[Dxbase] My summary window dilemma

Mon Jan 30 12:28:37 EST 2012

Hi Ben,
When computer hardware use to be my bread and butter we use to have a number 
of utilities to check hardware including CPUs. Some of these programmes 
were provided by the CPU manufacture and small frame computer companies. I 
have not been in the hardware race for a number of years but I would be 
surprised if AMD or even MSI did not have a utility to exercise hardware. 
So I would start there.
Just a heads up, I do remember one computer used for financing at a small 
company that would not work with a spread sheet programme. Every test we 
ran showed nothing wrong with hardware, but in the end a new CPU did fix the 
problem. So utilities are not always the best test, in the end programmes 
are.
Two other things to check (swap if possible) memory and power supplies. 
When doing heavy number crunching both can take a beating and for sure I 
have seen power supplies fail when having to supply the extra watts. Since 
our company worked out of a depot we had inventory we could use for testing 
so you may also want to work with the dealer and explain you dilemma and 
they may be able to sway out components for you.
I know there are a bunch of fellows here keeping up with new computers, 
hopefully someone will chime in with other suggestions. But for sure, DXBase 
is rock solid and should not be an issue on any healthy machine
Eric - VE3GSI.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KB1FJ"
> Hi all,
>> I cannot believe that I am the only one having this problem. But,
> apparently either nobody else is running XP Pro with an AMD 4 core 
> processor
> OR my equipment is faulty.
>> I am trying, now, to decide whether to change computers or change logging
> programs. I have used DXBase for many years and love it dearly.
>> For those of you who do not know, my problem is that the stats in the
> Summary window do not compute correctly or sometimes at all. Neal and Joe
> have both taken a look at my situation. About the only thing that we can
> come up with is that math crunching capabilities of this processor is not
> doing its thing correctly.

>> Maybe just a simple changing of the processor will do the trick. I have 
> run
> every test I can think of, or can fine, and this processor seems to pass 
> all
> of them. Does anyone else have comments about what might be the resolve 
> of
> this problem? Are others using the same combination as I am? Here are 
> the
> facts:
>>>> AMD PhenomT 9850 Quad-Core Processor
>> MSI Motherboard 785GTM-E45 (MSI-7549)
>> Bios is AMI V8.8 (the latest version)
>> Memory is 4 gigs
>