Hi everyone,
Have a strange problem with a Dell latitude C640 and Mach 3 2.63. Mach loads fine (Mill) and will sometimes run ok but often for no apparent reason the mouse disappears, the keyboard freezes and after a short while the PC shuts down. This mostly happens when I'm in the config menus, also happens clicking on a dialogue box button. I'v also noticed it happens when Mach3 is running a GCode program, Roadrunner for example. The program proceeds maybe 3/4 of the way through and the mouse disappears, keyboard locks up. What is wierd is that Mach keeps running for maybe a minute before unceremoniously, the PC shuts down.
Things I've tried:
Optimization txt. Gone through this document and other than a re-install of XP or W2000 I've pretty much exhausted that.
Disabled all unused services
Turned off Intel Speedstep
Disabled Wireless LAN and Ethernet.
Installed special driver
Laptop is Dell Latitude c640, P4 mobile @ 2.4 GHz, 1gig ram. Windows XP Pro SP2 running Mach3 R26.3 (also does this in developement version too)
Has anybody any ideas what could be the cause, Mach is the only software that the PC crashes in.
Many thanks for any replies.
Regards, JEff.