"Pete C." wrote in message
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Bite Me wrote:

"Pete C." wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:

I have not fired up my mini mill for a couple weeks, but I need to
engrave
some replacement number chips for a club I help run. Anyway, turned
ont
he
PC and started my controller the other day, and I have been dinking
with
it
off and on for about a week now.

Nothign seems to be wrong with the PC. All other software works.
AVAST
says it has a clean bill of health. Memory tests are ok, but when I
start
Mach 3 the PC reboots. Not always instantly, but everytime.

Following diagnostics were done.

Memory test
Re-install Mach 3
Install latest version of Mach 3
Unplug controller from LPT port
Start Mach 3 with different setup file.

Still crashes. I can run multiple other aps... no crash.

HELP!!!

I'd suggest posting on the Machsupport forum where you will likely get
faster response.

I did.

It sounds like the Mach pulser driver is hosed, have you ensured that
got reinstalled?

??? parrallel port driver?

The Mach pulser driver is low level and I seem to recall had some extra
procedure to remove and reinstall.


It had begun crashing before the upgrade anyway. Hence why I
re-installed
and then upgraded.

Also have you checked at BIOS level to see if the
config for the LPT port(s) didn't magically get "plug and played" and
change addresses?

That I will check. Not sure how that would cause the software to crash
the
PC and reboot, but I'll check it just to be safe.

I had that exact problem with a couple parallel ports that kept changing
addresses (extra dual port card), and it would crash the Mach pulser
driver when it tried to access stuff that the former address. I finally
got the card addresses locked down and it's worked fine since then.

Off hand do you recall which IRQ and memory address did you use?