Derek:
FIRST (I typed this last, but if you read on you'll understand why I put it first). Check your grounding system from where the poewer comes from the wall all through your setup. Look for ground loops, loose grounds, shorted stuff. Could be lots of things. The way to troubleshoot this is to break the problem into seperate pieces. First (assuming it's not on the motherboard), remove the parralel port (both physicaly and through <SETTINGS><CONTROL PANEL>< DEVICE MANAGER< ETC>)and the whole attached setup and re-boot the PC. If you get the same results, the problem is with the PC (again could be lots of things, but solution set is different). OK, let's assume the PC works so far. Reinstall the parallel board without anything else. Reboot. Then the cable. Reboot. etc., etc. See where we are heading? My uneducated opinion is that you may have either dropped a ground wire (or aquired an unwanted ground) somewhere in your system. It could also be a ground loop which has been there all along, but now has decided to plague you. I suspect that noise would give less consistant results. Take a CLOSE look at your wiring. You could find something there. Give this a shot and let us know what happens. Jeff --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Derek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi > I just developed a problem in that when I turn on my spindle through Mach2 it causes the computer to go to blue screen with the word" Problem with hardware call vendor" or something like that. It does it even with the VFD off. That's what leads me to believe it's the relay board. Is it possible that it's the parallel port freaking out? > > I know this is a tough one to advise on but I thought I'd throw it out there before I ordered another board. > > Thanks > Derek Addresses: FAQ: http://www.ktmarketing.com/faq.html FILES: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/files/ Post Messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Moderators] URL to this group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO OFF Topic POSTS: General Machining If you wish to post on unlimited OT subjects goto: aol://5863:126/rec.crafts.metalworking or go thru Google.com to reach it if you have trouble. http://www.metalworking.com/news_servers.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jobshophomeshop I consider this to be a sister site to the CCED group, as many of the same members are there, for OT subjects, that are not allowed on the CCED list. NOTICE: ALL POSTINGS TO THIS GROUP BECOME PUBLIC DOMAIN BY POSTING THEM. DON'T POST IF YOU CAN NOT ACCEPT THIS.....NO EXCEPTIONS........ bill List Mom List Owner Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
