see if it works.
Read other 1 answershey,i use a core i5 HP ab001na..lately,after charging my device to 100%,after a while(when it gets to 50% and below),it goes off without any warning but it doesn't happen when the charger is plugged in and also sometimes,after plugging my AC adapter,the notification i get is 'plugged in,not charging'....please,what should i do?
Read other answersMy PC is an XP Home, service pack 2.
My internet has been acting strangely lately. Sometimes it comes up with a white page or takes a couple of trys, also difficult to close at times.
These messages are now showing and the pages closes down even when I try to debug, also it closes down immediately at times when I click on something and sometimes I can't type on the search line.
dbgheap.c, line 1132, debug errorm debug assertion failed, breakpoint.
I have disabled 3rd party browser extensions, and have took off Google as my search engine.
I'm clean of malware or viruses.
Go easy on explaining to me, I'm a senior and a little slower then I'd like to be at times understanding.
Thank you.
Hi .
What browser? What version?
You realize that not having SP3 installed...makes your system more vulnerable to malware....than it would be if you had SP3 installed?
This has happened several times over the past couple days. I will be playing DC Universe Online and my Windows 7 x64 PC simply and abruptly shuts down. Not blue screen, nothing just power off. I have had the system for years and never seen this happen under other circumstances. I don't know how to figure this out at all. I don't know where to look and I don't even know if it is a hardware or software problem.
Any help is appreciated.
Id firstly check your temps - if the CPU or GPU gets too hot it will shut your computer down to protect it. Software such as Real Temp & GPU-z may shed some light on any overheating issues
Hey guys. Got a new problem again here after my other pc, well me and my brother was playing some games (Dota 2 to be exact) then suddenly, my PC shuts down. After that, we tried turning it on again and it doesn't open anymore. I thought it's an overheat, because the casing was pretty hot, so I opened it and I let it cool for 1 hour, tried to turn it on, but still it didn't turn on. We didn't hear any exploding sounding, we didn't smell any burnt plastic. What could be possibly the problem of my pc? Can it be because of power supply? Or what?
PC specs:
Intel Core i3 (1st gen or 1st release, something like that)
AsRock H55M-LE Motherboard
Palit GeForce 9500GT 1GB 128bit
2pcs Geil 2GB DDR3 RAM
2pcs 320GB Western Digital Caviar Blue Hard Disk
Power Logic ATX-550-W Power Supply
Need help asap, please. So that we can buy whatever it is broken before christmas, and it's ruining our holiday
probably power logic are cheap junk
leave it for a few hours and see if you can get into the bios and look for the 12v reading and the cpu temp
psu brands recommende
corsair hx tx ax models only
I use Sony Vegas 6 for video editing. Today I opened the program and went to the "Import" menu, but the program shut down and disappeared. I reopened it and went back to the menu, but again the program closed. This keeps happening when I go to the "Import" menu - any way I can get it to stop?Edit: Moved topic from XP to the more appropriate forum. ~ Animal
Uninstall...reinstall...update Vegas 6 seems worth an effort.
odd problem...when i launch search, as soon as i try and input anything into any box, it shuts down suddenly and without any error messages. would appreciate any input. am running xp with 512 mbs ram, 1.1 gig amd chip, and 40 gig hd. all applicable xp updates have been installed.
Sounds like something could be corrupted. Just a guess though. When I have had funky problems, I have tried a couple of things, which include a repair/reinstall. Basically, you run your WinXP disc in a repair mode. It should replace only the Windows files, so your settings will remain the same. You will have to re-update your "updates" though.
Again, just a suggestion.


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Whitney Houston funeral: Family and friends gather for last goodbye
To the world, Whitney Houston was the pop queen with the perfect voice, the dazzling diva with regal beauty. Those closest to her will gather Saturday at a private funeral to say goodbye.
Mel Evans/AP
Newark, New Jersey
To the world, Whitney Houston was the pop queen with the perfect voice, the dazzling diva with regal beauty, a troubled superstar suffering from addiction and, finally, another victim of the dark side of fame.
To her family and friends, she was just "Nippy." A nickname given to Houston when she was a child, it stuck with her through adulthood and, later, would become the name of one of her companies. To them, she was a sister, a friend, a daughter, and a mother.
While the world remembers Houston from afar, those closest to her will gather Saturday at a private funeral to say goodbye. They come together at New Hope Baptist Church, where Houston wowed the congregation with her powerful voice even as a young girl.
IN PICTURES: Whitney Houston, in memoriam
The service takes place exactly one week after the 48-year-old Houston – one of music's all-time biggest stars – was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel in California. A cause of death has yet to be determined.
Close family friend Aretha Franklin, whom Houston lovingly called "Aunt Ree," is expected to sing at the service, as is Stevie Wonder and gospel star CeCe Winans. Music mogul Clive Davis, who launched and shepherded her career throughout the decades, may speak, along with Kevin Costner, her co-star in the blockbuster film "The Bodyguard."
Her ex-husband Bobby Brown also is expected to attend, along with the couple's only child, Bobbi Kristina.
Houston's death marked the final chapter for the superstar whose fall from grace, while shocking, was years in the making. Houston had her first No. 1 hit by the time she was 22, followed by a flurry of No. 1 songs and multi-platinum records.
Over her career, she sold more than 50 million records in the United States alone. Her voice, an ideal blend of power, grace and beauty, made classics out of songs like "Saving All My Love For You," ''I Will Always Love You," ''The Greatest Love of All" and "I'm Every Woman." Her six Grammys were only a fraction of her many awards.
But amid the fame, a turbulent marriage to Brown and her addiction to drugs tarnished her image. She became a woman falling apart in front of the world.
Her last album, "I Look To You," debuted on the top of the charts when it was released in 2009 with strong sales, but didn't have the staying power of her previous records. A tour the next year was doomed by cancellations because of illness and sub-par performances.
Still, a comeback was ahead: She was to star in the remake of the movie "Sparkle" and was working on new music. Her family, friends and hard-core fans were hopeful.
The funeral is for invited guests only. Houston is scheduled to be buried next to her father, John Houston, in nearby Westfield, New Jersey.
The Associated Press will stream the funeral service on the Internet at http://www.livestream.com/aplive and broadcasters also will be able to air it.
IN PICTURES: Whitney Houston, in memoriam

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Meet the Republicans
Information provided by the candidates' campaign.
Meet Mitt Romney
Mitt was born in Detroit on March 12, 1947. His mother, Lenore, gave up an acting career when she met and married his father, George. Mitt's father came from humble origins and never graduated from college. He apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter and sold aluminum paint before beginning a career that brought him to the head of American Motors and then the governorship of Michigan.
Mitt married his wife, Ann, in 1969. They first met in elementary school when he was a Cub Scout; he remembers tossing pebbles at her when she rode by on a horse. When they met again years later at a friend's house, he was smitten. Between them, they have five sons and eighteen grandchildren, who are the center of their lives.
Like any family, the Romney's have faced hardship: Ann was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, and more recently fought a battle with breast cancer. She credits her husband's unwavering care and devotion to her for helping her through these ordeals.
Mitt is not a career politician. He has spent most of his life in the private sector, giving him intimate knowledge of how our economy works. But he has also been an outstanding public servant. In one chapter of his distinguished career, he reversed the decline of a state mired in recession. In another chapter, he salvaged the 2002 Winter Olympic Games from certain disaster.
Meet Paul Ryan
Paul was born the youngest of four children of Elizabeth A. Betty and Paul Murray Ryan. Ryan was first elected to the House in 1998, winning the 1st District seat of Mark Neumann, a two-term incumbent who had vacated his seat to make an ultimately unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate. Ryan won the Republican primary over 29-year-old pianist Michael J. Logan of Twin Lakes and the general election against his Democratic opponent, Lydia Spottswood. This made him the second-youngest member of the House.
Reelected six times, Ryan has never received less than 57 percent of the vote. He successfully defended his seat against Democratic challenger Jeffrey C. Thomas in the 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006 elections. In 2002, Ryan had also faced Libertarian candidate George Meyers. Ryan defeated Democratic nominee Marge Krupp in the 2008 election. Ryan defeated Democrat John Heckenlively and Libertarian Joseph Kexel in the 2010 general election in his district.
On August 11, 2012 the Romney campaign officially announced Ryan as its choice for Vice President through its "Mitt's VP" mobile app as well as by the social networking service Twitter, about 90 minutes before Romney's in-person introduction. Before the official announcement in Norfolk, it was reported that Romney had decided to choose Ryan on August 1, 2012, the day after returning from his foreign trip through the United Kingdom, Poland and Israel. On August 11, 2012, Ryan formally accepted Romney's invitation to join his campaign as his running mate, in front of the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia.
