Can any one help me with this, I would appreciate it.
General Info: I have 3 Axis Milling using PCI Serial Parallel port going to a CNC4PC Break Out Board C11 Multifunction V9.6, using Mach3 V3.043.066.
I had a perfectly running system using Windows XP, then my Mother Board died and I upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro with a 4.00 GHz processor, 16 GB RAM, using a 32-bit system.
I understand the Mach3 is operational up to Windows 7. I have downloaded the Mach3 V3.043.066 then made it compatible with (tried XP, Vista & Windows 7) then ran the program with each compatible option. The PCI has a current driver and says it's functioning correctly and is unplugged to the CNC.
Each time I try to install the program, it wants to install the PCI Parallel driver. At this time I always get "System Thread Exception not Handled" and then reboots the computer. So, my install is not installed correctly or completely & the Driver Test will not open. When the Parallel cord is attached, nothing is connecting even with the all the ports and pins configurations optioned as before.
Does any one have any ideas on what to try... A bit frustrated at losing my XP.