I have recieved no reports of stability problems or in fact any other
problems with Insight 5.0.
Regards
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Greenbank [mailto:steve@gccl.fsbusiness.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 4:54 AM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000, Win98 and VCache settings
>
>
> As you are already using 5.0 one source of possible problems
> can be the old
> version. Most installs work fine, but the odd one sometimes
> plays up if you
> don't uninstall the old version before installing the new one. I don't
> expect this to be the problem as this is usually hardware drivers and
> programs that are running (anything automatically started on
> boot that stays
> running) when you install the new version. It's usually wise
> to stop the old
> version before the install.
>
> Perhaps David will let you know if there are any other people having
> problems with 5.0 and whether uninstall 4.5 then install 5.0
> works best.
>
> It may be an interaction between Polar Insight 5.0 and something else
> particular to your system. I very much doubt that Vcache is
> anything to do
> with your real problem, it just encourages it to occur.
>
> I had a bad interaction with some well known scanning
> software that for a
> long time would not work unless I physically disabled my DVD
> & CD-Writer.
> This was very repeatable so was much easier to track down,
> but it still took
> many hours to find.
>
> The fact that altering the Vcache settings seems to trigger
> the problem
> suggests you have a nasty instability in your system These
> can be near
> impossible to track down. I suspect quite a few people have
> the potential to
> have these sorts of problems in their systems - particularly
> PC's where
> there are endless combinations of devices and drivers. I'd
> definitely try
> Prime95 as it is used by overclockers to find whether their
> systems can cope
> with extreme timing settings. Any memory/cpu problems soon
> show up. You can
> set it running at start up and continue to work with little noticeable
> slowdown in performance it just mops up any spare resources.
> You can set it to use upto 90% (enter 100% and it tells you
> the max) of
> physical memory under options->cpu and it will still not
> effect your general
> performance. If your PC has any cpu/memory (or overheating)
> problems the
> program will throw up an error. If there is an error within a
> minute of
> starting I suggest your problem has nothing to do with Polar Insight.
>
> Sadly for us scanning and manipulating huge image files is
> quite stressful
> and is always more likely to expose problems than editting a
> 3 page Word
> document.
>
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Schwartz" <snsok@swbell.net>
> To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:37 AM
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: SS4000, Win98 and VCache settings
>
>
> > Thanks. Good ideas here. Stan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of
> Steve Greenbank
> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:24 PM
> > To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > Subject: Re: filmscanners: SS4000, Win98 and VCache settings
> >
> >
> > Changing the VCache settings should not alter the result,
> only the speed
> at
> > which you receive the result :- )Except where you hit the
> Win9x/ME bug
> where
> > you must set a value less than 512MB if you have more
> physical memory than
> > 512MB.
> >
> > As this does not apply to you it suggests you have a
> problem elsewhere.
> The
> > fact that the new Vcache settings leave more physical
> memory available
> might
> > mean you have a physical memory problem in an area of
> memory not used by
> the
> > new setting. It may also be due to a physical memory
> problem being moved
> to
> > a more critical point. eg. dodgy memory used for picture
> storage may have
> > almost undetectable effect on an image but would crash most
> programs if it
> > was used for program code.
> >
> > Likely sources are:
> > 1) Polarcolor insight problem (try re-installing - anyone
> else having
> > problems - try 5.0)
> > 2) Physical memory problem (try a decent memory tester or
> different memory
> > or if you can, remove half at a time) - or try "torture
> test" in Prime95 (
> > ) - this thrashes cpu & memory
> > severely.
> > 3) SCSI device or driver problem (try re-installing or
> removing other
> > devices)
> > 4) BIOS setup issue (careful with this as you can really screw your
> machine)
> > 5) Problem with a background process (eg.virus program) (remove all
> > non-essential background processes)
> > 6) Other device or driver problem (disable as many devices
> as possible -
> > physical removal is better)
> > 7) Software conflict problem (particularly related to other
> SCSI devices)
> > (temporarily remove other devices)
> >
> > To check properly you will after to find a set of scan
> settings that will
> > reboot your machine everytime - preferably immediately
> after just booting.
> >
> > Otherwise your current setting for MaxFileCache is a bit
> low and will
> > probably slow your machine down. Using a value that is
> slightly larger
> than
> > your typical TIFF file can make open & save work much
> quicker provided you
> > don't overly restrict available RAM to the actual programs.
> This can be
> seen
> > most clearly during a save operation. (eg 35mm 4000dpi is
> about 54MB 8bit
> > and 108MB 16bit so try around 55000/110000 depending on
> whether you use a
> > lot of 16bit files).
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stan Schwartz" <snsok@swbell.net>
> > To: "Filmscanners (E-mail)" <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:06 PM
> > Subject: filmscanners: SS4000, Win98 and VCache settings
> >
> >
> > > I use an SS4000 on a SCSI connection with a Win98SE 933
> PentiumIII and
> > 512MB
> > > RAM.
> > >
> > > I was having some problems with the system doing a reboot
> in the middle
> of
> > > scanning a transparency, usually with Polacolor Insight.
> I posted that
> > here
> > > a couple of weeks ago and got some suggestions.
> > >
> > > I also use my computer for speech recognition software
> (not at the same
> > > time, of course). In the process of tweaking the computer
> for better
> > speech
> > > recognition, I made some changes in the Vcache settings.
> > >
> > > After making those "improvements," I was unable to scan a
> single slide
> > > without the system suddenly rebooting. It seems there is
> a connection
> > > between these Vcache settings and the problems I have had.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have experience with tweaking the Vcache
> settings for a SCSI
> > > slide scanner? I have used a couple of the shareware type
> programs that
> > > suggest values for "power users" and "multimedia" and "low memory
> > systems".
> > >
> > > I just changed the settings in system.ini to:
> > >
> > > [vcache]
> > > MaxFileCache=16384
> > > MinFileCache=3144
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The settings I had been using were min=0, max=131,000 (that was
> > > approximate--it was a correct multiple) with chunk size
> specified as
> 4096.
> > >
> > > Now I can finish a scan, but I have no clue what the
> optimum setting
> > should
> > > be, or if it should be specified at all.
> > >
> > >
> > > Stan
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
