just a basic question on maintenance. But have you cleaned the dust out of the computer?
Yes, quite often. This is also the 2nd computer I've used in the shop, but unfortunately continues to freeze.
8 out of 10 times a computer freeze in itself is due to thermal issues. Have you checked to make sure all fans are running? Heat sinks are not clogged?
Yes, when cleaning out the dust from above.
I was working with a client that had mach3 internet, skype ect all running. he kept telling me that mach would randomly lock up. (smooth stepper based).
he lived in a 3rd world country so "SEEING" the machine was a no go. After DAYS of skype chatting, I finally got ALL the information....... it would seem that when his computer screensaver came on, mach3 would freeze when he wiggled the mouse.
I try very hard to stress to people, the computer is NOT a desktop computer. It is a cnc control.
Windows updates, screen savers, power management, internet, antivirus all make changes to the windows environment. That is the LAST THING YOU WANT!
Now Im not going to lie, I have some computers with tons of programs installed on them. They are my DIAGNOSTIC computers. I would never run a production environment with them. More along the lines of getting everything to work to build an XML file or test a file.
Good luck with yours!
I'm not looking to play Warcraft on the computer when running the machine. One would think streaming music in the background is a mindless task that Mach3 could handle as it does 95% of the time. It's that other 5% that bites ya!
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