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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 31 2008 - 17:00:22 CDT

Hi,
  I agree with Eric's suggestion. The symptoms you describe
are almost certainly a video driver problem if displaying a
tube representation craters the system. What video chipset
does your laptop use?

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 04:11:33PM -0500, Eric H. Lee wrote:
> It could even be a problem with your video driver. Make sure you have
> the latest version for your particular video card.
>
> -Eric
>
> On Jul 31, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Lixia Jin Day wrote:
>
> >I recently reinstalled my systerm (WinXP). Everything was cleaned on
> >the C drive.
> >Now when I run VMD on this newly installed computer it(VMD) crasch
> >very frequently. This happened before only when there is not enough
> >memory. Now it happens every time when I use it. Even when I set
> >draing method to tube, for example.
> >This happens both for VMD1.8.6, and for the older version 1.8.3, which
> >is on the D drive.
> >I believe there is a problem with Window, not VMD. But any has an idea
> >what is wrong?
> >
> >Thank you!
> >
> >Lixia
>
> Eric H. Lee
> Medical Scholars Program
> Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, UIUC
> ericlee_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 

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