Important topic. We have an AMD1800+ that would boot up and run other
programs well, but IV would crash or not load at all. A new 512mb memory
stick fixed everything, rarely crashes.
"BP" wrote in message
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> I know this sounds like a no brainer but......
>
> We purchased 3 new PC's about the same time IV6 came out and had varying
> degrees of problems (crashes, lock ups, etc.) with Inventor. I Blamed it
on
> the software, graphics card, network, MoBo's, mouse, etc. etc. etc.
>
> Finally, between PassMark's (www.passmark.com) BurnInTest and the freeware
> program - memtest86 ( http://www.memtest86.com/ ) I determined that all 3
> machines had bad RAM (2 x 512MB sticks of PC2100 DDR RAM). I guess that
> where the bad areas were determined how poorly Inventor performed as the
> machines all acted differently.
>
> My supplier is now swapping the bad RAM (mfg. unknown) for RAM from
Micron.
> One machine that would typically crash 10 to 12 times a day has now gone 2
> days without a problem. Another that repeatedly locked up while working
> with .idw's seems to be OK (maybe SP2 helps also?).
>
> Anyway, if your still having stability problems with Inventor check out
your
> RAM, and stay away from the cheap stuff!
> Bill
>
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