# Paraview crashing - hardware enquiry
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298 "2021-11-01T15:13:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Chloe\_Pearce](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chloe_Pearce)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298/1 "2021-11-01T15:13:43Z")
Hello,
I’m having trouble processing neutron and X-ray tomography data through Paraview 5.8.0. If the dataset is larger the program crashes and closes immediately. When the dataset is smaller it is initially okay, but struggles with additional commands and data processing requirements until it crashes.
I feel part of the problem lies with my hardware, and was wondering if you had any advice regarding upgrading components? I’ve included the details of my current set up below.
OS: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Phenom™ II x6, ~3.2 GHz
Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Hard drives: Two regular hard drives, 3.64 TB and 1.82 TB respectively.
Best wishes,
Chloe
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [November 1, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298/2 "2021-11-01T16:42:58Z")
Hi Chloe,
From my experience, crashes almost always occur due to lack of memory. Also, if things start to go SLOW, again, it is frequently that you have run out of memory, and the OS is trying to free memory to a swap file. The way to see your memory footprint is with the View/ Memory Inspector. Next, to fix crashes, first thing to try would be buy more memory.
Alan
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298/3 "2021-11-02T08:13:00Z")
please share your data @Chloe_Pearce
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### Author:  [@Chloe\_Pearce](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chloe_Pearce)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298/4 "2021-11-02T16:29:19Z")
I’ve uploaded one of my datasets (5GB) to Google Drive, is that suitable?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298/5 "2021-11-02T16:30:27Z")
Sure
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### Author:  [@Chloe\_Pearce](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chloe_Pearce)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298/6 "2021-11-08T12:28:37Z")
Please see a link to the Drive folder below. You’ll the complete dataset for BAT5 inside the folder.
[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12nV5j1X\_WdjMSzx1xs8yCO\_cHbq533YB?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12nV5j1X_WdjMSzx1xs8yCO_cHbq533YB?usp=sharing)
Thank you!
Chloe
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashing-hardware-enquiry/8298/7 "2021-11-08T13:46:43Z")
I’m able to open any .tiff file in your archive, and the .dat doesn’t open but does not crash ParaView.
Could you provide precise steps to reproduce ?