Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-07 Thread Don Sachnoff
al Message From: Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Don Sachnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "flexradio@flex-radio.biz" Sent: Thursday, August 7, 2008 12:36:19 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ... DPCs .. a coprocessor card? Don, Do you have a working profil

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-07 Thread Tim Ellison
Sachnoff Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 12:25 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ... DPCs .. a coprocessor card? I have pulled together some links from the last couple of days regarding ways to remove or reduce DPCs and other services and programs

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-07 Thread Don Sachnoff
I have pulled together some links from the last couple of days regarding ways to remove or reduce DPCs and other services and programs that tend to load the pc down. Good information, however, the last link to alacritypc is really a very nice program to automatically disable services and progra

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-07 Thread Don Sachnoff
I have pulled together some links from the last couple of days regarding ways to remove or reduce DPCs and other services and programs that tend to load the pc down. Good information, however, the last link to alacritypc is really a very nice program to automatically disable services and programs

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Aug 1, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Jerry Flanders wrote: > I was thinking of a minimum OS configuration streamlined to service > only PowerSDR, sacrificing things not essential to PowerSDR use. Well, I posted the link for the services to turn off and I posted the steps I went through to build a mac

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Jerry Flanders
ot option. > > >-Tim > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders >Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:43 PM >To: Brian Lloyd >Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ... D

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
> The challenge with optimizing a particular person's computer is that > you are treading on dangerously thin ice when telling someone to > shut off a particular service because you don't know what all is > installed on that computer and what negative ramifications that can > have. There i

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Don Sachnoff
I think you might have been referring to this link on n9vv's website: http://www.n9vv.com/XP-optimization.html don - kx9q ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
> I (and probably most of us) already have the second computer - the > question is how does one determine what processes are _required_ in > a minimum Windows XP system and how does one safely strip out the > unnecessary fluff. > > Sure would be a nice addition to the Flex KB and would probab

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Tim Ellison
st known good" boot option. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Flanders Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:43 PM To: Brian Lloyd Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ... DPCs .. a copro

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Jerry Flanders
Concerning reducing the OS bloat in a dedicated computer system to run a Flex radio system: >On Aug 1, 2008, at 8:10 AM, Jerry Flanders wrote: > >>Do we have any tutorial on how a Windows rookie could do this to his >>home machine (especially the dual-boot method)? Might make a good >>addition t

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessorcard?

2008-08-01 Thread Steve Kallal
he bios update certainly worked for me! 73, Steve N6VL -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Ericksen Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 3:44 AM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ... DPCs .. a coproce

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Aug 1, 2008, at 8:10 AM, Jerry Flanders wrote: > Do we have any tutorial on how a Windows rookie could do this to his > home machine (especially the dual-boot method)? Might make a good > addition to the Flex KB. Consider getting a second computer. Cases, motherboards, and suitable proc

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread k5nwa
At 10:10 AM 8/1/2008, you wrote: >Do we have any tutorial on how a Windows rookie could do this to his >home machine (especially the dual-boot method)? Might make a good >addition to the Flex KB. > >Jerry W4UK It's not dual boot, it's multiple profiles (how did dual boot get in here?) , the dif

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Jerry Flanders
Do we have any tutorial on how a Windows rookie could do this to his home machine (especially the dual-boot method)? Might make a good addition to the Flex KB. Jerry W4UK At 10:57 AM 8/1/2008, k5nwa wrote: >At 09:46 AM 8/1/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote: > >I took a different approach. I dedicated a m

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread k5nwa
At 09:46 AM 8/1/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote: >I took a different approach. I dedicated a machine to running the 5K. >I stripped everything out of the OS that I could, including all >firewall functions, microsoft networking, eye-candy, even login. It >does not run email and it does not browse the web.

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Aug 1, 2008, at 3:43 AM, Mark Ericksen wrote: > The Internet security package that runs on your computer also has an > effect > on DPCs. I have found that Norton Internet Security seems to > increase DPC > activity, and even though I prefer Norton I switched to Trend Micro > and got > b

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem ....... DPCs ...... a coprocessor card?

2008-08-01 Thread Mark Ericksen
l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:11 PM To: Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem > Great news! Thanks to Jim K5HY, I have been able to get my DPCs way down > by > getting the latest bios for my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard. A Google > search

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-31 Thread Steve Kallal
Great news! Thanks to Jim K5HY, I have been able to get my DPCs way down by getting the latest bios for my Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L motherboard. A Google search revealed some gamers who had the exact same DPC spikes when running the dpclat.exe utility. The latency issues were NOT even mentioned as a fi

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-31 Thread Don Sachnoff
. Don - kx9q - Original Message From: Dudley Hurry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Don Sachnoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:25:56 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem Don, I have run HDR and DM780 with PowerSDR for hou

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Dudley Hurry
ill try F8 and see what > is does. > > Don - kx9q > > - Original Message > From: Dudley Hurry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:13:17 AM > Subject: Re: [Flexradio

