Bosch SHP65T56UC dishwasher stops randomly without error code

TL;DR:  The machine thinks that the door is being opened during the cycle, hence no error codes.

It's one of three things:

•  The door IS actually being opened, without you knowing, by a child / family member who does not know how to restart the wash cycle; 

•  The control board has gone bad; or

•  The door switch has gone bad.

In a (somewhat rare) twist, my local shop wanted $350 (after diagnostics fee) to replace less than $100 in parts, so I DIY'd it.  I realize that sounds (stereo)typical but I've not (knowingly) gotten ripped off that badly for a while.

•  Control board replacement video here

•  Door switch replacement video here

Interestingly, the door switch uses a magnet and Hall-effect sensor to determine if the door is closed or not.  It should be reliable...

Tips:

•  I found it helpful to stick something under the door to keep the front panel from falling off when you remove the door screws.  I used both a cardboard box and some chunks of packing foam that I had lying around, but anything non-marring and the right height would work.

•  Don't forget to reinstall the handle bracket on to the control PCB mounting box before sticking the new control board back into the door.

•  The top / front door screws are different lengths than the mid and rear/bottom door screws.  I knew this and still mixed a couple up (argh), but you probably won't damage anything if you do the same.

In my case, my wife complained that the washer still stopped even after replacing the board and switch.  But that somehow when away when I stuck a security cam on the washer to see if anyone was messing with it.

Sudden unexplainable Zimbra / Shaw Webmail "Could not send message: mail.SEND_FAILURE" error

Problem:  As title.  Probably affects only one email draft, others are fine.

Possible solution:  You might have attached a Windows shortcut file (i.e. *.pdf.lnk) rather than the actual intended file (*.pdf).  

It seems Zimbra tries to follow or validate that shortcut before sending, and cannot, and so barfs the "SEND_FAILURE" error.

Synology Surveillance Station camera options "Edit" and "Enable" are grayed out / unavailable

Problem:  Per title.

Possible solution:  You may be using a cell phone as a camera via the "Synology LiveCam" app.

If so, Surveillance Station is not able to do the settings for that camera because the relevant settings are done in the app itself.  Tap the gear icon on the LiveCam app screen to find them.

If that's not it, the most likely possibility is that the account you are using does not have permissions to use Surveillance Station.  This will have to be fixed in the Control Panel settings of the NAS itself.

Sudden drop in Macrium Reflect backup speeds under USB boot rescue environment

This one is likely specific to my machine, but hey.

 

Problem:  Macrium Reflect backup times in the WinPE boot rescue environment (i.e. booted from a Macrium USB stick) suddenly change from acceptable (~500-700 M/s, 1-6 hours) to ridiculously slow (< 40 M/s, 100+ hours).

Macrium starts well, but "hesitate" about 3-6 seconds after starting a backup (no updates on screen), after which read speed is updated to a very slow number.  Additional hesitations may occur as Macrium struggles to read the source disk.

Speeds under Windows proper are fine, and this will occur when writing to multiple backup targets  (i.e. to NAS, to another internal HDD/SDD, to an external USB HDD, etc.)  There are no indications of problems with either the source disk or the target disk.

 

Possible solution:  Try swapping your source drive to a different SATA port.

This is a nasty one, as no one expects a SATA port to misbehave.  Because they never do.

In my case, I thought it was the SSD, so I made a clone, and updated the firmware on both.  But swapping in the updated clone SSD did not fix the issue.

So: it's not the source; it's not the target; it's not the software.  What's left?

Fortunately, after running more experiments, I saw that that both drives (original and clone) behaved well in my SATA HDD dock, but behaved badly when plugged in as my boot drive port.  And plugging my original boot drive into an unused SATA port finally fixed the issue.

 

I do not know why the SATA port that has worked well for years suddenly decided to misbehave.

I also have no idea why this only occurred under the WinPE environment.  My guess is that the WinPE drivers are not as sophisticated as the drivers for full Windows, and struggled to deal with the failing SATA port.

And yes, I could back up with Windows live and running.  But I come from an era where that is a big no-no, and I still do not trust it.  I only back up after booting from alternative media.

Fox News is not news

Proof?

Between April 2 and April 4, 2025, all major stock indices dropped more than 5% (Dow) and 20% (Nasdaq).  The S&P 500 was down about 15% from its previous high; the full extent of the sell-off is yet to be revealed.

Fox News, however, does not consider this important.  

As of 3:00pm EDT on April 4, 2025, the first story regarding the stock market is #12 on their page - "below the fold"* - right between the daily summary and George Clooney's wife.

No, not kidding:

The first article to mention tariffs is #19, and the words "stock" and "stock market" do not appear at all.

Thank God we have Fox.  Otherwise, you might think something was amiss.

  *  below the fold = below the first major advertising banner.  Not the same physically, but similar in presentation and intent.

**  Yes, Fox uses a rolling format where older stories are pushed lower.  That's an interesting design choice, to say the least.