Toshiba TV29C90 problem; Image fades to black...

[N Cook]

Ron(UK) <ron@lunevalleyaudio.com> wrote in message
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N Cook wrote:
If switched off (yes via the power reset button rather than pulling the
power plug), left some time and then powered up.
It plays dumb, display echos the key presses and midi functions normally
but
no sound out of the built in speakers unless you wake it up going into
demo
mode for a bit. Nothing wrong with mute/standby functions of the main
amp.
No flash memory card used with it but are there switch contacts in the
card
slot that should be open or closed and falsely registering a card is in
the
slot?

There might be a micro reset sequence which will get everything back to
factory settings, you need to search the interweb thing

Ron(UK)

I downloaded the 150 page user manual
possibly on powering down "local off" setting for midi use is stored in the
memory.
Seems no access via the keybpoard/keypad/buttons etc to alter this, must be
via an external pc/midi link.
But just pressing "piano setting" resets a number of things , one of which
is setting local to ON (if OFF), in the troubleshooting guide , if you have
a silent keyboard.

This Keyboard not used via MIDI
But there must be some powerdown (or power up ) fault creating this random
occurance (left unpowered overnight and powered up perfectly ok, despite
deliberately switching off at the mains rather than powering down via the
power on/off button).
No obvious on-board battery , although overlay symbol and unpopulted section
of the main board has this for some other model type.

--
Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
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http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/

 

[James Sweet]

"jimhigh66" <mounthighly@aol.com> wrote in message
news:56420805662640a973b79c65c25755cb@localhost.talkaboutelectronicequipment.com...

The damage was my fault when, as a result of an ice storm, I connected a
240V generator to the house system and the unequal 120V loads see-sawed
one side low and the other side high (live and learn) + the damage never
equaled my insurance deductable.

That explains why the capacitor failed then.

You need to connect the neutral when you wire up a generator, the loads will
never perfectly balance out.

 

On 3ÔÂ28ČŐ, ÉĎÎç12Ęą35ˇÖ, "N Cook" <diver...@gazeta.pl> wrote:

If switched off (yes via the power reset button rather than pulling the
power plug), left some time and then powered up.
It plays dumb, display echos the key presses and midi functions normally but
no sound out of the built in speakers unless you wake it up going into demo
mode for a bit. Nothing wrong with mute/standby functions of the main amp.
No flash memory card used with it but are there switch contacts in the card
slot that should be open or closed and falsely registering a card is in the
slot?

--
Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list onhttp://home..graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/

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[jimhigh66]

James / others

The neutral WAS connected. Some generators will work fine -- mine didn't.
(As a precaution I first did a test with a high-wattage bulb on one 120 and
low-wattage on the other an it appeared to be OK. The test wasn't
adequate.) Now I strap both 120V circuits together. I can't use anything
240V of course, but I can do without that for the limited time required.
Regards Jim H.

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[Jerry G.]

Most likely the power supply is blown and possibly other sections of
the VCR. I would be shopping for a new VCR rather than spending.


Jerry G.
---------



jimhigh66 wrote:

The damage was my fault when, as a result of an ice storm, I connected a
240V generator to the house system and the unequal 120V loads see-sawed
one side low and the other side high (live and learn) + the damage never
equaled my insurance deductable.

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[James Sweet]

"jimhigh66" <mounthighly@aol.com> wrote in message
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James / others

The neutral WAS connected. Some generators will work fine -- mine didn't.
(As a precaution I first did a test with a high-wattage bulb on one 120
and
low-wattage on the other an it appeared to be OK. The test wasn't
adequate.) Now I strap both 120V circuits together. I can't use anything
240V of course, but I can do without that for the limited time required.
Regards Jim H.

That sounds like something is screwy in the generator itself, are you sure
the neutral didn't break off internally from the 240V socket? I've only
dealt with a few of them, but every 240V generator I've used works just fine
powering both sides of the panel.

