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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: Jimchi52 on October 15, 2012, 09:07:52 PM
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Wondering if anyone else has this problem. When I leave Mach3 open on my desktop my computer shuts down, but not with anything else.I've had Lazycam up now for a couple hours and has not shut down. Any ideas?
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Have a look at your computers power options in Control Panel. I am thinking you may have it set in there to close or hibernate or whatever after a certain amount of inactivity.
Hood
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No thats not the problem it only shuts down when mach3 is open
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Ok can you define what you mean by shuts down?
Hood
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Completely shuts off
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Have you seen it shut down? Is there a blue screen when it does? Does it just shut down instantly?
Hood
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Have not seen it . I started it last night and today it was still running but the computer had a dark screen had to shut down and restart the computer. Restarted Mach3 today and it is still running but had to go to msconfig and turn off load startup items
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Hi,
It sounds like you may want to have a look at this document:
(Copy and paste in your browser)
http://www.machsupport.com/downloads/XP_Optimization.txt
Dave
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Sounds to me like its gone into hibernation.
What operating system are you using?
Hood
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Windows7 and I have power options set to never
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Ok dont have W7 on anything here so cant look to see if there are any options in it.
Ok so next question, is there still a power LED on the computer when screen is blank or is the computer totally shut off?
Hood
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Just clicked on restart computer and the computer came on but nothing on screen.Had to turn off then on. When I do this the first time I receive a startup repair screen, it runs then click finish and the computer shuts off. When I start it up again it starts fine
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Try posting this in the "Mach3 under Vista" area of the forum (it's right under this one).
Dave
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I am not understanding the first bit but the second bit definitely sounds like the computer is crashing.
Might be worth a try on the vista part of the forum as Dave suggests but one thing is have a look at voltages and temps in BIOS and also when Mach is running have a look at memory and CPU usage.
Hood
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I do have to agree with Hood above, as it just doesn't sound like Win 7 is happy about something, and that's why I suggested posting it over there as there are a lot of folks running with Windows 7 very happily without issue.
Hope this helps-
Dave
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Just clicked on restart and again computer is running but nothing in screen. Can I take and put mach3 on another computer?
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are you sure it's not the monitor.?
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I am still unsure what is actually happening, you say you click on restart but surely if the screen is blank youc cant click on anything?
Yes you can put Mach on another computer if you wish.
Hood
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Hood-
I'm thinking he means he's hitting the "reset" button on the PC itself.
Dave
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Working fine the last 2 days
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I am having exactly the same problem with windows xp computer... runs fine until Mach 3 runs... then screen blinks a couple times and it shuts down and turns off. Its worse with the cnc power supply turned on. Paid a tec guy to do the xp setup to follow the optimization sheet from the site here... no improvement. This issue of course completely stops any movement forward. will post this on individual post, but if someone reads this please reply
thanks bob
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Btw... I tried 3 different xp computers in my house, downloading mach3 and got the shut down situation problem with all three.
Tried optimization from the site here as well, no change. NO BLUE screens though on this shut down stuff. Still no answers.
bob
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I am having exactly the same problem with windows xp computer... runs fine until Mach 3 runs... then screen blinks a couple times and it shuts down and turns off. Its worse with the cnc power supply turned on. Paid a tec guy to do the xp setup to follow the optimization sheet from the site here... no improvement. This issue of course completely stops any movement forward. will post this on individual post, but if someone reads this please reply
thanks bob
Does your PC meet the minimum requirements ?
Requirements if using the parallel port for machine control:
Desktop PC (Laptops are not supported) with at least one parallel port
32-bit version of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (64-bit versions will not work)
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Non-integrated Video Card with 32MB RAM(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)
Requirements if using an external motion device for machine control:
An appropriate external motion controller (options can be found on the Plugins page)
Desktop or Laptop with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 / 10
1Ghz CPU
512MB RAM
Video Card with 32MB RAM(Large G-code files, especially 3D files will require a video card with 512MB RAM or higher)
Tweakie.