RAS Race: California

Only a handful compared to the first race, and I think there was only one caution. It wasn't nearly as interesting because everyone was so spread out, and the setup wasn't exactly accomodating. The best part of the race was Dave running out of gas as he came out of turn 2 on the last lap. Not only did I get my lap back as he ran out of gas, but I also got to the finishline ahead of him on the next lap. My LPI is not above 20 with the help of both of today's races. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

The best part? :-) I had a 15 sec lead and supposedly had enough gas but even with taking it easy the last few laps, I still ran out with about a half a lap left. The reason I couldn't pit was because BFarmer was on the lead lap with me. He pitted twice during the first yellow and may have gottern fuel the second time (not sure) so he had just that tiny bit more than me. Either that or he simply burned less fuel during the race. If I had pitted I could of gotten a safe second but I decided to go for the win instead. It was fun, and I don't regret it. For anyone who cares or who has similiar problems with freezes, I finally solved my screen freeze issue. I had 320 megs of ram with 2 128 sticks and 1 64 meg stick. I took out the 64 megs and put in a new 128 (now 384 total) and didn't have one freeze at all today. Problem solved it seems. David G Fisher "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Only a handful compared to the first race, and I think there was only > one caution. It wasn't nearly as interesting because everyone was so > spread out, and the setup wasn't exactly accomodating. > > The best part of the race was Dave running out of gas as he came out of > turn 2 on the last lap. Not only did I get my lap back as he ran out of > gas, but I also got to the finishline ahead of him on the next lap. > > My LPI is not above 20 with the help of both of today's races. > > > -- > ========================================================= > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > ========================================================= >

same thing as me...I swapped out the memory chip and got rid of the freezes...there ought to be a way to diagnose bad memory... dave henrie "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Pxow8.125859$[email hidden]...

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> The best part? :-) > > I had a 15 sec lead and supposedly had enough gas but even with taking it > easy the last few laps, I still ran out with about a half a lap left. > > The reason I couldn't pit was because BFarmer was on the lead lap with me. > He pitted twice during the first yellow and may have gottern fuel the

second > time (not sure) so he had just that tiny bit more than me. Either that orhe > simply burned less fuel during the race. If I had pitted I could of gottena > safe second but I decided to go for the win instead. It was fun, and Idon't > regret it. > > For anyone who cares or who has similiar problems with freezes, I finally > solved my screen freeze issue. I had 320 megs of ram with 2 128 sticks and1

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> 64 meg stick. I took out the 64 megs and put in a new 128 (now 384 total) > and didn't have one freeze at all today. Problem solved it seems. > > David G Fisher > > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Only a handful compared to the first race, and I think there was only > > one caution. It wasn't nearly as interesting because everyone was so > > spread out, and the setup wasn't exactly accomodating. > > > > The best part of the race was Dave running out of gas as he came out of > > turn 2 on the last lap. Not only did I get my lap back as he ran out of > > gas, but I also got to the finishline ahead of him on the next lap. > > > > My LPI is not above 20 with the help of both of today's races. > > > > > > -- > > ========================================================= > > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > > ========================================================= > > > >

"John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Only a handful compared to the first race, and I think there was only > one caution. It wasn't nearly as interesting because everyone was so > spread out, and the setup wasn't exactly accomodating. > > The best part of the race was Dave running out of gas as he came out of > turn 2 on the last lap. Not only did I get my lap back as he ran out of > gas, but I also got to the finishline ahead of him on the next lap. > > My LPI is not above 20 with the help of both of today's races. >

Sorry for missing yesterday's races. I went to see my football team, Notts County, avoid relegation to the bottom division in English football. After the relief of avoiding the drop I was too hyped up to feel like racing. I'll be back on track next week I hope. Phil --- Racesim Central Administrator http://www.racesimcentral.com

