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by clt-it_tech

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Has anyone ever had a situation where a users' cell phone receiving a call within close proximity to a WinXP machine causes it to go into shutdown? Any help is appreciated.

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by joseph moore

Does the cell phone have an infrared port? Maybe the XP machine has an infrared port, and it is detecting the infrared on the cell. The two devices might be trying to negotiate infrared.
Maybe???

by thechas

Sounds like RF interference.

Does the PC have a wireless keyboard or mouse?

The comparatively high power of the transmitter on the cell phone could overload the wireless receiver and cause strange codes to be transmitted.

While less likely,I could make the same case for a WLAN card on the PC.

How about the PC case? Are the covers seated properly with NO Windows in the case?

Even an IR port is not beyond the realm of possible receivers for some random signal.

It could be the phone itself.
If the filters for the transmitter have failed, the phone could still function, yet the phone would radiate a strong wide-band RF field.

Chas

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