OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE

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Hi Erik

The w98se machine is a P2 with 1gb of RAM running(?) a nVidia 4mb graphics
card. It's ok on small details but w2k pro is the way to go (never thought
I'd say that!).

I've recently seen it run on a high end XP machine through a good, powerful
graphics card, the refresh speed of big assemblies was very impressive.

Regards Chris Reed
PWSL


-----Original Message-----
From: erikrs301 [mailto:esmalley@...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:08 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


Chris, I'm using a 3dLabs Oxygen VX1 which is on the 'approved'
grahphics card list. Did you have to make any other sort of setting
or Registry changes to make the Win98 machine work better? I made a
change to the registry and now the card is 'green' when I run
diagnostics under Tools/App. Options/Hardware.

>From hearing what everyone else is saying about Win2K, I'm starting
to think that's going to be the way to go if this doesn't pan out.

Thanks!

Erik

--- In vantage@y..., "Chris Reed" <chrisr@p...> wrote:
> I'm running v5.3 on a w2k advanced server and on a w98se machine -
no
> significant problems. Is your graphics card one of the approved
cards?
> There's an Inventor web site listing mix and match performance and
> exceptions. I don't have the url to hand but a search should get
it. If
> you don't get anywhere let me know and I'll start digging.
>
> Regards Chris Reed
> PWSL
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Is anyone using Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Windows 98SE with any luck?
The system is a clone running PIII 1Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB 7200rpm HDD
and Oxygen VX1 32MB graphics card. The system is locking and crashing
frequently when using the software. Autodesk doesn't really have any
support for Win98.

Thanks!

Erik Smalley
IT Manager
MEI
3
Erik,

Bite the bullet and upgrade the machine to Win2000.
We run Acad 14 in 3D and ProEngineer and it doesn't hiccup.

Pro/E does crash on occasion, but rarely does it take the OS with it.
(two times in about 8 months.)

And chances are if Inventor crashes it won't take the OS with it either.

My 2 cents

Rich
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


Is anyone using Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Windows 98SE with any luck?
The system is a clone running PIII 1Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB 7200rpm HDD
and Oxygen VX1 32MB graphics card. The system is locking and crashing
frequently when using the software. Autodesk doesn't really have any
support for Win98.

Thanks!

Erik Smalley
IT Manager
MEI


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Take Rich�s Advice. Win2000 works great with our Autodesk and PTC products.
It�s better than NT4.0.. plus easier to install. We ditched Win 98 SE on
those years ago� because they kept crashing out.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Shafer [mailto:rshafer@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:09 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE

Erik,

Bite the bullet and upgrade the machine to Win2000.
We run Acad 14 in 3D and ProEngineer and it doesn't hiccup.

Pro/E does crash on occasion, but rarely does it take the OS with it.
(two times in about 8 months.)

And chances are if Inventor crashes it won't take the OS with it either.

My 2 cents

Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: erikrs301
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


Is anyone using Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Windows 98SE with any luck?
The system is a clone running PIII 1Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB 7200rpm HDD
and Oxygen VX1 32MB graphics card. The system is locking and crashing
frequently when using the software. Autodesk doesn't really have any
support for Win98.

Thanks!

Erik Smalley
IT Manager
MEI


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We've migrated most of the company to w2K. Quite stable, and definitely
worth the extra cost.

Of course, anything less than a PIII with 128megs will be bogged down moreso
than with 98, but even then the machine will be more stable.

Thaddeus Jacobs
Information Solutions Developer
Kinematic Automation, Inc.
mailto:tjacobs@...

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Lipham [mailto:pml@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:20 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


Take Rich's Advice. Win2000 works great with our Autodesk and PTC products.
It's better than NT4.0.. plus easier to install. We ditched Win 98 SE on
those years ago... because they kept crashing out.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Shafer [mailto:rshafer@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:09 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE

Erik,

Bite the bullet and upgrade the machine to Win2000.
We run Acad 14 in 3D and ProEngineer and it doesn't hiccup.

Pro/E does crash on occasion, but rarely does it take the OS with it.
(two times in about 8 months.)

And chances are if Inventor crashes it won't take the OS with it either.

