On Dec 13, 2004, at 19:26, NPfield at aol.com wrote: > A very belated comment on the problem whereby Marta got that dark blue > screen with instructions to "restart" in four or five languages:? I > was having the same problem a month or so back, and it kept getting > worse.? The computer often wouldn't go to sleep or stay asleep, and > when it did, I was having to restart it almost every time I woke it > up.? Finally, in desperation, I disconnected my hub, which I was using > for printer, scanner, and floppy disk drive.? That apparently was the > problem:? the "restart" message hasn't appeared since.? My decision to > disconnect the hub was prompted by a call sometime earlier to hp about > my printer (about an entirely different problem).? When the tech found > out I was using a hub, he said something to the effect that "we don't > advise that."? With that echo in my head, I disconnected.? Any > observations on hubs? Not using one is an inconveniece, but a minor > one, and a lot better than having to restart the computer all the > time.
If you mean a USB hub ... I think it is dependent on the hub. I've used hubs here at home and at work for years w/o any trouble. On the other hand, I think I'll be replacing the ethernet card in my aging G3, because the old one isn't playing nice all the time (though others have had no trouble with the model). Bill | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
