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HI, my laptop just opens and shows hp and keeps loading for like 5min then automatically goes off and same thing repeats again and again. Im not able to on my laptop, plz reply to this asap..Read other answers
I recommend downloading and running Reimage. It's a computer repair tool that has been proven to identify and fix many Windows problems with a high level of success.
I've used it in the past to identify and fix everything from blue screens (BSOD's), ActiveX errors, corrupt files and processes, dll/exe/sys errors, recover lost memory, Windows update problems, defragging, malware removal etc.
You can download it direct from this link http://downloadreimage.com/download.php. (This link will automatically start a download of Reimage that you can save to your computer.)
My Dell inspiron 3542 laptop speakers are not working,but 3.5 mm jack is working fine.
Please help me out.
Hello.The problem could be either in the hardware or the software, so you need to test each. Perform the tests below -- it doesn't matter which one you do first.
To test the speakers, perform the Quick Audio Check in the ePSA test. If the speakers fail the test then they have failed or become disconnected. (Click the link for instructions on how to run the test.)
To test the software, switch between the Realtek audio driver and the Windows native driver. [This test assumes that your laptop has the Realtek audio driver. If you get to step 2 and do not see "Realtek High Definition Audio" then go to the Dell support page for your model and download the Realtek driver that Dell provides for the version of Windows that the laptop is running.]
1. Open the Device Manager (find it in the Control Panel, or type devmgmt.msc into the search box).2. Expand the "Sound, video & game controllers" and right click on "Realtek High Definition Audio".3. Select to "Update Driver Software".4. Click on "Browse my computer for driver software".5. Click "Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer".6. Put a check in the box "Show compatible hardware" if not already checked.7. In the list of devices, click "High Definition Audio" (the native driver).8. Click "Next".9. On the Update Driver Warning box, click "Yes" (install the driver). 10. Restart the laptop if prompted. If not prompted,... Read more
Pls help me, when I put on the headset on the socket, the headset is not working fine. I already tried t in three different headphones. what seems to be the problem with these? at first, it is working fine but after some time, 2 weeks i think, the headphone is not working anymore. everytime I put it on the socket, windows can detect it because it says "A jack is plugged" on its tray.
please help me, do i need to update the driver? but the drivers are all installed and not corrupted or damaged.
my audio manager is Realtek HD Audio Manager with ALC 883 something on its version.
Hello.I am facing problem and I am kindly asking this forum some help. The letter A not working on my keyboard. All others are working. Windows 8.1 single language is my S.O.I currently have Windows updates being approved.I have a paid firewall software/antispam. This is a headache. I used then the virtual keyboard to solve some situations where none keyboard was closely available but it is workaround solution and does not help for logon/login.I am right now using an external keyboard to write this kindly request to the community.Things I have tried: I already turn-off, remove battery and charger and, pressed power button for 10 sec. Place battery and A/C charger back and no result. I aldo run a full testing using Lenovo System Center and I got ok and gren mark.This issue or incident happen few days ago. There were some Microsoft Windows updates I got via web. I indeed have also restored the system to few days ago prior to such Microsoft Windows Updates . Also this unfortunatelly not work and I also cleaned any possible dust on keyboard. Needless to say this "kind and trick problem" emerged during the black fryday. Thanks in advance.Read other answers
My internet is working on my laptop (wireless), but is not working on my desktop - same modem/router/etc used for both. What can be the problem?
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I have a dual boot of Fedora and Windows, and when I boot into Fedora, my headphones work fine. When I boot into Windows 7 64bit, my headphones don't work. My laptop speakers work fine however, and I tried re-installing drivers. I made sure that my headphones are the default playback device, and I only have one headphone jack.
Other people who had this issue solved it by replacing their audio jack, but for me that is not a problem because the audio jack works fine when I boot into Fedora.
Please help!
Normally, the "Speakers" (PC sound) is set as the Default Playback device and not Headphones. In fact, newer RealTek sound systems do not even show the Headphones when plugged in.
Are you using the correct sound drivers? Not the generic Windows installed High Definition Audio Codec.
What all is listed in the Device Manager, Sound section?
So recently the sound on my desktop and my laptop has stopped working. For seemingly no reason. I really don't understand it.
I first noticed it with my desktop. The sound just randomly stopped working. But not...entirely. It's really strange and complicated what's been happening, so bare with me while I try to explain it as best I can.
First time sound stopped working on PC. Restarted computer, sound came back, no issues.
Second time I woke up to find VLC frozen. Sound wasn't working. I restarted VLC. No sound. Found out that there was no sound on the computer at all. When I'd try to increase the volume on VLC, it would only change within an interval of ten percent. So it was at 50 percent initially. Would not let me go below 50%, but not above 10%. Sound didn't work anyway. Restarted, sound returned VLC working fine.
Third time I was playing Dragon Age: Inquisition. Sound worked fine, using my headset (Turtle Beach). Went to speakers to lay down and watch some shows on VLC. No sound on speakers. Switched to Turtle Beach again, sound returned. Restarted VLC, now suddenly no sound on VLC OR speakers. Had to restart computer, no issues after restart.
First time sound stopped working, used the "disable audio and reenable audio driver," didn't solve anything. Restarted, sound came back. Sound stopped working again same day, restarted, sound came back.
The next time I restarted the audio driver (Realtek) and then I shut down Explorer and then restar... Read more
Update: I'm not at home to test my PC, but I think I discovered the issue. It seems to possibly be a glitch or something with flash player.
After watching an episode of Daily Show on Hulu, I went back to Tumblr and saw that a video didn't have sound, and then all sound on my computer was suddenly gone. I then tried something out, and shut down flashplayer. That temporarily brought sound back.
But it quickly went away.
Then I shut down Firefox and flash player entirely, and sound comes back even when Flash Player comes up.
What could cause this?
Hi all,
I'm not too technically minded so I'll explain this as best I can and hope somebody can help me out.
A few weeks ago my media player stopped working - it flashes onto the screen for a split second and then disappears or just doesn't respond at all. Also the HP Advisor isn't working properly and keeps saying "an error ocurred" links don't work on the help section so I went to the HP site to try to get help there. I opened one of these instant help chat boxes and a technician phoned me, said he could help etc mentioned a one off charge and it took me half an hour to find out how much etc. He had remote access to my laptop and was running scans that found several thousand problems and now I'm worried that he may have "planted" something in my pc. When I told him I couldn't pay what he was asking he finished the call pretty quick and left me to it.
How do I fix my problem and how do I found out if he left something malicious on my pc? I'm scared to do internet banking now :-(
Those are questions that you should be asking HP support, IMO.
As for what your problem with Media Player...what version is installed?...
ASUS Notebook G60Vx Series
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
A few days ago my internet suddenly stopped working. I plugged in the ethernet cord and everything worked fine. Checking the properties in the device manager showed the device was working properly, I also tried resetting it to make sure it was enabled but it did not work.
Upon troubleshooting, the "Windows Network Diagnostic" said the problems was that the Wireless adapter was not turned on. Using the switch on the front of the laptop as well as the function keys does nothing. Usually a graphic pops up showing if the WiFi is on or off, changinging transparent to show the WiFi is disabled. Now when I turn the switch on it always appears transparent, effectively going from off to off
So I know the computer reads both the function keys and the switch on the front but both methods never actually turns the adapter on. I just finished a system restore and nothing has changed
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.
Maybe the switch or adapter is defective. Some other ideas ...
Do you have an ASUS utility to also turn the wireless on/off? (I have an HP utility on one of my laptops that will individually control the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth if the physical switch is on.)
In Device Manager right click on the adapter - Properties - Advanced tab. Sometimes there is a Property in there that allows turning the adapter on/off.
If the card is easily accessible through a cover on the laptop's bottom remove and carefully and firmly replace the card several times to fix any potential looseness or corrosion problems.
I have a dell inspiron n4010
Basically the sound doesn't work unless its in a hdmi or headphones. It won't play sound out of the laptop itself. I've updated the drivers and checked the bios, and it seems to be enabled. What can be the problem?
Digital Audio (HDMI) Is the standard Windows driver for sound. You need the realtek drivers which can be found here - http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/uk/en/ukdhs1/Product/inspiron-14r
Download the driver (listed under audio).
Make sure the on-board audio is on in the bios, disconnect from the internet, uninstall all sound drivers and reboot.
Install the driver you downloaded and reboot.
An then reconnect to the internet. (This prevents Windows from reinstalling the Digital Audio HDMI before you can install the correct audio drivers).
Post back and let us know how it goes
i recently boughta new laptop, 1gb ram, microsoft vista, 160 gb ram, core2 duo. i connected a microphone to the external jack. the speakers started making chirping kinda sounds and when i restarted no sounds were there but the headphones are working fine. thanks in advance.
Hey guys, i'm stumped.
