[DXBase] CPU Use Nears 95 Percent

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:59:04 -0900

I certainly did not meant to impugn the quality of the functions of DXBase 
2003 - BUT - it DOES lessen the enjoyment of the program when the CPU is 
tied up at nearly 100%.  Seems others have had similar experiences, and the 
issue has been around since the DXBase 2001 release.  I have a work around 
- using DXTELNET, I can send spots to DXBase 2003, but it certainly would 
be nice to use the built-in functions without this happening.  DXTELNET 
hasn't seemed to cause this reaction, but I'll be watching to see if it does.

73,
Joe
WL7M

At 10:25 AM 2/10/2003, George Harlem, W1EBI wrote:
>I have noted a variety of idiosyncrasies reported on this and other
>software user reflectors involving users of WinXP.  While it is no doubt
>a more stable OS than Win9X, it's my impression that there are
>occasional adverse interactions that cannot be predicted.  I have not
>experienced high CPU usage, but I run Win2K Pro and do not use the
>telnet feature of DXB.  The contest logger I use for telnet pops a
>window if the connection is aborted.  I don't know whether DXB does that
>too, but closing the window and reconnecting to the cluster sounds easy
>enough--the full package of DXBase 2003 is a fine product.
>
>George W1EBI
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of FireBrick
>Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:12 PM
>To: Phil Duff; [email protected]; Joe - WL7M
>Subject: Re: [DXBase] CPU Use Nears 95 Percent
>
>Joe
>You may be jumping to conclusions.
>
>No one is sure it's a DXB problem. It seems to be a function of
>something
>called the MSoft MFC program. I've seen a error message listing this.
>But too brief to read or understand.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joe - WL7M" <[email protected]>
>To: "Phil Duff" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [DXBase] CPU Use Nears 95 Percent
>
>
> > Thanks to everyone for letting me know of this "known problem".
>Certainly
> > lessens my enthusiasm for DXbase, especially if it's been around from
>2001.
> >
> > 73,
> > Joe
> > WL7M
> >
> > At 04:22 AM 2/10/2003, Phil Duff wrote:
> > >At 16:51 2/9/2003 -0900, Joe - WL7M wrote:
> > >>As a new guy, I'm experiencing a problem perhaps others have solved.
>The
> > >>CPU use rater goes to about 95 percent when DXBase 2003 has been
>running
> > >>for awhile - a few hours. I have an internet connection running,
>spotting
> > >>DX stations.  When I close the internet connection, the CPU rates
>drops
> > >>back to about 4 percent.   Anyone have an idea as to what is causing
>this
> > >>drain on the resources?  Makes it tough to use after awhile.....
> > >
> > >This is a known problem with DXbase.  I have DXbase 2001 and
>experience
> > >the same problem.
> > >It happens if you have the Internet window running and lose the
>connection
> > >but the window stays open.  The open dropped connection window slams
>the
> > >CPU to a continuous 100% load on my WinXP Home Ed running on an AMD
>Athlon
> > >Thunderbird 1.2ghz CPU.  That's a pretty good trick as I've never had
>any
> > >amount of normal system load slam this CPU to continuous100%.  Close
>the
> > >internet window and the problem goes away.