and graphics card. Besides, it's only happening online. If it was heat, it
would happen offline as well.
David G Fisher
David G Fisher
David, this is a little out of left field, but 'Achim reminded me of this with
his "calling home" reference, & you have tried almost everything else.
Have you run Ad-Aware from Lavasoft (www.lavasoftusa.com) to see if you have any
spyware running? I ran it some time ago, & again just now, & found a
"suspicious" entry which I backed up, then removed. I thought I was safe from
this kind of thing, but apparently wasn't. At first, this wouldn't seem to
apply, but the more I thought about your problems... what can it hurt? (just
make sure to back up anything suspicious b4 you remove it)
Unlikely, but HTH
Brian
> > Thanks for the offer Larry.
> > I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit. After I
> > quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and noticed
> > that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length, just
> > like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in addition to
> > the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes. It
> looks
> > like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very strange is
> > that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as well.
> I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit. After I
> quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and noticed
> that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length, just
> like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in addition to
> the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes. It
looks
> like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very strange is
> that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as well.
> Strange, huh? Any ideas now as to what could be causing the 3 second
> freezes? As I've said before, the screen freezes, but the action
continues.
> The car keeps moving, and I hear live sound. I no longer think it has
> anything to do with drivers (tried many both in openGL and D3D), my sound
> card, ram or streaming sound.
> If you still think you need the info below, I'll try and get as much of it
> as possible.
> I have a cable modem (3Com U.S. Robotics Cable Modem CMX). My download
speed
> is blazing fast. My pings are always excellent, and my connection quality
is
> usually at 100 to most servers, including Eldred's. BTW, the freezes
happen
> no matter what server I join. No one ever complains that my car is
> disappearing during a race either.
> All background programs are shut down when racing online. OS is XP home.
> These freezes don't happen with any other game online.
> Dave
> > David,
> > I'd like to take a crack at this freeze-up problem. Since I do this for
a
> > living, I might be able to catch something that has been missed.
> > I will need some pretty extensive info though, mainly a very thorough
> report
> > on your system. In fact, it wouldn't hurt to have something like
> complete
> > system report from Sandra or other system catalogging utility.
> > At a minimum, I'd like to have:
> > 1. System Board Mfr/Model, BIOS Revision and, if you know it, revision
> > number of the board itself.
> > 2. Amount of RAM, and Manufacturer. Include their part number if you
> have
> > it.
> > 3. Hard Drive manufacturer, size, model and firmware version.
> > 4. Sound Card MFR.
> > 5. NIC Card MFR.
> > 6. Graphics Card MFR, and BIOS rev if you have it.
> > 7. Info on any other cards or internal devices.
> > 8. Make, Model and Firmware revision of any other drives installed.
> > 9. Power Supply Size, MFR and Model Number.
> > 10. Processor, and whether it is a OEM or Retail.
> > 11. Keyboard and Mouse MFR/Model.
> > 12. Any other periperals, printers included, attached.
> > For PCI Cards, what slot they are in, counting AWAY from the AGP Slot.
> > 13. Driver revision numbers for all devices.
> > 14. Operating System and Version.
> > 15. Any system 'modifying' utilities installed, including graphics card
> > modifyers.
> > 16. The AGP Apeture Setting in your BIOS (one of my likely suspects).
> > Internet connection type and any routers, hubs, cable modems, etc... in
> use.
> > Anything else you can think of that I might have missed.
> > I know this is a lot, but maybe we can reel in this thing eventually.
> > Don't underestimate the ability of the AGP Aperture Setting to
completely
> > hose a system. On AMD systems especially, this thing can be tricky to
set
> > right, and is usually the last thing you can think of.
> > For example, I've been reporting freezes in the OGL version of NR2002
> since
> > the first patch came out. I spent an ENTIRE weekend installing Windows
> > fresh several times, reinstalling NR2002, etc... It was always fine
until
> I
> > applied the first or second patch, and then it would crash NR2002 within
a
> > few laps every time in OGL mode.
