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n6xi

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Blue Screen of Death on PC Shutdown
« on: 2013-09-10, 01:45:37 »
Since I got computer logging working by connecting the control site PC to the USB port of the Control RRC, my Windows 7 Home Premium O/S has been crashing on most shutdowns with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death." I forcibly power it off and back on and do a "Normal" Windows reboot and all is well. If I unplug the serial cable from the RRC to the PC, the problem does not occur.

I have also noticed that the virtual serial port that I use to access the remote radio from the local site PC logging program tends to fail after a period of disuse even though it stayed alive throughout a four hour Sprint contest. I have a feeling, not proven, that these two behaviors are related. However, it is not necessary that I run the logger (Writelog) to provoke the crash upon PC shutdown.

Has anyone experienced this? I suspect some rare combination of O/S version and other system tray stuff.

/Rick N6XI

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Re: Blue Screen of Death on PC Shutdown
« Reply #1 on: 2013-09-10, 10:22:25 »
A long shot: Have you tried another USB cable?
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Re: Blue Screen of Death on PC Shutdown
« Reply #2 on: 2013-09-10, 21:58:10 »
Good thought. I tried it but had the same result. I don't even have to use the RRC. So long as it is powered up and connected to the PC for a while, PC shutdown triggers in this crash.

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Re: Blue Screen of Death on PC Shutdown
« Reply #3 on: 2013-09-11, 02:49:44 »
I have not seen the BSOD here- using Win7 64 bit.  I have noticed that the virtual serial port that I use for RTTY does stop working after awhile, and I find a reboot necessary for it to work again.  Yes, I have that USB port power control set at "Never
turn off", or whatever the wording is to keep Win7 from shutting down the power to the port.

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Re: Blue Screen of Death on PC Shutdown
« Reply #4 on: 2013-09-11, 09:40:22 »
Have you checked the status of the ports in Device Manger when they have stopped working? Is it still possible to open/close them, or does it give some error message?
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Re: Blue Screen of Death on PC Shutdown
« Reply #5 on: 2013-09-11, 13:13:11 »
Next time it happens, I will check that.

Dennis W1UE