Re: cross-hair cursors in PSpice4 and VIA 4in1 hardware drivers

This is problem is due to the video card driver.

--Mike

"legg" <legg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Recent system hardware repair involved installing a new
> motherboard.(ECS KM400-M2).
>
> When everything was back up and running, I discovered that LTSpice
> schematic entry no longer displayed a cross-hair cursor, when 'drawing
> wires', when the W98 2Ed OS is used.
>
> Wires can be placed; you simply have to guess where the starting point
> is, any time you begin a connection. There is no telling what other
> bugs are present running this and other programs.
>
> Other cross-hair cursors, used in other programs, can be seen (ie
> ACAD12R4)
>
> The same hardware displays this cursor running the same rev of LTSpice
> in W2K SP4 OS. The old hardware had no trouble with this SW in either
> OS. Changing colours and settings has no effect - default settings
> will show the fault.
>
> The new hardware has an on-board VGA adapter chip set (also known as
> the KM400) that uses different drivers for W98 2Ed and W2K. These are
> the VIA 4in1 drivers that have been hanging around in different
> revisions since 1999. The two revs tried here were
>
> a) ECSv451 DriverVer=12/23/2003, 4.14.10.0039 from the motherboard
> installation CD rev 2.7. ECS website 'latest' drivers for this MB do
> not include W98 drivers - they incorrectly label the W2K drivers as
> W98, though they will not function in this OS. W98 and 'Millenium'
> used the same drivers. NT, W2K and XP use the 'same' drivers. ECS is
> not interested.
>
> b) KM400-WinME-16012004-Rotation Driver Ver=04/07/2004, 4.14.10.0045
> from the VIA website - last driver rev applied to W98 - OS now
> unsupported. VIA is not reachable, although you can post notices in
> their seldom-visited forums.
>
> Does anyone out there run LTSpice GUIs problem-free in a W98 2Ed OS
> with VIA 4in1 drivers? If so, can you please quote the revision ident
> dates used?
>
> The LTSpice SW package ( ~PSpiceR4 ) is available as SWCADIII or
> SwitcherCad III from the Linear Technology website. This downloads and
> installs simply.
>
> To invoke the bug;
>
> a) From the file menu, select 'new schematic'.
> b) From the edit menu, select 'draw wire'.
>
> Your cursor will become invisible only inside the schematic window.
> The normal cursors will be visible in toolbars and elsewhere on the
> 'desktop', outside of the schematic window.
>
> http://www.linear-tech.com/company/software.jsp
>
> RL
>


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