Ryan is the major parties' first-ever vice-presidential candidate from Wisconsin. Ryan married Janna Little, a tax attorney, in 2000. Little, a native of Oklahoma. The couple have three children: Liza, Charles, and Sam.


text: Russian rally trucks have the world's best soundtrackRaphael Orlove10/21/11 1:00pmFiled to: Hoon Of The DayHOTDVideoClipsparis-dakarDakarRussian Trucks47EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Jumping, sliding Dakar rally trucks don't need much to get our attention, but having the world's greatest remix of "The Final Countdown" merits this video our highest praises. Advertisement The standout trucks are the KAMAZ racers, which have won the grueling Paris-Dakar race a record ten times. They're not just corner-carving flying machines, they're real workhorses. Their factory in Tartarstan churns out some 260 trucks a day. Currently here is no fuckyeahrussiantrucks.tumblr.com, but we hope this video serves as an inspiration to the internet to right its wrongs. Also, the soundtrack is a little intense. Watch at your own peril.Reply47 repliesLeave a reply


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It'll happen.
"the man"
He only deserves the "a" article.
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Skipped last year because I had just gotten into a new relationship. I bought us both passes for her first coachella. Despite being goldenvoiceFUCKED camping in Lot 4, Park Ave. & 154 N., long walks, barefoot not an option, showers out of the question, restrooms on opposite side of lot 4 we both had a blast celebrating 2 years together.
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either your english or your math are not good.
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Lot four was the biggest tragedy of coachella 2013. most people would bitch about the dust, but for me it was lot four. fuck that piece of land.
I'm trying to block lot 4 from my long term memory, but I don't think I have enough pot.
There's never enough pot.
Bring it back!
Had a blast roasting out in the sun at the Dodgers/Brewers game yesterday.
8/7/16 - Sufjan Stevens @ Hollywood Bowl // 8/8/16 - Radiohead @ Shrine // 8/8/16 - Boris @ Regent
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The five stages of electoral grief
a.k.a "the article where I refer to Shafiq and Morsi as "dumb and dumber" and "Bert and Ernie".
Crossposted at Foreign Policy Transitions.[and big thanks to my editor Christian Caryl!]
The first is denial. And that's what we're experiencing in Egypt right now — for we've ended up with the worst possible outcome from the first round of our presidential elections. The winners are Ahmed Shafiq, a Mubarak loyalist whose spent most of his last post as prime minister during the 2011 revolution trying to smother the revolution and kill its children, and who now threatens violence and an "iron fist" at every opportunity; and Mohammed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader who wasn't even his own party's first choice, and whose lack of charisma and imagination threaten to bore us to death over the next four years while curtailing our social and personal freedoms in accordance to the Muslim Brotherhood's conservative agenda.
Three days after the preliminary results were announced, the High Electoral Commission confirmed them with minor changes. The Commission claimed that it had used this interval to investigate fraud allegations and appeals, all of which it dismissed. Voters used the time to digest the news and find ways to deal with their disappointment.
Anger came next — mostly misplaced anger. At the "revolutionary" candidates who failed to agree on a single nominee. At Christians, who were accused of voting en masse for Ahmed Shafiq. Mostly, however, at the two candidates most voters felt did not represent them: As many Egyptians stayed away from the polls altogether, Shafiq and Morsi each obtained about 5 million votes, a tenth of all eligible voters (and a quarter of actual voters). To put it differently: 80 percent of Egypt's electorate didn't vote for either of these candidates.
The day the results were announced, thousands took to the street to express their disapproval. One of Shafiq's campaign offices was set on fire, though the blaze was rapidly brought under control. On Friday, multiple protests across the country were held. While holding both candidates in contempt, the demonstrators clearly regarded Shafiq as their main target.
The bargaining phase is proving to be interesting and yet — as so often — futile. Fraud allegations? None could be proven. Could Shafiq could be disqualified from running under the terms of the Disenfranchisement Law, a legal text hastily passed by the parliament in April that would make him unfit for the electoral race due to his government service under Mubarak? The law, challenged as unconstitutional, is currently being examined by the Constitutional Court, which will issue its verdict on June 12. It's unlikely that anything will come of this, but some Egyptians see a glimmer of hope in the proceedings.
Depression is the stage we seem to be at now.
