Jim and Joe, Thank you very, very much for the info. I have already set my power saving options for max performance, but kept hibernate at lid closure and haven't done anything with USB power settings. Will now fully follow Joe's advice !
Best 73 and thanks again, Radi F6GNZ >________________________________ > De : Jim Reisert AD1C <[email protected]> >À : "Radivoj Kar, F6GNZ" <[email protected]> >Cc : DX4WIN Refelector <[email protected]>; "Joe Subich, W4TV" ><[email protected]> >Envoyé le : Vendredi 24 février 2012 21h48 >Objet : Re: [Dx4win] Windows 7 > >From Joe W4TV: > >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microHAM/message/12395 > >In case you can't access the URL above, here is the text > >The following changes in Windows appear to prevent Windows from >triggering the bugs [that] cause the lockup: > >1) Always set the Windows Control Panel "Power Options" to "High >Performance" or "Maximum Performance" depending on version. > >2) In the "High Performance" option" > > a) click on "Change Plan Settings" and set "Put the computer to >sleep" to NEVER. > > b) click on "Change advanced Power Settings", select "USB >Settings," followed by "USB Selective suspend setting" and set >Selective suspend to "disabled" > >3) In Windows Device Manager, Universal Serial Bus Controllers double >click on *every* USB Hub (both USB Root Hub and Generic USB Hub), >select the Power Management Tab and clear (uncheck) the box marked >"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" > >When closing the computer, always do a full (power off) shutdown - do >not select sleep, hibernate, or suspend. > >These steps appear to prevent Windows from invoking sleep mode or >performing any hardware power down actions with the USB devices which >are what trigger the crash in d2xx.dll. > > > ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

