I had a similar problem here with the computer being flaky, but at the
time it was doing more than just the radio stuff and I suspicioned some
of the other software was causing conflicts. I thought about a new shack
machine but did I need that much processor power for the radio stuff?
Also, I didn't like the decreased number of PCI slots and the loss of one
on board serial port the new machines seemed to have.
I wound up buying a new computer for the spreadsheets, photo editing,
Internet, digital video, etc. Then I reformatted the HDD on the old
computer did a reinstall of Windows ME, reinstalled the logging software
and a few other ham programs. It has no non ham software installed.
Knock on wood it has run FB for around 20 months since the rebuild.
73 Larry L W0ETC
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:47:34 -0000 "Phil Cooper" <pcooper@guernsey.net>
writes:
> Hi Scott............
>
> Thanks for the WAEDC contact at the weekend!
>
> I have just done exactly that! I had to replace the shack PC, as it
> was
> getting very unstable, so I bit the bullet before it did something
> disastrous.
>
> The new PC was built up, with just one hard drive, one CD, and the
> on-board
> COM ports.
> I then installed XP Pro, and then SP2.
> After that, I installed the extra drives, plus the extra COM ports,
> and even
> an extra soundcard, all one at a time, and then loaded my software
> one
> program at a time in the cases where it needed a proper
> installation.
> Those that did not need this step (such as MMTTY), I just moved from
> the
> spare hard drive to the new one.
>
> I've now run CQWW, JARTS and WAEDC with it, and it all runs very
> nicely.
> I also runa few DOS programs, and have managed to make them work by
> using
> the compatibility wizard.
> I use COM4 for CW on my IC756Pro, and in a few short tests, the CW
> is fine,
> but the real proof will come in a couple of weeks when I plan to
> have a bash
> in CQWW CW as a single band entry.
> Might do 10m if the band is open, but the expected band is 20m LP.
> FYI, there should be plenty of GU activity! GU4CHY will be running
> 20m HP,
> plus there will be at least one 40m SB and one 80m SB, plus a few
> running
> all bands (eg MU0FAL and GU3MBS).
>
> GL with the new toy!
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
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