926 Reply by TechDud

(1 replies, posted in Software)

An addendum to note:

MicroSoft wrote:

"it's important to always have the most up-to-date definitions installed in Windows Defender Offline."

Actually, this is incorrect.  It should read "it's a prerequisite to always have the most up-to-date definitions installed in Windows Defender Offline.  Therefore an active internet connection is required to successfully utilize Windows Defender Offline" with out-of-date definitions. (XP, NT6 - unknown) sad

Therefore, i would recommend that MicroSoft renames this "Rescue-CD", unless 'she' enables users to manually download on-demand updates for true offline usage from another system, regardless of OS.  This could allow valid customers to prepare a machine-specific offline rescue disk long before the need to use it, without concern of internet connectivity on the potentially "infected" machine.
End of line.     roll

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927 Reply by TechDud

(22 replies, posted in Other)

That's what i find most admirable about this forum;
the "scissors" seem to stop when the signal to noise ratio is high!  smile

Anyway; it seems that some odd information has been released recently,
concerning Eastman Kodak Co.'s previously owned civilian nuclear reactor (utilizing weapons-grade Uranium).

Steve Orr wrote:

"Kodak used it to check chemicals and other materials for impurities, Filo said. It also was used for tests related to neutron radiography, an imaging technique."
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/art … ck_check=1

http://cmsimg.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=A2&Date=20120511&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=305120021&Ref=AR&MaxW=300&Border=0&Did-you-know-Kodak-Park-had-nuclear-reactor


Future micro-power generation may rely on devices utilizing the same aerodynamic phenomenon that destroyed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940, known as aeroelastic flutter.
  (Coincidentally, there are Eastman Kodak Kodachrome color images available of the original collapse)
http://www.humdingerwind.com/#/wi_overview/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge
I note that each of the 1meter length devices claim 100W - 1kW output per month.  A bank of such wind-generators can be used to drive a separate bank of storage batteries through a specialized charger/inverter, offering AC output.
It would probably sound unusual next to an operating bank of these Humdingers!
Maybe like a vuvuzela from a couple of thousand paces? big_smile

"Humdinger Wind Energy has developed several variations of the technology: a "micro" Windbelt™, for powering applications such as wireless sensor nodes, a "medium" version of the technology called a Windcell, designed to power individual applications such as lighting and WiFi repeaters, and a one-meter square array of 1-meter long Windbelts called a Windcell Panel, developed for grid-tied electricity (more info on the "large" section of the site). All of these systems are modular:  different numbers of the Windbelt systems can be combined together to satisfy the power needs of almost any application – in the same way solar cells can be combined to power a variety of apps."
...
"Each Windcell Panel has an initial estimated production cost of US$0.05 per kWh (uninstalled) at 6m/s average windspeeds."
...
" Humdinger will bring the Windbelt technology to market primarily through licensing arrangements with industry partners. 
That said, Humdinger does produce limited numbers of the Micro and the individual one-meter Windcells, on a case-by-case basis.  We also produce an Educational Kit. "
...
"Contrary to what our company's name might suggest, the newest generation of Windbelt systems is quiet -- noise output is undetectable above the ambient levels."
...
"The Windbelt technology grew out of the highly constrained energy landscape of places like Haiti with partial R&D in Guatemala, but is now poised to change the wind energy harvesting landscape in wealthy and poor countries alike."
http://www.humdingerwind.com/#/faqs/

As this tech is weatherproof & electrically-sealed, wind isn't necessarily the only 'fluid-flow' from which electricity could be generated.
  I wonder what could be generated from the kinetic energy of rainfall.... smile

Note:  I have no ties, financial or otherwise, to this company, past or present (nor Eastman-Kodak).


The following chart is an aid to put external radiation dosage levels in perspective.  Note that the maximum yearly exposure for a US radiation worker is 50 milliSieverts per year (The big green box).  This is reportedly the lowest dose for any statistical risk for cancer from an external source.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png
from http://imgs.xkcd.com/blag/radiation.png
see also [ url]http://realitycheck.no-ip.info/radiatio … -image.png[ /url]

Edit:  previous link broken


Meanwhile, in Chernobyl, the construction of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure has begun.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/WR-Co … 04124.html
Animation of construction:  http://www.wimp.com/encasechernobyl/   http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/uploadedImages/wnn/Images/Chernobyl%20New%20Safe%20Confinement.jpg

Here are some recent high-resolution pictures and video from a tour of the Fukushima Daiichi facility:
http://cryptome.org/2012-info/daiichi-1 … 2-0526.htm
These pictures don't seem to betray the monumental basement structure underneath the reactor buildings (location of most emergency generators and batteries).