It's hard to imagine a worse pair of candidates. One of these men has no respect for our personal freedoms, the other no respect for our lives; neither represents us. We fear for the future of the country and hope to protect it from the very people and ideologies we are being asked to choose from.
And there are no clear alternatives. Feeble opposition coalition building, which resulted in a'Testament" that lined up principles for Egypt's political future, would seem interesting if it didn't sound like a sore losers' club with no leverage to make its suggestions (good as they may be) implemented or heard.
So will we ever reach the fifth stage of acceptance? That's the phase where we're supposed to be resigned to our fate, reconciled with the inevitable. But so far that doesn't look very likely.
In fact, hours after the results were announced, a different kind of bargaining had already begun to take place, its terms slowly emerging. The "revolutionary voting bloc," representing a sizable segment of the electorate that manifested itself during the first round, is trying to negotiate with the remaining candidates to secure certain guarantees, such as government independence from the president and the appointment of public figures from the revolution to high offices.
The reality, however, is that most activists — facing a choice between disaster or calamity, cholera or plague, dumb or dumber (just choose your metaphor) — have a candidate they hate most of all: Ahmed Shafiq, whose election would be the worst insult to their efforts and the souls of those who died. So ultimately, any negotiation with with both candidates is really a negotiation with Morsi, in the hope that he will agree to their demands because cutting a deal with Shafiq would be morally inconceivable.
A document circulated by the "We are all Khaled Said" Facebook page (effectively the online home of the 2011 revolution) lists a number of conditions required of the new president, including proper national representation from across the political and religious spectrum in the constitution drafting committee and in a newly formed government; the appointment of two independents as vice presidents; and a raft of suggested legislation, including the suspension of military trials for civilians, the establishment of a minimum and maximum wage, and so on. The petition has gathered nearly 150,000 online signatures in four days.
While the document's preamble remains general and cites neither candidate, these demands are clearly directed at Mohammed Morsi, who has actually said in a television interview that he would be willing to sign it (though he has not).
The latest attempt is a new (and long overdue) agreement between three former presidential candidates with support within the revolutionary camp — Hamdeen Sabahi, Khaled Ali, and Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh — to form a civilian "presidential council" that would rule the country. The details will be announced next Friday.
While I truly wish the presidential council to be a viable option, it is unlikely to be, especially if it attempts to sidestep the millions who voted for the Bert and Ernie of the runoff. So far, all arguments presented for the presidential council have failed to address why it was alright to sidestep the results of the first round of elections. Simply put, if Mohamed Morsi is not on board with the presidential council — and he is unlikely to be — the idea is doomed.
A number of revolutionaries are trying to dodge these dilemmas by casting blank or voided ballots in the second round of the elections. Tempting as this option may sound (and I have struggled long with it myself), it amounts to ceding the choice of our next president to others — a solution acceptable only if there is reason to assume that the voting process is flawless and that the median voter is capable of making choices impartially. But the median voter can be manipulated. This is not an inherently Egyptian problem, but a common global and historical one. One candidate's camp makes promises of "security" and "stability" (code for the status quo) to those fearing change, while the other deploys God-coated slogans and micro-bribes in the form of food handouts. We've already seen that voters here in Egypt are extremely susceptible to these sorts of blandishments. Sitting on the sidelines is therefore not only an abdication of our right to choose, but a gift to the worst candidate.
I plan to vote — for the candidate who is a little less bad.
Most importantly, I strongly believe this does not take away my right to reject the legitimacy of the entire electoral process, which is taking place under illegal military rule, which is supposed to fill a position whose job description has yet to be defined by a constitution, and which allows criminals like Shafiq to run while disqualifying other candidates. I think of this approach as yet another exercise in damage control.
And the second after I drop my ballot, I will rejoin the ranks of the active opposition, regardless of which candidate wins.
khaled permalinkJune 5, 2012 11:53 pm
Hi Mohammad,
Are there any chances that the muslim brotherhood in Egypt will follow on the Tunisian/Turkish model? 2- Do you think that they will impose sharia law/restrict the personal freedoms? 3- I don't seem to understand why it is so hard to reach an agreement between the different parties in the Egyptian political spectrum. Take Israel for example, you almost have everyone in the coalition and despite the fact they have huge differences, each party is able to secure and achieve a large portion of its audience needs. I think that the continuos mutual accusations and labeling between the muslim brotherhood and the others have not helped building a common ground to build on. I don't see anything wrong with reaching an agreement if a good portion of each party/spectrum needs were satisfied.


