Still going strong, after nearly blowing her up and averaging 2 runs a day, this is the best coffee machine i have ever had…hangon…the only one, but hey..
On a side note, its amazing what you can Light Paint! Testing out the new Fenix TK40
After many crashes, broken transfers, lost data I got jack of this machine taking a dump on me. In a nut shell, and saving 3 pages of the the process and pain to get there a single BIOS update has sorted out all the issues…
Typically I found the box was almost guaranteed to crash if I was copying data from one harddrive to an external one or a network drive, this developed into sporadic crashes whilst using fairly memory and cpu intensive programs, ie CAD software and sometimes CSS. I put up with this for quite sometime, thinking that it was possibly those dodgy 7200.11 Seagate harddrives, however after flashing the harddrive firmware, which by the way is a first for me and also a very deep breath…and… replacing the hardrive (after it got full) I thought, well hangon, it probrably ain’t the HDD *click*.
So, when i say crashed, took a dump etc, basically I got nothing, nada, nuttin, not even a BSOD! that would have been welcome?! Since things seemed to get a bit worse over time, I thought, why not take this opportunity to updagre to the next M$ version, that so happened to be Win 7. Maybe that will solve my problems. Well after installing windows 7 only to find it crashed with ever so much more with consistent frequency i was ready to smack something. BUT, it did give me some tasty BSOD’s. Some research later and some very wild and varied BSOD’s, for example,
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONE_PAGED_AREA
BAD_POOL_HEADER
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
I began to head towards the idea that my RAM was bad, but handon, didn’t i Memtest that yonks ago to rule that out? Now I was trully stumped, so off to buy some more tasty RAM, fyi i got some of that OCZ DDR2 800/1067 stuff that was pretty cheap and had a lifetime warrnaty. Swapped over the RAm thinking great…time to stop these crashes…..blam..crashed just after I thought that..expletives later…i calmed down and thought very seriously about buying a new mobo.
Well, as a last resort lets update the BIOS, maybe there is a new version out, low and behold, I was running V3.0 and the later version was 3.4
3.2 Update Date 2008-09-02
Description – Update CPU Micro Code.
– Improved memory compatibility.
3.3 Update Date 2008-11-20
Description – Update CPU Micro Code.
– Support L2 function.
– Support 1000GB HDD.
– Improved memory compatibility
3.4 Update Date 2009-03-09
Description – Update CPU Micro Code.
– Improved memory compatibility.
oohhh..this is looking promising me thinks…So its been a few years since i have flashed a BIOS and I am not the kind to do any of this BIOS from within windows flashing crap, so I thought, floppy drives…i aint got one of those stoneage devices in my box…
After tracking one down and finding some dusty floppys and spending an hour trying to get a single decent formated floppy it dawned on me that the 4mb BIOS file was not gonna fit anyway…expletives later….fine then I will burn the bios to a CD and boot using the UBCD into Freedos or similiar. Finally after a few attempts I go FreeDos running and was able to excute the supplied BIOS flash utility and flash the BIOS.
And, zomg, it has been fun and games ever since. I have run Memtest for a whole day with not errors, almost cooked the computer doing it but hey…
Sounds like corrupt partition? maybe, maybe not, nonetheless a real real pain in the ass. However, merely botting of knoppix 4.01 and mounting then unmounting the drive (which is recognised by the BIOS and knoppix) then re-booting into ubuntu sorts it all out!?
why it happens? dunno…what i do know, its a pain in the ass to pull all them machines out just to get a CD drive in there to boot knoppix…
29 smackaroo’s from Foto Riesel in the city, the PK-13 is basically a glorified spacer (Nikon PK-13 is an auto extension ring with AI diaphragm coupling) and a a retail price of 129 bucks a rip off, well ok it has a few moving parts and some machined bits.. but hey…
So what does one do with a PK-13, basically stick it between the lens and the camera and it moves the focus point to give some serious macro capability, even on a 105mm prime it makes for a pretty decent macro. However sticking it on the 55mm 2.8 micro it really sings, admittingly you need to be so close to the subject it ain’t funny, but still, there is room enough to squeeze some light in so off ya go.
Lake George is an ancient lake, believed to be more than a million years old. Originally, small streams drained its catchment into the Yass River, but then the Lake George Escarpment rose due to major crustal movement along a strong fault line, blocking this drainage and forming the lake. Lake George has in previous Ice Ages been much larger and deeper.
The thickness of sediment beneath the lake exceeds 250 metres, according to a Bureau of Mineral Resources Canberra drilling program in the 1982/83 summer. The oldest sediments, which lie some distance above the bedrock, were dated at 3 – 5 million years using spore and pollen analysis and magnetic reversal stratigraphy
Well its been poking about on the weekday mornings about 8am, no surprises for whos got a A380 now… but checkout the first class!
The Emirates A380 promises customers in all classes a whole new travel experience*. Designed to transport passengers on long-haul journeys in unmatched comfort, the Emirates A380 boasts First Class Shower Spas, a spacious onboard Lounge, and our award-winning ice inflight entertainment system offering over 1,000 channels of movies, music and games on-demand in all classes
Gerry’s photos from the street shooting exercise on September 13, 2009. Newtown, Sydney.