> > My AGP Aperture setting has been at 128 for pretty much forever. Today,
I
> > changed it to 64 and tested. I haven't seen a crash in NR2002 since
> > (though I still run in D3D until someone releases a Refresh Rate fix
that
> > really works reliably, like NVRefFix used to).
> > This made possible sense after I discovered it. The original NR2002 did
> not
> > incorporate Texture Compression. The first and second patches DO. Now,
I
> > can't definitely tie that to the AGP Aperture Setting, but if you think
> > about it it's entirely possible that the new routines simply don't work
> well
> > with an AGP Aperture Setting of 128 on MY computer.
> > I go now :)
> > -Larry
> > > Because of my freezes, I dropped out early so as not to cause any
> > accidents.
> > > It was a great race to watch though. Good driving all around. I kept
> going
> > > back and forth from the contest for 1 and 2, and the 3,4, and 5
battle.
> > > Larry, I'd say you've quickly become one of the top drivers in RASCAR.
> > Keep
> > > it up. :-)
> > > David G Fisher
> > > > Nice job saving the tires. That's what won that race, for sure :)
> > > > -Larry
You may want to also check to see if you Cable Modem and your Video
card are sharing an IRQ. If they are maybe this could explain why you
have more problems on line. Theoretically they should be able to
share an IRQ but everything I have read suggests that you make sure
that your video card has an IRQ all to itself.
It is actually too bad that you don't still have the freezes off-line
because if you did you could just pull the Cable Modem out and see if
that solves the problem.
Also, I had a problem a while back with N2002 under win98 related to
video. I wasn't getting screen freezes but rather full lockups.
After several weeks I finally narrowed it down to the 4-in-1 drivers
for my VIA chipset on my motherboard. I had upgraded to the latest
VIA chipset drivers and didn't have any problems in any other games
except N2002. I went back to the 4-in1 drivers that shipped with my
MB and it solved the problem. Among other things the 4-in-1 drivers
allow AGP 4x.
Also, did you do a clean install of XP home or did you install over a
previous OS?
Brian Oster
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:10:27 GMT, "David G Fisher"
>I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit. After I
>quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and noticed
>that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length, just
>like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in addition to
>the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes. It looks
>like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very strange is
>that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as well.
>Strange, huh? Any ideas now as to what could be causing the 3 second
>freezes? As I've said before, the screen freezes, but the action continues.
>The car keeps moving, and I hear live sound. I no longer think it has
>anything to do with drivers (tried many both in openGL and D3D), my sound
>card, ram or streaming sound.
>If you still think you need the info below, I'll try and get as much of it
>as possible.
>I have a cable modem (3Com U.S. Robotics Cable Modem CMX). My download speed
>is blazing fast. My pings are always excellent, and my connection quality is
>usually at 100 to most servers, including Eldred's. BTW, the freezes happen
>no matter what server I join. No one ever complains that my car is
>disappearing during a race either.
>All background programs are shut down when racing online. OS is XP home.
>These freezes don't happen with any other game online.
>Dave
>> David,
>> I'd like to take a crack at this freeze-up problem. Since I do this for a
>> living, I might be able to catch something that has been missed.
>> I will need some pretty extensive info though, mainly a very thorough
>report
>> on your system. In fact, it wouldn't hurt to have something like
>complete
>> system report from Sandra or other system catalogging utility.
>> At a minimum, I'd like to have:
>> 1. System Board Mfr/Model, BIOS Revision and, if you know it, revision
>> number of the board itself.
>> 2. Amount of RAM, and Manufacturer. Include their part number if you
>have
>> it.
>> 3. Hard Drive manufacturer, size, model and firmware version.
>> 4. Sound Card MFR.
>> 5. NIC Card MFR.
>> 6. Graphics Card MFR, and BIOS rev if you have it.
>> 7. Info on any other cards or internal devices.
>> 8. Make, Model and Firmware revision of any other drives installed.
>> 9. Power Supply Size, MFR and Model Number.
>> 10. Processor, and whether it is a OEM or Retail.
>> 11. Keyboard and Mouse MFR/Model.
