Re: Windows XP w/Dual Processor

From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 19:36:08 -0400

Hi John,

Not aware of any immediate issues, have you check the printing group yet?

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax

Might be nothing, but what is the port set to for the parallel port in the
the system BIOS? 

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"John R Weiss" <jrweiss98155@.comNOSPAMcast.net> wrote in message 
news:%23BO2CMCQEHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote...
>>
>> When this happens, is there a blue screen "stop" error? Does the system
>> reboot without warning? Does the system event viewer show any messages?
> Does
>> the system just totally lock up and become non-responsive? Does it happen
> in
>> one particular program or in any program? Does shutting down for awhile
> seem
>> to help?
>>
>> "Gregory" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote...
>>> My pc will lock up. No functionality. Will have to
>>> reboot. Check for Virus non found. Any ideas or
>>> suggestion?
>
> I've had the same problem with my dual Opteron system since I put it
> together (2 weeks ago).  It happens randomly when I try to print and when 
> I
> start LapLink 11.5.  From a message to another group:
>
> I just bought/built a dual AMD Opteron workstation (specifics below).  The
> system is running fine for the most part.  One nagging, recurring problem,
> though, is a lockup when attempting to print.  It happens randomly -- 
> sometimes several times in a row, sometimes not in a couple days.  It 
> always
> happens just after the "OK" button in the printer tab is pressed and the
> printer dialogue disappears -- probably as soon as the job starts out to 
> the
> spooler.  [Note:  I subsequently tried disabling Spooling in each printer;
> problem persists.]
>
> It happens randomly on any of 3 printers:
>
>    Panasonic KX-P7105 Laser -- Panasonic driver v5.00.64
>    HP DeskJet 895Cse -- XP driver
>    Acrobat Distiller v4.0; print to named file
>
> The 2 hardware printers are connected via their parallel ports to a 
> Linksys
> EPSX3 Ethernet print server.  Both were installed only with drivers (no
> accessory software pkg).  The other computer on the network -- an HP 
> laptop
> running XP Home -- has no problems with it (and neither did my previous
> workstation running Win 2K Pro).
>
> This has happened in Word, Acrobat, Photoshop, Excel, Outlook Express, and
> other apps.  Complexity of job does not seem to be an issue -- "heavy" 
> jobs
> often run; simple text jobs sometimes fail.
>
> Symptoms are always identical:  Mouse (Kensington Expert Mouse trackball
> running v6.03 driver) cursor freezes on screen (Samsung 193P LCD), machine
> locks up and allows no keyboard or mouse input.  Only way out is the reset
> button or power switch.  The same print job is usually successful next
> attempt, but today I had one relatively simple MSWord job (attached, FWIW)
> take 3 resets.
>
> Since the problem is not isolated to any specific hardware or application, 
> I
> don't know how much more detail I need to get into for troubleshooting. 
> Are
> you aware of any general printing or networking issues with XP Pro, or 
> other
> conflicts I might explore?
>
> AMD 64 Bit Opteron Workstation ( dual cpu )
>
> Arima HDAMB Opteron Motherboard w/ Serial ATA and Firewire
> Two AMD Opteron 246 Processors
> 2GB (2x1024MB) PC2700 Registered DDR
> Two WD RAPTOR 74GB SATA 10K RPM Drives (RAID 0) -- boot drives
> Adaptec 29160 SCSI card
>    Seagate Cheetah 36 GB 10K RPM drive (data backup only)
>    Jaz 2 GB drive
> Geforce4 MX440 64MB AGP Card
> MITSUMI FA402A 7 IN 1 CARD READER
> Sony 52X CDROM
> Lite-on 8X ±DVD Writer w/ XCopy, Power DVD
> Lian Li PC60 Aluminum Chassis w/ 550W PS
> Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet (onboard)
>    Linksys BEFSR41 Router
> AC97 Integrated Sound
> Win XP Professional OS
> USB 2.0
>    Belkin 7-port USB 2.0 hub
>        Microtek V6USL scanner
>        CompUSA V.92 modem
>
>