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Hi, DM— Thanks for jumping in and offering suggestions to this perplexing problem! <<rescale or tile>> It doesn't matter whether rescale or tile is specified during rendering; for that matter, it also doesn't matter what the file format of the background image is (.tga, .gif, etc.). It's not a problem with the image itself–I can map the images onto an object; I just can't use it as a background without it crashing. <<Vibrant drivers>> According to the vibcfg display, I've got the 1.0.2.P2 version of the drivers (these are the ones that came with the software). Obviously, not the newest ones! That's not completely unexpected, however, as I'm running 3DS version 3. I'm not sure where I could get the 1.0.3 drivers to try; they didn't seem to be in the forum library. <<RAM/disk space/paging/hard disk controller problem>> An interesting idea, but with 20 MB RAM and 100MB free hard disk space, I'm not sure it this could be the problem. If I display the current status right before rendering the scene with a background image, it typically says something like 19K available, 3K used, Swap file: 0 and Page faults 0. It doesn't seem to matter how complicated the scene is, just that if I choose Bitmap in the Renderer/Setup/Background branch and specify an image file, as soon as 3ds hits the "Rendering in progress" status bar, the system either freezes or does a hard reset. I must say, it's a decidedly strange problem. Again, thanks for your suggestions! Elizabeth