POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : POV Freezes my computer!!! : Re: POV Freezes my computer!!! Server Time
11 Aug 2024 07:17:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV Freezes my computer!!!  
From: Steve
Date: 19 Aug 1999 21:52:31
Message: <37BCAD4C.B9366551@ndirect.co.uk>
Serious POVers run povengin.exe as their shell and have all that
silly stuff like explorer as an option on the POV tools menu, you
know it makes sence. 

TonyB wrote:
> 
> > Boy I keep hearing bad thing over and over with regards to ATI boards.
> 
> The board has been nothing but great in the time I've had it. This is my first
> problem.
> 
> > There are no .dll's that would have been replaced by ther ATI setup file.
> 
> I hope you're right...
> 
> > All of Pov's .dlls are local to it's own directory. Make sure that your
> > windows settings are correct i.e. color depth and screen resolution.
> 
> That hasn't changed a bit.
> 
> > Other than that it may be a direct conflict with the ATI drivers and the
> > Pov software. If all else fails reinstall your previous drivers and forget
> > about the updated drivers. Was there a reason for installing them in the
> > first place other than they were recommended by the manufacturer ?
> 
> I only got them because they now include ICD drivers for the OpenGL, which
> means that now all my 3D apps and games can be accelerated by it, and because
> I pride myself on always having the latest version of everything I run. I
> really don't want to uninstall them...
> 
> BTW, I ran an experiment. I restarted the machine with progman instead of
> exporer, and POV ran just fine. I restarted with explorer and killed all of
> ATI's background stuff (CTRL+ALT+DEL, you know), and the machine once again
> froze. I'm stumped...
> 
> --
> Anthony L. Bennett
> http://welcome.to/TonyB
> 
> Non nova, sed nove.

-- 
Cheers
Steve

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