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Don
As a further update, apparently I opened a web browser in DM780 though I certainly don't remember doing so and it was pointed to www.projectsand parts.com/30m and was monitoring real time the 30m band activity. Since I have closed this browser within DM780 I have not experienced any further hi

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Don
Well it looks like I may have found the culprit to my DPC problem. As I mentioned previously my problem appeared to be occurring only when running HRD/DM780. If I closed DM780 but let HRD continue running no problem or if I was running MixW no problem. Anyways, I noticed another tab on DM780

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Tim Ellison
] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:32 PM To: Tim Ellison; 'Jim R'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem My PC is NOT a dell... 73, Steve N6VL -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:18 AM To: St

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Steve Kallal
My PC is NOT a dell... 73, Steve N6VL -Original Message- From: Tim Ellison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:18 AM To: Steve Kallal; 'Jim R'; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem Call Dell support. They can assist y

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Tim Ellison
PM To: Don; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem Don When you mentioned that DPC's spike high upon shutdown it rang a bell. I had a similar problem with DPC's being unusually higher than any of my other machines and then someone on the reflector mentioned

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Steve Kallal
@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem Don When you mentioned that DPC's spike high upon shutdown it rang a bell. I had a similar problem with DPC's being unusually higher than any of my other machines and then someone on the reflector mentioned he had that proble

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-30 Thread Don Sachnoff
From: Dudley Hurry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:13:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem Don, I have loaded SP3 on 3 different XP machines, with no ill effects. Now I don't run a lo

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-29 Thread Dudley Hurry
Don, I have loaded SP3 on 3 different XP machines, with no ill effects. Now I don't run a lot of other common programs on these three (no email, no Microsoft Office, just Open Office which seems ok) .. Sounds like you have some other program that is causing the high DPCs (Delayed Procedure

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-29 Thread Jim R
CTED] > To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem > > After doing a rollback to Friday, I was still getting the rx shutting > down. If I don't run HRD/DM780 it seems ok. I started running MixW and > it occurred only once and that was when I first

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-29 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Jul 29, 2008, at 5:40 AM, Don Sachnoff wrote: > Tim > > It was in safe mode 1...one of the first things I checked. Here is a possibly silly and orthogonal question: if one should always start with "safe mode 1" why not rename that to "normal" and change the name of "normal" to "slight imp

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-29 Thread Don
After doing a rollback to Friday, I was still getting the rx shutting down. If I don't run HRD/DM780 it seems ok. I started running MixW and it occurred only once and that was when I first started MixW and has been ok after that. I know there is a command that allows you to disable programs

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-29 Thread Don Sachnoff
0:33:43 PM Subject: RE: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem One other thing to check is the FireWire driver operation mode. It should be Safe Mode 1. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:25 PM To: flexradio@

[Flexradio] Unusual problem

2008-07-28 Thread Brad A. Steffler
I am not, at present, running SDR (saving shekels) but I follow the reflector. I run XP SP2 and until about 3-4 weeks ago, I had updates set to automatically install. I came home and my internet connection was broken (in software) and my PDA would not sync. I had to re-install MS ActiveSync for

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-28 Thread Tim Ellison
One other thing to check is the FireWire driver operation mode. It should be Safe Mode 1. -Tim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:25 PM To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-28 Thread Jim McLester
One of the updates recently imposed along about the time of sp3, but NOT sp3, caused the hardware ints to show about 45% of my AMD64X2 4600. Backed off to sp3 and OK. Tomorrow or so I will determine which *&[EMAIL PROTECTED]& update is the culprit. Unless somebody tells m which one first! Jim

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-28 Thread Dale Boresz
Hello Don, Is there any chance that your pc installed any Microsoft updates between the weekend and today? Have you tried running the dpc checker program to see if possibly a long dpc is the culprit? You can download the free program dpclat.exe from: < http://www.thesycon.de/eng/free_download.s

[Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-07-28 Thread Don
Starting today I have experienced an unusual problem. I will be receiving and after about a minute or two the rx will stop. I have to press the stop button and then press it again (start). Nothing has changed and I even reset the database but to no avail. It was running fine over the entire

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-03-06 Thread Don Sachnoff
ubject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem Don, Windows will protect itself from an external device (if it suddenly looses connectivity) to prevent crashing the entire OS, and it will do this by locking out that port. You might have gotten it back up by unplugging it from that individual port

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-03-06 Thread Ken Danser
EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 12:20:07 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem Don, Windows will protect itself from an external device (if it suddenly looses connectivity) to prevent crashing the entire OS, and it will

Re: [Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-03-05 Thread Dudley Hurry
Don, Windows will protect itself from an external device (if it suddenly looses connectivity) to prevent crashing the entire OS, and it will do this by locking out that port. You might have gotten it back up by unplugging it from that individual port and re-connecting in a different FW por

[Flexradio] Unusual Problem

2008-03-05 Thread Don
Earlier today I rebooted the PC and powered down the F5K. After powering everything up I could not bring up PSDR. I received the following message: "Flex-5000 Not Found: Switch to Demo modes? I looked up in the troubleshooting guide but it was not the same since F5K Control Panel did NOT co