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General Mach Discussion / Running Mach 3 as Administrator on Installation: Windows 7 PRO

« on: August 14, 2017, 04:39:32 PM »

Hi,  I've decided to go with Windows 7 Pro as windows 10 is garbage and there's not a lot of support in regards to Win10 with Mach3 issues.

Anyway, I installed Mach 3 and was having a lot of problems (as usual) when cutting circular pockets to fit currency.  The pockets would cut at the diameter and the depth required but 80% of the pockets would overlap creating what looked like the digit 8.  Mach3 would show the path correctly but the cutting came out as described

I then uninstalled Mach 3 and ran the installation as an administrator.  Voila!  The pockets cut in the correct places.

However - on my previous PC  which had WIN10 I could install the file as normal (not installing as an Administrator) and I would get the cuts bang on.

Does anyone know why this is?

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General Mach Discussion / Jobs being Ruined (only just started)

« on: August 10, 2017, 12:46:16 PM »

Hi,  

I'm having some problems with I assume Mach3 - I also use Vcarve pro

I run 2 sets of code - one for the lettering and one for holes that fit currency in and have worked up until very recently.  Yes I do a tool swap which has worked up until today.

Please see the images attached.  The coloured image is the finished product and the none coloured ones - the star and the 'word' done are supposed to be at the bottom of the MDF.

Throughout the day I have been binning jobs and I'm at a loss as to why.

Can anyone help?

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General Mach Discussion / Mach 3: Laptop going to BLACK screen of death half way through job. Windows 10

« on: August 06, 2017, 11:28:55 AM »

Hi, I'm hoping someone will be able to help.

So my problem is, I create and load my gcode into mach 3 with no problems and intermittently my laptop screen will go black half way through a job with no way to exit, but the spindle is still rotating.  The only way I can start over is to press and hold the power button - this leaves me with..... reloading mach 3 and either manually zero to a point or start again.

Yesterday I managed to do a few jobs and on the last job of the day, it crashed....luckily the job was only a few lines away from being completed.

Please does anyone have any ideas as I'm losing a lot of work.

Please see specs below.


Product Type   Notebook
Operating System   Windows 10 Home 64-bit Edition
Processor / Chipset
CPU   AMD E1 7010 / 1.5 GHz
Number of Cores   Dual-Core
Cache   L2 - 1 MB
64-bit Computing   Yes
Memory
RAM   4 GB (1 x 4 GB)
Max RAM Supported   16 GB
Technology   DDR3L SDRAM
Speed   1600 MHz
Form Factor   SO-DIMM 204-pin
Slots Qty   2
Empty Slots   1
Storage
Main Storage   500 GB HDD SATA / 5400 rpm
Graphics Processor   AMD Radeon R2
Memory Allocation Technology   Shared Video Memory (UMA)

Wireless   802.11a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1
Wireless Controller   M.2 Card
Network Interface   Gigabit Ethernet
Battery
Technology   3-cell Lithium Ion
Capacity   3220 mAh
Run Time   Up to 5 hours
AC Adapter
Input   AC 120/230 V (50/60 Hz)
Output   45 Watt, 19 V
Connections & Expansion
Interfaces   2 x USB 2.0
USB 3.0

Thanks again