on 14/10/00 08:07, Mark A. Kippert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I'm running 8.1 on my Duo 280c. For some reason, the hard disk is seen as
>> being off, even if it's on. Both the Apple control strip and the "Essential
>> PowerBook Strip" reports "hard disk is off", while it's spinning. I
>> shutdown. waited a few minutes, and restarted. Same thing, right after the
>> Finder loads. I tried rebooting with the 8.1 base set of extension, same
>> problem.
>>
>> I also noticed earlier this evening that after about 5 minutes *after* the
>> screen is dimmed, that the Duo freezes. I have to force quit the Finder to
>> regain the cursor and the computer starts working. It seems that from then
>> on, every action on the screen, menu selection, windows opening, etc. is
>> kind of sluggish. With only 24MB of RAM, I also closely monitor the amount
>> of free RAM, and after the force quit, it seems that a few MB are wasted.
>
> It sound like there's some kind of application running in the background.
> One that works behind the scenic. Maybe a virus protection or Norton
> checking the drive.
>
> But you also mention starting up with a Mac only system. and still getting
> the problem so I'm not sure. I recall having a problem a while back (in
> OS8.1) with a sluggish cursor and functionality at one time. Seems like
> after waking up the Duo. I don't remember what fixed it other than
> reinstalling the system (clean install).
>
> One thing occurs to me. Check that you don't have virtual memory set too
> high. I just run mine at on MEG over actual memory. The Mac OS reserves a
> section of your hard disk for scratch equivalent to the amount of RAM you
> have it set for.
>
It looks like the problem is somehow caused by the Asant� EN/SC driver.
That's the only thing I added yesterday and I've found it directly the
problem with the hard disk that is reported to be off. As soon as I switch
AppleTalk to LocalTalk (Printer Port) over "Alternate Ethernet" (provided by
this Asant� driver), the hard disk icon on the control strip changes to show
that it's actually spinning. As soon as I switch from LocalTalk to Alternate
Ethernet, the hard disk icon switch and is reported to be off. And after I
did switch to LocalTalk, I didn't experience the problem anymore. I'm
guessing that it may have something to do with the driver not compatible
with the processor cycling, which is maybe (I'm still learning how
PowerBooks work), but I think that once the screen has dimmed, the next
logical step would be the processor cycling slower. If I'm wrong, I'm sure
someone will correct me!
Anyway, I'm still experiencing. But, if anyone has any experience with the
Asant� EN/SC ethernet adapter, please, post to the list. BTW, I've
downloaded the latest driver from Asant�'s web site. It seemed pretty old.
If someone knows of a place to get a more recent driver, let me know. I
should finally add that this driver was not really for the EN/SC adapter I
have, but for a similar, more recent model, as the pictures of it didn't
look really like the one I have (which must be an older revision).
-Laurent.
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