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

"Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com> writes:

Most likely the power supply is blown and possibly other sections of
the VCR. I would be shopping for a new VCR rather than spending.

Why do you think other sections of the VCR are blown? It's usually
hard for a surge to get past a switchmode power supply. I had one where
someone plugged it into 230 VAC by mistake somehow and the only problem was a
blown fuse.

One also shouldn't discount the possibility that despite the fact that it
seemed to happen due to a problem with the Neutral, that the real reason
was that it had power off for awhile and was on the verge of dying from
bad caps. Seen that. Works fine until power is removed for a short time.

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[James Sweet]

"Sam Goldwasser" <sam@plus.seas.upenn.edu> wrote in message
news:6wbq4x2k6t.fsf@plus.seas.upenn.edu...

"Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com> writes:

Most likely the power supply is blown and possibly other sections of
the VCR. I would be shopping for a new VCR rather than spending.

Why do you think other sections of the VCR are blown? It's usually
hard for a surge to get past a switchmode power supply. I had one where
someone plugged it into 230 VAC by mistake somehow and the only problem
was a
blown fuse.

Nothing against him personally, but I don't recall Jerry *ever* saying
anything besides "take it to a tech", or "throw it away and buy a new one"
in the years that I've been on here.

My own experience coincides with yours, power surges very rarely get past
the first or second stage of the power supply in any piece of equipment.
Unless it took a lightning strike, it's usually pretty simple to fix.

 

[Arfa Daily]

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LjBHj.132$ta2.99@trndny05...

"Sam Goldwasser" <sam@plus.seas.upenn.edu> wrote in message
news:6wbq4x2k6t.fsf@plus.seas.upenn.edu...
"Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com> writes:

Most likely the power supply is blown and possibly other sections of
the VCR. I would be shopping for a new VCR rather than spending.

Why do you think other sections of the VCR are blown? It's usually
hard for a surge to get past a switchmode power supply. I had one where
someone plugged it into 230 VAC by mistake somehow and the only problem
was a
blown fuse.



Nothing against him personally, but I don't recall Jerry *ever* saying
anything besides "take it to a tech", or "throw it away and buy a new one"
in the years that I've been on here.

My own experience coincides with yours, power surges very rarely get past
the first or second stage of the power supply in any piece of equipment.
Unless it took a lightning strike, it's usually pretty simple to fix.

I repair many switchers in the course of my working life, and I would also

concur. The 'failure to restart after a power outage' syndrome is in my
experience, most often caused by either the small cap which decouples the
supply to the switch mode controller IC, or the high value startup
resistor(s). The one place where I have had a faulty switcher cause
additional damage, is in el cheapo supermarket DVD players, where failure of
under-rated secondary side filter electrolytics, can lead to the supply
being unable to regulate itself. This can result in the 5v or 12v rails
doubling, with the inevitable consequences to the LSIs dotted around on the
main board. This is a 'just out of interest' comment, and not to do with
power surges finding their way through switchers, of course ...

Arfa

 

[Sam Goldwasser]

"Arfa Daily" <arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> writes:

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LjBHj.132$ta2.99@trndny05...


"Sam Goldwasser" <sam@plus.seas.upenn.edu> wrote in message
news:6wbq4x2k6t.fsf@plus.seas.upenn.edu...
"Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com> writes:

Most likely the power supply is blown and possibly other sections of
the VCR. I would be shopping for a new VCR rather than spending.

Why do you think other sections of the VCR are blown? It's usually
hard for a surge to get past a switchmode power supply. I had one where
someone plugged it into 230 VAC by mistake somehow and the only problem
was a blown fuse.

Nothing against him personally, but I don't recall Jerry *ever* saying
anything besides "take it to a tech", or "throw it away and buy a new one"
in the years that I've been on here.

My own experience coincides with yours, power surges very rarely get past
the first or second stage of the power supply in any piece of equipment.
Unless it took a lightning strike, it's usually pretty simple to fix.

