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| ====== Is your Rhino crashing or "blue screening"? | ====== Is your Rhino crashing or "blue screening"? | ||
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| - | If your system is blue-screening, | + | If your system is crashing or blue-screening, |
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| ==== Hardware or Driver Failure ==== | ==== Hardware or Driver Failure ==== | ||
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| Blue-screens are indicative of hardware failures and/or driver failures. | Blue-screens are indicative of hardware failures and/or driver failures. | ||
| It doesn' | It doesn' | ||
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| You can certainly look for that and pass it on to your computer support. | You can certainly look for that and pass it on to your computer support. | ||
| - | If it's GPU related, | + | If it's GPU related, |
| - | === Other Causes === | + | ==== Other Causes |
| - | The only other items on the computer to investigate: | + | Other items on the computer to investigate: |
| - | Underpowered GPU or Overheating GPU. | + | === Underpowered GPU or Overheating GPU === |
| It might not seem like it, but Rhino pushes GPUs very hard (very hard) at times, and if the GPU power is bordering on the high-end, then it's possible Rhino is pushing it over the edge. | It might not seem like it, but Rhino pushes GPUs very hard (very hard) at times, and if the GPU power is bordering on the high-end, then it's possible Rhino is pushing it over the edge. | ||
| + | === Improperly Installed Power Rails === | ||
| This can happen due to improper power rails plugged into the GPU from the PSU (or none at all), or an underpowered PSU. | This can happen due to improper power rails plugged into the GPU from the PSU (or none at all), or an underpowered PSU. | ||
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| We will review and see if there are any red flags. | We will review and see if there are any red flags. | ||
| - | ===In Summary === | + | ==== Recommendations ==== |
| - | Blue screens are not really | + | Do a Google Search to find the latest recommendations. |
| + | Here is a [[https:// | ||
| + | According to Google: | ||
| + | __How to fix a Blue Screen of Death on a Windows PC__ | ||
| + | * Run a memory checker. | ||
| + | * Check for hard drive errors. | ||
| + | * Remove non-essential peripherals. | ||
| + | * Replace defective or incompatible expansion cards. | ||
| + | * Run SetupDiag after a failed Windows update. | ||
| + | * Perform a clean install. | ||
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| + | ====In Summary | ||
| + | System shutdowns and blue screens are not caused by applications. | ||
| There is no line(s) of code possible in Rhino or any other program that can cause a blue screen. | There is no line(s) of code possible in Rhino or any other program that can cause a blue screen. | ||
| - | The Operating System simply won't allow it. This is referred to as layer architecture. | + | The Operating System simply won't allow it. This is referred to as Windows layered |
| - | So if there is something not right with your configuration or hardware, Rhino is just revealing it. | + | |
| + | So if there is something not right with your configuration or hardware, | ||
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| + | //Article credit: Jeff Lasor, Lead Rhino Display Developer | ||
| + | Email questions to tech@mcneel.com.// | ||
rhino/faq/blue_screen_windows.1671064331.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/12/15 by maryfugier