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dEsw8.47231$[email hidden]... > same thing as me...I swapped out the memory chip and got rid of the > freezes...there ought to be a way to diagnose bad memory... > dave henrie Only freezes I had though were with N2002. David G Fisher > "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Pxow8.125859$[email hidden]... > > The best part? :-) > > > > I had a 15 sec lead and supposedly had enough gas but even with takingit > > easy the last few laps, I still ran out with about a half a lap left. > > > > The reason I couldn't pit was because BFarmer was on the lead lap withme. > > He pitted twice during the first yellow and may have gottern fuel the > second > > time (not sure) so he had just that tiny bit more than me. Either thator > he > > simply burned less fuel during the race. If I had pitted I could ofgotten > a > > safe second but I decided to go for the win instead. It was fun, and I > don't > > regret it. > > > > For anyone who cares or who has similiar problems with freezes, Ifinally > > solved my screen freeze issue. I had 320 megs of ram with 2 128 sticksand > 1 > > 64 meg stick. I took out the 64 megs and put in a new 128 (now 384total)

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> > and didn't have one freeze at all today. Problem solved it seems. > > > > David G Fisher > > > > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Only a handful compared to the first race, and I think there was only > > > one caution. It wasn't nearly as interesting because everyone was so > > > spread out, and the setup wasn't exactly accomodating. > > > > > > The best part of the race was Dave running out of gas as he came out

of > > > turn 2 on the last lap. Not only did I get my lap back as he ran outof

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> > > gas, but I also got to the finishline ahead of him on the next lap. > > > > > > My LPI is not above 20 with the help of both of today's races. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ========================================================= > > > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > > > > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > > > > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > > > > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > > > > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > > > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > > > ========================================================= > > > > > > > > > >

"Dave Henrie"wrote... > same thing as me...I swapped out the memory chip and got > rid of the freezes...there ought to be a way to diagnose > bad memory... > dave henrie There used to be... a program called RAMexam, but I don't know if it can cope with todays MB's and ram sizes/speeds. Jan. =---

"Phil Lee" wrote... > <snip> > Sorry for missing yesterday's races. <snip> Please excuse my absence as well. I brought in some stuff to do for work... Jan. =---

There is a way to diagnose it - run NR2K2... In article <dEsw8.47231$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > same thing as me...I swapped out the memory chip and got rid of the > freezes...there ought to be a way to diagnose bad memory... -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Hi Dave, it doesn't have to have been a bad memory chip. You know how a mobo will be using the fastest bank interleave scheme with just two sticks in and get slower with a third stick in. It could be that with a third stick of a different size put in, and perhaps different timings as well, the RAM access just got a lot slower overall. Anyway David, I'm glad you found the prob and could fix it. Achim "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dEsw8.47231$[email hidden]...

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> same thing as me...I swapped out the memory chip and got rid of the > freezes...there ought to be a way to diagnose bad memory... > dave henrie > "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Pxow8.125859$[email hidden]... > > The best part? :-) > > > > I had a 15 sec lead and supposedly had enough gas but even with taking

it > > easy the last few laps, I still ran out with about a half a lap left. > > > > The reason I couldn't pit was because BFarmer was on the lead lap withme. > > He pitted twice during the first yellow and may have gottern fuel the > second > > time (not sure) so he had just that tiny bit more than me. Either thator > he > > simply burned less fuel during the race. If I had pitted I could ofgotten > a > > safe second but I decided to go for the win instead. It was fun, and I > don't > > regret it. > > > > For anyone who cares or who has similiar problems with freezes, Ifinally > > solved my screen freeze issue. I had 320 megs of ram with 2 128 sticksand > 1 > > 64 meg stick. I took out the 64 megs and put in a new 128 (now 384total)