Laptop Info:
Toshiba Satellite L75D-A7283
Windows 8.1
Track pad doesn't work. All started randomly one day when I started the laptop up. Just didn't work. Now the keyboard will stop working after about 10 minutes.
Things I've tried:
FN Key + F5 (enable/disable trackpad)
Double tapping the top left corner of track pad.
Uninstalled all trackpad drivers, restarted, let windows install drivers.
Uninstalled all trackpad drivers, restarted, installed Toshiba Drivers
Checked BIOS for disabled Trackpad.
Lastly, reinstalled windows 8.
I got nothing. I'm stuck.
Any suggestions?
Picture of error; http://i.imgur.com/jTMau9y.png
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Dell Inspiron 15-5555 laptop screen brightness is low.almost like screen is black, but we can see the dell logo and windows signing in.What can be the issue?Since the display is touchscreen is there any inverter that can be replaced or the entire LED screen needs to be replaced? What are the steps to diagnose the issue?Read other answers
I recently purchased an ASUS A555DG-EHFX to take over for my wife's Win7 ASUS K50IJ-BBZ5 (both are 64-bit).
Obviously getting Windows 10 up and running out of the box was a breeze. Configuring WLAN connectivity was also easy, even though I have a hidden SSID and access control on devices on the router. Even getting Office up and running was fine - just uninstalled from the old computer, downloaded an installer file from Microsoft, using the product key, and that was fine.
The one hiccup has been getting my files and configuration settings (such as browser history and passwords and cookies) from the old computer to the new.
I have read that one can run Windows Easy Transfer on a Win7 machine, which I did (to an external HD), then copy the migwiz and migration folders from the system32 subfolder of the Win7 machine, to somewhere on the new machine, and run the migwiz.exe program from the migwiz folder.
This appeared to "know what it was doing" - it identified the user profiles captured in the transfer data, and allowed me to select which ones to transfer.
But when the process completed, I can't find any of the files from the Win7 laptop, and I can't see any of the profiles and configurations - the files themselves, or evidence that the computer is accessing them.
Also, the old laptop had a C/D HD partition, as does this, and it was pretty much program files on C and data (.docx and .xlsx files, etc.) on the D partition.
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I have a strange problem and I can't find solution on internet. My 2 years old son was watching cartoons on my Laptop, he got excited and start hitting buttons on the keyboard. Some letters and numbers stooped working even arrows too...no sure what to do?
I have restated the laptop took off battery and did so many things What should I do?
please help
Thanks for your help
Welcome to the Seven Forums.
It is not hard to replace the keyboard.
See these search results for pricing and "hot to" videos.
I hope someone can help...
I have a SONY VAIO PCG-GRT170 that is 4 and a half years old....the display has stopped displaying.....
Wehn I plug in an external VGA monitor, I can see everything on the monitor.
I did the Function F5 kek, I did the WIndows Logo and D key to refresh the laptop monito to no avial.
It just automnatically stopped displaying last night. I shut it down, and reboooted and still nothing.
Id the screen on the laptop shot? If so, it is repariable or am I out of luck?
Thank you all for your help.
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Have been having this problem for a while now.
Every so often, the headhphone jack on my laptop just stops working after hours and hours of the laptop being on.
The built-in speakers of the laptop work fine. What happens is that while the computer is in use (after some random amount of time), any hardware plugged into the headphone jack of the laptop will not playback sound. This includes headphones, speakers and the like. The sound device manager in control panel shows sound being output, and if the headphones/speakers are disconnected, the audio plays fine on the built-in speakers on the laptop.
I haven't been able to figure out what exactly causes this problem. I have tried resinstalling the driver several times. I am 100% sure it isn't the headphones of the speakers that I use as I use these speakers and headphones on many other devices (phone, tablet etc.)
The only way that this issue gets fixed is if the computer is shut down and then rebooted (a restart doesn't work, the computer has to literally lose power for the problem to be fixed).
It seems very intermittent and I'm not sure how to approach this problem
Any ideas?
One idea would be a look the power plan in use. If you are running with the default Balanced power plan you may be seeing that nterfere by conserving battery power temporarily turning the audio off being a constant drain. Another thought could be a result of the onboard audio chip itself getting too warm where the hardware protection circuit will then come in and deactivate all sound. That is usually seen as far as the cpu temp as well as other major components. The audio being onboard would also be monitored by the bios not so much by Windows.
The other possible cause of losing sound would be the headphone jack or the board end having a cold solder point getting warm and expanding just enough to break the connection until cooled off. The complete shutdown of power would tend to suggest a temp or regulation issue where either the power plan or temp monitoring would have to be watched. And one more thing would be setting the laptop on a fan cooled stand or effective notebook cooling pad to draw heat away from the unit if you are not already using one. Laptops are known to get quite warm with extended use since everything is packed into a tight space with the typical serious lack of air flow unlike the usual desktop with front, rear, and side or top case fans in use if not water cooled.
You have some things to consider in the list of things there. Increased overall cooling, not planning to use the laptop for extended periods of time which can allow for something to overheat i... Read more
Been struggling with my office wifi for sometime now. It works on my Windows 10 laptop with a LAN cable but doesn't work on wireless (constant disconnection, sometimes just wouldn't connect, sometimes it would connect and show internet access but internet wouldnt work). It works effortlessly on LAN and even wifi on my phone and other devices in the offices.
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Laptop - Windows 10
Modem - D-Link DSL-224 ; ADSL/VDSL
ipconfig/all -
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : lenovo
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.name
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 04-7D-7B-B7-D6-12
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 4:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 12-68-9D-FD-87-7D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Apple ... Read more
I got a new Kingston Datatraveler 16GB pendrive. It is working perfectly on both my desktops at home. However on my laptop its failing to write data. It can read and copy data from the pendrive perfectly,however, when I try to write data on it, it writes a certain amount on a very slow speed (500-900kb/s the normal would be 10mb/s) and then completely stops, giving a file not found error (options are Try Again,Skip, Cancel).
Sometimes it manages to transfer at a high speed and suddenly stops at 90% and stops transferring at all and hangs there at 0s remaining. After a while the pendrive completely disappears from the system toghether with the transfer box, and I have to replug it to appear again. The file is now on the pendrive but its corrupted as it onlytransferred 90%...
Does anyone know what's going on? Why is my pendrive acting so weirdly? It works perfectly on other computers except on my laptop as it fails to write?
Please help
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Hello I take the ethernet out from me comp and put it in me laptop. It work on laptop. But, when me put in comp, it not work! When the ethernet is in the comp, me ping google.ca and it gives me ip "126.96.36.199". So me think it problem with me comp. When me comp starts it says it couldnt load yhohmjgl.dll, mlanwzuh.dll, xidghejk.dll. They are all located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\. It says the specific module could not be found. It also cant locate C:\WINDOWS\system32\duxrdaqg.dll. When me look for these files in laptop, me cannot find. Me even checked show hidden folders and unchecked hide system files in folder options. Plz help. Thanks in advance.
Download spybot ad-aware and avg anti-virus from download.com put them on a cd or flash drive and put them on your desktop computer. Run scans with all three and remove any threats. plug the dsl cable in on the bottom right click on your local area network connection and click repair. go to the command line and type in ipconfig see if your ip and subnet mask and default gateway show up.Read other 1 answers
I have a motorola modem (SB5102) and a D-Link Router (WBR-1310). I have a pc which is connected to the modem and the router with wires. From this afternoon there is no internet connection on my pc. The icon on the bottom right says unindentified network, Access: Local Only. But my laptop, which is connected wirelessly, is working fine. it has good internet connection and everything. All my other wireless devices are also working fine. But only my pc (which is connected with cables to the modem and router), is not getting any internet. Can anyone please help me with this weird problem. Thanks!
Both the pc and laptop have Windows Vista.
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Help, Internet not working on one laptop but is working on the rest in office.
I got a new Kingston Datatraveler 100 16GB pendrive. It is working perfectly on both my desktops at home. However on my laptop its failing to write data. It can read and copy data from the pendrive perfectly, however, when I try to write data on it, it writes a certain amount on a very slow speed (500-900kb/s the normal would be 10mb/s) and then completely stops, giving a file not found error (options are Try Again, Skip, Cancel).
Sometimes it manages to transfer at a high speed and suddenly stops at 90% and stops transferring at all. After a while the pendrive completely disappears from the system and I have to replug it to appear again. The file is now on the pendrive but its corrupted as it only transferred 90%...
Does anyone know what's going on? Why is my pendrive acting so weirdly? It works perfectly on other computers except on my laptop it fails to write?
Please help
If it works on the desktops, then it is not the pendrive. You might want to look at your laptop more. Have you tried different USB ports on your laptop? Are the USB 2.0 high speed ports, or just 1.0?
onekey isn't working for me and i don't know any other ways to reset it
Sorry to hear you are having a problem, Can you please provide provide the model number of your laptop, what version of Windows you are running, and any other details you can provide regarding the problem you are trying to resolve? Take Care,Read other 1 answers
I have been having problems keeping my touchpad and keyboard functioning after taking my laptop apart. In the first instance, my touchpad stopped working a couple weeks after the dissection. I took the computer back apart, and re-secured the touch pad jack in the motherboard connector, and it worked again.
