Mastercam 9.1 on a laptop

[Müřlıń®]

Hey guys I have a Dell Duo Core latitude D620 and ver 9.1 crashes on start up.

 

X3, X4, and X5 work somewhat but they tend to want more resources than I have so I thought I would try 9 since doesnt take much to run that version.

 

I have XP and the Intel onboard grafx card.

 

Anyone have a clue why 9 wont fire up?

 

Thanks...

[Scott Lundin Shopware Inc.]

V9 won't run well if at all on Windows 7, but if you have XP installed you may need drivers from the mastercam website. Support/downloads/misc, and grab the file called "drivers_x.exe" There are two of them. The one you need is dated 9/09/07.

[Mgrenier]

V9 does not work with 64 bit systems. Don't know if that is your case though.

[Müřlıń®]

nothing works.

 

wont get passed the first screen...

 

without the hasp it gives me the no hasp error message, with the hasp...it just gives me the crash report screen. dr watson says nothing is wrong.

 

shrugs......

[CJep]

I have XP and the Intel onboard grafx card.

 

Mcam doesn't play well with integrated graphics

[Chris In-House Solutions]

what OS are you running?

[Müřlıń®]

running 32 bit XP.

 

Mill9.exe loads 44 mods, 2 threads then dumps after you exit the error reporting screen...

 

I am thinking it doesnt like any of the hasp drivers... tried them all.

 

X3-5 run but kinda slow.....

 

I messed with the DX, acceleration, compatibility modes, nada....

[RaiderX]

have you tried running in win 95 or nt mode. wow been a long time but think you right click on app and pick compatability options? just throwing ideas

[Chris In-House Solutions]

You tried the drivers on www.mastercam.com

 

drivers_x.exe and Hasp9.zip?

[Müřlıń®]

You tried the drivers on www.mastercam.com

 

drivers_x.exe and Hasp9.zip?

Yas tried everything except running in win 95 mode.....try that next but I don't think ir is going to help.

 

Must be the video driver just nuking out before the bluescreen....never seen that though video usually bluescreens...

[gcode]

Your video card doesn't support Open G/L so.....

 

Open C:\Mcam9\mill9.cfg in a text editor and set

 

1278. Enable OpenGL® drawing (y/n)? y to "n"

 

be sure to maintain the .cfg file extension when you save.

[Müřlıń®]

Your video card doesn't support Open G/L so.....

 

Open C:\Mcam9\mill9.cfg in a text editor and set

 

1278. Enable OpenGL® drawing (y/n)? y to "n"

 

be sure to maintain the .cfg file extension when you save.

 

Hey thanks g I will try that when I get home.

[Müřlıń®]

Now that is weird. Install did not generate a Mill9.cfg. Does it actually has to start the exe to make one?

 

Searched my whole computer for that file and it isn't there.

 

I guess it is crashing before it can generate one.

[CJep]

That is a way that you can get the program to reset to a default config, we rename it then let Mcam create a new one on start up.

[gcode]

C:\Mcam9\mill9.cfg is where it is on my system.

I always assumed the original was created by the install.

Maybe you could drop a copy in for a desktop machine..

Can't hurt anything to try.... but this is starting to sound like a lost cause.

[Müřlıń®]

C:\Mcam9\mill9.cfg is where it is on my system.

I always assumed the original was created by the install.

Maybe you could drop a copy in for a desktop machine..

Can't hurt anything to try.... but this is starting to sound like a lost cause.

 

 

Did that too G.

 

Even set the data allocations way down crashes before it can even load the icons....must be a driver issue...

[gcode]

try turning the vdeo card's hardware accelleration down before you launch

[Müřlıń®]

try turning the vdeo card's hardware accelleration down before you launch

 

 

did all that already and just now to make sure no go....stupid dell lol

[gcode]

stupid dell lol

 

uhhhm .... Dell is not trying to drive a round peg into a square hole

[Müřlıń®]

uhhhm .... Dell is not trying to drive a round peg into a square hole

 

 

Well i'll bet i have to uninstall X and install 9 first.

 

In the control panel, the 9 icon says X5.

[gcode]

Yeah.. I've found that you need to go from the bottom up most of the time when

 

installing multiple versions on the same box.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

The CFG gets created on the first launch not the install. He's not completing a launch so it never gets created.

 

Sorry Murlin... your sled does not have the Video Ponies. The only other solution I can figure is possibly starting Windows up in Safe Mode, then seeing if you can get MC to launch so it will created the CFG file then try changing the OpenGL settings. G's right though, it's not Dell's fault... you're asking too much from an older consumer laptop.

 

 

[Müřlıń®]

The CFG gets created on the first launch not the install. He's not completing a launch so it never gets created.

 

Sorry Murlin... your sled does not have the Video Ponies. The only other solution I can figure is possibly starting Windows up in Safe Mode, then seeing if you can get MC to launch so it will created the CFG file then try changing the OpenGL settings. G's right though, it's not Dell's fault... you're asking too much from an older consumer laptop.

 

Ya.....all I wanted it to do was to run my digitizer in the field. I think I have X3 now set up to do that. 9 would have made surfs.

 

Just creating points anyway. Coons will be created back at the shop on good puter.

[flatfnder]

I had the same issue after I loaded version X on my coumputer. Could no longer get version 9.1 to start. After days of trying fixes just found that they didn't like being on the same computer running XP. I ended up having to reinstall windows xp and reload 9.1 in order to get it to run again.

[Pat-TGM]

I had the same issue after I loaded version X on my coumputer. Could no longer get version 9.1 to start. After days of trying fixes just found that they didn't like being on the same computer running XP. I ended up having to reinstall windows xp and reload 9.1 in order to get it to run again.

 

 

You go to Mastercam 9.1 > CNC Reg > ActiceX/DLL Components > then register the file "mcbitmap.ocx" again, It should fix the problem.

 

HTH