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LW, Memory and Guru !!!

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From: Dan Nessel
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 01:06
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Hi All,

Consider this post a desperate plea for help. I'll outline as clear
as possible, and ask (beg) that someone can help me figure this out
before I go insane. TIA

Problem:
When I render frames in LW 3.1 my system occasionally crashes. I get
GURU # 81000005 and then task number such as:
	011D4D30	01068BE0	0176FAF8
	0113CD68	0173A428	011C1450
	0104CD78	011C7BC8
	011C7978	011373D0

A program I have defines the Guru # to mean "AN_MEM Corrupt. Corrupt
Memory List Detected In FreeMEM()"

The bizarre part is I can't tell you exactly when this happens?? 
Sometimes I will render about 20 frames then the crash, other times
2 frames then the crash. I have tried to re-render a frame it crashed
on to see if it was something specific to the frame, but it will work
if I render it again. I can not find a pattern, or find the exact
operation that makes it crash.

My Setup:
Amiga 2000HD
GVP 030/25Mhz with 9 megs of 32bit ram and SCSI controller
A2091 board which has 2 megs of 16bit ram
Toaster 1.0 card with 3.1 Software
Syquest 88meg exterbal
350 meg internal scsi drive
50 meg internal scsi drive
I am recording directly to Sanyo 950 (I am not saving frames to any
drive)
Kickstart 2.1 rom
Workbenck 2.1

What I have tried:
I have run every memory check program I can find, and they all report
no errors. 
I have disabled the 2 megs of 16bit ram on a tip that might cause the
problem.
I have moved the memory chips around on my GVP board to see if the
TASK number changes, it doesn't.
Called Newtek support.
Run a memory block program to disable the memory areas reported by
the task numbers.

AND NOTHING STOPS THOSE VISITS FROM THE GURU!!!

Well, if you have made it this far I thank you for at least letting
me vent. If you have any ideas or guesses please let me know.

Thanks much,
Dan "I can't take these GURU visits" Nessel
nesseld@ios.com
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Subject: LW, Memory and Guru !!!
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