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General Mach Discussion / Computer restarting with blue screen of death when running mach3.

« on: June 25, 2008, 08:47:05 PM »

I have been having some bad luck with mach 3.  I installed it and it works fine but it crashes the computer.  It shows blue screen of death and restarts.  Then says the system has recovered from a serious error.  It does it at different times, sometimes as soon as I start mach 3 and some times when I try to jog.  One thing that always does it pretty quick is to run a program.  It will restart everytime very quickly.  I have reinstalled the driver and the special driver that has helped others so I have read.  When I put the special driver in the last time it ran the longest it ever has maybe not from that but I don't know what to do about it.  Has anyone found a fix for this.  Is it my computer or what, should I try to reinstall windows.

Any advice is helpful.

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General Mach Discussion / Stepper motors stutter and stop when running g-code.

« on: June 25, 2008, 12:22:20 AM »

I have just finished my circuit and my stepper motors were working great.  Now when I run any g-code either either manual or a program the motors stop for a brief instance at the same time then start again.  They stop about every 1.5 rotations.  It does'nt matter if it is a rapid move or a slow feed move it always does it now.  What's weird is that I can jog it extremely fast and they never stutter at all.  The DRO on screen stops and everything.  I have messed with motor tuning settings with no luck.  Why is mach 3 doin this.  It just looks like the software is taking a break for a split second then it goes on. 

Any advice is helpful.