The other thing I recommend is never (NEVER) use the drivers offered by Microsoft in the Windows Update process. Always go to the manufacturer.
73 Neal On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "The actions I described, e.g. opening a directory in Explorer,..." > > This sounds like a chipset driver or a BIOS issue. Have you updated either > lately? I usually get the chipset drivers for the chipset manufacturer > rather than getting them from the motherboard manufacturer. > > > > -Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Walsh > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:11 PM > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] New Driver/Firmware Comment > > Eric, > > Thanks for the input. > > Re the Tx Meter issue: after reading your comments, the Tx Meter issue is my > operator error -- I wasn't aware of the special TUN setting and it looked to > me like the Tx Meter setting wasn't taking effect properly when going into > TUN/transmit mode. > > Re the lockup problem: This is definitely a long DPC problem but it's not > related to the network card, which is not used on my Flex computer. The > actions I described, e.g. opening a directory in Explorer, cause the DPC time > to jump up to ~ 1.5 mS for a short period. Sometimes PowerSDR has no problem > with this and sometimes it causes it to freeze up. I was hoping the new > driver, firmware and/or PowerSDR might be able to deal with this without > freezing. > > Anyway, thanks again and great job on the keying problems. I just finished a > long QSO tormenting the other guy with my bad bug sending. The Flex had no > keying problems of any kind. > > 73, > > Mike - ke5akl > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > -- Neal Campbell Abroham Neal Software Programming Services for Windows, OS X and Linux (540) 242 0911 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Try Spot for OS X, the intelligent DXCluster Client at www.abrohamnealsoftware.com - $15.99 ------------------------------------------------- For a great dog book, visit www.abrohamneal.com ------------------------------------------------- See the FlexRadio Systems Flex-5000a in action at www.flex-videos.com _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/