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Tombigbee

08-24-2006, 02:20 PM

Hi there i have 2 problems.... and this time its not my drinking ;)
So everytime i do a playblast of this one scene, my computer reboots and goes to the blue screen of death, and then just continues to boots up and you know just reload windows...yada yada yaaa...
So what could be wrong?
okay thats one issue

Then another problem is when i try to render something, it says in the command line, ....rendering frame 0 (for example..) then all of a sudden it says.. rendering completed...
then when i look at the destination folder..there is nothing there.!!! dum dum daaaaa!!!
and then it didnt render anything!!! strange isnt it!

anyone know how to solve it?

thanks

epithius

08-24-2006, 03:49 PM

What does the render log say? That should give you a clue as to why your renders are aborting.

As for the BSOD, I could list a 10-page list. Graphics drivers, open applications interfering, etc.

Tombigbee

08-24-2006, 04:00 PM

oh no

the render log? it says nothing.thats just the problem
its as if its not doing anything! you mean in the script editor?
well i think there it says loads of things...let me see again..i can copy it and paste it here if you want....

what do you think should i do?
paste it here...are we allowed to?

and the BSOD is annoying...why does it do that

epithius

08-24-2006, 04:10 PM

if you're on a windows machine, goto my documents, then maya. There should be a mayaRenderLog.txt there. Go the end and see what it says.

If the file huge, delete it and try to render again. Working with a 300mb txt file in notepad isn't a fun wait.

Tombigbee

08-24-2006, 04:31 PM

okay...
so in the render log .txt
does maya keep updating the same text file!
wow...i didnt know that
what i also didnt know, and what i still dont know is where to find that file...
i am looking in my documents, and in maya 7, and i looked through the few folders there..
but i cant find it!
thats strange....
is it maybe ... lost?

i have been trying to locate that file now for so long...
i cant get it...
am i asleep or something..
i will just use the excuse that i am new to maya :)
hehe

pixelmonk

08-24-2006, 04:39 PM

also, what's the BSOD say as an error? It may be a video card driver error. It maybe a specific codec that Playblast is trying to use that may not be working with your current configuration

epithius

08-24-2006, 04:44 PM

Tombigbee

08-24-2006, 05:45 PM

ok

i found the text log files
its so weird...i was looking in those exact same places before! but they werent there
were they maybe hidden?
strange...
anyway...i deleted each log file i could find
so i am going to see if it renders out correctly now

i took a snap shot of the BSOD
yes it happend again
this is what it says... (it sounds like a love letter)
_________

to your computer.
nv4_disp.dll

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

If this is the first time youve seen this stop error screen restart your computer. If this screen appears agai, follow these steps:

Check to make sure any new harware or software is properly installed.
If this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturere fory any windows updates you might need.

If problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. If you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press F8 to select Advanced startup options, and the select Safe Mode

Techinacal Information:

***STOP: 0x00000050 (0xFFFFFFFFF88F6A5B0, 0x0000000000000001, 0xFFFFF97FFF8B517E, 0x0000000000000005)

*** nv4_disp.dll - Address FFFFF97FFF8B517E base at FFFFF97FFF484000,DateStamp
42df2e88

Beginning dump of physical memory

Physical memory dump complete
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistence.

_________________

phew!
thats it
what ya think?
can anyone help?
i am going to try that render now...
and then i am still suffering with the playblast
what is that dll...
what is that plugin!
i am going to do a search for it and sniff it out

cpan

08-24-2006, 06:06 PM

nv4_disp.dll

that's the nvidia video driver causing the BSOD.
try a different driver version (like 77.77 or 84.37) to see if that still occurs.

btw get the drivers from here for XP32 (http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=10) and here for XP64 (http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?id=28).

Tombigbee

08-25-2006, 01:15 PM

Yippeee!!!

my playblasting works now :)
thanks so much guys!
i installed the latest drivers
and it works for now
touch wood ... ;)
hehe
thanks again so much
but now my scene STILL doesnt want to render
yikes
i wonder why ?
i tried deleting all the log files but its still giving problems
it just doesnt want to render
any suggestions?

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