I'm using Poser Pro 2014 64-bit My computer has locked up a few times in Poser. When I go to open files that opened/worked fine before it says there is not enough memory, but then it loads the file anyway. (message is "Texture could not be loaded. Image map file could not be found, or there is not enough memory to load." but I know the texture map was fine before)

Then the camera moves.

I have 32g of RAM so it is not out of memory.

My set up is Intel i7-3770 @ 3.40 GHz

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

When it's working, the rendering is lightning fast but now it is doing this. I'm wondering if part of the problem could actually be the harddrive (because the SATA drive keeps disappearing and sometimes I have to restart the computer a few times) yet it says memory.

When it works, it works great, but when it doesn't I'm ready to rip my hair out. I have paid to upgrade everything and now I'm having these issues.

Any ideas?

In your general preferences...is your search set to deep? It could be your SATA I guess if Poser isn't finding the textures as soon as it loads but then not long after.

Laurie

I'm going to try the file again, I didn't realized until now how much memory Reality 3 uses, I think that was why I was getting the error and never thought much of running both. I have had that problem before but it's possible I was rendering then too. The camera issue is new though.

thanks

At least in earlier versions, that message never actually meant you were out of memory.  It was always a problem with finding the file, or a fussy disagreement with the filename.  Maybe the relevant runtime is no longer linked to Poser, or maybe it's moved to a different disk?

I sometimes get Poser to hang on render when I have a browser window open. So I try to make sure the browser is closed before this.

Those are my own settings, and my machine is slower than yours on the iCore specs.  However, I am not running the Reality software.

If your disk keeps disappearing then you have a more fundemental problem which needs to be resolved quickly before your system becomes corrupted and won't boot.  My suggestion is you go back to the person who did the upgrade, explain to them what is happening and ask for it to be fixed. 

Also make sure any files that are important to you are backed up onto an external drive or USB stick.

Quote - If your disk keeps disappearing then you have a more fundemental problem which needs to be resolved quickly before your system becomes corrupted and won't boot.  My suggestion is you go back to the person who did the upgrade, explain to them what is happening and ask for it to be fixed. 

Also make sure any files that are important to you are backed up onto an external drive or USB stick.

I would agree with the above.  I had a similar problem with an earlier computer in that is would 'lose' a hard drive and it turned out to be a faulty SATA cable.  In most cases if SSDs fail they fail completely, but that does not mean that is not the fault just that there are other possibilites.  If someone else did the upgrade go back to them.  If you installed the SSD yourself, try using a different cable or SATA prot on the motherboard to diagnose the fault.  If the SSD is still playing up I would return it.  That said the first thing you should do is back up your data.

I have a system similar to yours and I am running Poser 2014 and I have not seen the problem you describe even with Reality 3 and Poser running at the same time so, based upon that, I would say it looks like your computer not Poser.

As far as SSDs have come I still wouldn't use one for the OS....lol. I'm paranoid as it is when it comes to computers :P.

Maybe you SHOULD try another cable, like hornet3d suggested. Would be the first thing I'd try :).

Laurie

Quote - As far as SSDs have come I still wouldn't use one for the OS....lol. I'm paranoid as it is when it comes to computers :P.

I thought using one for the OS would be the safest way...  If it flaked out I'd be up and running again in a matter of days.  But if I lost my work I don't know what I would do.

I just started using reality3 on 4gb mem it's ok, kinda slow but no mem issue

Set up a "farm" with 2 others at 3gb and 2gb

Renders almost twice as fast, not quite

sounds like more of a drive issue, or controller

SSD could be used for OS, but i definately wouldn't have the swap file on it, they are limited to max writes

I have the OS and the main Poser Program on an SSD.  All the swap files, along with any temp files are re-directed to a conventional Drive.  I also have two images of the SSD stored as a back up, one after any major change such as a new program install and a Day One image.  If the SSD goes the theory is, replace the SSD, load the image and continue as before.