Rebecca Solnit wrote:

"One of the casualties of the disaster was the relationship between the people and the government. Almost everyone I spoke to, even the most mild-mannered, said they no longer trusted the government, and they said it bluntly, or angrily, or with a deep sense of betrayal."
...
"Around the time of the anniversary it emerged that, early on, the prime minister had looked at the possibility of evacuating Tokyo. But you cannot evacuate a city of 35 million densely packed people. Where would they go? It would have been a crisis on the scale of the Second World War for Japan and a huge blow to the international economy. A couple of weeks after the anniversary it was revealed that the most damaged Fukushima reactor had nothing like the water-cooling levels it was thought to have and was now hotter than it had been at the time of the accident. This is the worst disaster the country has faced since the end of the war, and it occasioned the first public speech by a Japanese emperor since Hirohito announced defeat on 15 August 1945, less than a week after the second American nuclear bomb exploded over Nagasaki."
...
"Emperor Akihito, Hirohito’s son, made his first broadcast on 16 March last year. Now 78 and recovering from heart surgery, he made his second in Tokyo for the anniversary."
http://enenews.com/a-crisis-on-the-scal … -fukushima
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n09/rebecca-solnit/diary

On March 26th 2012, The Atlantic wrote:

"The 78-year-old Emperor Akihito had insisted on attending the memorial service, though he had been released from the hospital for heart bypass surgery less than a week earlier. While the emperor is technically just a figurehead, he is still deeply revered here."
...
"It is rare for Emperor Akihito, an accomplished biologist and the world's leading authority on certain species of Gobi Fish, to publicly take sides on any subject other than biology. It is said that his love for the sciences is partly due to the ease in which his colleagues can disagree with him. The reverence he commands in other spheres is so strong that, when it comes to politics, his opinion is considered a constitutionally guarded state secret. His normal silence only adds to the weight of his rare public statements on such matters."
...
"Live daytime broadcasts of the event contained the whole speech and newspapers printed it in its entirety. But, by that evening, all of the major news programs aired edited versions of the speech without his nuclear comments, which also went unmentioned and undiscussed on the heavily watches news shows. The vast majority of Japanese, who don't watch TV news during the day, missed the comments entirely.

Blogs and chat-rooms quickly filled with angry accusations that TV networks were censoring an important communication by the Emperor to his people at a time when his guidance is most sought.

"Seriously?! They're even going to whack the Emperor's Words? "

"It's so disrespectful for the media to cut the most important part of His Majesty's speech, especially as he delivered it under such physical strain."

"Asahi News cut the Emperor's words just like NHK did!  This must be the Government's work... This is the height of censorship!"

By March 20, nine days after the emperor's speech, outraged Japanese held a demonstration in front of NHK, the State sponsored TV network, protesting the apparent censorship."
http://www.theatlantic.com/internationa … ch/255025/

You can hear his words, subtitled and with pictures and video of some of the damage in the above link.
  (Note the bus atop a two-story building at 1:52)

His Majesty, Emperor Akihito said: 
"As this earthquake and tsunami caused the nuclear power plant accident, those living in the designated danger zone lost their homes and livelihoods and had to leave the places where they used to live. In order for them to live there again safely, we have to overcome the problem of radioactive contamination, which is a formidable task."
...
"It is important for us to never forget this disaster and hand down the lessons we learned to future generations and foster the proper attitude towards disaster prevention..."

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928 Reply by TechDud

(2 replies, posted in Windows Server 2012 Discussion)

That seems best suited to SDD's.  I hope the new backup services support this strategy.
The following article seemed relevant in a tangential way:  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/04 … a_too_big/

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929 Reply by TechDud

(22 replies, posted in Other)

It's not every day that one learns about a new type of Fusion Reactor being developed nearby.
http://www.generalfusion.com/generator_design.html
http://www.generalfusion.com/images/thumb/fusion_generator_tb.jpg

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930 Reply by TechDud

(31 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)

Thank you again for joining the forum.

Please feel free to start a new topic in the "Hardware" section for hardware issues; and any relevant section for drivers.

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931 Reply by TechDud

(22 replies, posted in Other)

I am respectfully reminded of the Forum Rules, Section 2.  I thank you for having reviewed some of the "cool stuff" that inspired me to relay.  Sadly, i agree that this topic is not one of them.

Have you been able to review any of what was written here?  If after review, do you still believe that i have gone "Over the Top" or even "Jumped the Shark"?  More importantly, have i demonstrated a political bias, or simply disseminated valuable facts in a non-political way?

There are many otherwise invisible hazards that threaten us all daily; should we not pay them heed?
I agree that you are correct that most of these topics do not belong on this forum.
However; is it not astonishing how at odds government and nuclear industry are with the general scientific community that are not directly employed?  Would you also agree that this is a dangerous climate?  I add that detection counts can largely depend upon radiation type & detector used.
http://www.diyphysics.com/2012/03/30/te … -tube-mc6/

I know that many that do read this forum regularly are well-educated and the least likely to panic or act riotously.
If presented with facts, they may be qualified to form their own educated opinions.

Government and 'nukular' industry have unequivocally discredited themselves (and continue to do so) in Japan. Germany recently established new records for Solar Power production in their efforts to mothball their reactors.  Review the safety record of the Fukushima complex especially concerning "falsified records" and the "GE Three".
  Was it not this very industry that Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us of in 1960 in his farewell speech as President (remember "Atoms for Peace")?

"[Old Massett, British Columbia acting band manager John Disney] said his suspicions around adequate government testing started 25 years ago, after the nuclear meltdown in Chernobyl, Ukraine.

He’d been out on his fishing boat and heard the Coast Guard over the radio telling lighthouse operators to disconnect their rainwater systems.

When he tried to find out why, the local, provincial and federal health authorities told him not to worry, the coast guard were just being overcautious.

