Hi,
I’m having this issue where I have no material preview and I cannot render.
I have the lastest video card drivers and DX update.
I’m in DX9 mode but it’s not working either in openGL

My config is:
3dsMax 2010 x64 SP1
windows 7 x64
GeForce 470GTX
Phenom II X4 965

here’s a screenshot of what it looks like:

anyone can help?

Thanks a lot!

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AMD Phenom II X4 965
4gig Corsair 800Mhz 4-4-4-12
nVidia GeForce 470 GTX
Asus m3a78-t
Windows 7 x64
Velociraptor
2x 250gig - Raid 1

Sounds crazy, but try an older driver.
Although, I am not sure what you mean by “cannot render”.  Do you mean the viewport is blank?  The render should not have anything to do with the video driver.

--3ds Max Design 2009 64bit, Direct3D 9, Win Vista Premium 64, 3ghz quadcore Xeon, Quadro FX1700--

I tried even with openGL, same thing… when I say cannot render I mean when I press F9 or click the render button nothing happens at all. :S

I’ll try another driver to see what it does.

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http://www.yvgrafix.com

AMD Phenom II X4 965
4gig Corsair 800Mhz 4-4-4-12
nVidia GeForce 470 GTX
Asus m3a78-t
Windows 7 x64
Velociraptor
2x 250gig - Raid 1

nope… older version of my video drivers didn’t help…

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http://www.yvgrafix.com

AMD Phenom II X4 965
4gig Corsair 800Mhz 4-4-4-12
nVidia GeForce 470 GTX
Asus m3a78-t
Windows 7 x64
Velociraptor
2x 250gig - Raid 1

Windows 7 is not a support OS for 2010.
You may want to search the forum for Windows 7 compatibility issues.

Here is a link to the Knowledge Base on renaming/deleting the 3dsmax.ini file. When this file becomes corrupted, strange things will happen.
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/ser...d=14095997&linkID=9241177

Or this one:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/ser...d=15077201&linkID=9241177

I do not have Windows 7, but I’ve heard turning off Aero sometimes helps.

Your display card drives would not affect a Render Scene command.

Also notice the scroll bars on the Material Editor are messed up.

Tim Wilbers [FA]

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Visual Arts
University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/
3ds Max: 7.5, 8, 9, 2008, 2009, 2010

Thanks I’ll take a look. But that’s still weird, I have 2009 and it’s working fine. I also had 2010 on 7 before I format my computer today and it was working fine.

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http://www.yvgrafix.com

AMD Phenom II X4 965
4gig Corsair 800Mhz 4-4-4-12
nVidia GeForce 470 GTX
Asus m3a78-t
Windows 7 x64
Velociraptor
2x 250gig - Raid 1

nice! it seems that recovering the 3dsmax.ini file did the trick! it’s running fine again!
Thank you!

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http://www.yvgrafix.com

AMD Phenom II X4 965
4gig Corsair 800Mhz 4-4-4-12
nVidia GeForce 470 GTX
Asus m3a78-t
Windows 7 x64
Velociraptor
2x 250gig - Raid 1