If only I HAD a cable modem....here in the Alaskan bush, we have a dial up modem (dedicated phone line) at about 18K if the wind isn't blowing. Sigh................ ;-)
73, Joe At 05:18 PM 2/9/2003, you wrote: >A few of us have experienced something similar. >In my case, if the Internet Window is open and operating with a Internet >node, the cpu use will be very minor, .01 with no other activity-->05 during >a quick callsign lookup. > >But... >If the internet Cluster node loses connection, cable loss of signal, >inadvertent power loss to cable modem, then Windows Task Manager show DXBase >as hogging it all, 98% > >I've never been able to prevent it. A 'KeepAlive' setting makes no >difference as the loss of connection is due to loss of the physical internet >connection. >This situation does not occur if I'm using the VHF packet cluster node. > >I'm using >WINXP PRO >AMD 2400 cpu >512 ram >multimonitors. > > > As a new guy, I'm experiencing a problem perhaps others have solved. The > > CPU use rater goes to about 95 percent when DXBase 2003 has been running > > for awhile - a few hours. I have an internet connection running, spotting > > DX stations. When I close the internet connection, the CPU rates drops > > back to about 4 percent. Anyone have an idea as to what is causing this > > drain on the resources? Makes it tough to use after awhile..... > > > > WinXP > > Dell Dimension 4100 933 MHz > > 384 M RAM > > > > 73, > > Joe > > WL7M