The second instance, which I havent been able to solve, is the keyboard keys. Certain keys will stop working after some short time after taking apart the computer, usually a couple hours to a couple days.
I have tried readjusting the keyboard jack in the motherboard connector, also have tried turning off the computer and taking out the battery for a while.
Please help
Its an HP Pavilion dv5000 with Windows XP
Also Ive noticed that all of the keys that aren't functioning are clustered in one area on the keypad.
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Guys am new to forum forgive me for my errors
my laptop hard disk is not working on my laptop but work on my pc. when I connect it to lap it jest hang on posting(power on self test) but when I connect it to my pc it works. also when I boot with linux mint cd it shows that hard disk is not good
The partition is good (assuming you can read data when attached to the PC) but the MBR is corrupted.
This laptop has been owned for a few years, I'm not quite sure how many since it isn't mine. My phone was propped next to the laptop and fell on it, and the screen when dark. Tried restarting it but the screen still didn't work, this went on for around a day. Eventually when I tried to restart it, the laptop would begin to boot but shut down two or three seconds into a power up. Tried a hard reset, but it did nothing. After the hard reset the computer started, but froze on the Windows start up screen. Afterwards it still quit booting after two or three seconds. Stayed away from it for a week or so trying to figure out what was wrong with it/where I could get help. Came back to it today to try and it turned on again, but this time it stopped on the initial dark screen and now it is a black screen with green lines all around it and some blue lines. Do I need to take this laptop to a nearby technician or is all hope lost for it?
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Never mind, hit the laptop hard on the bottom and restarted it and launched the command prompt. Stupidest way to fix a laptop but it worked so heyRead other 2 answers
Ok I've searched all over the Internet for hours and still havnt found the solution I've been looking for. Excuse me for any mistakes or leaving something out I'll do my best.
I just bought an asus ul50vt laptop(windows 7) without a hard drive. I bought a new hard drive separately which is a Fujitsu 2.5" 120gb. Everything on and in the laptop is all manufacture so nothing has been replaced or changed.
So heres the issue. I popped the hdd in my asus and powered it on an I got missing bootmgr. So I put in the windows 7 dvd(burnt not original) but it just attempts to read and automatically goes and tries to boot from the new hdd. And it's goes in the same cycle. So I had the idea to disconnect the hdd in my desktop and connect the new hdd to my desktop. I booted from the same windows 7 installation DVD but this time the the desktop gave me the option to boot from dvd(it said press any key to boot from cd) so I installed windows 7, went through the whole process and used it like a brand new computer. I shut the desktop down, disconnected the new hdd and reconnected it to my asus. It started to boot but when it got to "starting windows", it froze for about 1/2 second and the blue screen came on for mayne 1/4 of a second at the most. Then restarted itself into the same cycle. I tried the windows 7 DVD but it again Acted like it read it and went straight to the hdd into the cycle again.
what I've tried already:
Changed the setting in the bios menu to cd/DVD... Read more
Hi there, Welcome to SF
Couple of points, firstly i dont think theres anything wrong, i believe the only problem is that your machine is not booting from the disc its trying to boot the HDD which was initially blank and then from another machine hence the blue screen.
All you need to do is get the HDD in the target machine and get it to boot from disk by hitting F2 on startup and selecting it, then you should be good for claen install formatting drive on the way Clean Install Windows 7 guidelines here
Today, while surfing the web my internet connection on my PC just randomly shuts off. I go check on my laptop and its normal. My WiFi says that I am connected to an Unidentified network with no internet access. So i got frustrated and checked all the forums and nothing seemed to work. So i restored my computer to factory settings and I still got this problem. Does this mean my Wifi Card is bad? Is it a virus? as you can tell i'm not too computer savvy. I can see other networks fine but i just cant connect to mine! If anyone knows any solutions please help
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PLEASE HELP: A few days ago my laptop wasn't working very well. I was exploring my options and decided to reset it. I tried this and it told me there was an issue resetting it, so I tried resetting it again. Now the laptop will not fully turn on. It turns on and displays the hp logo then the screen goes blank. After a few minutes the hp logo displays again. All the function keys work but I can't find a solution. Could it just be the fan? Please help, my laptop is my life. The laptop is an HP Stream Model: 11-r010nr
Try holding the Esc key down while booting and the press F11 to run the system recovery. If this does not work, you might have to boot from a recovery USB to restore the laptop. If you did not create one, you can order one from HP. If this has Windows 10 on it, you can also do a fresh install using the downloadable installation media from Microsoft.Read other 1 answers
Recently I've bought USB hub, one of this cheap, unbranded 4usb ones from ebay. When I'm connecting my usd disk drive to it, the drive just don't show up in my computer. It's like this hub is not providing enough power to the disk(it certainly sounds like it). So as I don't want to spend my money unnecessarily can you recommend some reliable USB hub please? It doesn't have to be usb3.0 although it would be nice and I would appreciate if you can recommend something I can buy in UK since I do live here. Also, will buying some branded hub, like this one from Amazon would deprive me from this issues?
Edit: I do have Toshiba port replicator with usb port and when I connect my disk to it there is no problem. Hard drive works as it should.
Pretty much any name brand is good and if you can find room for it an external powered one (wall-wart) is even better.
ITS NOT WORKING.& trying to make comoplaint but your toll free no. is not working.
so kindly reply by mail so can let u know our pro blem in laptop which bought recently from new york,
ITS NOT WORKING.& trying to make comoplaint but your toll free no. is not working.
so kindly reply by mail so can let u know our pro blem in laptop which bought recently from new york,
Recently my laptop LCD screen has stopped working properly. It all started when my laptop was picked up in a hurry and the battery came out while the computer was turned on. When turning the computer on now, the backlight comes on, and windows boots (you can hear when windows loads) but no image appears on the screen. I took the laptop apart completely and reseated every connection and nothing has changed. Nothing looks broken so i'm not sure what to replace. I was told that since the backlight works that i shouldn't need to replace the screen... Should I replace the inverter board? It is a Dell XPS M1530. Please get back to me asap... I need my computer for work......
Its a bit of work, but replacing the inverter will have to be done sometime anyway, and, to my way of thinking, that would be the first step in the repair chain anyway....
Any chance you damaged your power socket adapter in the accident. That is not easy to fix, and you will need to find a true expert at soldering the socket.
Might be a good time to find a friendly tech with a high quality volt ohm meter to run a few tests.
Otherwise, have you tried a repair install of Windows?
Hi. I have my Lenovo G580.I have just bougt a Intenso 256gb SSD.It did not show up at first on USB, so i followed a guide to set it up in Disk management. And now it works in USB.But when i install it in the laptop, it will only reconize and boot from my internet card?? I really hope someone can help me.Best regards, MadsRead other answers
I keep getting a system fan (90b) error message on start up.How can I test the fan to make sure is working or not? On the Bios is already set to "Always On". Also, I already did the troubleshooting steps that I found for this which told me to blow air through the vent openings to remove any dust that has accumulate inside.
The code is selftest and i recommend to you to replace the cpu fan. If you are in warranty take it to HP Service CenterRead other 3 answers
I was given an Hp pavilion Dv6 a while ago and I've been trying to get it working but I don't know what's wrong with itwhen I plug it in the power ring illuminates and when I press the power button the fan and other LEDs light up but the screen does not. When I press Ctr alt delete it restarts and now the screen backlight comes on but nothing is displayed. When plugged into an external monitor a cursor shows up in the corner of the screen for a few seconds then dissapears I have tried putting disk in it but I still get nothing no bios or boot screen just blank. Thanks in advanced if you can help me!?Read other answers
Hi,My system fan is not working? Can someone help me fix this, please? There is no sticker on the bottom of my laptop with the product number, and proper name, but i looked up the about page for the system within my settings, and it says this. Not sure if it helps? Version 1607OS Build 14393.1066Product ID 00325-80217-59533-AAOEMProcessor AMD A6-5200 APU with Radeon(TM) HD Graphics 200 GHzInstalled RAM 4.00 GBSystem type 64 bit operating system, x64 based processor Thanks in advanceRead other answers
Hi. For some reason my laptop mic isn't working. under sound devices / recording its showing michrophone, realtek high definition audio and its showing its enabled but when i speak it doesn't show anything. It is showing a stereo mix device as well. I'm on windows 7 is there something i'm missing to turn it on?
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hi, can anyone help, i have a toshiba satalite m115, i was having problems with the power point the laptop kept going on and off, so stupid here decided to open it and noticed the power point is attached to 2 wires and soldered to nothing, the thing is i put it all back and now the battery will charge but when i go to switch it on it wont work.... there is nothing from the push on button...and its not under warranty ....yeh call me stupid for opening but i can only try.....any help would be very gratefull could i have aligned anything up wrong.??