>> 12. Any other periperals, printers included, attached.
>> For PCI Cards, what slot they are in, counting AWAY from the AGP Slot.
>> 13. Driver revision numbers for all devices.
>> 14. Operating System and Version.
>> 15. Any system 'modifying' utilities installed, including graphics card
>> modifyers.
>> 16. The AGP Apeture Setting in your BIOS (one of my likely suspects).
>> Internet connection type and any routers, hubs, cable modems, etc... in
>use.
>> Anything else you can think of that I might have missed.
>> I know this is a lot, but maybe we can reel in this thing eventually.
>> Don't underestimate the ability of the AGP Aperture Setting to completely
>> hose a system. On AMD systems especially, this thing can be tricky to set
>> right, and is usually the last thing you can think of.
>> For example, I've been reporting freezes in the OGL version of NR2002
>since
>> the first patch came out. I spent an ENTIRE weekend installing Windows
>> fresh several times, reinstalling NR2002, etc... It was always fine until
>I
>> applied the first or second patch, and then it would crash NR2002 within a
>> few laps every time in OGL mode.
>> My AGP Aperture setting has been at 128 for pretty much forever. Today, I
>> changed it to 64 and tested. I haven't seen a crash in NR2002 since
>> (though I still run in D3D until someone releases a Refresh Rate fix that
>> really works reliably, like NVRefFix used to).
>> This made possible sense after I discovered it. The original NR2002 did
>not
>> incorporate Texture Compression. The first and second patches DO. Now, I
>> can't definitely tie that to the AGP Aperture Setting, but if you think
>> about it it's entirely possible that the new routines simply don't work
>well
>> with an AGP Aperture Setting of 128 on MY computer.
>> I go now :)
>> -Larry
>> > Because of my freezes, I dropped out early so as not to cause any
>> accidents.
>> > It was a great race to watch though. Good driving all around. I kept
>going
>> > back and forth from the contest for 1 and 2, and the 3,4, and 5 battle.
>> > Larry, I'd say you've quickly become one of the top drivers in RASCAR.
>> Keep
>> > it up. :-)
>> > David G Fisher
>> > > Nice job saving the tires. That's what won that race, for sure :)
>> > > -Larry
Davis G Fisher
> You may want to also check to see if you Cable Modem and your Video
> card are sharing an IRQ. If they are maybe this could explain why you
> have more problems on line. Theoretically they should be able to
> share an IRQ but everything I have read suggests that you make sure
> that your video card has an IRQ all to itself.
> It is actually too bad that you don't still have the freezes off-line
> because if you did you could just pull the Cable Modem out and see if
> that solves the problem.
> Also, I had a problem a while back with N2002 under win98 related to
> video. I wasn't getting screen freezes but rather full lockups.
> After several weeks I finally narrowed it down to the 4-in-1 drivers
> for my VIA chipset on my motherboard. I had upgraded to the latest
> VIA chipset drivers and didn't have any problems in any other games
> except N2002. I went back to the 4-in1 drivers that shipped with my
> MB and it solved the problem. Among other things the 4-in-1 drivers
> allow AGP 4x.
> Also, did you do a clean install of XP home or did you install over a
> previous OS?
> Brian Oster
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:10:27 GMT, "David G Fisher"
> >Thanks for the offer Larry.
> >I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit. After I
> >quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and
noticed
> >that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length, just
> >like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in addition to
> >the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes. It
looks
> >like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very strange
is
> >that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as well.
> >Strange, huh? Any ideas now as to what could be causing the 3 second
> >freezes? As I've said before, the screen freezes, but the action
continues.
> >The car keeps moving, and I hear live sound. I no longer think it has
> >anything to do with drivers (tried many both in openGL and D3D), my sound
> >card, ram or streaming sound.
> >If you still think you need the info below, I'll try and get as much of
it
> >as possible.
> >I have a cable modem (3Com U.S. Robotics Cable Modem CMX). My download
speed
> >is blazing fast. My pings are always excellent, and my connection quality
is
> >usually at 100 to most servers, including Eldred's. BTW, the freezes
happen
> >no matter what server I join. No one ever complains that my car is
> >disappearing during a race either.
