Pc rebooting while soft is connecting GPS :(

felix99 · 10-09-2002, 07:44 AM

Hi,
i'm triing till 3 h to get this damn gps i bought to work. Everytime when i start navigation my computer reboots

Have GPS USB receiver winxp and travelbook .

Anyone having had same problem ?

Thanks

Felix

felix99 · 10-09-2002, 01:36 PM

tried to log with hyperterminal: my record 6min before rebooting- after disabling the auto reboot option of winxp i got a blue screen saying BAD_POOL_CALLER
google says => mosty grafic card problems - but what the H*** has my gps to do with my grafic card ?

Any solution - working on it since approx 9 h - no success -

Fx

DodgeCummins · 10-10-2002, 10:02 PM

WinXP uses ports differently than win98. I would look up your software and make sure it is WinXP compatible...also there maybe a hardware driver patch for the GPS.

felix99 · 10-11-2002, 02:40 AM

Hi, Thanks for your answer.
what i recently did to check out:

- made new install on other hdd => same error

- installed it on my homepc(also XP) -=> works fine

i have a special xp driver - ( its called host bridge - just to give a virtual com port to usb gps )

Now my last chance is a USB PCI card - it it won't work i have 2 possibilitys - change the mainboard and buy a new one

[too expensive]
or try to change the gps in a normal com-port one. [depends if the seller wan't to]

Regards felix

felix99 · 10-12-2002, 12:28 PM

Finally got it working!

but tested only on my new test install HDD . will port the config tomorrow.

so the why and who of the story :

who ? the damn onboard usb was the bad guy in this story - know i have a pci USB card and it works ( when i disable internal onboard usb )

why - don't know because my DAP jukebox worked fine on the onboard usb - probably because i only connected the datapins because jukebox connected to my front panel doesn't need any current.

so i hope it will work on the other install tomorrow

I posted this reply to help people with same prob's in future .

felix