Metropolitian

4 hours ago, Confuscious said:

To close this thread, follow these instructions at your OWN FREE WILL.

- Make a bootable USB stick (Ex.: RUFUS) with MS-DOS on it (I like to use the old DOS 5.5.).
- Switch your computer OFF and take all the hard-disk, memory sticks, SD cards, etc out of your computer/notebook.
- Mount the faulty hard-disk as the main disk.
- Boot the computer from the memory stick.
- At the "C:" prompt, issue the DOS command "Debug 0800:0005" (this is the RAM area where the  hard-disk ROM is copied to).
- You will see that the hard-disk in RAM memory is the DATA from the PCB and not from the sticker (ie 20 GB).
Now you have 3 possibilities:
1. Alter the data in RAM and transfer in to the ROM from the hard-disk with the DOS Command "Debug -w 0800:0005" and reboot.
   Depending on your computer hardware, the hard-disk will be "Bricked" or display the correct size but will be only capable to read 20GB as the FCB can not access the Data after the 20GB. 
2. Find a program to FLASH the ROM on the hard disk with the correct data and reboot.
Here again, the hard-disk will be "Bricked"or the hard-disk will not be able to access the excess data.
3. Find the original FCB and mount it on the hard-disk,
    Reboot.
    You will now be able to access the full capacity of your hard-disk, but 40GB will show "Bad Sectors".

Enjoy your life....

4. Don't change the data on the PCB firmware and stunt with the settings in the BIOS.  But instead get a sharpie and change the '60' on the sticker into '20' and enjoy a working 20Gb harddisk

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Humorous vid, half OT but half not ????

On 9/2/2020 at 8:44 PM, farang51 said:

It's in Patong. I didn't need time to see it, but I guess most of the people there wondered why I took a photo of an exchange booth.

 

Same same this tuk-tuk driver that wondered why I took a photo of an office building:

 

 

If you don't see anything special, you have probably never tried to catch a roadrunner.

 

Or Roger Rabbit, as he had the testament of mr. Acme himself who was killed by an Toon.

A punch coming out of an wooden hammer, some of the Acme things that never gets old ????

For one who still wonders     'Acme?'

Are you checking the information on a regular desktop computer with the harddisk in an usb enclosure? 

And you want to use the harddisk as harddrive in the Lenovo Z370 laptop?

Put it back in the laptop and write down what the BIOS tell you about the harddisk.

Model and additional info.

Another solution would be running an Linux or Windows PE version on an USB stick and run the diskpart command from there if that's included in the PE version.

(Parted / GParted in case of Linux)

26 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

The 20 GB (60gb) hard disk shows as an Acer which is the legacy of the USB adapter.
I also mounted the disk as an internal boot drive, but no difference.

 

We should need to know the model number in the harddisk firmware anyhow, which starts with MJ or MH mostly.

The only solution is mount the harddisk as internal drive and check again.

What output do you get with this command:

wmic diskdrive get model,index,deviceID,firmwareRevision,status,manufacturer,interfaceType,totalHeads,totalTracks,totalCylinders,totalSectors,partitions

?

46 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

Here are the pictures, but I fail to see how that is going to help me in altering the disk size.

 

It's not helping in altering the size now, but it is in identification.

I can see that your internal harddrive is an 500GB Seagate Harddisk and another one Samsung 250GB.

But the '20GB'  Hard disk..  according to the model information it is an ACER Harddisk while your first post shows an Fujitsu 60 GB.

So this means that the information is masked or overridden by the USB HDD adapter/casing.

Have you tried using the harddisk in another manner instead of that external enclosure?

1 hour ago, Heppinger said:

Yes really, diskpart can most certainly give you the info. such as model name, serial number, partitions etc.

 

Which is TRUE.

Assuming that the OP has actually windows running on the machine, and not already accidentally deleted it while playing around with diskpart (or any programs)

For the OP , and others who are interested to obtain the information about your disk

The steps to get the information is :

start diskpart by going into the command prompt, or in the run section in start:  DISKPART [ENTER]

What you will see is an dosbox

DISKPART>

Then diskpart want to know on which media/harddisk you want to work on.

Doing so by entering select disk and the disk number, mostly 0 which is the primary disk

DISKPART>select disk 0  [enter]

Then to see the information, like model type and so on you give the command detail disk

DISKPART>detail disk

In my stituation it gives me:

Another option beside diskpart and when you run windows is by executing the following command in the prompt

wmic diskdrive get model,serialNumber,size,mediaType

Which in my computer gives me this:

Ahh.. I get flashbacks to the old DOS period ????

You also can get the info from the main screen in your BIOS.

Can you take a picture for us?

2 hours ago, Confuscious said:

I use an old notebook for experimenting in order to avoid serious mistakes (IYKWIM).
Type: Lenovo  Z370 (32 bit)
BIOS: Phoenix SecureCore (tm)
NOS: 4ACN33WW
 

Entering the BIOS

The PhoenixSecureCore has a few different firmwares too.

When you open the BIOS, do you see 'InsydeH20 Setup Utility'  or  ' Phoenix SecureCore Technology' in the title bar?

And what do you see under the 'Boot' tab at the field Legacy/SATA HDD if InsydeH20 in the title

or Boot/Boot Pirority order/ HDD field in case of Phoenix SecureCore in the title?

Video: Replacing the harddisk video, which you already knew I assume. ????

1 hour ago, Confuscious said:

Again (for the slow readers or readers with a slow understanding) :
The age of the disk or the size of the disk is nothing of my concern.
I want to know how it's possible to alter the BIOS information on a HD/USB drive/MC to show a different capacity as the real one.
Purely as a hobby and to learn.

 

What is the model of your computer and do you know the name of your BIOS and version?