I repair many switchers in the course of my working life, and I would also
concur. The 'failure to restart after a power outage' syndrome is in my
experience, most often caused by either the small cap which decouples the
supply to the switch mode controller IC, or the high value startup
resistor(s). The one place where I have had a faulty switcher cause
additional damage, is in el cheapo supermarket DVD players, where failure of
under-rated secondary side filter electrolytics, can lead to the supply
being unable to regulate itself. This can result in the 5v or 12v rails
doubling, with the inevitable consequences to the LSIs dotted around on the
main board. This is a 'just out of interest' comment, and not to do with
power surges finding their way through switchers, of course ...

Another out of interest comment is that I had one of these cheap DVD
players with exactly those symptoms and replacing caps restored it to
perfect working condition despite 19 V on the 12 V line, or was it the
5 V line? Chips are tough.

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[geoff]

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writes

For Non-Muslims

http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/dawah/0004.htm#allah

Allah (God)

Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The
name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many
Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.

and what gives you the impression that we give a fuck ...?



<http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29406&only&rss>


--
geoff

 

[James Sweet]

Another out of interest comment is that I had one of these cheap DVD
players with exactly those symptoms and replacing caps restored it to
perfect working condition despite 19 V on the 12 V line, or was it the
5 V line? Chips are tough.

Years ago I had a TTL logic board in a video game that would only run if the
5V supply was cranked up to around 7.5V. Ran it like that for years, never
did find the marginal part(s).

 

[Irish Mike]

"At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian
Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war."

Irish Mike


"??????? ????? ???????" <muslma1@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1b42d2cf-ea58-41c9-b663-4299d1fea13c@a22g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

For Non-Muslims

http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/dawah/0004.htm#allah

Allah (God)

Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The
name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many
Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.

What do Muslims believe about Allah?

1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of
His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship
besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and
will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of
mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all
mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in
the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.

These are some of the basic guidelines Muslims follow in their
knowledge of God:

1. Eliminate any anthropomorphism (human qualities) from their
conception of Allah. His attributes are not like human attributes,
despite similar labels or appellations.
2. Have unwavering faith in exactly what Allah and Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) described Allah to be, no more, no less.
3. Eradicate any hope or desire of learning or knowing the modality of
His names and attributes.
4. Belief totally in all the names and attributes of Allah; one cannot
believe in some and disbelieve the others.
5. One cannot accept the names of Allah without their associated
attributes, i.e. one cannot say He is Al-Hayy - 'The Living' and then
say that He is without life.
6. Similarity in names (or meanings) does not imply similarity in what
is being described (referents). As a robotic arm differs from a human
arm, so the "hand" of Allah is nothing like a human hand, His speech
is nothing like human speech, etc.
7. Certain words are ambiguous or vague in their meanings, and thus
may be susceptible to misinterpretation. Only those meanings that are
in accordance with what is specified by Allah and His Prophet (pbuh)
are acceptable.

Cleanliness

Islam places great emphasis on cleanliness, in both its physical and
spiritual aspects. On the physical side, Islam requires the Muslim to
clean his body, his clothes, his house, and the whole community, and
he is rewarded by God for doing so. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, for
example:

"Removing any harm from the road is charity (that will be rewarded by
Allah)." [Bukhari]

While people generally consider cleanliness a desirable attribute,
Islam insists on it , making it an indispensible fundamental of the
faith. A muslim is required to to be pure morally and spiritually as
well as physically. Through the Qur'an and Sunnah Islam requires the
sincere believer to sanitize and purify his entire way of life.

In the Qur'an Allah commends those who are accustomed to cleanliness:

"Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who
keep themselves pure and clean." [2: 22]

In Islam the Arabic term for purity is Taharah. Books of Islamic
jurisprudence often contain an entire chapter with Taharah as a
heading.