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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Last Days of Summer
The flowers are few and far between with the limited amounts of summer rain.
I'm still seeing a few bees...
and damsel flies...
and everyday I watch for the hummingbirds at the feeders knowing any day now could be their last visit for the year.
The butterflies have been scarce this summer. Only recently have I spotted a few. Usually I see black swallowtail caterpillars on the parsley and fennel but not this year. I guess there can be no caterpillars if there aren't any butterflies. I think this is the first year that I haven't had them.
I was thrilled to see the Buckeye butterfly a few days ago and chased it around the yard with my camera for quite some time.
I am enjoying the cooler last few days of summer and looking forward to the lovely autumn season...
even if it means that I won't be seeing these little guys for a long time.
I hope you are enjoying the last few days of summer too!
12 comments:
- Jenni said...
Your photography is amazing! I love the last one of the hummingbird especially. They are such sweet little birds!
I hope you are having a great weekend!
Jenni - September 18, 2011 at 1:53 AM
- Karin / Southern Meadows said...
Great captures! I am loving the cooler temperatures in my garden. I can actually get outside and garden without melting!
- September 18, 2011 at 7:22 AM
- Ruth's Photo Blog said...
You have captured fall beauty at it's best. Cooler days are very welcome here.
- September 18, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Carol at Serendipity said...
Your photography is just amazing. Wonderful pictures.
Carol - September 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM
- HolleyGarden said...
What beautiful macro shots! Amazing!
- September 18, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Patricia said...
Stunning photos, Robin. LOVE that damsel fly. They are so hard to photograph. Think of you often, sweet friend.
- September 18, 2011 at 7:11 PM
- A Garden of Threads said...
Fabulous shots Robin. My hummingbirds have left for another holiday in the sunny south:)
- September 18, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- Sheila said...
Nice to see you post again! I always love your photography. I too have missed the butterflies this year...thought maybe it was just me. I saw very few!
- September 18, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- the cake chick said...
I LOVE the bee with all of the pollen, WOW!
- September 18, 2011 at 10:21 PM
- Cameron said...
wonderful photos! The hummingbirds are fantastic!
- September 18, 2011 at 10:23 PM
- Lona said...
What gorgeous pictures Robin. I love the bee and pollen shots. Beautiful!
- September 19, 2011 at 12:41 PM
- Cyndi said...
Robin, these are aMAZing! A feast for the eyes!
- September 28, 2011 at 12:42 PM


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You may have noticed that I recently added a section in the right navbar for blogs and web sites from my local community. I live in Jacksonville, Fl. and there is an active .Net community here. Since I live and work in with these guys I thought I would start linking to some of them. I realize that GotSpeech (and my blog) have a world wide audience but we have lots of local visitors too. Plus if you are ever visiting the area on business this will keep you informed with what is happening in my area.
In fact, if you ever are in the area give me a shout and we can hook up. I would love to spend some time talking about Speech Server with you or chowing down at one of the local eating/watering holes.
Dennis Bottjer is the current president of the Jacksonville Developers User Group (JAXDUG) and his partner David Strommer is the past president of JAXDUG.
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Wait, we thought this dude was too busy? Having just dropped CBS Film's "American Assassin" due to "scheduling," this bit of news seems a bit odd. But we suppose the lure of winning with the Oscar-nominated writer of "Traffic" is a lure that's hard to resist. Toss in the potential to work with some bonafide A-listers? We understand.
The Wrap reports that Chris Hemsworth is now attached to star in the writer/director's brewing directorial effort "Candy Store." The project has had Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz all circling or being offered roles with Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Bradley Cooper all on the wishlist as well, if their first choices pass on the gig. We have to say, the material sounds strong as well, with the story following a deep cover agent who loses everything and starts over as a beat cop in Brooklyn. He discovers the organized operation he was trying to bring down is alive and kicking right under his nose.
No word on when this might lens, but it would presumably have to either be squeezed in between "Thor 2" and "Robopocalypse," or simply wait for the actor to be done with latter. So this could still be a long way off. Morever, Hemsworth has more offers on the table, including a role in a brewing Steve McQueen biopic titled "Triumph" (his brother also has an offer for the part). But between this and Ron Howard's forthcoming "Rush," it looks Hemsworth is ready to establish himself as more than just a guy who can wield a mighty hammer.


