Are you using a matrox video card? Do you have your USB ports enabled? Make sure
you keyboard is a standard PS2 type. These 3 are dangerous under WinNT4 & and they
can create pauses under many different circumstances.
Another pause generator is SBLive sound cards which go crazy with interrupts &
dual CPUs. If you have a sound effect associated with menu items, like a desktop
theme, this will access your sound card with every other menu - key pressing.
There are different solutions for each problem...
_____________
Brian Guralnick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [PEDA] CLARIFICATION: Speed problem with Protel 99SE in PCB e ditor !
| Thanks Brendon,
| it is at least reassuring to know that I am not the only person
| going wacko with this precise problem. I assume you have been watching the
| other responses, I haven't had a chance to grab my MIS rep and investigate
| some of the other keyboard handle type issues raised earlier (I'm definitely
| NT challenged). I have virtually eliminated all of Colby's issues, just one
| or two more little checks to do regarding his list.
|
| Further note: I have tried a couple of times this morning to
| replicate the problem as I tried some changes to my system. Be damned if I
| can't replicate it at the moment. I know it is a little inconsistent but it
| definitely shows it's ugly head during the heat of doing a bunch of routing
| and or changes in a DDB. I am fortunate in that several others on our
| department (CAD Services) have been standing looking over my shoulder when
| it occurs, so I have good back-up that the problem definitely exists.
| Unfortunately I am the only person left (see below) who runs Protel
| consistently so it is really only my problem.
|
| Out of curiosity, what CPU and Speed are you running because I have been
| tempted to yell and scream for a new machine based upon this issue. I am
| running a NT4 SP6, 466Mhz Celeron w/ 256MB of ram, a little under powered
| but then we don't typically do large PCB designs (typically < 4" x 6", < 300
| components). My worst fear is that it will not disappear after getting a
| faster machine and then my credibility goes for a shit (especially when we
| have probably reduced our company head count by close to 50% in the last 6
| months, and any purchases are scrutinized by the executive).
|
| Brad Velander,
| Lead PCB Designer,
| Norsat International Inc.,
| #300 - 4401 Still Creek Dr.,
| Burnaby, B.C., V5C 6G9.
| Tel. (604) 292-9089 direct
| Fax (604) 292-9010
| website www.norsat.com
|
|
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Brendon Slade [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
| > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 2:15 PM
| > To: Protel EDA Forum
| > Subject: Re: [PEDA] CLARIFICATION: Speed problem with Protel
| > 99SE in PCB
| > e ditor !
| >
| >
| > Hi Brad.
| >
| > We're running Protel99se SP6 on NT4 SP6a and I notice the
| > exact problem you
| > describe as "pregnant pauses" and only in the PCB editor. As
| > said earlier,
| > this never existed until 99se (I don't know about 99). I
| > initially thought
| > it may have something to do with scanning for mouse movement
| > as this seemed
| > to wake Protel up to the keystrokes, however I have concluded
| > this is not
| > the case. This was the case in an early version of PCAD
| > (4.5?) and I had a
| > brief moment of reminiscence (gr?). It would be great if
| > someone could
| > solve this.
| >
| > Brad, a small point but it might save the overuse of your "E"
| > key. I've
| > found using "E" to access the Edit menu sub-commands is
| > redundant, eg. to
| > move polygon vertices just use "M"-"G". At worst this
| > eliminates one of
| > those annoying pregnant pauses!
| >
| > Cheers
| > Brendon.
| >
|
|
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