[PEDA] Anybody plagued by Protel executable corruptions recently?
Hi all, this is just a wild fishing trip. Recently I have been plagued by my Protel install being corrupted repeatedly. It seems to be corrupted Borland/Delphi library files (i.e. VCL50.bpl in particular). I can do a clean install that includes deleting all bpl and dpl files, reinstall Protel and everything is fine, a week or so later I end up having to do it again. Anybody seen/seeing anything similar? Note: I have not installed/reinstalled any applications since reinstalling Protel, so it is not being written over by a new version to the best of my knowledge. Sincerely, Brad Velander. Lead PCB Designer Norsat International Inc. Microwave Products Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) Fax (604) 292-9010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norsat.com * Tracking #: 6A92C3B0274CBD4F9BAD042D105DA1BBBC80222B * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Re: [PEDA] Anybody plagued by Protel executable corruptions recently?
Nope (sorry) -Original Message- From: Brad Velander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:02 PM To: Protel EDA Forum List Server (E-mail) Subject: [PEDA] Anybody plagued by Protel executable corruptions recently? Hi all, this is just a wild fishing trip. Recently I have been plagued by my Protel install being corrupted repeatedly. It seems to be corrupted Borland/Delphi library files (i.e. VCL50.bpl in particular). I can do a clean install that includes deleting all bpl and dpl files, reinstall Protel and everything is fine, a week or so later I end up having to do it again. Anybody seen/seeing anything similar? Note: I have not installed/reinstalled any applications since reinstalling Protel, so it is not being written over by a new version to the best of my knowledge. Sincerely, Brad Velander. Lead PCB Designer Norsat International Inc. Microwave Products Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) Fax (604) 292-9010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norsat.com * Tracking #: E0F734BAE38F9840BD5849D7A0B095F3113A9C67 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Re: [PEDA] Anybody plagued by Protel executable corruptions recently?
Brad Velander wrote: Hi all, this is just a wild fishing trip. Recently I have been plagued by my Protel install being corrupted repeatedly. It seems to be corrupted Borland/Delphi library files (i.e. VCL50.bpl in particular). I can do a clean install that includes deleting all bpl and dpl files, reinstall Protel and everything is fine, a week or so later I end up having to do it again. Anybody seen/seeing anything similar? Note: I have not installed/reinstalled any applications since reinstalling Protel, so it is not being written over by a new version to the best of my knowledge. See if you can get diagnostics for your machine. At least, run one of the bootable memory test programs overnight. You may have defective memory, a flaky CPU or cache bus, or possibly a flaky IDE channel to the hard drive. I really don't think this is a problem with Protel code. It is unfortunate that Protel seems to write stuff back onto the executable file, I think. That is a dangerous practice. If memory contents are corrupted, then what is written back will be contaminated. You could save a copy of the executable file under a different name and in a different directory. Then, you could compare the two to detect changes, or just copy it back. That would be faster than reinstalling the whole thing. (It might also cause the copy protection to refuse to allow the software to run. Well, then you would have to reinstall.) Jon * Tracking #: 1CC38CCCA5B1D848A5EE77C47F29712D6FF02B83 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Re: [PEDA] Anybody plagued by Protel executable corruptions recently?
i would stash copies of the 'clean' ones and the 'corrupted' ones and do a binary file compare to verify that this is really going on also note the if file dates are changing in my experience literal file corruption is much more rare than it is suspected OTOH, file replacement (as in DLL hell) is relatively common if it really is file corruption i would guess your hardware is going south what is it that goes bad after a week? spooking stuff like the file annotation crashes you were mentioning? also have you done a disk defragment lately? that might move it to different disk sectors maybe do a defrag right after zapping your protel files before the next re-install what a pain this must be for you! Dennis Saputelli Brad Velander wrote: Hi all, this is just a wild fishing trip. Recently I have been plagued by my Protel install being corrupted repeatedly. It seems to be corrupted Borland/Delphi library files (i.e. VCL50.bpl in particular). I can do a clean install that includes deleting all bpl and dpl files, reinstall Protel and everything is fine, a week or so later I end up having to do it again. Anybody seen/seeing anything similar? Note: I have not installed/reinstalled any applications since reinstalling Protel, so it is not being written over by a new version to the best of my knowledge. Sincerely, Brad Velander. Lead PCB Designer Norsat International Inc. Microwave Products Tel (604) 292-9089 (direct line) Fax (604) 292-9010 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norsat.com * Tracking #: 8714FF090BEBBA4493B9C5C5C116888EB32B15B8 * -- ___ www.integratedcontrolsinc.comIntegrated Controls, Inc. tel: 415-647-04802851 21st Street fax: 415-647-3003San Francisco, CA 94110 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *