Laptop freezing using TP

[Dewayne_S]

I have a Dell Inspiron running XP Pro sp3. The computer runs flawless except for when I'm connected to a car for data acquisition. It started freezing up while monitoring the 95 Camaro I am currently tuning but I didn't think much of it since the data would flicker constantly anyway. Today I had it hooked to my 89 6E car where it usually works great(except for when the '165 ECM stops sending data) but after about 3 to 4 minutes of being connected it froze up. I have to power down and restart to make it work again. It repeated this a couple more time until I got fed up and came in the house.

Has any of you guy ever experienced this problem? Any ideas on what could be causing it?

[PJG1173]

is the laptop freezing or just TP?

[Dewayne_S]

I'm gonna say the laptop because nothing works. not even ctrl ,alt, delete. I end up holding the power button and forcing it to shut down..

[Dewayne_S]

OK, I must figure this out. I use this laptop every day and it works fine. I can even have TunerPro open and nothing happens. Within 3 or 4 minutes of connecting to the same car with the same cable I have used for a long time it freezes up. the only thing I can do is hold the power button to force it off.

I still have my old mini laptop so I'll be hooking it up today to see what happens. That should eliminate this laptop or the cable.

[Dewayne_S]

So it is something to do with my laptop. I have datalogged 2 5-6 mile runs with my mini laptop with no issues..

Now to figure out whats the deal with my Dell.

[EagleMark]

Since your the first with this issue I figured the laptop, but had no way to help. I did see a wore out USB port cause issues once before...