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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: 01sporty on June 13, 2018, 07:21:40 PM

Title: Issue with new computer.
Post by: 01sporty on June 13, 2018, 07:21:40 PM

Well, not exactly new.  It's a Dell D610 laptop. It's the newest laptop I could find with a parallel port.
I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 and did all the updates (183!!)
Then I installed Mach3.  Other than Windows, it's the only thing on the machine.

When I did the driver test, it crashed.  Went straight into reboot.
So, I uninstalled and re-installed the driver and rebooted.  Same problem.

Ran specialdriver.bat.  Windows gave me a bunch of grief about compatibility but I went with the suggested settings and it seemed to run normally.  

Now when I run driver test, it doesn't crash but it doesn't pulse either.  No graph parading in the window, no pulses per second, no timer variation, no nuttin.  

The only clue I have is when I click the Start Timer, I get a message box that informs me that it 'Could not locate missing vectors'.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Title: Re: Issue with new computer.
Post by: joeaverage on June 13, 2018, 08:42:47 PM

Hi,
I recall in recent times a number of posts that outlined that recent Windows 7 updates caused issues such as you have described
and not dissimilar to the recent Windows 10 saga.

Is it possible to wind back some or all of those updates?

Have you considered an external controller like a UC100 (and not the knock-off version doing the rounds at the moment) or
a SmoothStepper? They allow a great deal of flexibility with respect to OS and PC.

Craig

Title: Re: Issue with new computer.
Post by: 01sporty on June 13, 2018, 10:57:53 PM

Winding back an update or three would be a great idea if I had any idea which ones to uninstall.
If it turns into more than that, I think I'll just install XP.

Title: Re: Issue with new computer.
Post by: ger21 on June 13, 2018, 11:22:16 PM

http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,37050.msg254321.html#msg254321
http://www.machsupport.com/forum/index.php/topic,37346.msg255483.html#msg255483

Title: Re: Issue with new computer.
Post by: 01sporty on June 14, 2018, 01:02:38 AM

Thanks Gerry, I'll give those updates the boot tomorrow.
I'm starting to think that XP is sounding better all the time though.