just an update on this, we ended up replacing the graphics card, no more
crashes (thus far)

cheersm

james,


On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <[email protected]>wrote:

> if it says -1 it's a code defect in softimage or a plug-in
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:51 AM, James De Colling
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > i'll try a mem test on the system, I just assumed it was the graphics
> board
> > due to the display corruption before the message
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > james,
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Jon Swindells <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> sounds more like a sys ram error than a dodgy gfx card
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6 October 2013 12:46, James De Colling <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> hey guys,  one of our boxes keeps throwing an error "Memory Allocation
> >>> Warning"
> >>>
> >>> "Cannot allocate -1 bytes of contiguous memory. XSI may become unstable
> >>> from now on"
> >>>
> >>> anyone else seeing this? its a machine running a gtx580
> >>>
> >>> our machines with quadro 4000's run fine (but are very slow compared)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> also if we need to replace the card, anyone successfully running a 770
> or
> >>> 780 with no problems?
> >>>
> >>> cheers,
> >>>
> >>> james,
> >>>
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