Need some on-site Tech help in Mesa AZ

[vizwhiz]

actually out-of-site or out-of-state would do just fine

if you know The Answer to what The Question/Problem Is

 

(depends upon the Definition of Is is) ??

 

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i have a new computer at work a dual 2.8 ghz

it renders really quick and crashes just as FAST

 

something to do with writing to the harddrive/memory issues

 

HELP

 

does anyone know a good PC Tech in the Phoenix, Mesa AZ area

 

??

 

the computer was delivered a month ago and They have NOT fixed it yet

so The Boss said FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL TAKE CARE of THIS as ASAP

 

baffling

 

The Applications are running out of memory while there is still a 1gb left

The Task MGR show plenty of system memory is still available but VIZ ACAD

 

(whatever The Program) the computer still crashes

 

The Physical Memory checks as being good

any HELP on This would be greatly appreciated

 

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my "small" project is 200 mb acad files linked into a 75+ mb VIZ file

 

the "other" project is 3x Times bigger Than That (That is just Phase 1)

and the "rest of The Project" is starting to come back alive in Design again

 

220 acres total for The entire Project

 

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HELP (did i say That already ??)

 

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Thanks

 

you can call me directly if necessary

 

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Randy Sanders

randy@sdarch.com

Saemisch DiBella Architects

Mesa AZ

480.655.0633 #205

[alex3d]

for me crashes are so normal as breath air. the "perfect" computer just does'nt exist guys. if you want a fast computer (3.4, 3.6 ghz) then you loose double prossesor, if you want double prossesor (to win in rendering time) then you loose ram memory speed, if you want a quad prossesor motherboard you will loose even more memory speed.

the perfect solution is to have a diferent computer for every task in your office.

one for 2D programs like photoshop, corel draw, etc.

one computer for modeling, texturing, etc (this computer should be the faster in the office, a good video card, wilcat 4 or geforce fx, scsi hard drives, a nice intel or asus motherboard, etc.

the last computer should be the server 2 or 4 procesors, in this case video card is not so important, a lotttt of memory (memory speed is not crusial) and scsii hard drives too.

even with an office like that you will have crashes, i work in a 10 brand new dell workstations computers office, autocad and photoshop crash a minimun of 2 times in all computers. i have to restart windows 2 times everyday working in 3dmax, crashes for me...are normal. anyway since windows 98 and olds voodoo 3d cards to run 3dmax to actual days i see the light at the end of the hall, hardware is working better in general.

sorry for my spectacular english

see ya

http://www.miami3drenders.com

[Tim Nelson]

Randy, I heard you got the problem fixed yesterday....Something about a bad switch? What was it?

[vizwhiz]

hi There

 

Tim

 

i hope you got my email.

 

Thanks, yes, Ed did the job

the 3 gb switch was not set up

 

in the boot.ini

 

3 weeks of hell and it was a small config Thing

it is running, perfectly smooth now, no problems

 

i got a 137 mb VIZ file grinding radiosity right now

trying to Stress Test This as much as possible b4

 

going out the door for a 4 day Turkey vacation

 

Thanks

 

Randy

 

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the following is a verbation "screen capture" of a Thread from (somewhere) i will have to look up the author and get the link

 

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----- updated boot.ini with 3GB Switch -----

 

This is what the updated version should look like. Notice the /3GB that has been added to the second instance of the OS line.

 

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro"

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Pro with /3GB" /3GB

 

Once you have updated your boot.ini file accordingly and have saved the changes, simply restart your system for the changes to take affect. When your system reboots you will be given the option to choose either the standard Windows XP version or the 3GB switch enabled Windows XP version. If you choose the 3GB version and it fails to allow Windows to properly load, just restart your system and you will be given the two options once again, where you can then choose the standard Windows XP version to load. Either way, if it works or doesn't, you can then remove whatever line you don't need in the boot.ini file.

 

Please note: The 3GB switch is only compatible with the following versions of Microsoft Windows.

 

- Windows XP Professional (and greater)

- Windows Server 2003

- Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

- Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition

- Windows 2000 Advanced Server

- Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

- Windows NT Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition

For a more detailed explanation of the 3GB switch and usage please visit the following page on the Microsoft website.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx "

 

eyeonline

 

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Links:

 

http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3844524

 

http://www.eyeonline.com/Web/EyeonWeb/Support/TechFAQ.aspx

 

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx