Yearly Archives: 2011

Graph Ping Time with Microsoft LogParser

Found this cool little piece while searching for log parsers for a project.

ping -n 15 www.yahoo.com | logparser SELECT TO_INT(REPLACE_STR(EXTRACT_VALUE(Text,'time',' '),'ms','')) AS Response INTO Ping.gif FROM stdin WHERE Text LIKE '%%Reply%%' GROUP BY Response -i textline -legend off -chartTitle Ping Times -view

This is from Ken Shaefer’s blog from 2005!

Error 0135: Fan Failure

WARNING: There has been a recall on certain M90z and M70z all-in-one Lenovo systems due to a fire hazard.
Please visit CPSC for more information.
Glad this was documented on Lenovo's site for the A70z (all-in-one) system.
They have other systems also and you can find them here:  http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/SupportSearchResults.page?searchText=fan+locations+based+on+POST+error+code
It specifies to review the HMM (Hardware Maintenance Manual) for the FRU to re-order.  The HMM can be found: Continue reading →