> >All background programs are shut down when racing online. OS is XP home.
> >These freezes don't happen with any other game online.
> >Dave
> >> David,
> >> I'd like to take a crack at this freeze-up problem. Since I do this
for a
> >> living, I might be able to catch something that has been missed.
> >> I will need some pretty extensive info though, mainly a very thorough
> >report
> >> on your system. In fact, it wouldn't hurt to have something like
> >complete
> >> system report from Sandra or other system catalogging utility.
> >> At a minimum, I'd like to have:
> >> 1. System Board Mfr/Model, BIOS Revision and, if you know it, revision
> >> number of the board itself.
> >> 2. Amount of RAM, and Manufacturer. Include their part number if you
> >have
> >> it.
> >> 3. Hard Drive manufacturer, size, model and firmware version.
> >> 4. Sound Card MFR.
> >> 5. NIC Card MFR.
> >> 6. Graphics Card MFR, and BIOS rev if you have it.
> >> 7. Info on any other cards or internal devices.
> >> 8. Make, Model and Firmware revision of any other drives installed.
> >> 9. Power Supply Size, MFR and Model Number.
> >> 10. Processor, and whether it is a OEM or Retail.
> >> 11. Keyboard and Mouse MFR/Model.
> >> 12. Any other periperals, printers included, attached.
> >> For PCI Cards, what slot they are in, counting AWAY from the AGP Slot.
> >> 13. Driver revision numbers for all devices.
> >> 14. Operating System and Version.
> >> 15. Any system 'modifying' utilities installed, including graphics card
> >> modifyers.
> >> 16. The AGP Apeture Setting in your BIOS (one of my likely suspects).
> >> Internet connection type and any routers, hubs, cable modems, etc... in
> >use.
> >> Anything else you can think of that I might have missed.
> >> I know this is a lot, but maybe we can reel in this thing eventually.
> >> Don't underestimate the ability of the AGP Aperture Setting to
completely
> >> hose a system. On AMD systems especially, this thing can be tricky to
set
> >> right, and is usually the last thing you can think of.
> >> For example, I've been reporting freezes in the OGL version of NR2002
> >since
> >> the first patch came out. I spent an ENTIRE weekend installing Windows
> >> fresh several times, reinstalling NR2002, etc... It was always fine
until
> >I
> >> applied the first or second patch, and then it would crash NR2002
within a
> >> few laps every time in OGL mode.
> >> My AGP Aperture setting has been at 128 for pretty much forever.
Today, I
> >> changed it to 64 and tested. I haven't seen a crash in NR2002 since
> >> (though I still run in D3D until someone releases a Refresh Rate fix
that
> >> really works reliably, like NVRefFix used to).
> >> This made possible sense after I discovered it. The original NR2002
did
> >not
> >> incorporate Texture Compression. The first and second patches DO.
Now, I
> >> can't definitely tie that to the AGP Aperture Setting, but if you think
> >> about it it's entirely possible that the new routines simply don't work
> >well
> >> with an AGP Aperture Setting of 128 on MY computer.
> >> I go now :)
> >> -Larry
> >> > Because of my freezes, I dropped out early so as not to cause any
> >> accidents.
> >> > It was a great race to watch though. Good driving all around. I kept
> >going
> >> > back and forth from the contest for 1 and 2, and the 3,4, and 5
battle.
> >> > Larry, I'd say you've quickly become one of the top drivers in
RASCAR.
> >> Keep
> >> > it up. :-)
> >> > David G Fisher
> >> > > Nice job saving the tires. That's what won that race, for sure :)
> >> > > -Larry
David G fisher
> David, this is a little out of left field, but 'Achim reminded me of this
with
> his "calling home" reference, & you have tried almost everything else.
> Have you run Ad-Aware from Lavasoft (www.lavasoftusa.com) to see if you
have any
> spyware running? I ran it some time ago, & again just now, & found a
> "suspicious" entry which I backed up, then removed. I thought I was safe
from
> this kind of thing, but apparently wasn't. At first, this wouldn't seem
to
> apply, but the more I thought about your problems... what can it hurt?
