Undo Button shuts down Computer!!!

[Rafi Bagramian]

Correction, shuts down VEGAS not Computer!!!

[Stephen Mann]

Sounds like a display problem.. Adapter, resolution, driver…. No way to tell yet. Make sure you have the latest XP service pack (SP2) and the latest driver for the display adapter. Failing that, I would plug in a simple VGA display adapter just to rule that out.

It’s not a gaming machine, is it?

Steve

Stephen Mann,
MannMade Digital Video,
San Jose, CA

[Rafi Bagramian]

Is the “latest XP service pack (SP2)” something that’s done when I update my Windows? I had not updated my XP Windows in a while, so I just did that, but it did not resolve the problem. No it’s not a Gaming System.

I didn’t have this problem until I updated my Vegas! And the only reason I did that was in hopes of solving other glitches!

Thanks.

FYI

Processor: XP Pen4 3GHz 512Cache
Memory: Kingston 512MB Dual PC3700DDR
Video: GForce4 128MB
Main Board: ASUS P4C800 Delux 800FSB
Hard Drives: 80GB + 150GB

[Kim Nance]

It’s not a gaming machine, is it?

Just curious – what would be the problem with a gaming machine? I would have thought a gaming machine would be pretty fast with good graphics capablities, and disk drive issues aside, a good choice to run Vegas.

Regards

Kim Nance
Armadillo Post

[Stephen Mann]

Gaming machines are typically overclocked and are tweaked for the installed graphics card. Vegas is uncomplicated with support for any external GPU and works just fine with a simple VGA display adapter. Your $1,000 gaming video card offers no advantage to Vegas. Overclocking can lead to timing problems if you are right on the edge of not working, and overheating since rendering is a very processor-intensive operation.

Let the flaming begin….

I predict that Sony will add GPU support to Vegas, along with increasing the tech support personnel count for troubleshooting graphics related problems.

Do you have plenty of space on all your hard disks? I suspect that the undo data is stored in a temp cache, maybe on your temp device.

You mentioned “other glitches”… The other glitches are probably related, though it may not sound like it.

So, the “undo” button crashes the program.. First, have you tried CTRL-Z instaed of the button? Do you know that Vegas is not running? – Hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to bring up the task manager – is Vegas still running?

Stephen Mann,
MannMade Digital Video,
San Jose, CA

[Rafi Bagramian]

The Project had about 3 hours of media on it. I turned them into smaller Projects and it stopped giving me problems! When I was using the Undo button, I wasn’t using Ripple Editing, so I’m not sure why it was having problems!