Newtown, some of the most colourful characters pass thru and live here – here we took a few hours out of a Sunday morning to set up shop to take some images of the people passing along the street in Newtown. Response varied from complete enthusiasm to abuse 🙂
This is a concept that has been done before, most notably and recently by a US photographer who set a white background on a street side and requested if perople would like their portrait taken. It was simple enough, setup the position, no background or anything fancy, just a flash and ask passing people if they would like their image taken, with the option of having it emailed to them! Given that Newtown is a common place for all sorts of people to hassle you on the street from everything from a spare dollar to signing up that new phone contract, it was not surprise it was hard to get peoples attention. However once we had a good flow of people, others become curious and interested. It was really great to see the different faces of the area and very interesting to how many visitors to the area there are on a weekend.
Hopefully we will do this again in a few years and see what the differences are like..
Temora has a rich and noteworthy aviation history having been home to the No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School (10 EFTS) set up by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in May 1941. No 10 EFTS was the largest and longest lived of the flying schools established under the Empire Air Training Scheme during World War Two (WWII).
Throughout WWII more than 10,000 personnel were involved at the school with upwards of 2,400 pilots being trained. At its peak the unit contained a total of 97 de Havilland Tiger Moth aircraft. Four satellite airfields were set up around the Temora district to cope with the demand to train RAAF pilots.
Ripples are 1-2 inches deep and they run almost the entire length of the plane on both sides. The fuse windows weren’t level anymore when you stood back and looked at them. I heard it torqued so bad that the interior galley drawers and cabinets were jammed and wouldn’t open. Don’t know if that s true.
Different angle:
You can see the area just above the wing roots; they are rippled from leading edge to trailing edge. I can tell you, where the wings mate to the fuse, it’s like ripple city and the rivets/screws looked like they were riding on waves. In between each window, the same ripples as the other side.
STORY. This is what I was told by the people that were there when the plane rolled in. They are employees of the FBO and know the owner and everyone involved.
It came from Mexico back to FXE, the captain that flew it back was a licensed Mexican pilot, no FAA licenses or ratings. Captain was hired as a contract pilot just for this trip. The co-pilot was from here and he was also just used as a contract pilot to get the plane back here. When they got back to FXE where the owner was waiting, of course they flipped out as the plane rolled into parking. The captain or the co- pilot had no idea YET of the damage that was caused. When asked, “what the hell happened?” He apparently at some point said he made a hard landing. YET, the tires and gear were perfect. The FAA and insurance company had questioned them on what happened and they stuck to that story for 9 days. Finally, the co-pilot talked (good for him BTW). He said the Captain wanted to snap roll it…not aileron roll it….SNAP ROLL it like a Pitts. Fuel wing fuel too, moron. Supposedly it was done 3-4 times. By this time, when the co-pilot talked, the captain had gone back to Mexico. Not sure yet what the FAA is going to do with the co-pilot though. He’ll probably get a pass, he was just flying with a scum bag captain. He should have smacked him in the mouth and took the controls. But, thats just me.
Its being fixed I guess and returning to service. I heard it was very low-time and only a few years old. Not sure on that. I certainly wouldn’t fly it after seeingwhat I saw, no way. Maybe someone with more accurate or detailed info can chime in.
MORE TO THE STORY…………..
New pictures and a story update.
Spoke with the mechanics working on it today. Still actually not sure if it will fly again, they are still tearing into it. Found out yesterday that the right wing is history, bent beyond repair. You can actually see it up close, where the aluminum is actually stretched and separating at some points.
STORY UPDATE:
They did roll it 4 times. What caused all the damage was when on the last two rolls, the pilot got scared and cranked the yoke back the other way to stop the roll and go back to upright. He got about halfway around and got scared and jerked it back real hard, that’s what twisted everything, instead of continuing the roll in the original direction. What’s funny is, he got scared on roll #3, then tried again and got scared again, so it was hardcore twisted two times.
This wing is trashed and the wing root is twisted.
Hard to see here in the pic, but it’s a very obvious wrinkle in the nose cone, right side. They haven’t gotten to that part of the frame yet.
Left side was the worst. Windows may never be perfectly even.
The bottom of the tail cone area had a bend in it and some wrinkles. Empennage may be bent inside, still checking.
Engines were ok, pylons were ok, but a couple mounts are being replaced because of stress. They haven’t even checked the airframe around the windscreens yet, that could be the deal breaker.
1966 saw further refinement of the Mustang. The gauge cluster was redone to seperate the Mustang from its Falcon roots while the 260 cid V8 was replaced with 2 and 4 barrel versions of the 289 cid V8.
The Shelby GT-350 was still available, though its race image was being dilluted by the addition of an automatic transmission, a choice of four colors, and special examples that were prepared for Hertz-Rent-A-Car (known as Shelby GT-350H) for rental to weekend drag racers.
2. enter “regedit” into command line
3. click “allow” when Windows asks to continue
4. Find \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Mozilla Thunderbird and clik it
5. In the right pane you should see DLLPath key
6. If it has no value, mark DLLPath, right click and choose modify
7. Enter location of your mozmapi32.dll (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\mozmapi32.dll) and click ok.
and or
1. Click start and enter shell:sendto into command line
2. Sendto folder opens…
3. There should be MailRecipient.MAPIMail file. Probably you dont see extension, as it is Windows default setting.
4. If there is MailRecipient file, you can edit it with notepad (just pay attention to not use notepad as default application for MAPIMail file!)
5. If there is not such file, you can create one with Notepad. Just:
5.1. Make extensions visible (Folder Options> View > Uncheck “Hide Extensions for Known File Types.”)
5.2. Right click onto empty folder area and choose New>Text document
5.3. Edit file and write into it: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\Thunderbird.exe -compose attachment=”file://%1″
5.4. Change name to: MailRecipient.MAPIMail
6. Hopefully end of problems
