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Hi, I’m new to Blender, as well as to 3D graphics. I’m running Blender 2.46 on Windows XP. I have dual 3 GHz processors and a GeForce 6800 graphics card. I’m having a problem with rendering a specific image. When I try to render by hitting F12, it hangs and gives me a “Blender has encountered a problem and needs to close”, causing Blender to shut down. I seem to be able to render any new projects just fine. Attached is the file that is causing me problems.

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person.blend (184 KB)

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I checked the file. You have too many subsurf modifiers on the hat. I removed all but one of them, and it rendered without problems.

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Blender will crash when its RAM need exceed what XP will allow to use.
Surface subdivision is especially hungry for RAM.
Jean

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Ah, thank you very much; I didn’t realize I had that many subsurfs! I’m not sure how that happened. Thanks, I removed them and it rendered fine.