Solidworks '06 Video Card/Assembly issue

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Using a 128MB PCIe x16 ATI FireGL V3100 Driver is 8.103.2, Dual Monitor VGA (or DVI/VGA Capable).....on a Dell Precision 380 system, OS is WinXP......

It's not consistent but whenever I am in an Assembly (containing 10-15 different components) the computer will 'freeze up'. I've noticed it happens more when I try to do an Interference Check but it also has happened as soon as the assembly file is opened. This forces me to restart the computer.

Could this be the Video Card or a SW '06 issue?

Thanks in advance!
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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Testing for a Faulty Video Card or Driver faq559-1066


Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of faq559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions faq559-1091

 

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That driver is for Win2k - Use faq559-1027 then go to the SW website of certifed cards and click on the View notes. That will tell you the driver version in the same format as the dxdiag window tells you. Then you can know for sure what driver you have.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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"""That driver is for Win2k - Use FAQ559-1027 then go to the SW website of certifed cards and click on the View notes. That will tell you the driver version in the same format as the dxdiag window tells you. Then you can know for sure what driver you have."""

This worked great for about 2 weeks...upgraded driver from 8.103.2 6.14.0010.6476 TO 8.103.2 6.14.10.6521 and everything was fine! Thanks!

But, yesterday IT came back, while checking an assembly for interference the display/computer just froze. After re-starting it happened a couple more times while trying to change a fillet in the same part file.

I noticed the monitor would either freeze or the monitor would just go black.

Just for the heck of it I performed a defrag and restarted again, suprisingly I was able to finish the part file and check thru the assembly, 1 part mated to itself.

Could it be some conflict between any of the following:
Digiview monitor, screen resolution (1024x768), computer and SW '06?????

Thanks for the help!
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It could be and the best way to test conflict is shutting things down until whatever it is stops.

But if the video card driver worked before, it still could be the problem. As did you uninstall the drivers first, then reboot, then reinstall, reboot again and test? If not you should consider that as an option once more.

The FAQ section of this forum is helpful in the way of Video card tests to rule out drivers and faulty video cards. As video cards go out too.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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