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  1. #21
    Being honest Daz I dont really understand the ins and outs.
    I was advised by a chap I met at the Alexander palace model show( member of the society of experimental engineers and I understand he was their CNC guru) that in order to run Mach 3 on a 64 bit machine I needed a UC100 . It would not drive even a single stepper when I first tried .
    I took his advice and it then worked.
    Same gentleman guided me here so his advice seems sound enough.
    He may well be reading this thread !

  2. #22
    Hi John
    Just a thought , have you tried registering from a smart phone ? Or set up a gmail account.

    Cheers
    Andrew

  3. #23
    Hi Andrew
    I am in touch with Balazs via the CNCdrive page and he tells me the software is not recognising a video card which is adequate for the software ,
    Unfortunately it is a Dell machine , and the Video card is integral on the motherboard .
    In such circumstances I am not sure whether I can add a better video card into one of the card slots and let it find its own driver , or whether I am stuck with what is there .

  4. #24
    Quote Originally Posted by John11668 View Post
    Hi Andrew
    I am in touch with Balazs via the CNCdrive page and he tells me the software is not recognising a video card which is adequate for the software ,
    Unfortunately it is a Dell machine , and the Video card is integral on the motherboard .
    In such circumstances I am not sure whether I can add a better video card into one of the card slots and let it find its own driver , or whether I am stuck with what is there .
    Laptop or desktop?
    Most laptops can't have one added.
    Most desktops can.
    My Dell desktop is a 780 and has a PCI express port. I added a Radeon 7470 to it (low profile).
    Have a look at the spec of your machine to see if it mentions internal PCI ports.

  5. #25
    Desk top Daz. Del optiplex 380 upgraded to win 8.1. The Dell help page doesn't help much.
    Looks to have three empty card slots at the base of the motherboard.
    Will one of those accomodate a graphics card,?, Which one ? , and what is a decent card to get ?
    Will it be plug and play or will it need configured

  6. #26
    Hi John
    Maybe installing older graphics card drivers might fix the problem?
    Cheers.
    Andrew

  7. #27
    Quote Originally Posted by the great waldo View Post
    Hi John
    Just a thought , have you tried registering from a smart phone ? Or set up a gmail account.

    Cheers
    Andrew
    So many options Andrew .. Will maybe give it a go

  8. #28
    Quote Originally Posted by the great waldo View Post
    Hi John
    Maybe installing older graphics card drivers might fix the problem?
    Cheers.
    Andrew
    Win 8 is weird Andrew so in all honesty I have never found how to do that!

  9. #29
    Quote Originally Posted by John11668 View Post
    Desk top Daz. Del optiplex 380 upgraded to win 8.1. The Dell help page doesn't help much.
    Looks to have three empty card slots at the base of the motherboard.
    Will one of those accomodate a graphics card,?, Which one ? , and what is a decent card to get ?
    Will it be plug and play or will it need configured
    I'm not familiar with Win 8.1 (wasn't around for very long though, hmmmm).

    Checked my optiplex 780 earlier. Just to prove a point:
    Has a 64bit processor, Core 2 duo E7500, 2.95ghz.
    DDR3 ram, 4gb.
    Radeon 7470 upgrade.
    Running WinXP, Mach3 through parallel port.
    Faultless.

    Is this the motherboard below?
    If so the black slot 3rd from left after the 2 white ones is a PCI express x16 graphics slot.
    As suggested, try updating existing driver for on board chip first.
    If still no good then my 7470 works great so anything around those spec should be good enough.
    (I'd go for a 2gb DDR5 if you do some 3D type cutting with long code) you don't need spend too much.

    380 board?


    Radeon 7470
    https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-spec...-7470-oem.c299
    Cost me £15 at the time.
    Last edited by dazp1976; 20-07-2020 at 10:47 PM.

  10. #30
    Do you think this one would be up to the job
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-AMD-...53.m1438.l2649

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