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Title: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: studysession on January 25, 2015, 09:47:49 AM

New installation of Mach3 on a newly installed Windows 8.1 32 bit computer.

I lost my Windows 7 disk and ordered an 8.1 disk. Did a fresh install and then installed Mach3 latest download. Then got blue screen of death and had to use last known good configuration to get the system to boot again.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Keith

Title: Re: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: studysession on January 25, 2015, 11:09:20 AM

Everything now just comes down to the driver for the LPT port.... Software is installed but the driver test says no driver detected.

Title: Re: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: studysession on January 25, 2015, 11:09:38 AM

Under Windows 7 32 bit on same computer this used to work.

Title: Re: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: ger21 on January 25, 2015, 11:46:20 AM

I don't think the driver will work in Windows 8.1 (or 8 ).

Title: Re: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: studysession on January 25, 2015, 11:58:47 AM

What is the latest version it does work with?

Title: Re: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: ger21 on January 25, 2015, 12:36:33 PM

I think just Windows 7, but I don't know for sure.
You can get a UC100 or similar if you want to use 8.1.

Title: Re: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: BR549 on January 25, 2015, 01:00:01 PM

I remember someone getting 8.1 to work. I believe they had to manually install the driver. or run the exe under admin rights?

(;-) TP

Title: Re: mach3 windows 8.1 32bit install - blue screen
Post by: studysession on January 25, 2015, 01:03:15 PM

If the UC100 will work on 8.1 with Mach3 that is acceptable to me. Cool