He asked whether they were testing and was assured they were. But he decided to do his own investigation and took samples from his Nadu Road rain catchment system to a private lab. They found two types of radiation were at the danger level. He drained his 4,000 gallon tank. Fast forward to two weeks ago, post-tsunami in Japan, he said, when he was told not to worry about potential radiation in the rainwater here.
“My hair stood straight up,” he said."
http://enenews.com/local-official-bc-ca … -fukushima
http://www.qciobserver.com/Article.aspx?Id=4908

I urge others to invest at least a few hours researching this topic.  Do it soon, as the clock on our oceans is ticking.

I thank you for your consideration.  Feel free to post any comments.  Even dissenting facts will be respected and much preferred to the gradually less-frequent metallic-taste in my mouth.

The following global maps should interest some.  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/

Chris Rock wrote:

"Obey the Law.  Laws were made for a reason.  Think of them as hints."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8

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932 Reply by TechDud

(31 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)

By "default driver", do you mean "DriverPacks_B_1107\D\G\I5  {DriverVer=02/07/2006,6.14.10.4497}"?


PS:  I note that it is the electrolytic capacitors in the power supply that are tasked to "filter" low-frequency spikes also known as noise.  Ceramic capacitors in parallel remove high-frequency spikes (as on a chipset).  Should we therefore reexamine what a "known good power supply" is?  More importantly, is a brand new power supply automatically considered to be "known good"?  I note that a power supply's mass may be a seperate indicator.  I am also assuming the AC supplying the P/S is clean.  Passive surge suppressors (aka MOV's) have only a limited life-span and are therefore known by me, at least, as "consumables".  Consider Active Surge Suppression for your main equipment.  It is unknown to me how so-called Smart Meters gauge any excessive noise filtered out by surge-suppression (et al), yet one might infer that customers are indeed billed to clean their AC power.

PPS:  Just use the diode-test function on the meter to read the caps with the negative lead on a ground-plane & the positive lead on the chipset cap.  You might be astonished to see how many failed mobos, mostly with graphics chipsets, exhibit this type of reading (or not).  Was it an nV chipset, BTW?  If you find one, you may have a candidate for your "Easy-Bake" oven! big_smile

PPPS:  If i haven't said this before, congratulations on the successful laptop recovery! smile

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933 Reply by TechDud

(1 replies, posted in Software)

Some interesting information has been released recently which highlights potential dangers of "cryptographic collisions", specifically with the MD5 scheme.

Team Register" wrote:

"Microsoft has "hardened" its Windows Update system after researchers discovered the Flame virus can infect PCs by offering itself as an update masquerading as official Microsoft software."
...
"To attack systems using Windows Vista and above, a potential attacker would have needed access to the now invalid Terminal Server Licensing Service certificates and the ability to perform a sophisticated MD5 hash collision.

On systems that pre-date Vista, an attack is possible without an MD5 hash collision. In either case, of course, an attacker must get his signed code onto the target system."
...
"Microsoft added that it had waited until it was clear that most of its customers were protected against the malware before publishing more details about how so-called "cryptographic collisions" had been used in those attacks."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07 … hardening/

I note that updates were also made available for various Server releases & Windows 8 Release Preview (see KB2718704 FAQ, above).

termserv wrote:

"This change requires no specific action on the part of the Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services administrator unless the administrator needs to set up a new or reactivate an existing Terminal Services license server or Remote Desktop license server, or install a new client access license (CAL) pack on a license server."
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/201 … vices.aspx

It is unknown to me at this time if Server 2012 RC needed patching.

MicroSoft wrote:

"For Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Phone 7.5 devices, no update is available at this time."

I think it could be inferred that since one (sha1) certificate was revoked, that at least one sha1 collision indeed existed.  No wonder NIST advised moving along to better schemes, such as sha256 or sha512, years ago.

sha256 would likely add 2*2^96 improbabilities, yet sha512 could add 2*2^352 improbabilities.

Richard Chirgwin wrote:

"The controllers of the Flame malware have apparently reacted to the publicity surrounding the attack by sending a self-destruct command.

According to Symantec, some command-and-control machines have sent a command designed to wipe Flame from compromised computers.

The command, which Symantec has dubbed “urgent suicide”, was captured on honeypots (since an ordinary machine would have the malware removed without the user noticing).

The C&C server shipped a file called browse32.ocx, which acts as a Flame uninstaller, complete with a list of files and folders to be deleted. After deletion, the module overwrites the disk with random characters. As Symantec notes, the uninstaller “tries to leave no traces of the infection behind”, in an attempt to thwart anyone capturing and analyzing the malware.

The module is instructed to remove more than 160 files and four folders. Symantec says Flame had originally shipped with a suicide module, and they don’t know why a new suicide module was used.

“The version of this module that we have was created on May 9, 2012,” Symantec’s post notes, which was “just a few weeks” before the malware became known"
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07 … e_command/

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934 Reply by TechDud

(31 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)

As a follow-up to this topic, were you able to note the VideoBIOS revision, or more-importantly, which driver worked properly for that chipset?

PS:  Now that you're more familiar with TVS diodes, what does the presence of a failed TVS generally say about the power it was supplied?
PPS:  If all else fails on that mobo, especially if it's a no-POST, do a bench diode-check of the SMD capacitors upon it, you may find a power rail with low readings.  One side of a cap will be ground.

