Recent content by Eteq

I'm pretty sure its specified in the standard that the threshold is ~3V - you're right it's probably +/- 0.5 V or so, but the threshold should be around 3...

Is it possible to use a regular serial port on a computer to read or transmit specific voltages? It's easy enough to set it to "on" or "off" (+/- 12 V), but I'm wondering if there's a way to directly read the voltage on the pins...?

I considered doing that, but the LAN administrators don't want me doing it... I might do it anyway, but I'd rather try to get the bridge working first...

How is this useful? I already know how to make a Firewire network... it works fine - the problem is getting the laptop to talk to the LAN's DHCP server...

Ok, I have these connections: XP Pro Box connected via 10M Ethernet to larger LAN XP Pro Laptop connected via Firewire using the built-in XP Ethernet over 1394 drivers I bridged the 10B-T LAN to firewire on the desktop using the XP network bridge tool, and the desktop still connects perfectly...

That's what I'm just about to try now (the repair install, that is)

Does your north bridge get hot? I've had a computer that showed this behavior because the north bridge was overheating...

That seems pretty odd - I've used Norton for years and had no problems... do you have restarts at other times?

Can you post your system specs? I know I've seen this happen on a couple mobos if the North Bridge is getting too hot, so I'd particularly want to know what kind of mobo you have...

System Specs: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ Asus A7N8X NVidia NForce 2 mobo 512MB DDR Corsair XMS(can't remember the number offhand - maybe 3500?) Western Digital 80Gig HD Samsung LCD (using DVI connector - tried switching to VGA and problem remained) MSI Video Card - GeForce4 Ti4200 chipset (tried...

Is the registry bloated? Can unused .DLL files be cleaned up? Are there unused services that can be stopped? These may be a problem - I'm guessing there's decent software to automate this - any recommendations? Although, most of these are problems that gradually get worse - I'm talking about...

http://www.aceshardware.com/Spades/read.php?article_id=5000172 This article is old, but the technologies are still the same in many respects...

This is more a general question than for a specific computer - I frequently need to troubleshoot a wide variety of computers that aren't working properly, and sometimes I run into computers that have experienced a sudden slowdown in performance for no immediately obvious reason (sometimes...

ok, well, thanks anyway

That's the entire point - It isn't near the building where my computer is. I can't run a cable to the house, but I can run a cable to a point outdoors that has a clear line-of-site to the house, so I want an outdoor enclosure for the modem and 802.11 router/access point.