Re: Sketchup Crashes every time I use follow me tool - Ken Berry - com.googlegroups.sketchupissues

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RHD	15 Jul 2008 06:01
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GEORGE6149	22 Jul 2008 14:08
TaffGoch	22 Jul 2008 14:18
GEORGE6149	22 Jul 2008 21:53
TaffGoch	23 Jul 2008 17:24
Ken Berry	23 Jul 2008 18:27

Subject:	Re: Sketchup Crashes every time I use follow me tool
From:	Ken Berry (berr...@sbcglobal.net)
Date:	07/23/2008 06:27:08 PM
List:	com.googlegroups.sketchupissues

Newer processors will run hotter when heavily loaded. I have a computer that overheats when I run a different 3D program (I just have not used SU very much to know if it is a similar problem).

Also, I recently had a different computer reboot seemingly at random. It was actually caused by the +12v power supply slowly failing. When the voltage dropped below some level, it caused the motherboard to reset. I think heat was affecting the power supply.

Therefore it is possible that there is a mechanical problem. Of course, display issues are usually driver issues, but not always.

Ken

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:19:23 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

George,

Have you any other programs that really tax the graphics system? If so, have you tried taxing the system with another program, to see if it reboots?

The only time I can recall reading about comparable symtoms, it was a heat problem (laptop fan not working.)

I now note that you haven't described your system (age, hardware, both graphics and cpu.) I did note that you're using WinXP/SP2. You should note that SketchUp is not guaranteed to run on all computers (some are just not up to the task): http://sketchup.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=36208 (It's the "3D class Video Card with 512MB..." clause that hits many users.)

Regards, Taff

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