On 2006-05-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So to make sure that no other software is involved we took the > PC with the problem, reset the BIOS to its defaults (which > also enables hyper-threading) and installed Windows XP > Professional (SP2) on it (but no further driver software, > etc). We accepted all defaults during the installation. > > Once Windows XP was running we installed Python downloaded > from (and accepted all defaults during the installation): > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/python-2.4.3.msi > > And we then ran our Python test program and it hung after less > than 15 minutes! > > We are now contacting the company that puts that PC together > for further advice.
You might want to run some memory tests. I don't see why hyperthreading would make a difference, but running the test is dead simple: download the ISO image, burn a CD, boot from the CD, come back in a day or two: http://www.memtest86.com/ -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Does that mean at I'm not a well-adjusted visi.com person?? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
