Graphics card problem ??
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I suspect that may indeed be the issue, what operating system are you using?
I believe your systems run on a North bridge Via mobo, with integrated graphics right?
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@solo said:
I suspect that may indeed be the issue, what operating system are you using?
XP, sp 2
AMD sempron@solo said:
I believe your systems run on a North bridge Via mobo, with integrated graphics right?
I dont know, how can I check that ?
[igp actually stands for integrated graphics processor]
thanks
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No need to open up to find out, as you said it's an AMD sempron, so it's single core with integrated graphics presumably 3d now technology (2004/5 build)
It should work, you may need to turn off 'accelerated graphics' to 'software' in preferences.... if you can get SU to actually start.
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@solo said:
It should work, you may need to turn off 'accelerated graphics' to 'software' in preferences.... if you can get SU to actually start.
Thanks Solo,
the problem is I cant get su to start, it freezes at startup without showing the menu bar.Is there any way to set preferences from a command line ?
thanks.
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@guzman tierno said:
Is there any way to set preferences from a command line ?
run XP in safe mode (= standard, lame, low-res Windows drvier), press F8 several times during boot for getting the menu concerned.
hth,
Norbert -
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I hope to find a solution 'cause otherwise I wont be able to make my (middle school) students use Sketchup
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@guzman tierno said:
I hope to find a solution ...
you may alse evaluate replacing your shared low-end graphics sub system by something capable, i.e. a dedicated video card which will surely show a big boost on display output speed during screen transformations.. as well as running more stable w/ SU.
on older system with an AGP port only a nVidia GeForce 7900/7950 GS/GT is the fastest you can get.
hth,
Norbert -
That could be a good solution,
is it difficult to mount the graphic cards ?
are they expensive ?Thank's a lot,
I didnt know how to face this problem, -
Thanks so much for your help,
I'll try with Windows safe mode on Saturday, 'cause I wont be at work tommorrow.
I'll tell you if it does work,thx,
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@guzman tierno said:
I didnt know how to face this problem,
did you have tried runnung SU in Windows safe mode for disabling the SU hardware acceleration option?
pluging in a video card is not very diffcult, be grounded before doing this and install (recent) driver w/ admin rights preferred.
for pricing check e.g. Amazon, the mentioned ones should not cost more than roughly U$ 100. Don't buy ATI Radeon series... weak OGL support.
hth,
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@sketch3d.de said:
run XP in safe mode
Here I am,
I tried XP in safe mode:
by doing so I was actually able to reach sketchup menu bar and turn off hardware accelerations,
BUT:
when I use Sketchup it only works for 10 secs or so,
after that it seems that the options "hardware acceleration" is turned on automatically and
SU crashes,
restarting it I find the "hardware acceleration" option is turned on.I tried many times, to set the option off, quit the program, etc ...
It automatically retruns to ON.I tried SU 6 and SU 7, same result.
Any ideas ??
(ps: I dont know why, but new files start withount Sang ...)
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In case anyone has the same problem:
I finally find the solution (in my situation).The computers I was trying to install SU on,
had an Integrated Graphic Processor AND a video card.
I finally discovered that by desabling the IGP
(from system->hardware->devices->video cards)
SU works fine. -
I'm really glad that with your help I solved the problem,
THIS wouldnt have been possible otherwise.
Thanks everybody.
guzman.
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