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935 Reply by TechDud

(5 replies, posted in DriverPack Sound)

Perhaps you may find a functional XP driver from lenovo, as Pouria had in this topic you had started years ago.
http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?pid=38788

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936 Reply by TechDud

(31 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)

I always wondered what those components labelled as "SK1" or similar were.
http://hddscan.com/doc/HDD_from_inside.html
That page shows it as a shock sensor.  I had a drive that complained of this, successfully updated it's firmware (from Fujitsu to IBM - had to hack to make possible), yet it still complained of excessive shock.  This after a few hours of waiting for the drive to be zeroed, then for it to run the advanced scan.
Learn something new every day.


Some info you might find useful from ONsemi (former division of Motorola):
TVS/Zener Diode Theory

Soldering and Mounting Techniques - Reference Manual

pg88 wrote:

"This is a very important step to ensure the board, surrounding components and the targeted components are not damaged in the rework/replacement process. Before the rework or removal can take place all residual moisture inherent in the assembly should be eliminated using a dry bake process."
...
" a general rule of thumb is to perform a 24-hour bake at 125°C. Be aware that some parts on the application board may not be able to withstand the peak temperature of 125°C."
..
"In the event of potential damage at 125°C, an alternate lower temperature process is 96 hours at 50°C/10%RH."

See page 86 for an example of "popcorning".
I find a 24hr bake at 80°C most helpful to avoid this phenomenon.

Low-melt solder for removal intrigues me.  http://www.zeph.com/lowmelt.htm
(Note:  I have no ties present or past to that company; this is not a recommendation, only information.)

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937 Reply by TechDud

(31 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)

Thank you for taking time to respond!  This forum sees so little feedback.

A board swap is pretty-much pointless without a controller like the PC-3000 or similar.
My drive had only slight discoloration of the Head-assembly pads & ground-pads.  An eraser cleaned them up, including the reverse-side, without risking the protective coating with 2000-grit (and an isopropyl 'rinse').  In my case, the hynix buffer chip seems discolored yet cleaned up well.  Any advise for jumper settings before power-up?  I think 5-6 limits the interface to SATA-I.  For now, i'm leave no jumpers set & ditching the foamy for testing.

A quick TVS diode-test with the digital meter yields 0.555V (- lead on striped-end - forward polarity) and only briefly measurable with reverse-polarity.
The other one is 0.676V forward & 1.60V with reverse-polarity.  Neither are shorted or open.

I hope your efforts are not in vain on that laptop.  Have you been able to get any info on battery capacity / battery wear-level?  LinuxMint's System Profiler & Hardware Info should yield this info.  CPUID has HWMonitor for Windows, if the Chipset/Charge Controllers are supported (sometimes you have to start it on battery-power only to have these figures displayed, depending upon version, IIRC).


Perhaps post #19 to #21 could be moved into the "Hardware" section of the forum, Mr. Admin, say under "HDD repair"? hmm

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938 Reply by TechDud

(18 replies, posted in Vista / 7 DriverPack WLAN)

Generic - Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter

Updated to {DriverVer=04/17/2012, 5.100.82.135} WHQL for 7 x86/x64, Multi-language
  here --> http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles … mp;SC=PA_7 big_smile

lenovo - Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter
          1x1 11b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Express Half Mini Card Adapter
          2x2 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN PCI Express Half Mini Card Adapter

Updated to {DriverVer=04/17/2012, 5.100.82.135} WHQL for 7 x86/x64, Multi-language
  from WinUpdCat. here --> http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/ … 14482587bc big_smile

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939 Reply by TechDud

(5 replies, posted in DriverPack Sound)

After further reading, it would appear that this is possibly an OEM/IDT bug.
The only resolution in XP may be to revert to the MS HDAUDIO driver if applicable.
This may either preexist or be available through Windows Update.
There exists the possibility that this might not be an optimal solution.

Michael Marley wrote:

"The Microsoft drivers don't support some special outputs, for example the S/PDIF output on my Vostro 1500.  Also, the Microsoft driver fails to properly detect combined Mic/Line In jacks and detects them only as Line In jacks.  This makes microphones not work right."
http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/ … ntry136105

raduque wrote:

"Most people say to dump the IDT driver completely to get better sound"
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-in … pears.html

MichaelMarley wrote:

"SigmaTel and IDT have never been very good at supporting their audio devices with drivers.  They depend on the system integrators (Dell, HP, etc.) to customize and package these drivers for each individual system.  However, usually only one or two updates for the driver get released before the system is completely abandoned."
http://michaelmarley.com/node/52

For now, your only official options to have functional audio might be Windows 7.
  If you have an OEM license for that model, it is likely the activation is not portable to a replacement machine.
Mr. Marley (above) has SigmaTel/IDT Unified-package modded drivers that could include your model.  If not, you may be able to request that.
If nothing else works and XP is a must, either a custom driver, or a different make &/or model of laptop may be your only options.

Edit:  Another possibility is that you have other drivers, etc. that are killing your system latency.  Use the "D-P-C Driver Latency Tester" to double-check system latency before & after disabling the main Wireless, Network, and Audio devices one-by-one.  It is normal for latency to spike once in a while, especially using Explorer, etc.  A lowly P4-2M s775 averages 17us with an Absolute Maximum of 135us.  If you have readings in excess of that, you may have bigger issues.