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Medizone International, Inc. Corporate History
Medizone International (OTCBB:MZEI) (OTCQB:MZEI) was originally organized in New York City in 1986 to develop treatments for a family of viruses known as lipid enveloped. Diseases such as Hepatitis B and C, HIV/AIDS, Herpes and Epstein Barr are included in this family of common viruses.
In 2007 the United States Center for Disease Control (CDC) declared hospital acquired infections (HAI) a 'silent epidemic.' Approximately 100,000 people a year die in the United States every year from these largely preventable hospital acquired infections. One person every 5 minutes. The media has expressed it as the equivalent of a 747 with 288 people on board going down every single day. HAI is considered the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. It is a global problem. In 2008 we decided that we could do something about that and shifted the focus of the company to the development of our hospital disinfection system.
Medizone has successfully achieved patents for this technology, which we have labeled AsepticSure Market introduction began in Canada and will next be introduced into the United States. There is a global market for this product as AsepticSure provides a solution to a previously unsolvable problem.
Prior to AsepticSure, disinfection systems and best cleaning practices could not routinely break what we refer to as 'the sick room syndrome.' In a health care setting, a sick room is a room that continues to demonstrate a higher incident of HAI associated with it than adjoining rooms in the facility. A significant part of the cause for this is that infective- bacteria has become part of the room, and previous cleaning practices simply could not eradicate it. Cleaning would reduce it, but then it grows back.
AsepticSure is now demonstrating the ability to kill 100% of the bacteria in a problem room. No other technology has demonstrated this capability. When you kill 100% of the bacteria in a space, evidence suggests the room will remain infection free until a new source of bacteria is introduced.
On the other hand, our research demonstrates that if you leave even .1% of bacteria, ie: you kill 99.9% and leave .1% – that small amount of remaining bacteria will grow back to full strength in about 5 days. We believe this is why hospitals have continuing reinfection issues for the causative agents of HAI despite best conventional cleaning practices.
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According to Wikipedia, Shaun Holguin is an officer with the LAPD. So when he found out that Jodie Sweetin was using meth, I can't help but think he wasn't thrilled. That's what you get for marrying a sitcom star.
After Shaun and Jodie divorced, Sweetin went on to marry Cody Herpin. Cody is the one I'm wondering if we'll see a Jodie Sweetin sex tape from. I think Shaun Holguin is too much of a good guy to do such a thing, but I don't know about Herpin. He seems a little shifty to me.


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Since the 1980s we have heard much about 'leadership'; its impact on organizations and being a valued and rare quality. Countless numbers of books, articles, research projects, seminars and papers have been devoted to this subject. A Google search of the term leadership will yield 147 million hits. Must be important!
A lesser known area related to leadership is followership, which is simply defined as the willingness of people to follow a leader. A Google search will yield 767,000 hits, which suggests that not too many people get excited about the notion of followership.
There is another even lesser known area related to leadership, which is communityship. A Google search will yield 4,860 hits for the term communityship.
Communityship is a term coined by Henry Mintzberg, a professor, McGill University in Quebec, in his work during the mid-2000s. Communityship views organizations as communities, social communities that require respect, trust, integrity and more from management to be successful.
Unfortunately, according to Mintzberg, leadership has somehow become separate from or superior to management. This view creates an artificial distinction that companies cannot afford.
Companies succeed, fail or muddle along as a team of people, a social entity, not as a resource pool waiting for wisdom from high, i.e. the 'leader'.
Leaders must be engaged, authentic, trustworthy and respectful of people on their team, as part of the work community, and not as a separate part in their role as leader. They must convey the credibility of their position through their actions and words. Leaders must work as part of and not over the community at work.
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1st April 2010, 11:00 AM | #1 | |
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Hypex DSP module(s)
Digital audio processing is slowly coming to the modern DIYers. Whenever someone plans to build a preamp, an active speaker system or a multichannel room setup, DSPs are an alternative to the well established (and widely accepted) active or passive crossovers using RC-filters.
The goal of this thread is to summarize the possibilities (and possible deficiencies) of current and future DSP products and developments of Hypex Electronics B.V. from Groningen in the Netherlands. Other manufacturers' products, such as the Mini DSP line by DSP4YOU Ltd., are already covered in some other threads. Current DSP-based Hypex products (as of this writing) are the AS2.100 (Digital) and the (still preliminary) PSC2.400 (for the more professionally minded). A standalone DSP board was anounced a while ago. Matthijs Oskam (of Hypex) made a comment about it's development over here: Quote:
What's everyone's requirement in an integrated module? What's everyone's requirement in a separate DSP unit. Cheers, Sebastian. |
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Well, as I'm already here, I can even go first.