My lap was normally till yesterday.today when I switched on it not working.power is led white is seen when removing battery.when battery is connected red led is seen.It is like dead.pls help me to resolve this problem
Hi @nasrudheen,I hope you enjoy your visit to the HP Support Forums. I understand you are having an issue with the computer not booting. I will be glad to help you.Please post the full product number and operating system in use on your computer. See the following, if you need help with that information.How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number?Is the Windows Version on My Computer 32-bit or 64-bit? Please get back to me with above information, so I can help you.Read other 1 answers
I have a compaq pressario 900 laptop. I got it from a friend and his girlfriend dropped the laptop and nothing seems to be working on it. the only thing that happens is that i can get the power light to come on and that is it. the screeen does not come on, no fan, i can't get the dvd drive to open, nothing shows up on the laptops screen completely black. it has windows xp on it. let me know any more info u need i would appreciate any help on this ty in advance!
The drop probably jarred something loose inside the computer. If it were mine, seeing as how it isn't working anyway, I'd open it up and have a look at it...
Well heres what happened. My computer froze. I was unable to reboot with control alt delt, so i was forced to do a cold shutdown.
When i turned the computer back on the initial screen popped up, where it tell you what type a processor you have. Then a a black screen with some red symbols popped up and the computer froze again.
Now when i turn the power on i see the green light for the power, the fan spins, and the cd rom drive spins, but nothing else. I have nothing on my display...and the hard drive light does not come on like it should when it boots.
Does anyone know what could be the problem?? any help would be great!
That's so generic it could be anything from a bad HD to some memory going bad to any number of things. The red symbols onscreen lead me to lean towards the memory......or even a keyboard going whacky!
Sorry this isn't more help.......
Just out of curiosity, what had you been doing prior to this happening?
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Hello there
i have an Acer aspire 5520G laptop
5 months ago it stopped working, when i used to try to switch it on it used to repeatedly turn on and off without any beeps or the monitor turning on, i then took it to the agent and they told me it was the motherboard but i didnt fix it.
now 2 days ago i tried to turn it on again and it turned on normally.
now today i was working with and i turned it off, 4 hrs later tried to turn it on and it started to turn on and off again.
I decided to open it and checked that everything was in order. I tried turning it on again and it worked but gave me a blue screen of death with a code, as i tried to restart it, it began to turn on and off.. it did this 2 times....
Now i am thinking that it could be that there is something loose in it or else that the power supply of the laptop is damaged any ideas??
I have tried turning it off with no battery, i also tried with battery only , i also tried removing the battery and plug and press the power button for 30 seconds ( known to reset bios) but nothing worked.
Thanks for your time
def seems like a power/power connection problem. if the computer is still covered under warranty i would get on that, otherwise you're probably looking at some repairs. when you say "agent" does that mean the place where you bought it or some other computer shop? i would call Acer support and tell them what is going on. they may be able to help you out or at least point you in the right direction.


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Born and raised atheist ..my parents were the ones who "converted"
But when we moved back to the united states, my Catholic grandmother made my brothers and I go to catholic school and go through all the sacraments. So I have some basic understanding of the Roman Catholic Church.
Anyway, I'm tired of feeling like an outcast..and am hoping to make some friends here. So HI! :-)
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thanks nelson. love the pic. and the Russell quote. sometimes i think all Bertrand Russell ever did was write!
Thanks Gretchen!
It's funny but at first I did not really know any better.....but today....I really do consider myself lucky! Luckier still that my parents did not preach against relegion, they just never really mentioned that there was such a thing as religion...just answered my questions as best they could (scientifically) and let me figure out the rest.
Do you come from a religious family?
Am going to try and figure out how to friend you...:-)
Welcome Edward!
There is a lot of good talks and very intellectual people here from all walks of life. I'm glad I joined and you will be too!
As for me I was born into the Roman Catholic faith (Catholic grade school and high school) and received the sacraments up to confirmation.
I don't know any other Atheists (only a few wishy washy agnostics) so I understand what you mean when you say outcast.
I was forced to go to Lutheran Vacation Bible School when I was around 12. I was the star pupil, because I was the only kid in the class who could recite all the books of the Bible in order from memory. The teacher was very proud of me and awarded me a fancy certificate. If he only knew how I would go home and tell my parents how idiotic I thought were the things I was being told. They subsequently not only stopped making me go to that school, but never again brought up the subject of religion.
welcome Edward hope to see you on the chat sometimes
Hi Edward, Welcome to Think Atheist. Vent away.
Thank you so much Kir. I very much appreciate your invite, but I always stay home on New Years. Perhaps another time. Happy Holidays!

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This paper argues that adopting a "developmental regionalism" approach to trade integration provides the best prospects for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to catalyse the process of transformative industrial development, cross-border investment and democracy, governance, peace and security in Africa. It also looks at the progress being made by African countries and the continent in implementing each of the four pillars of this approach.
This paper was written in celebration of the significant contribution to African integration made by Chief Olu Akinkugbe.
Dr Faizel Ismail also presented the Keynote Address at the Olu Akinkugbe Business Law In Africa Fellowship Conference held at the Lagos Business School on 28 November 2018.
A 'developmental regionalism' approach to the AfCFTA: In celebration of the 90th birthday of Chief Olu Akinkugbe CFR CON
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a non-reciprocal preferential trade programme that the US offers to 49 sub-Saharan African countries. President Obama's decision to extend AGOA, which was set to expire at the end of September 2015, for another 10 years (2015 to 2025), was highly controversial. The Extension and Enhancement of AGOA Act, signed into law by President Obama on the 29 June 2015, had thus included many new provisions to incorporate the views of the US Congress on the implementation of the 10-year extension and the future trajectory of AGOA.
In this paper, the Extension and Enhancement of AGOA Act is analysed to elucidate the new and additional powers that the new AGOA Act provides the US Congress, the US Administration, and US business lobbies, and the implications of these changes for sub-Saharan African countries. At least three new trends in the 2015 AGOA Act can be identified: payment for preferences, institutional attrition, and a shift to reciprocity. These trends, it is argued in this paper, are potentially contrary to a more mutually beneficial relationship between the US and Africa. The paper offers some reflections on the future of AGOA.
Read online: AGOA Extension and Enhancement Act of 2015, the SA–US AGOA negotiations and the Future of AGOA
This paper argues that the dramatic changes in the trade architecture of the world during the first decade of the new millennium have created both opportunities and challenges for Africa's development. African countries need to develop proactive strategies to harness these new changes and use them to advance the integration of the African continent.
The paper looks at the main elements of the changes in the global trade architecture in the first decade of the new millennium. It then explains how these changes impacted on the Doha Development Round. The shift to mega-regionals and mega-bilaterals by the major developed country players and the implications of these developments for Africa's trade with the world are also briefly discussed. The paper then sets out the changes in the trade policies of the EU and the US on Africa in the new millennium and the implications of these policies for Africa's economic development. The paper also discusses the role of China in the trade and economic development of Africa and looks at the unfolding regional integration strategy of African countries.
See Commonwealth Trade Hope Topics Series Issue 131 The changing global trade architecture: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa's development
Faizel Ismail is Adjunct Professor in the School of Economics, University of Cape Town and a TIPS Research Fellow
Presentation and Panel Discussion:
Faizel Ismail – TIPS and UCT: AGOA - A Game of Chicken
Malose Letsoalo – Department of Trade and IndustrY
Christopher Wood – TIPS: Making the Best of AGOA through Export Promotion Policies
Tinashe Kapuya - Agricultural Business Chamber: An Agriculture Industry Perspective
The importance of exporting to the US for any developing country cannot be downplayed. Exports to the largest economy in the world along with various support measures has been of cruciall importance to countries such as Japan and South Korea during their industrialisation, more recently for China. The Africa Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) recognises the potential benefits of the US market and is a mechanism to encourage African economies to export into that market. While AGOA is a unilateral agreement by the US it gives benefits to the recipient countries and also is a means to encourage investment by US firms into Africa. The potential to support industrial development is therefore significant and is part of the motivation to extend AGOA by 10 years. Outside of the oil exporters, South Africa is the largest exporter through AGOA. South Africa exports value added products including automotive components and vehicles through AGOA. The recently adopted AGOA, however, specifically required a review of South Africa, mainly as a result of the requirement for poultry and pork imports from the US into the country. The poultry issue has been resolved and a number of compromises reached. The threat of the provisions of the Act that could exclude South Africa still remain. The benefits of South Africa being part of AGOA are applicable to both South Africa and the US,; it is therefore desirable on the side of both countries to find the compromises that would enable that.
The TIPS paper to be presented also forms part of a research project undertaken for NEDLAC.
