Need Help!- New Computer - MadCam Won't Work

[jawaba]

We got a new computer and are trying to install MadCam on it but are
getting the following error related to the video card, then the
following errors (see below or the attached pdf with screen shots):

Error 1: '1 NVIDIA 188' is not a valid integer value
click ok...

Error 2: An invalid argument was encountered.
click ok several times to same error...

Error 3: Developer Message: CRhinoUiDockBar:ockBarID() must be overridden
this error will not go away and we must kill Rhino and restart without
loading MadCam.

Rhino runs fine as long as we don't try and load MadCam.

Windows XP SP3, Rhino 4 SR7, MadCam 4.2 and my video card is an NVIDIA GeForce 9600MGT 512MB.

I sent Joakim an e-mail but thought maybe one of you have experienced this as well???

[jawaba]

I promise I'm not crazy, obsessive maybe, but not crazy (yet). I was able to resolve this with quite some effort by upgrading the video firmware / drivers and modifying the inf file. I don't know exactly what the problem was but it now works and that's all I'm concerned about for now.

Thanks to all who pondered my problem. Regards, Jason

[turmite]

Originally Posted by jawaba I promise I'm not crazy, obsessive maybe, but not crazy (yet). I was able to resolve this with quite some effort by upgrading the video firmware / drivers and modifying the inf file. I don't know exactly what the problem was but it now works and that's all I'm concerned about for now. Thanks to all who pondered my problem. Regards, Jason

Jason glad you got it sorted out. I am currently having an issue but it is not keeping me from working and Joakim told me that most of these compatibality issues would be fixed in the next release. My Madcam is loading after already having been loaded! Now if I could just use either one twice as fast that would be great!

Mike

[mikolaj]

I have a similar problem with madCAM 4.2 (and also 4.1) but I'm not able to solve it. I've already reported the problem to Joakim. Jawaba, could you please post some tips?
I run Rhino 4.0 SR7 on Win7 (64bit), with GeForce 8600M GT (newest driver from 2010-01-05).

Mikolaj

Update: I just found out that DOWN-grading the NVIDIA driver (to v. 7.15.11.7756 from 2009-01-08) eliminates the problem with madCAM. I suppose it's not the best solution - but still a solution.

[jawaba]

I'm not sure what the correct drivers would be for you. I do think mine was Open GL related and updating my drivers corrected it. You may contact Nvidia and see if they have any beta drivers or maybe an older driver??? It's a tough situation because you don't want to mess your machine up trying to get one app to work. Best of luck. Regards, Jason