SW2004 Crashes on closing files

[dickg]

We are running two (SW Certified)Dell Precision Workstation 360 2.4 GHz One GB RAM with SW2004 SP3 and an ATI,Fire GL X1, 128MB video card. Each station was crashing 2 - 4 times a day. We replaced the video card in one station with a NVIDIA FX1000 and the crashing was reduced to once a day. We always crash when we are closing a file. We are running floating licenses and the license administrator is on one of workstations. Any suggestions or is a crash a day "goodness" with SW.

 

[jackboot]

We have similair machines. We have crashes more or less dependent on the "weight" of the files. The heavier the weight the more likely the crash.

I have isolated our problem to the Wildcat card and I will be trying an NVIDIA 3000.

To answer your question - one crash a day would be a blessing for us when we are on the heavy assemblies.

jackboot

 

[SBaugh]

Have you tried looking at the FAQ area on doing standard Computer Maintenance and a Possible repair or reinstall?

faq559-884
faq559-908
faq559-507
faq559-488

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[ctopher]

This was sent to me by my VAR:
See if these settings help you...it helped me

Suggested memory settings for SolidWorks

Amount of RAM Suggested minimum/optimal virtual memory setting
64Mb 192Mb min / 256Mb optimal
128Mb 384Mb min / 512Mb optimal
256Mb 768Mb min / 1,024Mb optimal
512Mb 1,536Mb min / 2,048Mb optimal
1.0Gb 3,072Mb min / 4,096Mb optimal

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Have you installed the latest approved graphics drivers & switched the driver setting to "SolidWorks"?

from (the City of) Barrie, Ontario.

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