Faizel Ismail: Dr Faizel Ismail is an Adjunct Professor at the UCT School of Economics and a TIPS Research Associate. He has previously been an advisor to the dti on International Trade and Special Envoy on the African Growth and Opportunity Act and served as the Ambassador Permanent Representative of South Africa to the WTO (2010-2014).
Malose Letsoalo: Malose is the Director of Americas Bilateral Trade Relations in the International Trade and Economic Development Division (ITED) of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti).
Christopher Wood: Chris is a TIPS economist focusing on trade and industry policy. He previously worked as a researcher in economic diplomacy at the South African Institute of International Affairs.
Tinashe Kapuya: Tinashe is the head of international trade and investment intelligence at the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz).
Date: Tuesday 24 January2017
Time: 13h30 – 16h00
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This paper reviews the state of play of the African regional integration agenda, inspired by the vision of the Abuja Treaty and Agenda 2063. It argues that the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) negotiators should adopt a "development integration" approach to ensure that the outcome of the CFTA benefits all its members. Towards this end, the CFTA negotiators should work on three parallel tracks: a) they must ensure that the architecture of regional integration is asymmetrical in favour of the Small, Vulnerable Economies (SVEs) and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs); b) they must prioritise the fullest participation of all Africa's members in regional productive value chains that enhance Africa's industrialisation; and c) they must facilitate the co-operation of member states towards the building of cross-border infrastructure. It is argued that this vision and agenda of the CFTA and Agenda 2063 provide Africa with a powerful negotiating mandate to drive the process of engagement between Africa and its main trading partners, multilaterally in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and bilaterally with the European Union (EU), United States (US), China and others.
This policy brief considers the three main options available to South Africa in a post-AGOA trade and investment relationship with the United States: to stay in AGOA, negotiate a Free Trade Agreement, or fall back on Most Favoured Nation terms and the Generalized System of Preferences.
Ten years is a very short time in the global economy, and by all accounts a decade is all that is left of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). While the United States' unilateral preferential access programme for Africa has been reauthorized three times since it began in 2000, it looks very unlikely to be extended beyond 2025.
This article looks at options and present three immediate interventions could prove useful.
Read online: Making the best of AGOA through export-promotion policies.
What are the main changes in the global trading architecture over the past 15 years? How have these changes impacted on Africa's economic development and the nature of trading relations between Africa and its traditional developed country partners, the European Union, the UK and the USA, and its main developing country partner, China? What are the implications of 'Brexit' - the UK's departure from the European Union - for Africa's trade? And how has the changing narrative of trade and trade integration impacted on Africa's own strategy to integrate its market? This issue of Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics explores these questions and offers some policy recommendations for African policy-makers and trade negotiators.
See Journal of World Trade 51, no. 1 Wournal of World Trade 51, no 1 2017 by Faizel Ismail: The changing global trade architecture: Implications for Africa's regional integration and development
Faizel Ismail is Faizel Ismail is Adjunct Professor in the School of Economics, University of Cape Town and a TIPS Research Fellow
Session 4: Market integration and trade
Session 2: Regional integration and SADC
This paper investigates the extent of trade integration of Sub-Saharan African countries in the global economy as well as within the region. Four key concepts are used to assess integration: 1) trade openness, 2) the centrality in the global and regional trade network, 3) gravity model estimates, and 4) global value chain (GVC) integration. We find that the region's trade openness has increased strongly since the mid-1990s, reflecting a growing partnership with emerging markets, particularly China, and budding intraregional trade. However, the region's trade flows have barely kept up with the rapid expansion of global trade. The trade centrality of the economies in the region remains relatively low, and has not increased much over the last 20 years. It remains lower than the one observed in other comparable emerging and developing economies. Likewise, the region still has some way to go to better integrate in global value chains - a feature associated with higher income growth overtime in regions such as South East Asia and Eastern Europe. Some countries are showing progress, albeit from low starting points, with the EAC and SACU particular bright spots. A better insertion into the global economy would help foster structural transformation, export diversification, and the possibility to absorb technology and skills from abroad.
For many of the African states, negotiations to liberalise trade in services is a relatively new phenomenon. For the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) member states, the only experience acquired on this subject was during multilateral negotiations in the context of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Now SACU countries are confronted with the issue of services liberalisation in the context of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations, seemingly without a clear and coherent strategy on how to deal with this new trade related issue. There are a number of reasons for this, and the paper attempts to present the possible explanations for this state of affairs. It starts with an assessment of the depth and scope of commitments undertaken during the Uruguay Round and the challenges created by the different degrees of liberalisation. This places the SACU member states at different stages in their services liberalisation process, which together with their different levels of development have the potential to produce a fragmented approach towards services liberalisation.
The paper further considers the effect services liberalisation currently has at the regional level of SACU, the regional level of SADC and the bilateral level of the EPA, as well as the future impact these services negotiations can have on the SACU member states. The SADC Protocol on Services, which is being circulated amongst member states for approval, is also analysed to provide an indication of what can be anticipated at SADC regional level.
The final part of the paper deals with the preparation for negotiations and the activities countries can carry out in order to equip government to more effectively understand and negotiate the complexities of trade in services. The preparation phase focuses on two aspects, that of defensive interests which feed into the formulation of the services offer and, that of offensive interests which play a role in the formulation of the services request. The paper considers, amongst other things, the sources where regulatory information on services can be found, how to conduct a trade regulatory audit, the alignment of international obligations with domestic laws, the creation of enquiry points, and the establishment of communication channels between government and stakeholders.
This report takes a closer look at the trade and the trade agreements between South Africa and its free trade agreement (FTA) partners. Although the pace of unilateral trade reform has slowed, trade liberalisation has occurred through the negotiation of a number of bilateral trade agreements.
This study seeks to model the effects of trade on employment in South Africa in a Labour Demand framework. The study uses aggregated data, as opposed to a number of studies that have used either factor content or growth accounting approaches. The paper specifically seeks to determine the extent to which imports, exports, wages and output have impacted upon employment levels across the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors. The analysis carried out in the study revealed that the derived labour demand in the primary sector and the secondary industries have been impacted negatively by increased imports. However, there was insufficient statistical evidence from the data to suggest that derived labour demand for any of the sectors was increased by increased exports openness.
Information on the impact of immigration on a host country's trade with particular reference to the African continent and the SADC region remains scant, if indeed it is ever available. This study seeks to fill this gap with an analysis of data. More specifically, the main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of cross-border movements of SADC citizens into South Africa on the latter country's trade (exports and imports) with SADC countries from which the migrants had originated. The estimated results of this study confirm the existence of a positive and statistically significant migration-trade relationship in the case of South Africa's trade with its SADC trading partners.
Member countries of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) engaged in a number of bilateral trade liberalisation agreements and initiatives from as way back as the 1950s, the main objective being to increase bilateral trade flows through deeper opening and access of regional markets. Southern African countries saw these 'country to country' trade agreements coupled with the adoption, by the SADC region, of a 'Protocol on Trade' (TP) in 1996, and its implementation from 2000, was viewed as a coherent trade policy strategy to promote regional economic growth and help reduce poverty. Bilateral trade flows have been analysed on sensitive products textiles and apparel, cereals and vehicles between SADC countries that have signed bilateral trade agreements between themselves and implemented the SADC TP which led to the adoption of a SADC Free Trade Area in 2008. Analysis focused on sensitive products because preferential bilateral trade agreements seem to be more generous (offer better concessions) on these products as compared to commitments member states undertook at the wider regional level under the SADC TP. Trade creation on wheat and sugar products dominates trade diversion even though the percentage increase in trade in these products is small. Moreover, there is no conclusive evidence that bilateral trade agreements increased bilateral trade flows beyond the market access opportunities provided by the SADC TP except only for textile products from Malawi into South Africa. SADC countries need to do more to implement commitments in their bilateral trade agreements to realise the real market access benefits of trade liberalisation.
Empirical studies on regional economic integration process in Africa exhibit sluggish progress and there by limited level of intra trade. The existing literatures in Africa, particularly in Southern African regional integration bloc, SADC have neglected effects of regional economic integration dealing with disaggregated data. This study analyzes trade creation and diversion effects of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) using disaggregated data from 2000 to 2007.
The investigation estimates an augmented gravity model using panel data and random effect estimator methods. The results show that the intra -SADC trade is growing in fuel and minerals, and heavy manufacturing sectors while it displays a declining trend in agricultural and light manufacturing sectors. This implies that SADC has displaced trade with the rest of the world in both fuel and minerals, and heavy manufacturing sectors. SADC has served to boost trade significantly among its members rather than with the rest of the world. Countries participating in SADC have moved toward a lower degree of relative openness in these sectors trade with the rest of the world. However, the increasing trend of extra-SADC trade bias over the sample period in both agricultural commodities and light manufacturing sectors means that there has been a negative trade diversion effect. In other words, the value of trade between members and non-members has been increasing for the two sectors. These results seem to suggest that SADC countries retained their openness and outward orientation despite they signed the trade protocol for enhancing intra-SADC trade in agricultural and light manufacturing sectors.
