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| Thread ID: 38793 | 2003-10-18 18:55:00 | modem and NIC... | heni72847 (1166) | Press F1 |
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| 184505 | 2003-10-18 18:55:00 | for some werid reason if i'm connected using my external 56k modem connected to com1 and if i'm copying file through my 100 network PCI card the whole computer lags and nearly freezes until the data transfer finish but if i disconnect from the internet it unfreezes the computer as well could there be some minor conflics between the devices?? |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 184506 | 2003-10-19 01:07:00 | It's unlikely that the NIC would use IRQ4 ... but check for that. :D As far as I know, the two devices should each have their own TCP/IP software stack, so they shouldn't interfere, but maybe the code in the appropriate DLLs isn't reentrant. :_| | Graham L (2) | ||
| 184507 | 2003-10-19 01:30:00 | Probably a WinModem or Ham modem with poor driver choking up the CPU, along with a cheap processor dependent network card doing the same. | whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 184508 | 2003-10-19 02:30:00 | if it's hogging the cpu due to crappy chips... there isn't anything i can do about it is there?? |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 184509 | 2003-10-19 02:37:00 | You could try borrowing a better network card from someone, and if the problem goes away, then you know you need a better network card. | agent (30) | ||
| 184510 | 2003-10-19 02:39:00 | Not a USB modem is it? Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 184511 | 2003-10-19 06:54:00 | no not usb plug it into com1 |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 184512 | 2003-10-19 07:01:00 | So it's an external modem? Or is it a PCI card modem? |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 184513 | 2003-10-19 08:05:00 | external modem | heni72847 (1166) | ||
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