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940 Reply by TechDud

(37 replies, posted in Windows 8 Discussion)

With Helmi's permission, could this topic be moved to "Windows 8 discussion" too, please?

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941 Reply by TechDud

(5 replies, posted in DriverPack Sound)

I note that the driver included in DriverPacks_Sound_B_wnt5_x86_1111 is bit-identical to the recommended dell driver.
http://downloads.dell.com/audio/R315254.exe
There are a pair of files included without reference in the Security Catalog nor the .Inf file.
  These are AESTCom.dll & DellHDM9.bld.
The Integrated Device Tech. (of San Jose, CA) reference is to a "92HD87B1".
If you look at the Product Change Notification, there is a chance it was fabbed in Hillsboro, Oregon (IDT Fab4); either that or through TSMC by and after September 30, 2011.  The datasheet listed would most likely be for the newer device.

"This notification is to advise our customers that IDT will be transitioning the 92HD79/80/81/87/88 to the RA revision
manufactured in TSMC, as IDT Fab 4 (Hillsboro, Oregon) is closing..  The RA revision also adds a high pass filter feature.
There will be a change in ordering part number, internal device revision ID and device top mark as a result of this change."
http://www.idt.com/sites/default/files/ … 110629.pdf

dell inspiron R14 (n5110) specs --> http://www.dell.com/us/en/bpi/notebooks … &s=bpi

Note: ubuntu may not be helpful in diagnosing a hardware issue directly, yet some of the bug report may be of interest.
  Reference --> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/914290

Cefn (6-launchpad-net-cefn-com) wrote:

"- The speaker (and the headphone, too) output often requires the
  external amplifier. This can be set usually via EAPD verb or a
  certain GPIO.
- IDT codecs may have extra power-enable/disable controls on each
  analog pin. See patch_sigmatel.c.
- Very rare but some devices don't accept the pin-detection verb until
  triggered. Issuing GET_PIN_SENSE verb (0xf09) may result in the
  codec-communication stall. Some examples are found in
  patch_realtek.c."

"I was able to tell that the headphone switch is at least not broken, as I noticed in alsamixer that I can cause the Speaker volume to toggle from 100% to MM (mute) by pushing in and out the headphone."

"None of the model values works for Dell N5110, but I'm looking into this on the alsa-devel list."

There may be some interesting things in the 92HDM5-9.INI file, referenced in DellHDM9.bld, sthda.ini, & sthda.inf for the linux guys, should they read this.

Do headphones work?  Can I assume the sound works well in Windows 7? hmm
Any luck with their older recommended driver in XP?  http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/ae/ … 2731121566
Or one of these drivers for a inspiron 15 Intel (N5050) --> http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/ae/ … Code=False
The HWID you supplied exists within that driver.  You should not have to "force" it, only extract it & tell windows where to search.

From looking at the Windows 7 driver, it is installed with STWRT.inf.  stwrt.ini references W92HDM59.INI.  Therefore, dell has supplied you a driver that can only work in Windows 7, if i have this correct.  The revision ID referenced by the aforementioned PCN may be the key to verifying this theory.  If so, we may have two incompatible devices with the same HWID.

Then again, i see that dell has two listings for that product.  The lower one links to a newer driver for 7.  Neither claim any XP compatibility.  http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/ … Code=False
The inspiron M5110 appears to be compatible with that XP driver (in R315254), which is included in R305242.

There is possibly more than one HDAUDIO device in your laptop.  The IDT device is SRS-Audio compatible.
Please post the output from the "HWID's tool" linked below.

Edit:  A similar HWID list exists here --> http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-in … -drop.html

nitrobg wrote:

Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76D1&SUBSYS_102804B0&REV_1002

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942 Reply by TechDud

(31 replies, posted in DriverPack Graphics)

PCB repair?  I have a WD5000AAKS that has similar, if not the same, issue.  Should i be looking at the TVS Diodes?  Any thoughts on WD2500BEVT? (I'd like to recover my brother's wedding video - it ended up the only copy)

zerohimself himself wrote:

"I might be good at what I do, but I still have a lot to learn!!!"

You are not the only one!
  Standing upon the backs of the Giants here is what makes me look taller. smile

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943 Reply by TechDud

(24 replies, posted in Vista / 7 DriverPack Chipset)

Just a head's up concerning the NEC/Renesas USB3.0 xHCI drivers.
  There are two separate packages for two controller families, the uPD720200(A)
   and the uPD720701/uPD720202 controllers. (ah crud, you've already made this distinction, Type10T indeed)
The latest driver for the uPD720200(a) series is 2.1.36.0, utilizing the following HWID's:

%NUSB3XHC.DeviceDesc% = NUSB3XHC, PCI\VEN_1033&DEV_0194&REV_03
%NUSB3XHC.DeviceDesc% = NUSB3XHC, PCI\VEN_1033&DEV_0194&REV_04

The latest driver for the uPD720201, 2 series is 3.0.20.0, utilizing the following HWID's:

%PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0014&REV_01.DeviceDesc% = RUSB3XHC, PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0014&REV_01
%PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0014&REV_02.DeviceDesc% = RUSB3XHC, PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0014&REV_02
%PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0014&REV_03.DeviceDesc% = RUSB3XHC, PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0014&REV_03
%PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0015&REV_01.DeviceDesc% = RUSB3XHC, PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0015&REV_01
%PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0015&REV_02.DeviceDesc% = RUSB3XHC, PCI\VEN_1912&DEV_0015&REV_02

The intel USB3.0 drivers use the following HWID's:

%IUsb3XhcDeviceDesc01% = IUsb3XhcModel, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E31&REV_00 
%IUsb3XhcDeviceDesc01% = IUsb3XhcModel, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E31&REV_01 
%IUsb3XhcDeviceDesc01% = IUsb3XhcModel, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E31&REV_02 
%IUsb3XhcDeviceDesc01% = IUsb3XhcModel, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E31&REV_03 
%IUsb3XhcDeviceDesc01% = IUsb3XhcModel, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E31&REV_04

Edit:  There is no xp or vista support for intel's controllers though.
http://communities.intel.com/message/164813  sad

I have been largely unsuccessful at finding any OEM links.
  (other than the site for the latest intel xHCI driver, which you know)

Edit:  except for v2.1.36.0 (for XP?) here --> http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc … y210ww.exe
and v3.0.12.0 (incl. XP) here --> http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc … 02us17.exe
*** v3.0.16.0 (incl. XP) here --> http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/conte … 0.16.0.ZIP big_smile
or v3.0.20.0 (incl. XP?) from this previously-unknown-to-me vendor --> http://www.lycom.com.tw/Drivers/USB%203 … V30200.zip or http://dl.sunix.com.tw/upload_product_d … -setup.zip  hmm

Excerpt quoted from the v3.0.20.0 uPD720201(2) lycom driver (file "Release_Note_xHCI-201-202-DR-WIN.txt"):

"4. History
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 3.0.20.0 : May 31, 2012
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Windows Logo Information
  Submission ID: 1497869
  Product Name: Renesas Electronics USB3.0 Host Controller
  Category: Device
  Subcategory: Bus Controllers and Ports > USB Controller
               Unclassiified
  Qualification Level:  Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x86
                        Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x64
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x86 Basic
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x64 Basic
                        Windows 7
                        Windows 7 x64 
                        Logo - Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2 family, x64 

[1. Modified driver]
1-1.Modified the driver not to issue SetFeature(RemoteWake) in a PC, in which
   SystemWake is in PowerSystemSleeping3.
   
1-2.There is a possibility that BSOD occurs when the Stress Test of Pnpdtest.exe
  is excuted with connecting USB HUB having USB devices.

1-3.Additional remediation was implemented for the following ver 3.0.16.0 issue:

   [ver 3.0.16.0's history, item 2-4]
   2-4. USB3.0 Devices connected with USB3.0 HUB are not detected after S3/S4 resume.
       This issue occurs only under the following conditions.
        - C_PORT_CONNECTION of the downstream port of the hub is not changed after resume.
        - The PERSTB of the system is asserted after resume.

[2. Solved interoperability issue caused by function driver or system]
2-1.Fixed the interoperability issue of the specific docking station integrated
   SuperSpeed HUB.

2-2.When continues to start & stop the vedio capture with the specific USB2.0 Camera,
   the specific USB2.0 cannot start the video capture.

2-3.There is a possibility that BSOD occurs when a USB device, which a function
   driver sends the Power IRP before our device driver handles the "IRP_MN_START_DEVICE", 
   is connected.


---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 3.0.16.0 : March 29, 2012
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Windows Logo Information
  Submission ID: 1490957
  Product Name: Renesas Electronics USB3.0 Host Controller
  Category: Device
  Subcategory: Bus Controllers and Ports > USB Controller
               Unclassiified
  Qualification Level:  Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x86
                        Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x64
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x86 Basic
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x64 Basic
                        Windows 7
                        Windows 7 x64 
                        Logo - Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2 family, x64 

[1. Add function]
1-1. IOCTL_USB_USER_REQUEST(UWSBUSER_GET_POWER_STATE_MAP) is supported.
1-2. HUB's icon isn't shown on the Devices and Printers of Windows7.

[2. Modified driver bugs]
2-1. There is a possibility of BSOD when OUT transaction with data shorter than 8byte
     is transferred.  Short packet is out of this issue.
     We have never seen this BSOD on the real system. We found this on code review.
     v3.0.8.0 or later version includes this bug.
2-2. There is a possibility of BSOD when a user changes the resolution of the video
     capture application and an ISO device is disconnectd.
     We have never seen this BSOD on the real system. We found this on code review.
2-3. There is a possibility of BSOD when OverCurrent indication occurs before Windows
     OS detects the device. 
     We have never seen this BSOD on the real system. We found this on code review.
2-4. USB3.0 Devices connected with USB3.0 HUB are not detected after S3/S4 resume.
     This issue occurs only under the following conditions.
     - C_PORT_CONNECTION of the downstream port of the hub is not changed after resume.
     - The PERSTB of the system is asserted after resume.
2-5. Driver did not check the descriptor size. If USB devices send the descriptor
     with invalid size, driver might behave in undefined operation.
2-6. When BIOS does not release the ownership of xHCI after S3/S4 resume, host driver
     should not have been loaded.    
2-7. Wrong bandwidth information is displayed in the popup message when available 
     bandwidth is consumed.

