probs on gateway P5100xl
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I just recently upgraded to a gateway 200 p5-100XL system and am having one
problem. During rendering, there is often a 30sec+ pause in the "Preparing
materials" stage. It seems to be related to the CDROM somehow. Anyone
experienced anything like this? Any ideas? For example, I made a sphere with
two lights and it took 7 seconds to render if I start 3ds without a CD mounted.
With a CD mounted, it sometimes takes 39 seconds. There are no map-paths to
the CD and I can't figure out what is going on. Any help would be appreciated.
The CD drive is an IDE type.
We recently got this same system and drive in at the office. I have used it a
few times and have noted some similar problems. My system as home is a GW P90
with a 2X CD (mitsumi/non-ide), and the maps seem to load much faster than on
the P100. I never really investigated it much since it isn't one of our
primary 3DS workstations. Let me know it you find out anything.
Mitch
We have this system, and noticed that rendering freezes in the "transforming
objects stage," but this can be overcome by toggling to the rendering screen
and back. Usually. We haven't had any problems with the maps loading, though.
Steve
Graphic Media Systems
"… rendering freezes in the transforming objects stage…"
Sometimes POWER.EXE in the CONFIG.SYS can cause your symptoms. When you tap on
the space bar, the computer realizes it's doing something and returns to life,
I guess.