There are a few out there and all with different screens.

Once we know which BIOS you have we can continue.

example:

8 hours ago, Metropolitian said:

What info does the bios give you about the harddisk?

 

8 hours ago, Heppinger said:

very little.  diskpart using command prompt is all you need.

Not really, although diskpart has many functions and can tell you a lot.

Bios gives the model name of the disk, and that's just the one I was looking for.

In this info, which doesn't contain the information like heads and cylinder as these are mostly set on auto detection in the settings.

But the model name,  mostly tell you how big the actual drive is.

And we can compare that with what is printed on the sticker, if that doesn't match then we know what time it is.

And then if it's really an 60GB drive, then we can proceed to look at the settings.

2 hours ago, Ganesh108 said:

Hi! Long time lurker here, or should I say 'very long time lurker'. Been based in Thailand since the late 1980s, working in various countries in the region.

 

I've only just registered on TV to let the Germans here know, that the German embassy will not provide any letters needed for the 30 day extension after 26th September. I'd sent them a mail and they said, as flights to Germany are available, no letters. 

 

So I join the throng of people hoping for a further amnesty, as flying to Germany to get a new visa (non-Immi B, no WP) and wondering how to get back into Thailand is the last thing I want to do at this point. All other countries in the region that I feel entirely at home in are also closed, unfortunately. I was hoping for India to open this month, but it's not happening.     

2 hours ago, Seik said:

Yes I think the same situation can be observed throughout the EU. No letter from French embassy as well.

And so is the Netherlands.

I've posted their reply trough email in another thread.

1 hour ago, JoseThailand said:

What a rip-off!

So  you have better sources/information?

Please mind share with us, your friend is not the only one in the same situation.

Many more in desperate awkwardly waters.

3 hours ago, Metropolitian said:

 

The only one, and not guaranteed, is the 30 days with the letter from the embassy (which they not handing out on every request).

I got a reply from the embassy and they state that they don't give out letters for the immigration.

Quote

Thank you for your message explaining your situation. I understand this is a difficult situation for you. However, the embassy does not issue visa support letters to persons who wish to stay longer in Thailand, as there is no longer any forced stay in Thailand. You will have to follow the regular Thai immigration rules regarding residence and renewal.

It seems incorrect that Thai immigration leaves it up to embassies to decide whether a person is eligible for extension or not (by providing a letter or not). The Dutch embassy is not competent in this matter and can only request an exception if there is a forced stay in Thailand because of Covic-19. This is no longer the case. You will have to extend your visa / stay in a regular manner.

In the first instance I would strongly advise you to make an appointment with Thai Immigration to get advice on how to renew your visa in the regular way. Thai immigration can inform you whether and how an extension can be made and which procedure can be followed.

Sincerely,

< .. >

36 minutes ago, Crossy said:

OK Machine 2 shutdown log.

 

Without the filters , what does the log says in the minutes before the shutdown was initiated?

What info does the bios give you about the harddisk?

Just in the time of the 'amnesty' and expired visa I have to renew my license this month. Five years has already passed.

Now I am not sure about the situation, if the amnesty will be extended or that I would get another 30 days at the immigration office.

In case that they wouldn't give me a new DL next week with the reason that I don't have a 'valid' non - x visa and also that I have to leave the country before the 26th.

How long is the period that I can come back at the DLT and renew my DL which will expire this month.

28 minutes ago, Crossy said:

I have two windows 10 PCs that are playing games with me, I have no idea what's going on.

 

Machine 1 is a pretty old Dell mini-tower - Hit the power button and it briefly powers on (a second or two) then turns "off", leave it for 5 seconds or so and it powers up all by itself and boots normally. The PSU died a few weeks back (it was playing this game before) and the new PSU made no difference to the behaviour.

Check the memory modules, a change with memory module will give that exactly syndrom you are explaining.

A bad contact would made the machine think that there was a new module inserted.

Overheating would do the same (turning off after a few sec) but not powering up again.

28 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Machine 2 - is a homebrew bitsa. Powers on and boots normally and runs for about 10 minutes, then does a controlled shutdown. Power it on again and it boots and will run for days.

 

Whilst neither of these quirks is a show stopper both are annoying, any bright ideas?

 

As said above by others, check your event log as it was shut down 'properly'.

Happens here sometime and is mostly due to an update but then it would restart and not shutdown but with some settings restarts will result in an shutdown.

Another thing I can think of is that this one actually has issue within the PSU. After the second power-up it has warmed up already and the issue is 'gone'.

Some grabs in the bucket with possibilities ????

Has anyone the link to the announcement from the government (in Thai, and if available the English translation too) regarding the 'amnesty' ?

Was it that extension was automatic granted OR no extension but really -amnesty- (thus loosing your extensions and the type of visa you are in)

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

If you could qualify for another category you could possibley apply for it without leaving the country,

And those are? For under 50 and unmarried who came in on a Non O (volunteer) visa ?

All options I've read about was changing from tourist visa to ed or the extra 60 days for visiting spouse.

The only one, and not guaranteed, is the 30 days with the letter from the embassy (which they not handing out on every request).

A crazy action from the foreigner as the old lady was offering to refund the deposit so he can move out with the ten 'friends'.

Maybe a misunderstanding and the foreigner demolishing the room as he was thinking the didn't get the deposit back. (six month prepayment)

Stupid and now he degrade our good 'farang' name and I wish him pay for everything.

I used to renew my visa in Malaysia. But just read report that they remain closed till next year.

https://news.thaipbs.or.th/content/295979 - Google Translated to english

43 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Out our way if you rang PEA they would say ' nothing wrong with our meter'.

Unless you told them the disc is not spinning while using three aircons in the lowest settings.

Give them five minutes to zip their zippers and hop over to the pole.