[DXBase] Re: Program crashing with XP Home Edition

2003年2月15日 08:39:40 -0700

After another DXbase crash, I checked and learned that the video card in my
4-year-old Dell is also an NVIDIA. Since the problem began with the
installation on XP Home on an 98SE system (didn't wipe the HD), I downloaded
the new driver as Bill did. So far no problems.
One bonus was another problem, which I had ignored, is also fixed. My
cursor "erased" some of the display in DXbase as I moved it. I had to
minimize DXbase and restore the window to repaint the screen. I blamed it
on the old PC with its 16M video memory. Anyway, all gone now.
I even increased the resolution on my 19" monitor to 1280 X 1024, which
works fine now that the PC is right in front of me, versus a foot farther
away as it had been. I can see lots of columns on the log window, which I
use with Andale Mono 10-font.
The moral - don't forget to update your video driver when you update your
operating system. The better moral - don't be as cheap as I am and just buy
a faster PC with a new OS; I've wasted a lot of time on the upgrade.
Jim N7US
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <[email protected]>
To: "Jim McDonald" <[email protected]>; "DXbase Reflector"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [DXBase] Re: Program crashing with XP Home Edition
Jim
I read and reread your help request.
And I think you said that the crash occurred when you selected a scroll
enable column.
This rang a bell.
The other day I installed a Nvidia based video card into my 'rock stable'
machine.
I'm running windows XP and always do a "set restore point" prior to any
changes.
This video card was PCI and in addition to my AGP Matrox dual monitor card.
I installed with the standard Windows XP video drivers.
Boy was I surprised when I went to change a CQ zone, clicked on the scroll
bar and had the computer crash.
I duplicated this issue a number of times.
Error messages were too fast to read.
Click on other log fields did not cause any crash.
Delete the drivers, disable the video card and do a 'Restore.
Now I'm back to rock stable.
I went to the NVidia site, found new XP drivers and installed.
No problems and I'm rock stable again, but now with 3 monitors instead of
only two.
So, this may not be of help, but may offer you a clue.
PS: For older OS users. XP's Restore feature is worth the upgrade in it's
self and it's Rock Stable. It also handles resources better. I can vouch for
DXB running perfectly on XP Pro.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim McDonald" <[email protected]>
To: "DXbase Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 7:29 AM
Subject: [DXBase] Re: Program crashing with XP Home Edition
> Does this mean I have a hardware problem? The next error message was:
>> Dxb2003.exe application error. The instruction at "0x73dd1351" referenced
> memory at "0x00000004". The memory could not be "read". Then I had to
> click OK to terminate the program.
>> Maybe my 4-year-old RAM is tired and wants to retire.
>> Jim N7US
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim McDonald" <[email protected]>
> To: "DXbase Reflector" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:25 AM
> Subject: Program crashing with XP Home Edition
>>> I've had a couple of program crashes in the last few days. Never happened
> before I converted this PC from 98SE to XP Home and didn't happen when I
> first converted. Just clicked on the prefix for an AH3D QSO (I also had
one
> in 1996 not KH3), and it crashed.
>> The message was that "DXB2003 MFC Application" crashed.
>> Jim N7US
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