3 Replies Latest reply on Feb 2, 2017 12:43 PM by James Riddell

Result Plots Cause Solidworks to Crash

Zachary Mazo Feb 1, 2017 6:55 PM

I have a Quadro K620 and I am wondering if the quality of this card is causing my solidworks to crash every time I view a result color plot from flow simulations.

It seems to work a few times, then I'll view a turbulence intensity plot, and solidworks will crash. Then if I restart solidworks and try and view any plot, it will fail.

Re: Result Plots Cause Solidworks to Crash

James Riddell Feb 2, 2017 6:03 AM (in response to Zachary Mazo)

Verify that the card is certified for use w/ SW and that the drivers are up to date.
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  Zachary Mazo Feb 2, 2017 12:10 PM (in response to James Riddell)
  
  Intermittently SolidWorks RX indicates that the driver/graphics card are supported.
  I am using an older mother board from 2012, ASUS P8Z77-V LK. Not sure what the addition of "/PCle/SSE2" indicates on the Card Model section.
  I had one of the fan ports on the motherboard go a couple of months ago (choose to ignore it), and I am wondering if the board is failing.
  
  The monitored the graphics card performance when SolidWorks crashes, using GPUz, and the card is running well below its limits.
  
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    James Riddell Feb 2, 2017 12:43 PM (in response to Zachary Mazo)
    
    If you notice, the message is indicating two different drivers. Keep the good one (verify with the SW website) and delete the 'bad' one.
    
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