SW2008 PC Crashing

[Graybags]

Hi,

Since upgrading to SW2008 my PC is crashing on average twice a week. The error code on the resulting blue screen indicates that the problem lies with the ATI graphics driver.

After this happened the first time I immediately updated the relevant graphics driver from the SW web site, however this has not solved the problem.

Graphics Card: ATI FireGL V7200
SW Version: 2008 SP2.1

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Doers this only happen when running SW?

Have you tried running the computer in Software OpenGL mode?
faq559-1058

 

[Standing]

Graybags,
Try running “Use Software OpenGL” under System Options, performance.


Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2008 x64 SP3.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, Dell XPS Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU
3.00 GHz, 5 GB RAM, Virtual memory 12577 MB, nVidia 3400
e-mail is Lotus Notes

 

[JMirisola]

SP2.1 caused a bunch of random graphics issues for people. Update to 3.0.
Also, before updating to the relevant driver, did you uninstall the old driver? Another thing to consider:
If you're running a Dell or HP computer, look under that in the "manufacturer" list for video cards. Sometimes the drivers are different due to hardware makeup.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Certified DriveWorks AE

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M

 

[Bouny]

I had the same problem with my ati firegl 7300 card
Windows was crashing and restarting with simple things like dragging dimensions.

I have installed ati latest driver 8.44 from there site and the problem seems solved.

 

[tbeck11]

I also had the same problem with the ATI FireGL 7200 card and once I installed the 8.44 driver, the crashes went away.

Todd

 

[sdb999]

I've seen this as well twice. It was in my case one of the rare occasions that the driver on the SW website was NOT the one to use. A later driver from the manufacturer, yet to be tested by SW, fixed the issue.