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From: Chuck Olson on 17 Mar 2010 10:20

> >
> > Logitech USB wireless.

>
> Downloaded the latest drivers for the mouse and RAID controller?

No.
From: Michael on 17 Mar 2010 15:40
On Mar 17, 7:20 am, "Chuck Olson" <chuckolso...(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net>
wrote:
> > > Logitech USB wireless.
>
> > Downloaded the latest drivers for the mouse and RAID controller?
>
> No.


Downloading the latest drivers works sometimes. A year ago my
computer would crash whenever I visited Google Maps. Even re-
installed the OS; still crashed. Finally updated the latest NVidia
drivers and no more crashes.
From: larry moe 'n curly on 17 Mar 2010 21:07


Chuck Olson wrote:
>
> What's so mysterious about runaway or non-responsiveness to controls on the
> Prius? Electronic engineers have long recognized that whatever can go wrong,
> will go wrong. For instance, when I start my PC computer, if I move the
> mouse during an early part of the boot-up sequence, it will mis-write the
> program and produce a disk error that takes an hour to correct with my RAID
> array. If there is any boot-up sequence in starting a Prius, it, too, might
> mis-write a section of code and produce an exit at an inopportune moment,
> like after you hit "Resume" to come back up to speed. This kind of thing is
> almost impossible to reproduce, because an interference with the boot-up
> sequence will introduce any number of possible outcomes. I once hurried
> through the turn-on of my Prius and encountered a dead state and had to
> start over - - one lucky outcome among many possibly unlucky ones. Of
> course, I don't know if there is any real boot-up sequence involved with the
> Prius. Certainly all control contacts are thoroughly debounced so that there
> is no possible alternative action than the intended, but the code string
> then has to be executed no matter its error content. Certainly this is not
> an informed comment - - I'm totally ignorant of the actual techniques of
> writing life-dependent code for a motor vehicle. But my point is Murphy is
> always there to further our education.

Look up "watchdog timer". It helps check the program and restarts the
system if any checks show a problem.
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