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Max started freezing while rendering
Am using Max 2008, just rendering a 400 frame scene to AVI @ 640*360 from a scene with sub 2k polys , and no advanced lighting, using just scanline renderer. I turned on the 'conserve memory' checkbox, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. Is it just a case of the summer heat causing the machine to overheat or… -
Re: Max started freezing while rendering
With only 1.5gb of ram you're lucky to be doing much of anything besides running windows. If its a heat damaged system the ram is normally the first to go, so you might want to upgrade/replace the ram when you get a chance, if not replace the whole thing. Heat damage tends to accumulate over time and when it happens once,… -
Re: Max started freezing while rendering
Hey guys, thanks for all the suggestions! I had a tinker around, thinking maybe I could tidy the wires in the case and get a little airflow back onto the memory - as it turns out, the thing hadn't been cleaned out in a while - I must've brushed half a pound of dust from it, the inside was like a hoover bag. Now I've dusted… -
Re: Max started freezing while rendering
why would you render to video? this is exactly the reason why you render to image sequences, so when something does happen to your system, you don't have to start rendering from the beginning of your sequence. just render from where it stopped. -
Re: Max started freezing while rendering
Hmmm.. that is a pretty old machine you've got there, and thats definitely one of the factors to your problem. It may not be the direct cause of the problem, but it isn't helping. You could try turning up the Memory Limit, should be near where you turned on 'Conserve Memory', but I can't remember for sure without checking.…
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