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General Mach Discussion / Re: Recommended PC Configuration

« on: March 27, 2006, 09:09:36 AM »

I extensively used the new computer last weekend, and all now appears well running at 45000 without any special optimization. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Recommended PC Configuration

« on: March 24, 2006, 12:40:55 AM »

The new computer did have hyper threading, but it still failed when I disabled this in the BIOS. 

I received a new(er) computer which seems to work fine, but I haven't fully tested yet. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting New Installation Going

« on: March 13, 2006, 11:50:23 PM »

As best I can tell, there's not much else going on:

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting New Installation Going

« on: March 13, 2006, 11:15:44 PM »

I ran DriverTest and waited for a particularly bad spike, then grabbed the screen.  This is what I got (except that the original Timer Variations frame was gray, not pinkish):

It's usually quite flat with little variation, more like this:

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting New Installation Going

« on: March 13, 2006, 01:36:35 AM »

Thanks.  I'll really appreciate the help! 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting New Installation Going

« on: March 12, 2006, 09:44:10 PM »

I set the Sherline 1/2 pulse mode, applied, okayed, reset, shut down, and restarted Mach3.  There's doesn't appear to be any difference. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Getting New Installation Going

« on: March 12, 2006, 08:32:09 PM »

Assuming I didn't need to reboot or restart, there is no difference. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem with Cycles?

« on: March 12, 2006, 08:14:53 PM »

I now have most of the components of my previous PC replaced, but seem somewhat more distant from eventual success: http://machsupport.com/forum/index.php?topic=322.0

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General Mach Discussion / Getting New Installation Going

« on: March 12, 2006, 07:30:09 PM »

I had Mach3 Turn running quite well last weekend, but the motherboard on that machine fried. 

I got a new motherboard, processor, memory, hard drive, and got Windows XP Professional, just to make sure that the Windows XP Professional System Optimization Guide was 100% relevant.

I have gone through the Optimization Guide and did everything suggested, except for one thing.  On Step 9, when I tried to Update Driver on Computer to Standard PC, the DriverTest would not run.  Changing the driver back to Uniprocessor PC allows DriverTest to run to completion.  I had in Step 0 disabled ACPI in the BIOS Power Management Setup, so this shouldn't matter. 

When I connect up to the lathe, velocity values that previously were fine now result in motor stalling.  I used to get 1450, now I can't get 1000.  I have tried both 25000 and 35000 kernal speeds, and there doesn't seem to be a difference except what the motor tuning dialog reports as the possible maximum. 

When I slow the motor way down just to get it to work, the axes move, but I can hear a thudding on both axes that occurs roughly 3 times per second.  The frequency of the thudding noise does not change when I change the motor speed. 

I am using Version 1.90.017. 

Any advice on how to debug this would be appreciated.  Thanks. 

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Problem with Cycles?

« on: March 07, 2006, 10:16:41 AM »

I've been working with Art on the previous issues and had thought the previous issues were solved, but now given new evidence from a new PC am not so sure that it wasn't more of a workaround.