ok all. Sorry to post this here but, I don't know where else to put it. lol

I've had this problem since my first major laptop crash a few months ago....POSER 4 keeps crashing after every 3 min. of work.

I thought it was textures, but no. I've gotten rid of possible corrupt rsr's.  Doesn't help. I thought maybe it even doesn't play well with Amapi 6. It worked with Shade LE.

All in all my laptop is a Gateway 100 gig HD  and 1800+mhz  Windows XP Pro on the system.  My poser runtime is practically bare bones including the texture folder of the things I added.

 Soooo....anyone have any ideas. I'm to the point of taking out my poser 4 completely :(

I'm no computer expert, but I can offer the following suggestions:

Have you updated your video card drivers?

Gotten your latest MS updates?

Done a virus and adware scan?

Defragged your computer?

Do you have Quicktime installed?

Maybe the computer is overheating?

Yes Acadia I've done all that. That is why I am at such a loss.

I took out quicktime and re-installed version 7.1 hopefully it helps. I save often anyway. I just have to keep saving every 30 seconds lately. Just when it does crash on me the .rsr of whatever i jappen to be using gets all corrupted on me LOL

Confusing huh :)

What exactly happened to your laptop the first time?
You might be looking at a new install of your OS :(

Hi Hyria,

You mentioned in your first post that Poser4 keeps crashing.  I think that 4.03 was the latest service update for Poser4, which enabled more ram utilization.  I remember hearing people madly raving about Poser 4 crashing on them, but Poser 5 and 6 work fine.  I'd definently check to see what version of Poser 4 you are using.  As an aside, please invest in a portable HD, just in case you have to do a massive re-install.  It will make things easier to re-install.  I hope this helps? -Starkdog

Could be temperature related. My old laptop could fry eggs when I was running Poser. Motherboard had to be replaced under warranty as it got fried. The onboard graphics chips don't seem ideal for anything graphically intense.

Thanks Guys :)

Yup done all that.

A potrable HD good idea :) I'll have to invest in one later.  Yup got the updates and the memory update too :)

It should be working now. Haven't played with it yet. Been doing graphics for work lol

Thank You for your help all It is apprecaited.  :)

A potrable HD good idea :) I'll have to invest in one later. 

Mmm just for your info ..at the E Frontier site there having a OFFER poser 6 and the new cloths maker for $150.00

Maybe thats a good deal instead of P4 ...

Chris

 I've played with the p6 on the mac need to play with it more to figure if I like it or not lol.  Maybe early next year :)