ib freezing up

[newtothis]

ib is freezing up on my computer for the past 10 minutes
quetracker failed
all other programs working
wtf?

 

[moarla]

no problem here

 

[stevegee58]

TWS will freeze like that if you open another TWS window such as a price chart, bulletin notice, etc.

It seems to come back after a while but it's very frustrating when it happens.

During these frozen periods, QuoteTracker can't talk to TWS and it will complain about not being able to log in.

 

[newtothis]

what do I do about this, do I need more ram or higher connectivity speed?

 

[OldTrader]

No problem here. How much Ram do you have, and what operating system?

OldTrader

 

[stevegee58]

I have a pretty manly computer, so throwing hardware at it probably won't matter.

I just avoid closing TWS windows once I open them unless I'm at a good break point.

I leave the main TWS window and the OptionTrader window open all the time. For charting I use QuoteTracker rather than the TWS charts.

Sorry, no magic solutions.

 

[GermanTrader]

No problems with either IB or QT today. Smooth as my white girlfriend's ass.

 

[Surdo]

Quote from GermanTrader:

No problems with either IB or QT today. Smooth as my white girlfriend's ass.

I always use the best moisturizer when I am done with her papi!

 

[newtothis]

using only a laptop with 2 gigs of ram with vista

 

[OldTrader]

Quote from newtothis:

using only a laptop with 2 gigs of ram with vista

My guess is that your ram is the problem. I hear you need 2gigs for vista alone. I hear that you need 3-4 Gigs. Maybe some of the experts will chime in.

OldTrader