technical problem

[Greg Werstiuk]

Seems unlikely but nothing is impossible.

Before doing anything else, I'd want to determine your neighbor is truly
seeing this problem when you are transmitting.

What gives them the impression the issue is related to you?  Is it
reproducible?

When you say "shutting down", are you describing an instant "power off"
event or does the computer go through an Operating System shutdown?


The type of failure you are describing is the type of failure I've commonly
seen due to AC Line transient events due to poor power quality power
supplies or those being run at or beyond their rated capacity.

Many/most PC power supplies are severely under-filtered on the outputs.
They tolerate little or no AC voltage droop or transients without causing
the DC outputs to dropout.

- greg

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-baswaplist at foothill.net
[mailto:owner-baswaplist at foothill.net]On Behalf Of rayfri
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:15 PM
To: baswaplist at foothill.net; glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu;
HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Subject: technical problem


i hope this isnt out of line for the reflectors, but I have a technical
problem I need
some input on.
Has anyone ever experienced tvi in their neighbors computer to such an
extent
that the neighbors computer actually shut down or locked up?
My neighbor says my rig is doing just that.  I have never heard of
this.... I've heard
of tvi in the television and phones, but never in a computer.  What
makes it even
more mysterious is the fact that my own computer is up in the dining
room area,
which is four feet above where I am sitting and transmitting from in the
basement,
and it does not happen to my computer. And, its not happening to any
other
neighbors computer.  They arent even seeing any problem in their
televisions or phones.  Neighbor is threatening to call the FCC
if it's not cleared up, but I've tried to explain that the regs would
not hold me responsible, but I'll try to help them out.
Any input or comments would be helpful and appreciated.
ray  wa7itz

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