Where Is My Ram?

colliewalker1 · 04-28-2005, 11:36 AM

My computer has 512 MB RAM:In Photoshop CS when I try to open tiff files a message tells me that I have insufficient RAM; until now this HAS NOT been a problem and tiff files will still open OK in PSP.

Nothing has occurred to overload the PC's RAM.

On checking 'System Information' the following is shown:-

Processor: X86 Family 6 Model:8 Stepping 1:Authentic AMD 2097Mhz

Total Physical Memory 512.0 MB
Available Physical Memory 350.62 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

I'll be very grateful if anyone can suggest an explanation - AND - hopefully - a solution!!

narafa · 04-28-2005, 02:39 PM

I can't see anything strange. It says that you are having 512 MB of Physical RAM, which is true according to what you said at the beginning of your post. Windows, and all other running processes and programs take a space from your RAM to operate, so you have only 350 MB of Physical free RAM.

So what's wrong with this?

colliewalker1 · 04-28-2005, 03:42 PM

Photoshop WAS opening tiff files with this amount of RAM - now it isn't: that is what is wrong .....

**apj101** · 04-28-2005, 03:47 PM

how big are the tiffs, have you changed photo shop. Have you installed something. Have you ran virus and adware scanner, have you tries opening smaller tiffs, have you tried opening tiff in other apps, have you tried opening non tiffs with photoshop, have you tried reinstalling photoshop. All these things are worth a shot and without much more detail there is no much we can do. Try what i have suggested (you can find good adware threads in http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=12344).

Be sure to post back you results

colliewalker1 · 04-30-2005, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by apj101

how big are the tiffs, have you changed photo shop. Have you installed something. Have you ran virus and adware scanner, have you tries opening smaller tiffs, have you tried opening tiff in other apps, have you tried opening non tiffs with photoshop, have you tried reinstalling photoshop. All these things are worth a shot and without much more detail there is no much we can do. Try what i have suggested (you can find good adware threads in http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=12344).

Be sure to post back you results

Many thanks for your response and interest.

A typical tiff file that I have on a CD of professionally 2700 dpi 16 bit scanned transparencies is 22MB(!!).

[i] smaller tiffs - same problem

[ii] non tiffs - no problem

[iii]reinstalling Photoshop - same problem

[iv] Now - this is strange - if I move a tiff file to my hard
drive Photoshop WILL open it!!

Does [iv] give a clue as to what is going on?

**Praetor** · 05-04-2005, 09:54 PM

Could just be a messup with PSP and TIFF .. try making another virtual memory drive and pointing PSP to use that

feral · 05-12-2005, 11:25 PM

do you by any chance have an nvidia card?

**Praetor** · 05-22-2005, 02:55 PM

What does the video card have to do with it?

jbrown456 · 05-22-2005, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Praetor

What does the video card have to do with it?

nothing

**Praetor** · 05-22-2005, 03:41 PM

Quote:

nothing

It wasnt a serious question

04-28-2005, 11:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
colliewalker1 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5	Where Is My Ram? My computer has 512 MB RAM:In Photoshop CS when I try to open tiff files a message tells me that I have insufficient RAM; until now this HAS NOT been a problem and tiff files will still open OK in PSP. Nothing has occurred to overload the PC's RAM. On checking 'System Information' the following is shown:- Processor: X86 Family 6 Model:8 Stepping 1:Authentic AMD 2097Mhz Total Physical Memory 512.0 MB Available Physical Memory 350.62 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.0 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB I'll be very grateful if anyone can suggest an explanation - AND - hopefully - a solution!!

04-28-2005, 02:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
narafa Gold Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Egypt Age: 29 Posts: 450	I can't see anything strange. It says that you are having 512 MB of Physical RAM, which is true according to what you said at the beginning of your post. Windows, and all other running processes and programs take a space from your RAM to operate, so you have only 350 MB of Physical free RAM. So what's wrong with this? __________________ - Intel P4 1.8 Ghz - 512 KB L2 Cache - GigaByte MoBo with built in sound - 384 MB SDRAM PC133 - GeForce 2 MX 400, 64 MB - 80 GB Segate HDD + 80 GB WD HDD - 52X LG CD-ROM - 52X-24X-52X LG CD-RW - LG 14" Monitor :mad: - NIC 10/100 - Rockwell Internal Modem - ADSL 256 Kbps :mad: - Generic Floppy, Keyboard, Mouse & Speakers Protected by Norton Corporate Edition & Sygate Personal Firewall If you are dead sure that you are right, then probably the rest of the world is WRONG!!

04-28-2005, 03:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
colliewalker1 New Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5	Where is my RAM? Photoshop WAS opening tiff files with this amount of RAM - now it isn't: that is what is wrong .....

04-28-2005, 03:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,169	how big are the tiffs, have you changed photo shop. Have you installed something. Have you ran virus and adware scanner, have you tries opening smaller tiffs, have you tried opening tiff in other apps, have you tried opening non tiffs with photoshop, have you tried reinstalling photoshop. All these things are worth a shot and without much more detail there is no much we can do. Try what i have suggested (you can find good adware threads in http://www.computerforum.com/showthread.php?t=12344). Be sure to post back you results __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

05-04-2005, 09:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
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05-12-2005, 11:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
feral New Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1	do you by any chance have an nvidia card?

05-22-2005, 02:55 PM	#8 (permalink)
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