Hardware Tech Note - Running An Older Processor? Processors earlier than Athlon 64, or
Intel Pentium 4? This issue only has an effect on older processors listed below AMD CPUs earlier than Athlon 64, including all Socket A-based CPUs Intel CPUs earlier than Pentium 4
With the release of X4 this passed month came a new leap in technology giving our customers greater speed at generating programs on their PC. With this leap we have found that older computer processors have difficulty running Mastercam X4, specifically AMD CPUs earlier than Athlon 64, including all Socket A-based CPUs or Intel Pentium 3 processors.
The cause of this problem is the lack of the SSE2 instructionset on the processor(CPU). The system files installed with Mastercam X4 requires SSE2, and will cause Mastercam to crash if the CPU does not support it. Currently there is a work around that enables Mastercam to run but in doing so slows the speed of Mastercam in accordance to the processors output. As with anything in computers there is a shelf life, in the near future Mastercam will no longer support these processors as they will become a hindrance to the user by affecting the overall performance of the software.
It is Services Four Automation's recommendation that our customers look at replacing these aging computers so that they can get the best possible performance out of Mastercam. If you have one of these processors or any questions about this please don't hesitate to contact Services Four Automation at 978-728-0009
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Held every month in either a AM (9am-11am) or PM(1pm-3pm) session. Sessions are designed to give an overview of specific functionality in a seminar/presentation style setup.
X4 2D High Speed Toolpaths (HST) - Basic Overview
of HST. This will cover 2D HST
showing you a step by
step orientation of the feature in Mastercam.
Dates & Times
Place
September 24, 2009 9am-11am
Sterling, MA
October 28, 2009 apm-3pm
Windsor Lock, CT
X4 3D High Speed Toolpaths (HST) -
Basic Overview
of HST. This will
cover 3D HST showing you a step by
step orientation of
the feature in Mastercam.
Dates & Times
Place
August 20th 9am-11am
Sterling, MA
October 15, 2009 1pm-3pm
Sterling, MA
X4 Mastercam Setup Sheet - Basic
introduction into
Mastercam's
new set up sheet and active reports.
Dates & Times
Place
August 20th 1pm-3pm
SFA - Sterling, MA
September 30, 2009 1pm-3pm
Windsor Lock, CT
X4 Understanding Machine & Control Definitions- Basic understanding of how Machine and Control
Definitions's interact with Post Processors
Dates & Times
Place
September 24, 2009 1pm-3pm
SFA - Sterling MA
X4 Work Coordinate System (WCS) Overview - Work
Coordinate System - Basic Overview
of how WCS's
work and how to create, name and
save them. Includes the New Dynamic Planes and WCS.
Dates & Times
Place
August 26,2009 1pm-3pm
Windsor Locks, CT
October 15, 2009 9am-11am
Sterling, MA
X4 Release Overview - What's New in X4 - touch on new toolpaths, and features.
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