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> > and didn't have one freeze at all today. Problem solved it seems. > > > > David G Fisher > > > > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Only a handful compared to the first race, and I think there was only > > > one caution. It wasn't nearly as interesting because everyone was so > > > spread out, and the setup wasn't exactly accomodating. > > > > > > The best part of the race was Dave running out of gas as he came out

of > > > turn 2 on the last lap. Not only did I get my lap back as he ran outof

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> > > gas, but I also got to the finishline ahead of him on the next lap. > > > > > > My LPI is not above 20 with the help of both of today's races. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ========================================================= > > > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > > > > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > > > > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > > > > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > > > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > > > > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > > > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > > > ========================================================= > > > > > > > > >

In one of the leagues I race in, one of the fellows had a similar problem. His machine would lock up, but only when running GPL. He solved the problem when he went to : www.simmtester.com He downloaded DocMemory and it showed a bad module. He got a new one and viola! no more lock ups. -- Richard "ZZ" Busch Member: Screamers Racing League GPL Rank + 22.059 MoGPL Rank + 369.86 http://www.ZZBusch.com ---------------- Busch Motorsports: Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward ----------------- Busch Carpentry: Plans? Oh, you mean that napkin sketch? -----------------

In one of the leagues I race in, one of the fellows had a similar problem. His machine would lock up, but only when running GPL. He solved the problem when he went to : www.simmtester.com He downloaded DocMemory and it showed a bad module. He got a new one and viola! no more lock ups. -- Richard "ZZ" Busch Member: Screamers Racing League GPL Rank + 22.059 MoGPL Rank + 369.86 http://www.ZZBusch.com ---------------- Busch Motorsports: Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward ----------------- Busch Carpentry: Plans? Oh, you mean that napkin sketch? -----------------

I probably won't be making these in the future anymore, fwiw...........working six days a week, and coming home from work on Saturday to join a race soon after getting home is pressing things a bit :) -John "Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a9tsnh$647hm$[email hidden]...

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> > "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Only a handful compared to the first race, and I think there was only > > one caution. It wasn't nearly as interesting because everyone was so > > spread out, and the setup wasn't exactly accomodating. > > > > The best part of the race was Dave running out of gas as he came out of > > turn 2 on the last lap. Not only did I get my lap back as he ran out of > > gas, but I also got to the finishline ahead of him on the next lap. > > > > My LPI is not above 20 with the help of both of today's races. > > > > > Sorry for missing yesterday's races. I went to see my football team,

Notts > County, avoid relegation to the bottom division in English football.After

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> the relief of avoiding the drop I was too hyped up to feel like racing. > I'll be back on track next week I hope. > > Phil > --- > Racesim Central Administrator > http://www.racesimcentral.com > >

> He downloaded DocMemory and it showed a bad module. He got a new one and > viola! So how many memory modules does it take for a full orchestra :-)

In article <[email hidden]>, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> writes: >"Phil Lee" wrote... >> <snip> >> Sorry for missing yesterday's races. <snip> > >Please excuse my absence as well. I brought in some stuff to do for work... Well, I'm glad they had fun anyway...<g> I missed the races because I had a MoG race at Spa. Finished 9th. Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett A friend of mine is involved in a fund-raiser walk-a-thon for research to cure breast cancer. If you can, please go to my homepage and see how to make a donation. Thank you. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <[email hidden]>, "John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> writes: > I probably won't be making these in the future anymore, >fwiw...........working six days a week, and coming home from work on >Saturday to join a race soon after getting home is pressing things a bit :) Aw man, that sucks... :( Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett A friend of mine is involved in a fund-raiser walk-a-thon for research to cure breast cancer. If you can, please go to my homepage and see how to make a donation. Thank you. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" wrote... > <snip> > Well, I'm glad they had fun anyway...<g> I missed the races because > I had a MoG race at Spa. Finished 9th. Nice going there mr. P. Jan. =---

In article <[email hidden]>, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> writes: >"EldredP" wrote... >> <snip> >> Well, I'm glad they had fun anyway...<g> I missed the races because >> I had a MoG race at Spa. Finished 9th. > >Nice going there mr. P. Thanks! Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett A friend of mine is involved in a fund-raiser walk-a-thon for research to cure breast cancer. If you can, please go to my homepage and see how to make a donation. Thank you. Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Thanks again for the races Eldred, and nice job in the Ardennes :) -John "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "John Pancoast" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > > I probably won't be making these in the future anymore, > >fwiw...........working six days a week, and coming home from work on > >Saturday to join a race soon after getting home is pressing things a bit:)