Allah orders the believer to be tidy in appearance:

"Keep your clothes clean." [74:4]

The Qur'an insists that the believer maintain a constant state of
purity:

"Believers! When you prepare for prayer wash your faces, and your
hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water) and (wash)
your feet up to the ankles. If you are ritually impure bathe your
whole body." [5: 6]

Ritual impurity refers to that resulting from sexual release,
menstruation and the first forty days after childbirth. Muslims also
use water, not paper or anything else to after eliminating body
wastes.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) advised the Muslims to appear neat and tidy in
private and in public. Once when returning home from battle he advised
his army:

"You are soon going to meet your brothers, so tidy your saddles and
clothes. Be distinguished in the eyes of the people." [Abu Dawud]

On another occasion he said:

 

[Neil Barker]

In article <1b42d2cf-ea58-41c9-b663-
4299d1fea13c@a22g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, muslma1@gmail.com says...

While people generally consider cleanliness a desirable attribute,
Islam insists on it , making it an indispensible fundamental of the
faith.

Wear some deoderant then you stinky things.

--
Neil Barker

 

[mark]

The war against top posters?

"Irish Mike" <mjostar@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:q7PHj.351$Gq7.293@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net...

"At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian
Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old war."

Irish Mike


"??????? ????? ???????" <muslma1@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1b42d2cf-ea58-41c9-b663-4299d1fea13c@a22g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
For Non-Muslims

http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/dawah/0004.htm#allah

Allah (God)

Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The
name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many
Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.

What do Muslims believe about Allah?

1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of
His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship
besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and
will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of
mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all
mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in
the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.

These are some of the basic guidelines Muslims follow in their
knowledge of God:

1. Eliminate any anthropomorphism (human qualities) from their
conception of Allah. His attributes are not like human attributes,
despite similar labels or appellations.
2. Have unwavering faith in exactly what Allah and Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) described Allah to be, no more, no less.
3. Eradicate any hope or desire of learning or knowing the modality of
His names and attributes.
4. Belief totally in all the names and attributes of Allah; one cannot
believe in some and disbelieve the others.
5. One cannot accept the names of Allah without their associated
attributes, i.e. one cannot say He is Al-Hayy - 'The Living' and then
say that He is without life.
6. Similarity in names (or meanings) does not imply similarity in what
is being described (referents). As a robotic arm differs from a human
arm, so the "hand" of Allah is nothing like a human hand, His speech
is nothing like human speech, etc.
7. Certain words are ambiguous or vague in their meanings, and thus
may be susceptible to misinterpretation. Only those meanings that are
in accordance with what is specified by Allah and His Prophet (pbuh)
are acceptable.

Cleanliness

Islam places great emphasis on cleanliness, in both its physical and
spiritual aspects. On the physical side, Islam requires the Muslim to
clean his body, his clothes, his house, and the whole community, and
he is rewarded by God for doing so. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, for
example:

"Removing any harm from the road is charity (that will be rewarded by
Allah)." [Bukhari]

While people generally consider cleanliness a desirable attribute,
Islam insists on it , making it an indispensible fundamental of the
faith. A muslim is required to to be pure morally and spiritually as
well as physically. Through the Qur'an and Sunnah Islam requires the
sincere believer to sanitize and purify his entire way of life.

In the Qur'an Allah commends those who are accustomed to cleanliness:

"Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who
keep themselves pure and clean." [2: 22]

In Islam the Arabic term for purity is Taharah. Books of Islamic
jurisprudence often contain an entire chapter with Taharah as a
heading.