The heads of states of the Common Markets for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East Africa Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met in Uganda in October 2008 to discuss broader objectives of the three regional trading blocs. This was later referred to as the Tripartite Summit. Discussions centred on achieving acceleration of economic integration on the continent in line with the Abuja Treaty and on the African Union objective of the formation of one continental economic bloc. The key issues for the three blocs were regional trade liberalisation, infrastructure development and a legal and institutional framework. The leaders agreed to initiate a process of coordination and harmonisation of programmes in order to progress towards the goals of expanding trade, alleviating poverty and attaining the overall development objective. The Summit provided a platform for the three blocs to join forces in forming a larger Free Trade Area (FTA).
Trade-in-services is fast becoming one of the foremost areas of research and policy making in the international trade arena. Although the General Agreement on Trade-in-Services (GATS) was implemented in 1995, it is only recently, with the realisation of the close linkages between goods and service exports and the advent of better data, that researchers have begun to pay more serious attention to questions such as 'comparative advantage' and 'trade liberalisation' in the service trade. While research on the subject has lagged, negotiations and policy analysis (because of GATS) has had to make do with what little is understood about the service sector. One reason for the lack of clear stylised facts about service exports is the diverse nature of the industries that comprise it. The World Trade Organization (WTO) defines twelve service industries, each with specific characteristics, measurement issues and economic incidence. Furthermore, each service industry consists of four modes of trade. In addition, trade involves both imports and exports. South Africa has a long history of travel service exports. The first Europeans settled in the Cape to provide services to passing ships on their voyages to the East Indies and back to Europe. Cape Town, known as the 'Tavern of the Seas', offered sailors and soldiers accommodation, entertainment and health care before commencing the second leg of their journey. Today, South Africa offers the international traveller a diverse travel experience. Blessed with unique natural landscapes, fauna and flora, history and cultures, together with a built environment offering quality services, travel exports are one of the fastest growing sectors in the South African economy. Given this, South Africa seems to enjoy a comparative advantage: Travel service exports comprise more than 65% of the country's total service trade, significantly higher than the world average of 38%. This paper defines travel service exports and reflects on its development in South Africa. Using a new United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) dataset, tests the hypothesis that South Africa has a comparative advantage in exporting travel services. The relative advantage of this sector is also compared against that of other countries. The evidence supports the notion that South Africa has a revealed comparative advantage in exporting travel services.
As tariff barriers are reduced around the world, increasing attention has been paid to non-tariff measures. Although differing definitions exist of exactly what these NTMs are, let alone how their quantitative impacts are measured, they can basically be defined as government measures other than tariffs that restrict trade flows.
This paper evaluates bilateral trade between South Africa and the EU over the past decade, where possible up to 2003.
Structure of the Report:
Part A: Aspects of trade and tariff patterns
Part B: A preliminary quantitative assessment of the impact of the FTA on South
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The iPhone and the Curiosity Rover: Specs Compared
The "iPhone 5" (which probably won't be called that) and the Mars Curiosity rover are the two hottest tech topics on the Internet right now. The Mars mission is a breathtaking example of human accomplishment, bringing us up-to-the-minute photos and brand-new knowledge about an alien planet. It's the most complex, most powerful device we've ever landed on another planet.
The iPhone, on the other hand, is a cell phone. But many people will be able to buy one (there's only one Curiosity) and it'll affect its owners' day-to-day lives in immediate ways. According to the latest rumors, the next iPhone is likely to be announced on September 12 and will feature a larger, 4-inch screen; 4G LTE networking; and a smaller dock connector. (For more details, check out our iPhone 5 rumor roundup.)
It's not at all ridiculous to compare the iPhone to the Mars rover. They're both wireless, connected multimedia computers that are shooting images and transmitting data through space. Curiosity is built to survive extreme conditions; the iPhone is built to survive your pocket. Consumer technology has borrowed innovations like CMOS camera sensors from the space program for decades. The trade goes both ways now, with the space program leveraging components tested in the market. Curiosity's operating system, for instance, is on many common home wireless routers.
Curiosity is chock-full of scientific instruments you won't find on a consumer product (like its megawatt laser), but consumer smartphones are regularly used to analyze scientific data. Government-funded scientists have turned iPhones into microscopes and spectrometers using add-on lenses and custom apps.
Some of the similarities between the two devices can be surprising. Did you know, for instance, that Curiosity runs on a CPU once used by Apple? And that the iPhone has been to space? Click through our spec comparison to find out how Curiosity and the iPhone compare on their technologies.
1 CPU and Storage
2 Operating System
3 Weight
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5 Data Cap
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Joey Coulter powers to first truck victory at Pocono
Pulling away after a strong restart with seven laps left in Saturday's Pocono Mountains 125 at Pocono Raceway, Joey Coulter notched his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory, beating James Buescher to the finish line by 1.224 seconds.
Coulter charged from third to first moments after a restart on Lap 44 of 50 at the 2.5-mile triangular track, after a caution on Lap 39 that took series leader Timothy Peters out of the race. Peters was racing through the tunnel turn, got loose beneath another truck and spun into the wall, as two separate incidents in the same corner damaged five cars.
"As soon as the spotter said 'Green,' I put the foot to the floor and just let the ECR (Earnhardt Childress Racing Engines) Chevrolet horsepower do the rest," Coulter said. "We needed to make moves quick. Track position was real important.
"It was new pavement (since last year's truck race), and it picked the speeds up, but it sure did make it hard to pass. I knew we had to get it done right there, or we weren't going to have a second chance at it."
Third-place finisher and pole-sitter Nelson Piquet Jr., who led 33 laps and brought the field to green for the final time, said restarts are complicated at Pocono, which features the longest straightaway in NASCAR racing at 3,740 feet.
"The last restart was a bit of a problem," Piquet said. "It's so wide. I didn't know if I would defend on my left -- Coulter -- or if I would try to keep my line with James (Buescher) next to me, and it ended up being three-wide in the first corner.
"That was it. I lost all my position -- still recovered to third. But it was a shame. Obviously, we had a fast truck, the quickest one out there. All we wanted to do was win."
Matt Crafton and Denny Hamlin finished fourth and fifth, respectively. Ty Dillon, Parker Kligerman, John Wes Townley, Justin Lofton and Ross Chastain completed the top 10.
Piquet survived a run-in with Todd Bodine, who surged forward after a restart on Lap 34 but turned across the nose of Piquet's Chevrolet when he moved down the track into Piquet's line.
"I'll take the blame for that whole thing just because I should have known better than to trust an idiot to do the right thing," Bodine said. "I pulled down to draft off of James (Buescher) and I should have known that Nelson wasn't smart enough to pull over with me and side-draft me.
"If it was the last lap of the race, I could see that. He thinks he owes me one anyway from Kansas, I think it was, but it's a shame."
Piquet dismissed Bodine's suggestion.
"It was right at the exit of the corner, James was to my outside, and they passed me to the outside, so I didn't even have time to tuck behind (Bodine)," Piquet explained. "His spotter should have told him that I was beside him . . .
"There's nothing I could have done. I was never expecting something like that. The move he did was a bit inexperienced. You would expect somebody like me to do something like that. (Piquet is in his second full NCWTS season; Bodine is a two-time series champion.)
"It was after a corner, after a restart -- everybody's kind of chaotic over there. Not much to say. I couldn't have done anything else."
Notes: Dillon cut Peters' series lead to eight points. . . . Townley scored the first top 10 of his career.


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Traveling to/from the Convention Center: Tips, including air, train, public transportation, shuttle, taxi and parking are at - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Tips_for_Getting_Around
Exhibits and Trade Show: Plan ahead on which new vendors and old favorites to visit with 'In the Exhibits' resources on the main page of the wiki - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009
Parties, Receptions and Social Events: Network with friends and colleagues, and make connections that last a lifetime at numerous parties and special events sponsored by ALA units and exhibitors - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Parties/Receptions and http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Events_with_Food
What to Do in Denver: An excellent compendium of attractions, museums, libraries, dining, entertainment, including the American Libraries Magazine restaurant guide, along with other ways to make the most of your social time is available in the 'Denver Guide' section of the main page of the wiki - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Main_Page
Event Planner: A full, searchable list of committees, discussion groups, sponsored events and exhibitors at - http://ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/midwinter/2009/eventplanner.cfm
And some Quick Links:
Shuttle Busses - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Shuttle_Bus
Conference Hotels Map (PDF) - http://ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/midwinter/2009/hotelmap.pdf
Placement Center – Your First, Next or Best Job http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Events_and_Resources_for_Job_Seekers
Discussion Groups - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Discussion_Groups
Sunrise Speakers and President's Program - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Speakers_galore
Tips for First Time Attendees - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Events_for_New_Members_and_First-Timers
Membership Town Hall Meeting: "What Do Library Staff Want President Obama to Know" - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Membership_Town_Hall_Meeting
FTRF and FOLUSA Special Events - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Freedom_to_Read_Foundation http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Friends_of_Libraries_-_FOLUSA
Washington Office Update - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Washington_Office_Update
Youth Media Awards - http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/When_and_Where
Social networks and sharing links to Flickr, Facebook, Second Life and unit blogs are on the main wiki page. Governance, Finance, Council and Executive Board Schedules and agendas are all linked from the main page of the wiki, as well.
I'll send another email on Wednesday next week with last-minute updates and other information. Thank you for wanting to join in on the work of the Association in support of the profession. I hope that ALA Midwinter 2009 will be interesting and informative for you.
Safe Travels,
John Chrastka, Director for Membership Development American Library Association
P.S. – If you have specific questions about your registration or hotel, email Experient at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 800-974-3084 for assistance.
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Dear ALA Midwinter 2009 Attendee:
As you make final plans for ALA's 2009 Midwinter Meeting in Denver this week, I've collected some last-minute information that may be interesting or useful.
Badges and Meeting Guide Book
Please bring a valid photo ID with you to pick up your badge holder and Meeting Guide Book at Registration in Lobby A of the Colorado Convention Center. The Will Call desks are there if you need a badge printed on-site for any reason. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Registration_Hours
On-Site Assistance
If you need help with other matters, ALA Staff are available at the ALA Offices, Korbel Ballroom 2A in Convention Center. Conference and accessibility services are also located there.
Arriving Early?
As of today, several of the Pre-Midwinter Institutes still have on-site registrations available. Plan to arrive 1/2 hour before the Institute begins to register at the door. Fees apply, availability is limited and subject to change, but there are some good educational options to be had. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Institutes
Twitter and Text Message Alerts
For inside information about meetings and social events, follow the official ALA Midwinter Twitter feed @ALAMW http://www.twitter.com/alamw. This year, the Emergency Alert Message Service is combined with this feed. Any alerts will be issued with ALAMW-ALERT for ease of identification. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Text_Message_Alerts
The Big "What's Happening" Overview
If you have some time on your plane, train or shuttle bus, print out and give the "What's Happening" overview a read. It is 30 pages of extremely valuable resources - a portable wiki - for the Meeting. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Hot_topics
Meeting Preview from American Libraries
If you only have 9 pages of time, check out American Libraries' preview to the Meeting. It's the most concise Midwinter orientation anywhere.
Click on 'Current issue' and then 'Midwinter Preview' at http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/alonlineebrary/alonlineebrary.cfm
Exhibits Opening Reception - Friday, 5:30 to 7:30pm
Enjoy music, free food and the chance for lots of great prizes. Preview the exhibitors at http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/List_of_Exhibitors
ALA Store in Lobby B of the Convention Center | Friday, 9am-5pm ; Saturday-Sunday, 8am-5pm ; Monday, 8am-2pm
For Daily Coupons, follow ALA Midwinter on Twitter @aALAMW for daily Store coupons
Connecting with other Attendees
Look over the main page of the wiki for parties, socials, special events and meals to meet other attendees and make professional connections that last a lifetime. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Main_Page
Denver Guide
The ever-popular American Libraries Dining Guide in all price ranges and genres, along with cultural and social events around the mile high city, in the Denver Guide section of the wiki. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Main_Page
Placement Center
Looking for your first, next or best job? NMRT's resume review service is on hand at the Placement Center to help. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Events_and_Resources_for_Job_Seekers
Youth Media Award Winners
This year, we are offering you three ways to learn the winners of ALA's Youth Media Awards: in person, by webcast, or through Twitter @ALAyma. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/When_and_Where
Financial Meetings
An overview of the ALA financial planning and reporting meetings, with agendas when available. You are invited to learn more about this important aspect of Association management. http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009/index.php/Financial_Meetings
Event Planner - http://ala.cistems.net/Index2.php/
Post Office and Mailing at the Convention Center -
Meeting Changes - On Site Notice and Cognotes Daily Newspaper -
Check out the wiki at http://wikis.ala.org/midwinter2009 or the website at www.ala.org/midwinter for more information on these and other topics. Safe travels, and we'll see you in Denver very soon.
-- John Chrastka,
Director for Membership Development
P.S. Registration for Annual Conference is already open. Stop by the Chicago 2009 display in Registration to learn more and visit www.ala.org/annual to register early and save.


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The following story is published in the Dec. 12, 2006, Tomahawk Leader. We'd like to know your thoughts on the new Great Northern Conference:
By Tom Colstad
Tomahawk Leader Sports Reporter
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Board of Control met Friday in Stevens Point and voted unanimously to approve the formation of the seven-team Great Northern Conference (GNC), as well as several other conference realignment plans. Implementation of the new conferences will take place in the fall of 2008.
The realignment plans were initially approved in October. The WIAA allowed a 40-day window for schools to appeal the initial approval before the board considered final action.
Tomahawk school district representatives appealed the Hatchets' inclusion in the GNC primarily due to large disparities in enrollment among the various high schools.
The GNC will include Merrill (1,175 students), Antigo (1,034), Lakeland (953), Medford (788), Mosinee (688), Northland Pines (560) and Tomahawk (546).
Tomahawk High School athletic director/varsity football coach/varsity softball coach John Larson said, "Winning conference championships will be pretty tough for Tomahawk teams given the level of competition.
"It will be particularly difficult in football due to the numbers game," continued Larson. "Medford and Lakeland have dominated the Lumberjack Conference in recent years in many of the sports. Now, besides those two schools, you add Merrill, Antigo and Mosinee to the mix and it's going to be a really tough schedule.
"We'll be competitive in most sports, though, and with such a high level of competition, we'll get better ourselves," commented Larson.
Larson added that the GNC schools do not all have the same sports programs. Therefore, the conference athletic directors will meet to discuss how to deal with those sports, including boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' soccer, boys' and girls' tennis, girls' hockey and gymnastics.
With Merrill and Antigo leaving the Wisconsin Valley Conference, the WVC will have seven teams, including D.C. Everest (1,733), Marshfield (1,324), Rhinelander (1,178), Stevens Point (2,568), Wausau East (1,335), Wausau West (1,679) and Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln (1,984).
Park Falls and Phillips, members of the Lumberjack Conference in all sports except football, will be part of the 16-team Marawood Conference.
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ALL BALL NERVE CENTER — If you want to find Lakers PG Steve Nash in the summer, a good bet is to look somewhere around a soccer field. Not only is Nash a part-owner of the MLS Vancouver Whitecaps, but Nash has always loved playing the beautiful game, so much so that each summer he organizes the Steve Nash Foundation Showdown to benefit his charitable foundation.
Nash is in New York City today to train with Inter Milan, in conjunction with the Guinness International Champions Cup. We grabbed a few minutes with Nash this morning…
ME: So run this down for me: You're trying out for Inter Milan today?
NASH: (laughs) Sort of, yeah. I think that's the way it's being labeled, but it's more of an honorary tryout, more like I'm going to go practice with them. But yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
ME: What position do you play in soccer?
NASH: Anything attacking. More like a midfielder, but anything going forward.
ME: So like a true number 10, sort of?
NASH: Yeah! I mean, in my youth, yes.
ME: Did you see Nate Robinson is going to wear number 10 in honor of Messi?
NASH: Yeah, I did.
ME: I remembered Nate playing in the Showdown a couple of years ago — I didn't know if you put him on to soccer?
NASH: (laughs) Right, he's converted now.
ME: I've been talking about soccer with you for over a decade. You've seen the growth of soccer in the States over that time, and now you're involved with MLS. Do you think soccer has turned a corner in the States in terms of popularity?
NASH: I think the game's growing incredibly. The exposure, the amount of games you can watch on TV. One of the kind of alarming things to me is just — I mean, it's on the ticker on "SportsCenter." When I was in college you'd never see a soccer score on the ticker. Now, every day there's a soccer result on the ticker on "SportsCenter." And yeah, that kind of says something about the solidity the game has in the States right now. It's going in the right direction.
ME: I know basketball has become really popular in Canada, and I was wondering is there any sort of similarity between the growth of basketball in Canada and the growth of soccer in the States?
NASH: Yeah, I guess in some ways. Soccer was always pretty big in Canada. Not that we're a soccer power, but the game was big. Basketball is taking a soccer-like turn in Canada, the way soccer is growing in the States. I think a big part of it was having the Raptors and the Grizzlies in Canada, which really gave kids a lot of exposure to the game but also something to strive for. I also think the internet over the last ten years — there's no more secrets. Kids can go online and see the best kids of their age groups, or best practices, and I think kids have taken that opportunity and run with it.
ME: How are you feeling, physically?
NASH: Good, coming around. Good enough to embarrass myself on the soccer field. I'm not quite 100 percent, I can't quite sprint, but I've been able to train around it, so I've made a lot of progress in other ways, and hopefully in the next three or four weeks I should be one hundred percent.
