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General Mach Discussion / Current release not compatable with year old machine
« on: September 17, 2010, 09:15:32 PM »
About a year ago I bought a new three axis mill and controls and loaded up the then current lockeddown version of Mach3.
Loved it, worked great!
A few days ago that computer blew up and I had to replace it with a new one. The new computer is basically the same as the old and runs Windows XP - same as the old.
I could only get the machine to run on manual continuous jog. Any attempt to run step jog or code resulted in software lockup.
I did several reloads on two differant computers and, Yes, I rebooted after each download.
Finally, I loaded the legacy version 2.63. Runs like a top.
Just though you guys would like to know that there is apparently some issue with the new version going retro on fairly recent machines.
Loved it, worked great!
A few days ago that computer blew up and I had to replace it with a new one. The new computer is basically the same as the old and runs Windows XP - same as the old.
I could only get the machine to run on manual continuous jog. Any attempt to run step jog or code resulted in software lockup.
I did several reloads on two differant computers and, Yes, I rebooted after each download.
Finally, I loaded the legacy version 2.63. Runs like a top.
Just though you guys would like to know that there is apparently some issue with the new version going retro on fairly recent machines.