New Xeon E5-2650 v4 - 109 3ds max adapter error

Corona Corona for 3ds Max General
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Hi guys,

these days arrived some brand new PCs to dedicate to our Corona production:

2 Nodes specs:
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650v4

Main Workstation:
2x Intel Xeon E5-2683v4

The workstation is not yet online but I had the possibility to test the 2 nodes for now.
I tried the Corona Benchmark and the result is as expected. So everything is ok, we’re about 1min 02sec for each node.

But

  • Once I try to use them via Backburner & DR the main node who gets the job sometimes gives a 109 3ds max adapter error.
  • When finally the render job starts 3dsmax.exe process seems blocked for a few seconds, then gets back, blocked again, get back and so on till the end of the process.
  • During all the BB session VFB seems freezed.

Things to know and take in consideration:

3ds Max 2017 SP2
Corona latest Daily Build 1.5

Windows Update still needs to start installing all the Win 7 updates for each node. Could be the main problem of this strange behavior???
As the network here in office is a bit complicated the nodes didn’t started yet to download any of the windows updates due to a delay of the main server. So I need to wait…

Thanks in advance,

Dionysios -

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As I can read on the web, this error is pretty vague. So installing all Windows Updates and Max service packs sounds like a reasonable first step.

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Yes, I miss all Win Updates for now… Once back from the vacation period I’ll let you know!

Thanks for getting back so fast.

Dionysios -

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We were also having a node dropping drom BB, it was the win7 updates missing the ones causing the problems..

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Well, they don’t always drop but are completely freezed now. The process seems always stopped.

Let’s wait the updates.

D.