[LOGic] Does LOGic7 act weird or Hang? Are you Hyperthreading?

Fri Dec 9 09:58:59 EST 2005

Although it is not used for Ham radio applications, I have a computer that
utilizes Hyperthreading. I turned it off, since the machine would lock up
for no reason when running certain kinds of software, or the mouse would not
work, etc. 
I also turned it off on a friends computer as well, in both cases, the
computer became more reliable. 
I think it is a case of hardware advances without software's ability to not
only utilize hyperthreading, but to even tolerate it. 
I noticed no difference in performance on either machine. Hyperthreading can
be usually be disabled in the BIOS. 
Ben
N6FM
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Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:01 AM
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Subject: [LOGic] Does LOGic7 act weird or Hang? Are you Hyperthreading?
Fellow users - I need to find out info. for debugging purposes.
I need to learn:
1. who is using LOGic7 on a computer enabled for Hyperthreading /
multiprocessor (virtual) enabled?
2. if hyperthreading is enabled, do you ever experience a "stoppage" of
LOGic7? Meaning, do you lose communications perhaps between LOGic7 and rig?
Does LOGic7 ever hang, stop, act weird, etc? And you have to restart LOGic7?
3. If yes to above, what make rig?
4. What is processor info and OS info?
To help you, if you do not know how to find out some of your computer info,
here's how:
Q1. What Processor? 
A1. Go to Control Panel > System and click on the General tab.. Here you
can see your:
System:
OS (XP), OS model (Professional), OS version (2002), Service Pack (2).
Manufactured and supported by:
Dell Computer Corporation
Dell DIMENSION 8300
Processor:
Intel
Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz
2.99GHZ, 1.00 GB of RAM
Q2. How do I know if my computer is Hyperthreading enabled?
A2. Go to Control Panel > System and click on the Hardware tab. Now click
on Device Manager.
Here you will see a tree structure of items including: Computer, Disk
Drives, etc.
Click on Computer to expand it.
Does it say something like: ACPI Multiprocessor PC ?
Now scroll further down the items and click to expand Processors.
Does it say something like:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHZ
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHZ
If it does, you have one processor, set to function as a multiprocessor,
hyperthreading.
TIA for your info and help. Regards, Bill K1UQ
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