> What might be interesting would be a survey in which we describe what we > have in our systems, in terms of hardware and configuration, plus our > experience with crashes. It might be possible to analyze such data to > identify graphics cards, for example, that work, and those that don't. > Right now, pretty much all that is collected, as data, is what > systems have > problems, not what systems do *not* have problems. Without the > controls, it > is hard to analyze the problems, one might be led down many blind alleys. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Abdulrahman Lomax > Easthampton, Massachusetts USA >
Jason, I am using the worst of all hardware/software configurations, ATI Cards with windows 98. 5-600 MHZ machines with 256- 512 meg of RAM. My piers are using the same configuration with different results. Their machines crash often. Differences in my machine and theirs: I disable all power saving schemes, theirs is running Screensavers disabled, theirs is running McAfee completely disabled and removed on mine, theirs is installed and running Norton disabled and removed on mine Norton is running on (some) of theirs Mijeniz FIX IT UTILITIES installed on mine but not running in the background. I run the FIX IT Wizard and clean and repair the registry EVERY week. I also will run it anytime after I run a piece of crap called AutoCad. Autocad can cause Protel to hang up, so I try never to use it on the same machine. Also drivers for my external zip drive have been known to cause my system to hang up, but that is not a Protel problem. Any other crashes I have had in the past year, which I can relate to protel occurred after I was handed a file from another designer. One file had a via outside of the work area which caused both Protel and Spectra to crash. The only other software I run on my PROTEL machines are: Windows explorer, Outlook, Lotus approach, Camtastic, Wordpad,winzip, that's it. All other software gets installed on one of my "other" machines so that I don't contaminate my working and delicate configuration. Remember this is my workstation that I rely on feeding my family with, so I don't take the risk of just adding any software to this machine. I run ACAD, PADS, Spectra, Orcad, accounting software and anything else I buy on a other machines. Hope this gives you an idea of type of configuration I use. Mike Reagan EDSI * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