(just
> make sure to back up anything suspicious b4 you remove it)
> Unlikely, but HTH
> Brian
> > > Thanks for the offer Larry.
> > > I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit.
After I
> > > quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and
noticed
> > > that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length,
just
> > > like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in addition
to
> > > the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes. It
> > looks
> > > like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very
strange is
> > > that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as well.
> <snip>
> David G fisher
> > David, this is a little out of left field, but 'Achim reminded me of
this
> with
> > his "calling home" reference, & you have tried almost everything else.
> > Have you run Ad-Aware from Lavasoft (www.lavasoftusa.com) to see if you
> have any
> > spyware running? I ran it some time ago, & again just now, & found a
> > "suspicious" entry which I backed up, then removed. I thought I was
safe
> from
> > this kind of thing, but apparently wasn't. At first, this wouldn't seem
> to
> > apply, but the more I thought about your problems... what can it hurt?
> (just
> > make sure to back up anything suspicious b4 you remove it)
> > Unlikely, but HTH
> > Brian
> > > > Thanks for the offer Larry.
> > > > I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit.
> After I
> > > > quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and
> noticed
> > > > that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length,
> just
> > > > like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in
addition
> to
> > > > the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes.
It
> > > looks
> > > > like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very
> strange is
> > > > that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as
well.
> > <snip>
What he said ^^^ ;-)
Also, both are known (or at least suspected, depends on who you believe) to
"phone home" regularly, & with a processor/graphics intensive app like N2002,
*could* explain your intermittent, short term screen freezes, esp. w/ a 24/7
type connection, even when playing offline.
OTOH, it could be something else, but... only 1 way to find out. ;o/
Brian
Achim
> David G Fisher
> > You might want to make sure the N2002 task watchdog is disabled. Under
XP,
> I
> > wouldn't count out resource probs like IRQ or PCI bus contention either.
> And
> > of course, when you say no background progs are running, under XP that
> > doesn't mean a lot. There's a lot of services running you probably
aren't
> > even aware of. Even 'calling home' stuff. Have you checked into that
> > diligently?
> > Achim
Honestly, though, if you're at this level of checking your system, you
probably have a lot more running in the background than you are aware of.
Not necessarily 3rd party stuff, I'm talking about XP's own services. Do you
know that several module of XP can call home as well in regular intervals,
unless you tell them not to? And that XP limits your online bandwidth by
always reserving a huge chunk of it for itself?
Achim
> David G fisher
> > David, this is a little out of left field, but 'Achim reminded me of
this
> with
> > his "calling home" reference, & you have tried almost everything else.
> > Have you run Ad-Aware from Lavasoft (www.lavasoftusa.com) to see if you
> have any
> > spyware running? I ran it some time ago, & again just now, & found a
> > "suspicious" entry which I backed up, then removed. I thought I was
safe
> from
> > this kind of thing, but apparently wasn't. At first, this wouldn't seem
> to
> > apply, but the more I thought about your problems... what can it hurt?
> (just
> > make sure to back up anything suspicious b4 you remove it)
> > Unlikely, but HTH
> > Brian
> > > > Thanks for the offer Larry.
> > > > I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit.
> After I
> > > > quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and
> noticed
> > > > that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length,
> just
> > > > like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in
addition
> to
> > > > the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes.
It
> > > looks
> > > > like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very
> strange is
> > > > that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as
well.
> > <snip>
-Larry
> > You might want to make sure the N2002 task watchdog is disabled. Under
XP, I
> > wouldn't count out resource probs like IRQ or PCI bus contention either.
And
> > of course, when you say no background progs are running, under XP that
> > doesn't mean a lot. There's a lot of services running you probably
aren't
> > even aware of. Even 'calling home' stuff. Have you checked into that
> > diligently?
> > Achim
> David, this is a little out of left field, but 'Achim reminded me of this
with
> his "calling home" reference, & you have tried almost everything else.