Allah orders the believer to be tidy in appearance:

"Keep your clothes clean." [74:4]

The Qur'an insists that the believer maintain a constant state of
purity:

"Believers! When you prepare for prayer wash your faces, and your
hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water) and (wash)
your feet up to the ankles. If you are ritually impure bathe your
whole body." [5: 6]

Ritual impurity refers to that resulting from sexual release,
menstruation and the first forty days after childbirth. Muslims also
use water, not paper or anything else to after eliminating body
wastes.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) advised the Muslims to appear neat and tidy in
private and in public. Once when returning home from battle he advised
his army:

"You are soon going to meet your brothers, so tidy your saddles and
clothes. Be distinguished in the eyes of the people." [Abu Dawud]

On another occasion he said:

 

[The Medway Handyman]

geoff wrote:

In message
1b42d2cf-ea58-41c9-b663-4299d1fea13c@a22g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
=?windows-1256?B?4+TKz+3HyiDH4cfOyiDH4ePT4ePJ?= <muslma1@gmail.com
writes
For Non-Muslims

http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/dawah/0004.htm#allah

Allah (God)

Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The
name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many
Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.

and what gives you the impression that we give a fuck ...?

Are there any Muslim newsgroups we could bombard with propaganda about
rawlplugs or circular saws?


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

 

[mark]

Are there any Muslim newsgroups we could bombard with propaganda about
rawlplugs or circular saws?

and all believers worshipped Makita(pbuh)?

mark

 

[O'Neil's Faggy Prostate -]

Moe is a pedo, just like Pepe Papon.

 

[Arfa Daily]

"Sam Goldwasser" <sam@minus.seas.upenn.edu> wrote in message
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"Arfa Daily" <arfa.daily@ntlworld.com> writes:

"James Sweet" <jamessweet@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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"Sam Goldwasser" <sam@plus.seas.upenn.edu> wrote in message
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"Jerry G." <jerryg50@hotmail.com> writes:

Most likely the power supply is blown and possibly other sections of
the VCR. I would be shopping for a new VCR rather than spending.

Why do you think other sections of the VCR are blown? It's usually
hard for a surge to get past a switchmode power supply. I had one
where
someone plugged it into 230 VAC by mistake somehow and the only
problem
was a blown fuse.

Nothing against him personally, but I don't recall Jerry *ever* saying
anything besides "take it to a tech", or "throw it away and buy a new
one"
in the years that I've been on here.

My own experience coincides with yours, power surges very rarely get
past
the first or second stage of the power supply in any piece of
equipment.
Unless it took a lightning strike, it's usually pretty simple to fix.

I repair many switchers in the course of my working life, and I would
also
concur. The 'failure to restart after a power outage' syndrome is in my
experience, most often caused by either the small cap which decouples the
supply to the switch mode controller IC, or the high value startup
resistor(s). The one place where I have had a faulty switcher cause
additional damage, is in el cheapo supermarket DVD players, where failure
of
under-rated secondary side filter electrolytics, can lead to the supply
being unable to regulate itself. This can result in the 5v or 12v rails
doubling, with the inevitable consequences to the LSIs dotted around on
the
main board. This is a 'just out of interest' comment, and not to do with
power surges finding their way through switchers, of course ...

Another out of interest comment is that I had one of these cheap DVD
players with exactly those symptoms and replacing caps restored it to
perfect working condition despite 19 V on the 12 V line, or was it the
5 V line? Chips are tough.

Except when it's important for them to be !! I reckon that you fell into the
"lucky 50%" with that one, Sam. The next one you have like it, might well
put you into the unlucky 50% ... Boy, can those fried chips take the skin
off your fingertips :-(

Arfa

 

[Will Carrig]

Ok, so... you pray to your God, the most powerful being in your
universe... you cry to Him that you are opressed... you express your
suffereing...

And your God, the most powerful being in your universe.. creater of
all things.. the just and true guy you know and love...

Tells you to go blow yourself up.

I'd look for a different God.

Instead of posting to newsgroups that are not even asking such
questions, how about you go tell this to the people who are preaching
hate off all things that are not a part their exact specific sect of
Islam? Tell them how they are supposed to be acting?

I guess what I am saying is...

pbuhk off and go open a laundry.



