Coosbaylumber Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I run an older version of Autocad out back, behind the garage. For some odd reason I found that if the small or large Calcomp tablet is operating it will slow down the boot up process, via a serial port connecion. I do not now unplug anything to do it, 'cept the wall connection. It then allows the older Dell computer to boot up w/o an hangup. Once the process begins in like 15 seconds, it gets plugged in and left plugged into the wall rest of the day. Only have to remember next morning when going through a cold-boot process. Wm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 During the boot process the OS is trying to see what is connected to the computer like printers, mice, and digitizing tablets. Maybe there is a conflict that is interrupting the signal from that particular serial port. Is there a second serial port on your computer? What is your hardware setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Coos: Have you tried switching serial ports yet? Do you get any IRQ errors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coosbaylumber Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 I had to go in to BIOS to make the serial port work. That computer has an odd Award type of BIOS that will only let you change ONE thing at a time, then you need to Re-boot and change another item. Cannot change a whole bunch of items or it will get confused and re-boot itself. All this is before MS goes in to action. Wm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coosbaylumber Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Oh, and that computer only has one serial port (originally) and one LPT port. Wm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Buy a paralle-to-serial adaptor or an add-in card that will give you a second serial port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coosbaylumber Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Right now, I have a SIIG board added on to main slots. Needed one more serial port because of the Plotter. Still boots up as fast with or without the SIIG board in place. I think the SIIG board has little to do with the boot up speed. As I remember, Autocad only gives you ONE choice as to port to align the tablet on to. Port one of nothing. This makes the mouse mad and go crazy, but who cares. It does not get used during an AC session. Only the tablet does. I think you get several options with the plotter. Signal going out via LPT or serial port then. Just choose which number. Which is 1/2 the reason I like the plotter now. Easy to pop off a plot then. Oops, hit the wrong button. There it goes again. Wm. Wm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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