> Have you run Ad-Aware from Lavasoft (www.lavasoftusa.com) to see if you
have any
> spyware running? I ran it some time ago, & again just now, & found a
> "suspicious" entry which I backed up, then removed. I thought I was safe
from
> this kind of thing, but apparently wasn't. At first, this wouldn't seem
to
> apply, but the more I thought about your problems... what can it hurt?
(just
> make sure to back up anything suspicious b4 you remove it)
> Unlikely, but HTH
> Brian
> > > Thanks for the offer Larry.
> > > I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit.
After I
> > > quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and
noticed
> > > that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length,
just
> > > like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in addition
to
> > > the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes. It
> > looks
> > > like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very
strange is
> > > that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as well.
> <snip>
Two of the most well-known spyware programs of all time!
-Larry
> David G fisher
> > David, this is a little out of left field, but 'Achim reminded me of
this
> with
> > his "calling home" reference, & you have tried almost everything else.
> > Have you run Ad-Aware from Lavasoft (www.lavasoftusa.com) to see if you
> have any
> > spyware running? I ran it some time ago, & again just now, & found a
> > "suspicious" entry which I backed up, then removed. I thought I was
safe
> from
> > this kind of thing, but apparently wasn't. At first, this wouldn't seem
> to
> > apply, but the more I thought about your problems... what can it hurt?
> (just
> > make sure to back up anything suspicious b4 you remove it)
> > Unlikely, but HTH
> > Brian
> > > > Thanks for the offer Larry.
> > > > I think I've narrowed down the cause of the screen freezes a bit.
> After I
> > > > quit the race Saturday, I watched it live on the replay screen and
> noticed
> > > > that I had a couple of freezes even then. About 3 seconds in length,
> just
> > > > like when I'm racing. I've done a few offline races since, in
addition
> to
> > > > the one I did for practice on Friday night and have had no freezes.
It
> > > looks
> > > > like this may be related to my internet connection. What's very
> strange is
> > > > that I DEFINITELY used to get freezes offline against the AI as
well.
> > <snip>
David G Fisher
> Achim
> > What is the N2002 task watchdog? Never heard of it.
> > David G Fisher
> > > You might want to make sure the N2002 task watchdog is disabled. Under
> XP,
> > I
> > > wouldn't count out resource probs like IRQ or PCI bus contention
either.
> > And
> > > of course, when you say no background progs are running, under XP that
> > > doesn't mean a lot. There's a lot of services running you probably
> aren't
> > > even aware of. Even 'calling home' stuff. Have you checked into that
> > > diligently?
> > > Achim
Is there a document that documents every line of the NR2002 ini files ?
It sure isn't in that poor-excuse for a manual. Man, talk about
dissapointing! Eric, wazzup with dat manual, man!
-Larry
> David G Fisher
> > It's in core.ini, in the [tasking] section. Set the parameter
> > enable_watchdog to 0 to disable it.
> > Achim
> > > What is the N2002 task watchdog? Never heard of it.
> > > David G Fisher
> > > > You might want to make sure the N2002 task watchdog is disabled.
Under
> > XP,
> > > I
> > > > wouldn't count out resource probs like IRQ or PCI bus contention
> either.
> > > And
> > > > of course, when you say no background progs are running, under XP
that
> > > > doesn't mean a lot. There's a lot of services running you probably
> > aren't
> > > > even aware of. Even 'calling home' stuff. Have you checked into that
> > > > diligently?
> > > > Achim
Again, I can't say how precisely they implemented it, but obviously since
its function is to listen to the system and react to it, it is something
that can cause pauses as N2002 may be forced to do something about signals
it gets from the watchdog.
I think with it off you cannot Alt-Tab anymore, btw, because N2002 no longer
listens to these requests. Of course, you can't Alt-Tab in OpenGL anyway, so
if you use that, you don't lose anything.
Achim
> David G Fisher
> > It's in core.ini, in the [tasking] section. Set the parameter
> > enable_watchdog to 0 to disable it.
> > Achim