[Lowfer] Blue Screen of Death Argo/Spectran
Rye Gewalt
[email protected]
Thu, 03 Jan 2002 05:49:17 -0500
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I wonder how much computer is required to make
Spectran/Argo work well. I know that both are
computationally intensive and suspect I may be asking
too much of my old 133MHz Cyrix machine (96K memory)
that I use for low frequency monitoring.
Both ARGO and Spectran run great -- except when they
crash to the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death" . The blue
screen error data seems arbitrary so there is no clue
there and it's hard to reproduce the failures.
Sometimes the computer will run all night and other
times it crashes just after I leave the room -- in true
Murphy fashion.
Here are some of my thoughts...
1 Thought it might be the Windows 95 so
totally formatted disk and loaded new 98/ME
into a system with just ARGO and Spectran.
Same results.
2. Thought it might be video drivers
(Stealth 2000 3D) and got current versions
from web. Same results.
3. It may not be enough machine for the
Job.... but it performs well on other stuff
(but not so computationally intensive)
I am using an old Plug and Play SoundBlaster 16
(CT2940) and wonder if it may be the problem. I think
I may stop at the local computer hack store and buy and
new PCI card with all of the current drivers etc. since
they seem to sell OEM Creative cards for about $30.
Creative calls the CT2940 a legacy card so maybe it's
the problem. I know that setting up some of the older
cards was a real pain with regard to interrupts and
addressing. I think that the new ones are more
disciplined.
Perhaps somebody else out there has worked this problem
and might have some experience to share. I do know
that both ARGO and Spectran run great on my bigger
machines -- so it's not a problem with the software.
Otherwise I am having a great second season LFing and
am finally starting to hear things.
Regards All
Rye K9LCJ
Springfield, VA
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<tt>I wonder how much computer is required to make Spectran/Argo work well.
I know that both are computationally intensive and suspect I may be asking
too much of my old 133MHz Cyrix machine (96K memory) that I use for
low frequency monitoring.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Both ARGO and Spectran run great -- except when they crash to the
dreaded "Blue Screen of Death" . The blue screen error data seems
arbitrary so there is no clue there and it's hard to reproduce the failures.
Sometimes the computer will run all night and other times it crashes just
after I leave the room -- in true Murphy fashion.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Here are some of my thoughts...</tt>
<blockquote><tt>1 Thought it might be the Windows 95 so totally
formatted disk and loaded new 98/ME into a system with just ARGO and Spectran.
Same results.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>2. Thought it might be video drivers (Stealth 2000 3D) and
got current versions from web. Same results.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>3. It may not be enough machine for the Job.... but
it performs well on other stuff (but not so computationally intensive)</tt></blockquote>
<tt>I am using an old Plug and Play SoundBlaster 16 (CT2940) and wonder
if it may be the problem. I think I may stop at the local computer
hack store and buy and new PCI card with all of the current drivers etc.
since they seem to sell OEM Creative cards for about $30. Creative
calls the CT2940 a legacy card so maybe it's the problem. I know
that setting up some of the older cards was a real pain with regard
to interrupts and addressing. I think that the new ones are more
disciplined.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Perhaps somebody else out there has worked this problem and might
have some experience to share. I do know that both ARGO and Spectran
run great on my bigger machines -- so it's not a problem with the software.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Otherwise I am having a great second season LFing and am finally
starting to hear things.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Regards All</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Rye K9LCJ</tt>
<br><tt>Springfield, VA</tt></html>
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