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Just put the CD and boot, when it gives you the press "any Key..." dialog with a different Keyboard then the one you are currently using hit spacebar, let setup start, hit "f8" at the license agreement all that jazz and instead of giving you the format drive screen it will let you reinstall right over the old install you may have to re-register some programs but it is the easiest "dead-OS" fix I know of.
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The other option is go into the bios options and systematically disable Devices until your OS starts. What this does is gives you a couple of hints as to what the issue is/was. If a piece of Hardware Died you will know when you re-enable it. However I find that is usually not the case, I seem to come across more often is IRQ conflict, You install some program that tries to use some IRQ that is already bound up and it crashes every-time upon boot, the solution I use in this latter case I start safe-mode with cmd-prompt. first thing i do is type "Explorer.exe" I do it this way because it is the least amount of windows to start and still be useful (I like the mouse) Then I do a quick regedit and remove the last thing I installed from the key that deals with autostart along with the keys for the last thing I installed. If you didn't install anything the first or second fixes will take care of you.
If it has an OS, I've broken it(and the OS)...
If it has a problem, I've fixed it(Or worked around it)...
If it is older than dirt, I love it(Then I install an OS and break it)...
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cpu is not supporting high resolution of monitor, shutdowns..Is it Monitor Problem. if so then why CPU shuts down
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S0FTDEV wrote: cpu is not supporting high resolution of monitor
What does this mean? There is no direct connection between CPU and monitor.
S0FTDEV wrote: shutdowns..Is it Monitor Problem.
Again what does this mean; is what a monitor problem?
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CPU shuts down when i connect it to a high resolution monitor. Is this VGA(CPU) problem or Monitor's problem. off course they are connected
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modified on Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:55 AM
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Well that's your problem, don't connect the monitor to the cpu, connect it to the monitor outlet. 
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: don't connect the monitor to the cpu, connect it to the monitor outlet.
its not lounge 
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S0FTDEV wrote: its not lounge
I appreciate that, but your question was not very clear; I was trying to get some more information.
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By CPU he probably means the PC.
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Trollslayer wrote: By CPU he probably means the PC.
Really? 
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look, the problem could be better understand if u follow the below steps:
1. Check ur monitor with a or standard resolution monitor, I mean 1024 X 786. If ur CPU perform well , then Increase the Resolution gradually like: 1280 x 960 to 1600 x 1200 and on. [Do not disconnect ur monitor from CPU & Check ur Monitor cable is properly attached wd CPU or not]
2. After increasing resolution if ur CPU shutdown, then its an issue either with ur VGA card [if ur using any] or ur motherboard graphics chip doesnot support that high resolution.
3. In that case, borrow any VGA card from ur frnd and check it again.
I dont think it is a CPU issue.
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Are you connecting to a Graphics Card or to a built in Video connector?
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Hello!
I need redirect data from (one or several) 8-bit processor's port (378h, 3f8h, etc - former parallel printer's ports) to bit-bang device driver (FT232RL/FT245)?
The idea that some application will send data to specified parallel port, but my process shall intercept that data and route it to bit-bang device driver. The same way when processor shall read port - GE event shall make my process read data from bit-bang device and return it back to main application.
Have no idea even what a name of that technique? Barely remember, that it can be done throu processor’s GE on port range interception.
This is very popular USB chips and most useful interface issue,
maybe someone have solved similar hardware project's ?
Thanx.
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Confusing.
Why would you want to redirect a com/parallel port to a software com/parallel port?
Anyway, it's not for me to ask, it's for me to deliver.
As always, you'll need to write your self a filter device driver, which is aware of all the IOCTLS for parallel and serial ports. These are defined in include files of the DDK. Then obtain yourself an object pointer to the device you want to intercept, and call AttachDeviceByPointer. From then on you can see all traffic on the port.
Now the other part: if you're going to use the standard USB drivers that come with the chips you mention, it's basically the same operation: attach to the target device, and send and receive away. If you're going to do the bit-banging yourself, you will have to implement a real device driver, not a filter driver. Again, examples can be found in the DDK.
Seems a lot of work for emulating a parallel port 
I just hope that NT was your target operating system, otherwise I've been typing all this crap for nothing 
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Hello Michal!
I have target application that uses several LPT ports (1..3) to communicate with external equipment. I decided to use FTDI chip (FT245) and their FD2xx driver and support simple bitbang up to 48Mb/s. My computer doesn’t have LPT port, but 4 USB (nb). The target application was configured ti use two LPT ports. I need to intercept write target data, and send (reroute) to USB driver (following FTDI docs) and when target application shall read data from port, read data from chip (by USB driver) and return those data back to target application request.