[3. Solved interoperability issue caused by function driver or system]
3-1. PC freezes when any of the specific devices are disconnected.
3-2. The following specific devices can't work 
     A) The specific Wireless Headset does not produce sound in Windows XP enviroment. 
     B) The specific Keyboard is not detected. 
        This issue only occurs on v3.0.8.0 or later verion. 
     C) The specific Keyboard is not detected after remote wakeup under the condition
        that ForceHCResetOnResume is set to 1.
     D) The specific AV Portable Player disappears from Device Manager after it is
        disabled in Device Manager.
     E) Time from when the specific USB2.0 Flash is connected until it is detected
        is over 30 seconds. This issue may occur on v3.0.8.0 although we have 
        never seen this issue on the real system.
3-3. PC freezes when the specific Audio device is disconnected actively.
     This issue only occurs on V3.0.8.0 or later version.
3-4. Monitor function of the specific docking station cannot work correctly after
     resume when multi-display mode is used.
3-5. When multiple USB3.0-hubs including the specific hub are connected by cascade 
     connection and host driver is disabled and enabled, the hub connected with 
     the specific hub's downstream port is not detected.
3-6. When one of the multiple USB3.0 hubs in cascade connection is the specific
     HUB, it is not detected after S3-Resume.
3-7. When a specific smart phone is working in tethering mode, communication
     speed is too slow to keep the connection.  

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 3.0.12.0 : December 8th, 2011
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Windows Logo Information
  Submission ID: 1479314
  Product Name: Renesas Electronics USB3.0 Host Controller
  Category: Device
  Subcategory: Bus Controllers and Ports > USB Controller
               Unclassiified
  Qualification Level:  Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x86
                        Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x64
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x86 Basic
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x64 Basic
                        Windows 7
                        Windows 7 x64 
                        Logo - Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2 family, x64 

-  Supported the uPD720201 ES2.1 whose Revision ID in the PCI Configuration
  register is 3h.

-  The following issues, which depend on specific devices, were fixed.

 1. A specific Audio device (Native Instruments AUDIO 8 DJ) isn't unloaded in
   the device manager when this device is disconnected from USB 3.0 Host 
   Controller.

 2. There is a possibility that a specific Audio device (Creative Sound Blaster
   X-Fi Surround 5.1) stops working. 
   This issue occurs with ver 3.0.8.0 or earlier version, and this issue doesn't
   occur with ver 2.x.xx.x(uPD720200/A).

-  The following additional issues were fixed.

-- Driver
 1. Remote Wakeup function doesn't work from Hybrid sleep by a wireless mouse 
   connected to USB 3.0 host controller.
 
 2. Additional remediation was implemented for the following ver 3.0.8.0 issue:

   [ver 3.0.8.0's history, item 2]
   There is a possibility that a multi-display isn't displayed after 
   S3->Resume when the USB-to-VGA device connected to the USB 3.0 Host
   is used in multi-display mode.  This issue occurs depending on USB-to-VGA
   device driver version.
 
 3. The "/usbss" test time for the Signal Check Tool for Windows was too long  
   (double or triple time) compared to uPD720200/A with ver 2.0.34.0 or older.

 4. There is a possibility that BSOD occurs when a SuperSpeed device which 
   doesn't transfer the "SuperSpeed Endpoint Companion Descriptor is 
   connected to USB 3.0 Host controller.

 5. A SuperSpeed device is reconnected in SuperSpeed mode after 
   S3/S4->resume if the SuperSpeed device transfers the 
   USB 2.0 Descriptor to USB 3.0 Host controller.

 6. A device cannot do Isochronous Transfer when an illegal start frame is 
   specified by the function driver for an Isochronous transfer.

 7. There is a possibility that BSOD occurs when performing the Common Scenario
   Stress-with-IO test in WHQL, when connecting an external USB hub to USB 3.0
   Host Controller.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Version 3.0.8.0 : October 3rd, 2011
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Fisrt Major version Release for uPD720201/uPD720202 ES2.0 or later.

- Windows Logo Information
  Submission ID: 1470301
  Product Name: Renesas Electronics USB3.0 Host Controller
  Category: Device
  Subcategory: Bus Controllers and Ports > USB Controller
               Unclassiified
  Qualification Level:  Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x86
                        Signature Only - Microsoft Windows XP family, x64
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x86 Basic
                        Logo - Microsoft Windows Vista family, x64 Basic
                        Windows 7
                        Windows 7 x64 
                        Logo - Certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Release 2 family, x64 

-  The following issues, which depend on specific devices, were fixed.
 1. A specific USB Full Speed device that can't respond to a standard request
    isn't detectd.
     
 2. There is a possibility that a multi-display isn't displayed after 
   S3->Resume when the USB-to-VGA device connected to the USB 3.0 Host
   is used in multi-display mode.  This issue occurs depending on USB-to-VGA
   device driver version.
   
 3. There is a possibility that the Bluetooth communication is cut off with 
   a specific Bluetooth module.
 
 4. There is a USB speaker which only requests a data transfer by a URB within 
   about 1ms. In this case, sound is cut off depending on CPU performance.

 5. iPad isn't detected on iTunes application after S3->Resume.
 
