The problem doesn't seem to be Protel related. This bug can be reproduced with other apps which send many messages, or chopped up streams data through any network port.
The problem might be linked to the COM+ handler. If the COM+ handler get a bug, and self re-initiates, it scans the com, usb & parallel ports for new local connections. I know it sound crazy, but it's how Win2K finds new PNP items plugged to the ports at any time during system operations. ____________ Brian Guralnick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Jenkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] If your Protel has occasional 1-2 sec pauses in Win2K. | On 05:36 PM 1/8/2002 -0500, Brian Guralnick wrote: | >If your Protel has occasional 1-2 sec pauses in Win2K, in your bios, diable both COM | >ports & USB ports. This has a good chance of eliminating the problem. You may not | >need to disable the USB ports, this tends to be more of a VIA motherboard chipset | >issue. | | | Ah, yet another validation of my long-standing argument for never purchasing via-chipset motherboards. | | Are you seriously suggesting that users should disable their communication ports in order to run this product without incident? You ARE aware that there are quite a few engineers who use this product, (believe it or not, not all Protel users are PCB designers, with only paper and virtual paper as output, as might be misconstrued by some PEDA members), and that many of them also RELY on being able to use their com and/or usb ports to operate ancillary equipment? | | (Not a flame, just an observation, primarily for the Protel-corp lurkers...) | | aj | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