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> > Aw man, that sucks... :( > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > A friend of mine is involved in a fund-raiser walk-a-thon for research to

cure > breast cancer. If you can, please go to my homepage and see how to make a > donation. Thank you. > > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Yeah, Dave... I did get fuel the second time, tho it couldn't have been much. That wasn't the reason for the second stop, tho. I had looped it in 3 & tagged the wall & had to pit twice to fix the damage. Came out first time when pace car was in turn 4 & chased around & pitted again. Dunno if I caused the yellow or not, someone else apparently also crashed somewhere else on the track at about the same time & said they needed a tow... With ~56 laps left, checked F3 & had 56 laps fuel left, so I started to conserve then. Didn't think I'd catch you, & was worried when you ran out of fuel that I would, too. I ran out on the cool down lap in turn 3. Sometimes ya gotta be good... sometimes ya gotta be lucky ;) Brian "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Pxow8.125859$[email hidden]...

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> The best part? :-) > > I had a 15 sec lead and supposedly had enough gas but even with taking it > easy the last few laps, I still ran out with about a half a lap left. > > The reason I couldn't pit was because BFarmer was on the lead lap with me. > He pitted twice during the first yellow and may have gottern fuel the second > time (not sure) so he had just that tiny bit more than me. Either that or he > simply burned less fuel during the race. If I had pitted I could of gotten a > safe second but I decided to go for the win instead. It was fun, and I don't > regret it. > > For anyone who cares or who has similiar problems with freezes, I finally > solved my screen freeze issue. I had 320 megs of ram with 2 128 sticks and 1 > 64 meg stick. I took out the 64 megs and put in a new 128 (now 384 total) > and didn't have one freeze at all today. Problem solved it seems. > > David G Fisher > >

"B Farmer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:n%Ow8.855$[email hidden]... > Yeah, Dave... I did get fuel the second time, tho it couldn't have beenmuch. > > That wasn't the reason for the second stop, tho. I had looped it in 3 &tagged > the wall & had to pit twice to fix the damage. Came out first time whenpace > car was in turn 4 & chased around & pitted again. Dunno if I caused theyellow > or not, someone else apparently also crashed somewhere else on the trackat > about the same time & said they needed a tow... > > With ~56 laps left, checked F3 & had 56 laps fuel left, so I started toconserve > then. Didn't think I'd catch you, & was worried when you ran out of fuelthat I

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> would, too. > > I ran out on the cool down lap in turn 3. > > Sometimes ya gotta be good... sometimes ya gotta be lucky ;) > > Brian

After viewing the replay, I thought you were just being very clever. :-) That little splash of fuel you got in the second pit stop apparently was just enough. David G Fisher > > "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Pxow8.125859$[email hidden]... > > The best part? :-) > > > > I had a 15 sec lead and supposedly had enough gas but even with takingit > > easy the last few laps, I still ran out with about a half a lap left. > > > > The reason I couldn't pit was because BFarmer was on the lead lap withme. > > He pitted twice during the first yellow and may have gottern fuel thesecond > > time (not sure) so he had just that tiny bit more than me. Either thator he > > simply burned less fuel during the race. If I had pitted I could ofgotten a > > safe second but I decided to go for the win instead. It was fun, and Idon't > > regret it. > > > > For anyone who cares or who has similiar problems with freezes, Ifinally > > solved my screen freeze issue. I had 320 megs of ram with 2 128 sticksand 1 > > 64 meg stick. I took out the 64 megs and put in a new 128 (now 384total)

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> > and didn't have one freeze at all today. Problem solved it seems. > > > > David G Fisher > > > > > > >