Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Closed a preview session for Alyssa. Student computing committee meeting. Staff meeting: Cindy brought bagels and juice to celebrate my birthday. Diversity profile edits for Cindy, Susie, and Ashish. BSOD troubleshooting for Chris's laptop. page_fault_in_nonpaged_area (stop: 0x00000050) after attempting to HotSync with a Palm Treo 755. Also: terminal_server_driver_made_incorrect_memory_reference (stop: 0x000000cf) after remotely restarting the computer via remote desktop. Problem points to either bad RAM or a problematic driver. TechTool Pro Deluxe 3.1.1 passes all scans except surface scan which it doesn't do by default. Listserv maintenance for student AL. Generated two highres LGBT posters for Kevin. Late lunch: dos pollo enchiladas from Carmelina's. Chatted with Lucia and Scott over lunch. Scott participated in a San Francisco scavenger hunt this past weekend and I offered to help him next year doing remote answer searching. Joel borrowed $2 from me and left for Los Angeles. It took me a long time to figure these 2 things out, so I'm documenting it here: (1) How do I run memtest86 on an Intel-based Mac? Answer: Use Matt Johnston's version of Memtest86+. (2) How do I start up from a cd or dvd when I have Boot Camp installed on an Intel-based Mac (ours is a MacBook Pro)? Answer: Hold the Option key while starting the computer and while the cd or dvd is in the drive. After a few seconds you'll get a light gray screen with 3 choices: Mac, Windows, and your cd/dvd. Use the arrow keys to select your cd/dvd, then press Enter to boot from it. Holding the C key, which is a correct startup-to-cd keyboard shortcut in certain situations, does not work in this scenario, nor does Cmd+Option+Shift+Del which some web pages led me to believe would work. If the Option key does not work for you, try booting your cd in a different computer that is not an Intel-based Mac—perhaps it's not really a bootable cd or perhaps the cd is damaged. More BSOD troubleshooting: Memtest86+ 1.7.0 passes with no errors. Ran short and extended tests in Apple Hardware Test 3A115—"no problems found." Diversity profile edits for Cindy, Susie, and Ashish. Worked on Tina's website. Chatted with Tony Q online. Patrick has a long layover in Tokyo and returns tomorrow.