My 2 cents

Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: erikrs301
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


Is anyone using Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Windows 98SE with any luck?
The system is a clone running PIII 1Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB 7200rpm HDD
and Oxygen VX1 32MB graphics card. The system is locking and crashing
frequently when using the software. Autodesk doesn't really have any
support for Win98.

Thanks!

Erik Smalley
IT Manager
MEI


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I'm running v5.3 on a w2k advanced server and on a w98se machine - no
significant problems. Is your graphics card one of the approved cards?
There's an Inventor web site listing mix and match performance and
exceptions. I don't have the url to hand but a search should get it. If
you don't get anywhere let me know and I'll start digging.

Regards Chris Reed
PWSL


-----Original Message-----
From: erikrs301 [mailto:esmalley@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:59 PM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


Is anyone using Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Windows 98SE with any luck?
The system is a clone running PIII 1Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB 7200rpm HDD
and Oxygen VX1 32MB graphics card. The system is locking and crashing
frequently when using the software. Autodesk doesn't really have any
support for Win98.

Thanks!

Erik Smalley
IT Manager
MEI
7
We're running Inventor 5.3 on W2K Pro machines and XP Pro machines... No
problems, no headaches, runs quick.

Haven't tried 98, but wouldn't recommend it - W2K or XP are much better
OS's.


Christopher Gitzlaff
Manager - Information Systems & Technology
Major Industries, Inc.
Phone: 715-842-4616
Fax: 715-848-3336



-----Original Message-----
From: erikrs301 [mailto:esmalley@...]
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:59 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


Is anyone using Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Windows 98SE with any luck?
The system is a clone running PIII 1Ghz, 512MB RAM, 40GB 7200rpm HDD
and Oxygen VX1 32MB graphics card. The system is locking and crashing
frequently when using the software. Autodesk doesn't really have any
support for Win98.

Thanks!

Erik Smalley
IT Manager
MEI



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At 09:05 AM 8/13/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Of course, anything less than a PIII with 128megs will be bogged down
>moreso than with 98, but even then the machine will be more stable.

I've been pleasantly surprised with W2k's performance. Back when it came
out, I set it up on an old test machine at home: a P-233 with 64MB and a
3GB disk. It actually ran pretty well. Better in fact, than W98 on the
PII-450s I had at work at the time. Win 2000 is the first windows I
actually *like* - and probably the last.

Oh yeah - and it will probably clear up all your cad/cam problems ;)

-Wayne Cox
Twenty Three -- Information Technology Consulting
828-685-2338
9
Wayne is correct

Win2000 is substantially quicker.
We had 2 identical PC's except for the OS
The W2000 machine was probably 20% to 40% faster depending on what it was doing.

If you make the switch I think you will be pleasantly suprised.
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Cox
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Vantage] OT: Autodesk Inventor 5.3 on Win98SE


At 09:05 AM 8/13/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Of course, anything less than a PIII with 128megs will be bogged down
>moreso than with 98, but even then the machine will be more stable.

I've been pleasantly surprised with W2k's performance. Back when it came
out, I set it up on an old test machine at home: a P-233 with 64MB and a
3GB disk. It actually ran pretty well. Better in fact, than W98 on the
PII-450s I had at work at the time. Win 2000 is the first windows I
actually *like* - and probably the last.

Oh yeah - and it will probably clear up all your cad/cam problems ;)

-Wayne Cox
Twenty Three -- Information Technology Consulting
828-685-2338






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Chris, I'm using a 3dLabs Oxygen VX1 which is on the 'approved'
grahphics card list. Did you have to make any other sort of setting
or Registry changes to make the Win98 machine work better? I made a
change to the registry and now the card is 'green' when I run
diagnostics under Tools/App. Options/Hardware.

From hearing what everyone else is saying about Win2K, I'm starting
to think that's going to be the way to go if this doesn't pan out.

Thanks!

Erik

--- In vantage@y..., "Chris Reed" <chrisr@p...> wrote:
> I'm running v5.3 on a w2k advanced server and on a w98se machine -
no
> significant problems. Is your graphics card one of the approved
cards?
> There's an Inventor web site listing mix and match performance and
> exceptions. I don't have the url to hand but a search should get
it. If
> you don't get anywhere let me know and I'll start digging.
>
> Regards Chris Reed
> PWSL