 6. BSOD ("Blue Screen of Death," i.e., system halt) occurs when PC shoutdown 
    is performed while a specific Bluetooth module (Billionton BT-0003) is 
    connected and a specific Bluetooth module driver version is being used. 
    This issue doesn't occur with the latest Bluetooth module driver version.
   
-  The following additional issues were fixed.
-- Driver
 1. There is a possibility that BSOD occurs or USB 3.0 Hub isn't detected on
   Windows XP when hot plug operation is done with a USB 3.0 Hub having USB 
   devices already connected to it.

 2. USB 3.0 Host controller Driver forcibly caused BSOD from ver2.1.16.0 to ver
   2.1.25.0 when Host System Error of USB 3.0 occurred.
   When we updated to ver2.1, we had a mistake in which the USB 3.0 Host 
   Controller Driver focibly caused BSOD.

 3. A USB device isn't detected when the USB device is connected to a downstream
   port on a specifc USB 3.0 Hub that moves to U2 state althouth U1/U2 timeout 
   value is zero.

 4. There is a miscalcuation of U2 Exit Latency.

--Monitor
 1. The pop-up message is wrong when a USB 3.0 device is connected to USB 2.0 port
   while running the Simplified Chinese OS.
 
 2. The pop-up message is wrong when USB 3.0 Host Controller does not have 
   enough bandwidth available while running the Polish OS."

Included here are sunix & lycom's product download pages to show that they are indeed either an OEM, VAR, or reseller.
Feel free to comment on either site's validity.

Extraction for these drivers is similar to the Etron driver (see above), just check your %temp% folder for full output.

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944 Reply by TechDud

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TI XHCI Host Controller
TI USB3 Hub

Updated to {DriverVer = 05/02/2012, 1.12.24.0} WHQL'ed for Vista & 7 x86/x64

   here --> ftp://ftp.hp.com/%2F/pub/softpaq/sp5700 … p57314.exe big_smile

Edit:  a generic version exists upon TI's web site:
  here -->http://www.ti.com/lit/sw/sllc423c/sllc423c.zip  big_smile

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TI XHCI Host Controller
TI USB3 Hub

Updated to {DriverVer = 05/02/2012, 1.12.24.0} WHQL'ed for 2000, & XP x86/x64

   here --> ftp://ftp.hp.com/%2F/pub/softpaq/sp5700 … p57314.exe big_smile

Edit:  a generic version exists upon TI's web site:
  here -->http://www.ti.com/lit/sw/sllc423c/sllc423c.zip  big_smile

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946 Reply by TechDud

(88 replies, posted in DriverPack LAN)

Compare the .cat (Security Catalog) files.  You should be able to double-click them in Explorer to view the contents (check dates on first page), or check their file hashes with a utility like Nirsoft's "Hash my Files".

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Fresco Logic xHCI (USB3) Controller FL1000, FL1009, FL1100 Series
Fresco Logic xHCI (USB3) Hub

Updated to {DriverVer=04/12/2012,3.5.46.0} WHQL'ed for XP x86/x64
  here --> ftp://15.217.49.143/pub/softpaq/sp57001 … p57234.exe big_smile

Note: - controller files required are flxhcic.cat, FLxHCIc.inf, FLxHCIc.sys, & WdfCoInstaller01009.dll

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Fresco Logic xHCI (USB3) Controller FL1000, FL1009, FL1100 Series
Fresco Logic xHCI (USB3) Hub

Updated to {DriverVer=04/12/2012,3.5.46.0} WHQL'ed for Vista & 7 x86/x64
  here --> ftp://15.217.49.143/pub/softpaq/sp57001 … p57234.exe big_smile

Note: - The host controller driver is not WHQL'ed for Vista specifically, yet the XP WHQL sig. should suffice
         - controller files required are flxhcic.cat, FLxHCIc.inf, FLxHCIc.sys, WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
         - the *_hub files are bit-identical to the *_hub_vista files

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Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller

Updated to {DriverVer = 03/23/2012, 11.45.4.3} WHQL'ed for XP x86/x64 & Server2003 x86/x64
   here --> http://www.marvell.com/support/download … p;action=1 smile

Note: - all .sys files are digitally signed (v11.45.1.3)
        - DOS Diagnostic Utility & flashPROM programmer available
            here --> http://www.marvell.com/support/download … p;action=1 big_smile

oops, mostly irrelevant post.  my fault for not reading changelog.
Helmi would likely call it a "Type ID 10 T: Posts by those who post but don't read." for the most part.

"My bad." - Manute Bol

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Qualcomm Atheros AR813X/AR815X/816X Series PCI-E Ethernet Controller driver

updated to {DriverVer = 03/02/2012, 2.0.11.15} WHQL'ed for XPx86/x64 & Server2003x86/x64

Note:  - although the version hasn't changed, many HWID's are added & the Security Catalog is dated May 16, 2012
       - the device is now described as a Qualcomm Atheros AR81xx PCI-E Ethernet Controller
       - the .sys files are all digitally signed
       - Advanced Tab displays in English, Chinese (Taiwan), Chinese (PRC), German, Spanish, French, Italian,
              Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek,
              Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, Arabic (Saudi Arabia),
              Croatian, Hebrew, Romanian, Slovenian, Thai

                I am reminded of Duke Nuke'm on that last line, somehow.

  here --> http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content … 15900F.exe big_smile

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