I am a new user of Mathematica just trying to learn the language and my way around. I am using the Hands-on Start book. Everything is working fine unless I try a 3D plot. The computer freezes the screen and I have to end task. I am using a PC at work. Any ideas?
Do you have a joystick or similar input device connected to you PC? If you do, try disconnecting the device before starting Mathematica. This is a known issue with versions 10+. I've reported it to WRI support multiple times. I don't think it has been fixed in 10.3.
Thanks
Thank you. It crashes with the wolfram language, too. I will contact them.
I found that V 10.0.0.0, hung on and or crashed when given some freeform input. V 10.3 doesn't have that issue.
Ahh, perhaps try it without the freeform input. Rather try this directly
Plot3D[2*y*Cos[x], {x, -6.59734, 6.59734}, {y, -1., 1.}]
If that still crashes, then you may have graphics problems, and you could contact Wolfram directly.
What version of Mathematica are you using? What is the command you enter that makes it unresponsive? Can you paste it here so we could try to reproduce the problem?
