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General Mach Discussion / Re: Only getting 85% of kernel speed in mach 3
« on: November 04, 2011, 11:06:56 PM »Sounds like your computer is just not too great for Mach, Dells can be problematic especially ones with onboard graphics.
What does the driver test actually look like?
If you want to attach your xml I can have a look to see if there are any issues there but to be honest sounds more computer related.
Hood
I'll try to attach XML tomorrow. No internet on the Mach box. "What does the driver test actually look like?" - Not really sure what you mean. It stays pretty flatlined. If I shake the mouse around i get a few tiny jumps like lines perpendicular to the flatline. If I switch kernel speeds it will take a couple seconds then be at "system excellent" - All the way up to 100Khz. Once at speed, it is pretty stable - especially at 25, 35, 45 Khz - maybe moves a couple hundred Hz at most. Looks ideal on the surface.
As another note. If I have the Mach diagnostics up, showing 21 khz, and I open driver test at the same time and run 25khz, the diagnostic window also changes. BUT...then I can't go and have mach actually move the axis around, so I have to restart it and its back to 21 again.
Probably is cpu related.
Thanks for the help
-Doug