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Title: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 01, 2009, 05:22:35 AM

Anyone running win2000 with mach3 and g100 have any memory leak problems?,
it eats it up until I minimise the mach screen and then it lets it all go then the eating starts again.

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 01, 2009, 07:12:33 AM

Open another profile without the G100 plugin and see if you still get the memory leak. If you do then what CPU and memory does your computer have?
Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: vmax549 on July 01, 2009, 10:39:22 AM

There was an early problem With W2k and mem leaks but that was a W2k problem not mach. I have ran W2k for many years now and never saw the problem. I run SP4 so it was probably not a problem by then.

(;-) TP

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 01, 2009, 05:48:37 PM

Hi Hood
Just ran another profile of mach3 mill  with no g100 and its the same memory loss, at first startup its using 51,000k then after 25 min. its up to 200,000k,
when I minimise the screen it drops to 6500k and starts climbing again even if I dont maximise the screen.
The cpu is celeron 735mhz  pentium3  526mb ram.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 01, 2009, 05:51:20 PM

Oh and I forgot to mention its win2000 professional with service pack4, with 21 processes running.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 02, 2009, 03:05:52 PM

I have a laptop at the workshop with W2K on it, will install Mach and see if I get similar problems.
Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 02, 2009, 04:40:26 PM

Thanks Hood
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: vmax549 on July 02, 2009, 05:53:22 PM

I think YOUR extra processes are your MEM problem. I have been running W2kpro & SP4  & MACH for almost 3 years without any problems in the WINDWS or MEM dept. Even running in dual cpu mode.

Just a thought, (;-) TP

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 02, 2009, 07:26:58 PM

There is no memory leak once mach is shut down.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: vmax549 on July 02, 2009, 10:43:02 PM

I'll Double check tommorrow as well.

(;-) TP

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 03, 2009, 04:06:14 AM

thanks TP

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 03, 2009, 02:31:01 PM

sorry never got a chance to try today, have been working away from the workshop all day.

Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: vmax549 on July 03, 2009, 04:57:35 PM

I wathed the MEM all day today running many file some hrs long.

Nothing unusaul, MEM usage went up AND down depending on the program but I ended at about the same as I started with all day long.

NOW this IS running the dual cpu driver NOT the single that you may be running .

(;-) TP

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 03, 2009, 05:18:46 PM

The memory leak is pretty severe, 150mb in 25 minutes, it doesn't take long for things to slow down.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 05, 2009, 06:49:09 AM

Have had Mach running on the laptop for 24hrs now and no memory leak at all for me. The laptop have svce pack 3.
Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 05, 2009, 04:58:26 PM

thanks Hood
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 05, 2009, 10:14:30 PM

I have updated to 3.042.020 with no improvement,
 Also ran Mach3 lathe and plasma without g100 to see what happens  and I get the same severe memory leak ???.
Started every program on the pc to check if there was any other leaks, seems its only mach.
The pic shows the pc inside the control cabinet, this is why I dont want to update it.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 06, 2009, 05:35:27 PM

as an experiment could you delete the pulsing engine from Device manager and see if the memory leak still happens? Obviously you wont be able to use the machine when you do that.
Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 06, 2009, 08:37:42 PM

that sounds a bit tricky for my pc skills, how is this done?
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 07, 2009, 01:33:00 AM

Go to Start button then control panel then System then Hardware then device manager. Look for the pulse engine, right click and delete.
 To reinstall just go to Mach3 folder and run the DriveTest.exe. but try Mach first before you reinstall it to see if you get the memory leak.
Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 07, 2009, 03:42:26 AM

Just checked and there is no pulse engine, I dont  think its needed with g100.
 I installed it anyway to see if it did anything but the memory leak is still the same.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 07, 2009, 04:30:00 AM

Ah ok, sorry forgot the G100 was being used, think I remember you tried earlier with re-setting device and using it as the parallel port and you still had problems.
 Dont know what else to suggest.

Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 07, 2009, 04:41:03 AM

thanks for your help Hood
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 07, 2009, 04:43:59 AM

I have lodged a Bug Report  #0018, hopefully they will try and investigate further or offer a clue as to what is going on here.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 07, 2009, 04:56:42 AM

I know, I responded to it ;)
Have had a few others test and no one else has the problem so far :(
Have also had the laptop running away since Saturday and it has been steady at 178K
Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 07, 2009, 05:22:52 AM

do you think its worth uninstalling mach3 and reinstalling? I dont really want to do anything major with windows as the pc is far from network.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 07, 2009, 05:27:53 AM

Everything is worth a try, what I would do is rename the Mach3 directory then install Mach, that way all your previous setup will still be there just not getting used.
Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 08, 2009, 03:50:58 AM

Did another install of mach3, still the same,
Hood, do you think if I format the hard drive and reinstall win2000 the problem will be cured.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 09, 2009, 01:58:48 AM

Formatting the drive may help, I think however I would try disabling the services one at a time to see if you can find the problem. Also try the optimisation steps detailed on the downloads page.
 Hood

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: sven_d on July 09, 2009, 03:15:23 AM

Just finished formatting  and all is good, no more memory leaks and its going like a rocket, I'm leaving win2000 with no updates to see what happens.
Thanks for your time Hood.
Sven

Title: Re: Memory leak win2000 mach3 v3.041
Post by: Hood on July 09, 2009, 03:17:02 AM

That is great news :)
Hood