Comments for Swagpile http://www.swagpile.com Your technology site! Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:22:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Comment on HP DV4 Diagnostic Lights by spellnight http://www.swagpile.com/2011/07/27/hp-dv4-diagnostic-lights/#comment-29 spellnight Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:22:16 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=204#comment-29 There has to be a sequence such as 6 times before it stops and repeats the process again. Normally the Num Lock key blinks too but finding out how many times it blinks will tell you. Here is a link to look at it. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&dlc=en&docname=c01443366&lc=en&product=5076917

]]> Comment on HP DV4 Diagnostic Lights by Derik http://www.swagpile.com/2011/07/27/hp-dv4-diagnostic-lights/#comment-28 Derik Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:46:45 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=204#comment-28 So this may seem an odd question, but my HP Pavilion g6-1c87nr laptop is able to boot just fine, but for some reason after the boot process the caps lock light is blinking repeatedly. It works fine as I am sitting here typing away on it right now, but the light is blinking and I have no idea why. It is only a year old. Got any ideas here?

]]> Comment on Random Stuff: Ubuntu Minimal (“Expert Install”) Issues by Nix http://www.swagpile.com/2011/05/26/random-stuff-ubuntu-minimal-expert-install-issues/#comment-27 Nix Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:42:20 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=195#comment-27 you can check virtual console 4 for more info on errors

Ctrl+Alt+F4

]]> Comment on HP DV4 Diagnostic Lights by spellnight http://www.swagpile.com/2011/07/27/hp-dv4-diagnostic-lights/#comment-25 spellnight Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:51:20 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=204#comment-25 It almost makes you think that HP has no idea what they are doing when it comes to fixing issues with their laptops. I have never seen a company that doesn’t know how to write up diagnostic codes when something goes bad. I would normally suggest something here but honestly you changed the motherboard and cpu and it happens to both of them seems like there was something wrong when HP designed these components. Best of luck to your adventure if you figure something out let me know!

]]> Comment on HP DV4 Diagnostic Lights by Addam http://www.swagpile.com/2011/07/27/hp-dv4-diagnostic-lights/#comment-24 Addam Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:42:18 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=204#comment-24 I know this is old, but I am going to comment on this for future readers. I am currently working on the same issue. When I called HP Tech Support for help trouble shooting the blink code I was told that the continuous blink was actually 6 blinks repeating, which would indicate a bad system board. I ordered a new system board and replaced it. No change. I replaced the CPU… no change.

I am fucking clueless here.

]]> Comment on HP DV4 Diagnostic Lights by Jim http://www.swagpile.com/2011/07/27/hp-dv4-diagnostic-lights/#comment-22 Jim Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:22:53 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=204#comment-22 Low and behold, I did the same procedure and it also continues to blink one time indicating the bad CPU. Guess I’ll never know if the second CPU was bad of if some other issue is causing the problem.

No more HP’s for me.

]]> Comment on Malware is hard to get by Martin http://www.swagpile.com/2011/04/14/malware-is-hard-to-get/#comment-12 Martin Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:14:41 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=177#comment-12 If you want malware, I can find you some malware! I have a program called SUPERAnti Spyware Free Version, it detected some malicious malware on my pc that Spybot Search & Destroy didn’t even pick up!

]]> Comment on Simple Backup Script for Secure Remote Backup by Upgrading Debian Lenny to Squeeze (Virtuozzo) - SwagpileSwagpile http://www.swagpile.com/2011/03/27/simple-backup-script/#comment-6 Upgrading Debian Lenny to Squeeze (Virtuozzo) - SwagpileSwagpile Wed, 18 May 2011 06:30:07 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=123#comment-6 [...] with the upgrade. The first step, obviously, is to back up your existing data. You can use the backup scripts from my previous secure backup article. In our case, it was faster to use the backup facility [...]

]]> Comment on Clonezilla and dd_rescue by spellnight http://www.swagpile.com/2011/03/22/clonezilla-and-dd_rescue/#comment-5 spellnight Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:31:00 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=116#comment-5 Hey John,

It was roughly about 4-5 hours, totaled around 32 errors and about 16kb. It was a 500gb external drive via USB.

dd_rescue tells you how many errors it detected, also what file system is the drive in question?

]]> Comment on Clonezilla and dd_rescue by john http://www.swagpile.com/2011/03/22/clonezilla-and-dd_rescue/#comment-4 john Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:14:48 +0000 http://www.swagpile.com/?p=116#comment-4 Hi,

When you ran dd_rescue, how long did it take to finish?
And what is the capacity of the HD you backup?
External or Internal?

Thanks.
I am backing up my 500GB external drive. It’s been 1 week and dd_rescue is still running.

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