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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 21:58:40 CDT

Bo,
  Is this a laptop or a desktop machine? The SIS chips leave
much to be desired, and my recommendation would be to immediately
look into upgrading to a more capable graphics card if possible.
If this is on a laptop that cannot be upgraded, then your only
real option is to get an updated graphics driver that's more reliable.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:09:59AM +0800, bo baker wrote:
> Hi, John:
>
> The graphic card in the computer is:
>
> SIS Mirage 3, vision 6.14.10.380
>
> Thank you
>
> Bo
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:36 PM, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >  What graphics chipset are you using?  This sounds to me like
> > some kind of graphics driver failure.  If you can provide more
> > information about your system, I may have further suggestions.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >  John Stone
> >  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 05:49:42PM +0800, bo baker wrote:
> >> Dear VMD:
> >>
> >> I install VMD 1.8.6 (win 32). The installition is successful. But the
> >> program crashes at start up.
> >> I follow the instruction from VMD1.8.6 release not, by adding the
> >> environment variable "VMDSIMPLEGRAPHICS" to "1" in the control panel
> >> "System Properties" window.
> >>
> >> But the problem remains.
> >>
> >> I use Window XP (2002) vision.
> >>
> >> Thank you for your advice
> >>
> >> Bo
> >
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Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
University of Illinois, 405 N. Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Email: johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu                 Phone: 217-244-3349
  WWW: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/      Fax: 217-244-6078