On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:02:09 -0700 (PDT), ??????? ????? ???????
<muslma1@gmail.com> wrote:

For Non-Muslims

http://www.sunnahonline.com/ilm/dawah/0004.htm#allah

Allah (God)

Islam is the complete submission and obedience to Allah (God). The
name Allah (God) in Islam never refers to Muhammad (pbuh), as many
Christians may think; Allah is the personal name of God.

What do Muslims believe about Allah?

1. He is the one God, Who has no partner.
2. Nothing is like Him. He is the Creator, not created, nor a part of
His creation.
3. He is All-Powerful, absolutely Just.
4. There is no other entity in the entire universe worthy of worship
besides Him.
5. He is First, Last, and Everlasting; He was when nothing was, and
will be when nothing else remains.
6. He is the All-Knowing, and All-Merciful,the Supreme, the Sovereign.
7. It is only He Who is capable of granting life to anything.
8. He sent His Messengers (peace be upon them) to guide all of
mankind.
9. He sent Muhammad (pbuh) as the last Prophet and Messenger for all
mankind.
10. His book is the Holy Qur'an, the only authentic revealed book in
the world that has been kept without change.
11. Allah knows what is in our hearts.

These are some of the basic guidelines Muslims follow in their
knowledge of God:

1. Eliminate any anthropomorphism (human qualities) from their
conception of Allah. His attributes are not like human attributes,
despite similar labels or appellations.
2. Have unwavering faith in exactly what Allah and Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh) described Allah to be, no more, no less.
3. Eradicate any hope or desire of learning or knowing the modality of
His names and attributes.
4. Belief totally in all the names and attributes of Allah; one cannot
believe in some and disbelieve the others.
5. One cannot accept the names of Allah without their associated
attributes, i.e. one cannot say He is Al-Hayy - 'The Living' and then
say that He is without life.
6. Similarity in names (or meanings) does not imply similarity in what
is being described (referents). As a robotic arm differs from a human
arm, so the "hand" of Allah is nothing like a human hand, His speech
is nothing like human speech, etc.
7. Certain words are ambiguous or vague in their meanings, and thus
may be susceptible to misinterpretation. Only those meanings that are
in accordance with what is specified by Allah and His Prophet (pbuh)
are acceptable.

Cleanliness

Islam places great emphasis on cleanliness, in both its physical and
spiritual aspects. On the physical side, Islam requires the Muslim to
clean his body, his clothes, his house, and the whole community, and
he is rewarded by God for doing so. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, for
example:

"Removing any harm from the road is charity (that will be rewarded by
Allah)." [Bukhari]

While people generally consider cleanliness a desirable attribute,
Islam insists on it , making it an indispensible fundamental of the
faith. A muslim is required to to be pure morally and spiritually as
well as physically. Through the Qur'an and Sunnah Islam requires the
sincere believer to sanitize and purify his entire way of life.

In the Qur'an Allah commends those who are accustomed to cleanliness:

"Allah loves those who turn to Him constantly and He loves those who
keep themselves pure and clean." [2: 22]

In Islam the Arabic term for purity is Taharah. Books of Islamic
jurisprudence often contain an entire chapter with Taharah as a
heading.

Allah orders the believer to be tidy in appearance:

"Keep your clothes clean." [74:4]

The Qur'an insists that the believer maintain a constant state of
purity:

"Believers! When you prepare for prayer wash your faces, and your
hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water) and (wash)
your feet up to the ankles. If you are ritually impure bathe your
whole body." [5: 6]

Ritual impurity refers to that resulting from sexual release,
menstruation and the first forty days after childbirth. Muslims also
use water, not paper or anything else to after eliminating body
wastes.

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) advised the Muslims to appear neat and tidy in
private and in public. Once when returning home from battle he advised
his army:

"You are soon going to meet your brothers, so tidy your saddles and
clothes. Be distinguished in the eyes of the people." [Abu Dawud]

On another occasion he said: