> It's possible. PC hardware can exhibit problems. In all
> those MB of RAM,
> if a few bits flake out, it can crash a program. New PCs are on the
> absolute bleeding edge, which means some blood (and sweat and
> tears) is
> bound to be spilt somewhere. If Protel is the largest app
> (with your design
> file loaded) you run on that PC, it could be using an area of
> RAM that is
> not fit for use. Instead of running the latest 2 GHz P++,
> maybe you should
> try it on an older, slower PC. The most advanced PC I have
> right now is a
> W2K/SP2 dual-PIII 1.0 GHz with 512MB PC133 and a Matrox G450
> video card.
> Rock stable - but then I haven't done any Protel jobs as huge
> as the one you
> are doing.
>
> Protel 99SE has plenty of bugs and quirks. But no program,
> no matter how
> good, can overcome a marginal, overclocked, metastable,
> negative-timing-margin PC.
>
Please note that the "older, slower PC" that a lot of people have sitting
around was a "bleeding edge" machine when it was new. For this
recommendation to work, it seems that one would have to try the software on
a "slow" system built out of more modern "fast" components. I seem to
recall recommendations against overclocking 286 systems because it could
lead to flaky results.
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