I study this issue on inet, and havnt found reliable way to do this not so complicated task. In most cases ppl write (or use 3rd party) virtual port LPT driver, and uses it according to their tasks. But may be there are a way to use hardware BP exception on port range? If there are no similar that solution, i should use consecutive connection to a bigger of drivers list: my redirector, FTDI USB, virtual lpt.
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This target application of yours, is this a 16-bit executable? If it is you could probably get away with writing a VxD that uses the port range interception technique. Unfortunately, VxD's are really a long way in the past for me, so don't expect too much help on that one. I even wouldn't know where to find a copy of the Windows 98 DDK anymore...
If it's a 32-bit executable, port range interception won't work. You're stuck with the WDK. Have a look at the ECHO sample (in KMDF). It's a simple software driver that creates a device, and just returns it's (sequential) input. So it basically already does what you want. If you extend it with the required IOCTL's (found in parallel.h), You're halfway there (Instead of echoing, you pass the output to the FD2 driver, and presto! (Well, not that simple )
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Friends,
A year ago I was infected with СТС virus, as millions other was)). The real trouble with equipment is to provide true rapid data exchange with controller of steppers. My front program is machIII by artS0ft (32b/WinXP) require couple parallel hi-speed port to be present, it's a real trouble on highspeed even if those present physically.
I understand from above that I have to write IOCTRL driver...Honestly saying, I never did this previously but use MS asm/C++ for simple system tricks. I found this <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff540815.aspx">ECHO</a> example, but there are no download. Maybe you can kindly point me here on appropriative project to learn technique of WDK writing?
The most thing is my concern, that target application configured to work with LPT port by number, but not name. Besides,I traced through target with "DependWalkr" to detect all imported functions and DLL may be used for LPT exchange..
Thanks.
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Thank you Michel.
I found another examples: lptwdmio.sys and from MS WDK parport.sys project, so shall study. It seems there are no article with similar project on CodeProject. Besides, I discovered that it neccasary a special code frame to call to external DLL (FTDI/USB driver ) from LPT driver emulator, now Im not sure that complicated link should work properly. А lot of work meanwhile...
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I would not expect good results from trying to make an existing executable work with a USB pseudo-port. USB devices have a rather long latency (typically 1ms); unless the driver knows exactly what the underlying code is expecting to be doing, it may be very difficult for it to sensibly aggregate data.
On the other hand, if you can recompile your application to run under Windows, that would simplify things greatly. In that scenario, you'd be able to communicate with FTDI devices by sending groups of bytes at a time, rather than having to send one byte every millisecond.
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I just purchased a Serial Port (9 pin) to USB cable so I can plug my GPS into my laptop. It came with a disk with the drivers for XP does anyone know where I can find the drivers for Vista 64bit version? I think the cable is called an HL340?
I checked on Google & Microsoft and I only found a referance to a Chinese driver which I looked at and the interface is in Chinese and of course unreadable to me.
If anyone knows where do download a USB2.0-Ser! driver or some other method of connecting I am grateful.
Thanks
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Hi,
Thanks for the links. I have tried the 1st one and it fails to install with just a generic application message.
As for the 2nd & 3rd I was not a member so I have to wait for the server to catch up after I signed up.
I have found serveral sites with different versions of the driver including what is supposed to be the original Chinese site. That is the only one that comes close but since I cant read chinese I cant answer the setup Q's and install. Some of the sites say that after installing you have to reboot and press F8 during the boot process to disable the driver signature process since the driver is NOT signed. But most of those posts are from 2004-2007 and I would have thought that it would have benn approved by now, being 2010 5 years later!!!
I am trying to connect to a GPS and most GPS's are serial port connections.
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2 yrs back I also did something with Holux GPS & XP, I forgot that site which contains those drivers for serial-usb2.0, but I am sure, it was a chinese version also. I didn't spend much time to understand that, just clicked that wizard to finish the installation.
I just suggests you, clickinhg those buttons in the wizard just complete the installation procedure, need not to understand much of that.
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Well it turns out that I have teh wrong cable. The cable has a small chip in teh RS232 plug end... The cable came with a driver named HL340 for Windows XP... I found the seller (on ebay) and emailed them. It turns out that there is a seperate cable/chip for Vista 64bit for $23
EBay item title...
USB SERIAL RS232 DB9 CABLE VISTA XP MAC LINUX Windows 7
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