In an integrated module (as in fully equipped) I don't look for much more than the anticipated PSC2.400, as I'm advocating balanced signal handling as well as professional connectivity. I'll have to criticize the panel size, though, as the mounting dimensions are way too large in order to fit into a compact stage speaker box or monitor - at least according to my taste. The lineup would indeed have to be completed by an accompanying subwoofer module, though. I can see this coming as soon as Hypex managed to finish their higher power SMPS products. A module with a three way configuration for full range speakers would be nice, too. But Hypex already knows this from many DIYers... ------------ As far as my requirements go, it's the DSP module development that bugs me here. Hypex already has got a well done implementation of a dedicated audio DSP (with reduced computing power and fixed audio firmware) integrated into ready made products like the AS2.100, but has no plans to release this one as a separate product. I can see an opportunity missed here. I would buy it. Many speakers don't require full-fledged six-channel universal processing. OTOH, many speakers require their own built-in module, though. A six-channel board couldn't go into an active speaker (or subwoofer), as this wouldn't make a lot of sense when it comes to signal routing and cabling. Thus, it would be a product for a preamp or an integrated multi-channel amplifier. So, basically, I foresee a gap in the lineup. Speaking of me, I won't buy the AS2.100 for hifi speakers, as I'm never going to use a two-way setup without a woofer - either as a third crossover way in the box or in a separate subwoofer enclosure. OTOH, just buying many AS2.100 can't be the solution for DIY hifi, as this would be way more complicated (and less DIY) than just buying ready-made amplifiers and buying the DSP unit(s) from another manufacturer. I'd wish for the small two-channel DSP module (and the accompanying digital I/O module) to be released separately. But that's just me. Cheers, Sebastian. |
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We do want to take some time for this so we won't have to disappoint some first buyers for missing features on they product. |
1st April 2010, 01:40 PM | #4 |
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Regarding streaming devices (from the AS2.100 thread), a standard computer and wireless connection will work fine. I use a Mac connected via Toslink to the digital input of a receiver. Others use an Airport Express to achieve the same, using the AEX optical out. There are lots of PC solutions out there too.
There are regular discussions of this on the HDD Audio Forum board. |
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I for one would also be interested in a small 3 way board to be mounted in small monitors, that will be my next project whether it is hypex or another (perhaps a bit more DIY) solution. the hypex stuff does indeed sound and work great (not an owner, but friend of one) but I like to have more to do with something than just wire it up, but thats just me.
oh one bit of off topic, I recently bought a hexateq used chassis that quite handily included the softstart, I cannot find any documentation on how one would hook up 2 separate transformers, each with single 240V primaries. what little documentation there is of the product is very specific to the hypex transformers which all have multiple primaries for global use. just wondering if it will cope and what the correct dip switch settings would be; I am not using the link terminals, but want 240v operation without frying relays. anyway sorry bout that, I started a thread about this and got not a single reply. I really am interested in this product though |
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thats the hypex softstart of course
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my wish-list for the perfect stand alone DSP module:
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adding to the wishlist, it should have a digital out. that would give us at least two big advantages:
- the chance of using a digital amp - the chance of using the ADC (backing up our LP/analog tape collection). |
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Preamp replacement: We want to set up the board in blocks, on block is the DSP (2/4/6 channels) to which other universal boards can be connected to. For example a input routing board, for example one board with 1x Analogue and 1x AES inputs. And maybe an other board with 4x Analogue (balanced and unbalanced) in and 4xAES in etc. With this setup the user can even make his own dedicated input boards. This should also be done for the other parts, compatibility with our SMPS-es, and control boards, with display or not, and different sizes. Because we use an other DSP we are also able to increase the delay so that won't be a problem. remote trigger > noted expandable to a 7.1 > we are at the max of 6 outputs, we will not increase the number of channels the software has either a built in measurement module, and/or a good interface> we will go for the seconds option, we want to make it FRD format compatible it should have a digital out > I'm sorry but I don't think we will go for this option, at least not for now |
8th April 2010, 02:29 PM | #10 |
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Berkel en Rodenrijs
well, that's a lot of checkmarks on my list I go and buy a larger piggy bank
on the 7.1: how about 5.1 then? what I mean is that is is able to decode movie sound from a DVD... |
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