ME: What kind of forecast can you give us for the Lakers this season?
NASH: I think everyone's kind of counting us out, which is fine by me. I think it's good for us to fly under the radar a little bit. We've got a lot of new pieces, we've got guys coming off injuries, myself included. So we've got to find out where everyone's health is, and then figure out each other and play together, and hopefully we can surprise some people.
ME: Last thing: What is it like being around Kobe Bryant, being around someone with that singular of a drive?
NASH: I think people kind of know what he's like. He's very single-minded, he's very prepared, very intense. You can feel it, you feel the intensity. I think that's what people expect and that's what he is.


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Herb Sutter is a bestselling author and consultant on software development topics, and a software architect at Microsoft. He can be contacted at www.gotw.ca.
In a recent article, we covered reasons why threads should strive to make their data private and communicate using asynchronous messages.[1] Each thread that needs to receive input should have an inbound message queue and organize its work around an event-driven message pump mainline that services the queue requests, idealized as follows:
// An idealized thread mainline // do { message = queue.pop() // get the message // (might wait) message->run(); // and execute it } while( !done ); // check for exit
But what happens when this thread must remain responsive to new incoming messages that have to be handled quickly, even when we're in the middle of servicing an earlier lower-priority message that may take a long time to process?
If all the messages must be handled on this same thread, then we have a problem. Fortunately, we also have two good solutions, both of which follow the same basic strategy: somehow break apart the large piece of work to allow the thread to perform other work in between, interleaved between the chunks of the large item. Let's consider the two major ways to implement that interleaving, and their respective tradeoffs in the areas of fairness and performance.
Example: Breaking Up a Potentially Long-Running Operation
Consider this potentially expensive message we might be asked to execute:
// A simplified message type to accomplish some // long operation // class LongOperation : public Message { public: void run() { LongHelper helper = GetHelper(); // issue: what if this loop could take a long time? for( int i = 0; i < items.size(); ++i ) { helper->render( items[i] ); } helper->print(); } }
This thread may be a background worker that runs all the work we want to get off the GUI thread (see [1]). Alternatively, in cases where it is impossible to obey the good hygiene of getting all significant work off the GUI thread (for example, because for some reason the work may need to happen on the GUI thread itself for legacy or OS-specific reasons), this thread may be the GUI itself. Whatever the case, what matters is that to remain responsive to other messages we need to break up LongOperation.run into smaller pieces and interleave them with the processing of other messages.


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Annual Percentage Yield Calculation Program for Windows (APYWIN)
The Windows-based version of the Annual Percentage Yield program (APYWIN v2.1 - Release May 2009) is an efficient tool for verifying annual percentage yields pursuant to the Truth in Savings Act (12 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) and its implementing regulation (Regulation DD, 12 CFR 230).
The APYWIN 2.1 program is only available for download.
For questions about the APYWIN application, please provide a detailed description of the issue, your operating system, your name and a contact number via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can also provide comments and feedback to the address below:
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Although great care has been taken in the preparation of this APY program, the OCC makes no warranty of complete accuracy. Further, the OCC does not recommend this program over other methods to calculate annual percentage yields.
The APYWIN 2.1 installation will automatically uninstall any earlier version of the APY program from your computer. If you have APY v1.0 (DOS) and would like to keep this version, please follow the steps below before installing the new version.
Download the Program
To download APYWIN 2.1 to your machine, follow the instructions below. (Note: The file size is approximately 3MB.)
Please note that the APYWIN 2.1 application is not currently supported on Windows Vista.


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Why Plan B is a Good Idea For Restaurants
The company helps envision and brand unique dining experiences.
If you're smart enough to hire the Plan B Group to make the restaurant of your dreams come true, from architecture to interior design and even branding, don't expect owners Royce Ring and Alex Urrunaga to be your yes men. They call what Plan B does the "art of the possible," but that's only because they don't allow budget constraints to hinder creativity. For eight years, Ring and Urrunaga have been showing clients (including nonrestaurateurs) how to push the boundaries of architecture by putting a playful spin on classically anchored elements. They'll take an empty space and repurpose, reuse, and recycle whatever's lying around until the restaurant has that unmistakable Plan B stamp on it: a little bit classic, a little bit funky, and absolutely savvy.
"Because we're involved in the branding of the concept together, we try to give restaurants a voice or attitude of their own," Urrunaga says. "We create an animal from the ground up. We're not just putting the clothes on it. We're creating a beast." Urrunaga and Ring (business partners who finish each other's sentences as well as design plans) even help restaurateurs pick what music to play as guests are wining and dining. It's their job to know what people like. Paying attention to the smallest details and weird intricacies of human nature is what separates a successful restaurant from yesterday's lunch. Because those curious touches are exactly what Plan B specializes in, whatever they design is usually there to stay.
FEATURES: Since farm-to-table food is the essence of Whiskey Cake's menu, the Plan B Group took a small side room and converted it into an herb garden. This Plano restaurant also has four kinds of seating: booths, couches, freestanding tables, and communal tables. If you're observant, you've probably noticed the solar panels on the roof, an electric car charger between the sidewalk and parking lot, and the fork sculpture in the private dining room. When Whiskey Cake inherited its space, the Plan B Group stumbled upon boxes of forks and made a "fork of forks."
CHALLENGES: Ring and Urrunaga had to chop up the big space inside Whiskey Cake to prevent it from looking like a sea of tables. They connected the kitchen to the main room by cutting a window into the kitchen so people could peek inside, and created eight seating vignettes in the dining area.
FEATURES: Along the back wall of chef/owner Laurent Poupart's Mediterranean restaurant is a wine display that plays with lines and geometry. Some bottles stand up, while others are forced to lie on their sides. There's also an open kitchen, which doubles as a theater for guests to sit around and watch. But the patio is the most sought-after seating area, due in part to the water feature made from cypress wood cut at various lengths and placed at different angles. Ring says it looks like "a bunch of fingers with water playing over them."
CHALLENGES: This may come as a surprise, but JoJo's patio isn't actually outdoors—it's inside a parking garage. When drapes enclose the circular space, it's almost easy to forget. The seating is comfortable, the lighting creates an amber glow, and
FEATURES: People don't usually associate sandwich shops with luxury, but Hunter Pond wanted his first restaurant to evoke the neighborhood. Urrunaga and Ring used roofing material to line the exterior side of the wall and put AstroTurf on the patio to simulate grass. Walking into East Hampton Sandwich Co. almost feels like you're going over to a neighbor's house for lunch.
CHALLENGES: "That space is not without its challenges in terms of columns and floor elevations," Ring says. "Plan B Group couldn't change the size of the columns, so we had to find a way to make them look less like eyesores. We even built a communal table around one." The restaurant before East Hampton Sandwich Co. had a fire and left charred rafters for its new tenants. Plan B left them because "it gave the space a personality. To fix it would've been too buttonedup for the brand."


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Super Rugby
Ellis faces fitness race
ESPNscrum Staff
July 5, 2011
Andy Ellis has been in fantastic form for the Crusaders this term and looks set to be included in the New Zealand World Cup squad © Getty Images
Crusaders scrum-half Andy Ellis faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday's Super Rugby final against the Reds in Brisbane.
The All Black limped off in the 15th minute of last Saturday's semi-final clash against the Stormers following a challenge from Schalk Burger. A leading contender for the All Blacks World Cup squad, Ellis dismissed concerns about his swollen knee but a tender AC joint meant he would have to play through the pain barrier at Suncorp Stadium in the season finale.
"A lot of the guys get it (AC joint injuries) and they carry on playing through a season, Ellis told the NZPA. "You just have to deal with a bit of pain. The first tackle might be a bit tough but after that you're generally OK. I can't do any more damage."
Saturday's clash completes a unique season for the Crusaders who have been on the road for the entire campaign after their AMI Stadium home was damaged during the Christchurch earthquake back in February. The success of the side has helped to lift the region and Ellis is determined to cap it all with the Super Rugby title.
"It's pretty special," Ellis said. "It's (the Crusaders' season) put a smile on a lot of people's faces back home and given a bit of hope. The boys have definitely fed off that and we're not satisfied to just stop here, we're pretty keen to finish off."
If Ellis is ruled out, future Ospreys scrum-half, Kahn Fotuali'i, who produced arguably the game of his season at Newlands, will line up against Wallaby Will Genia. Scrum-half Willie Heinz has joined the squad on standby. Reserve lock Luke Romano, who was diagnosed with chicken pox in Cape Town, was scheduled to join the squad on Wednesday after being released from quarantine.
Crusaders management was hopeful Romano would be able to take his place on the bench as cover for Brad Thorn and Sam Whitelock. If not, former All Blacks lock and veteran Crusader Chris Jack will make one last appearance before he ventures to Japan.
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