virtual memory too low

uniqueusername · 12-29-2005, 05:50 AM

i deleted some stuff, but cant play games because of it.

mgoldb2 · 12-29-2005, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by uniqueusername

i deleted some stuff, but cant play games because of it.

1. Tell me how much system ram you have.

2. go to control panel, system, advance, performance settings, advanced, change virtural memory, tell me what the intitial and max is set too.

3. press ctrl-alt-del, performance, tell me the PF usage

4. my computer, right click c:\ , properties, tell me how much free harddrive space you have

uniqueusername · 12-29-2005, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by mgoldb2

1. Tell me how much system ram you have.

2. go to control panel, system, advance, performance settings, advanced, change virtural memory, tell me what the intitial and max is set too.

3. press ctrl-alt-del, performance, tell me the PF usage

4. my computer, right click c:\ , properties, tell me how much free harddrive space you have

1. 248 MB RAM
2. initial-372,max-744
3. 236 mb
4.free-19.1GB used-18.1GB

LaptopExtreme · 12-29-2005, 03:17 PM

Yeah, your hard drive's pretty full, Ram is pretty low too but should be fine. Question, have you ever been able to play games (or particular game) on this system? or did it just stop recently? If you never, it could be your hardware.

ericvonzipper · 12-29-2005, 03:30 PM

Just as a side note, in the earlier days of Win 95 and 98 I found I sometimes had to change my hardware accelerator to get games or programs to work. Doesn't seem to happen so much since I built my XP2200 3 yrs ago.

mgoldb2 · 12-29-2005, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by uniqueusername

1. 248 MB RAM
2. initial-372,max-744
3. 236 mb
4.free-19.1GB used-18.1GB

Well it possiable when you playing game you going over 1GB of ram and the max you can use is 256+744 (a little less then a gig). Try changing the virtual memory setting to initial 1024 and the max to 2048. I think you might have to reboot the computer after making the change.

EDIT

Also I would like to note if you added at least anouther 256ram to your computer it would help alot.

jesbax · 12-29-2005, 09:57 PM

it will also help if you clean up your hdd. a hdd that full you won't be able to boost your virtural ram. virtural ram uses the hdd. clean up your hdd. try to recalm at least 8 gb of hdd and that will help with the memory problem.

mgoldb2 · 12-30-2005, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jesbax

it will also help if you clean up your hdd. a hdd that full you won't be able to boost your virtural ram. virtural ram uses the hdd. clean up your hdd. try to recalm at least 8 gb of hdd and that will help with the memory problem.

Maybe am missreading but I understood his responce to say he had 19.1 GB free. That plenty to avoid problems even after virtual memory take as much as 2GB of it.

12-29-2005, 05:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
uniqueusername Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 101	virtual memory too low i deleted some stuff, but cant play games because of it.

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ericvonzipper Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 54	Just as a side note, in the earlier days of Win 95 and 98 I found I sometimes had to change my hardware accelerator to get games or programs to work. Doesn't seem to happen so much since I built my XP2200 3 yrs ago. __________________ Socket 754 Athlon3700 ECS 755 A2 mb 1024meg Ultra pc3200 512meg Ultra PC3200 120gig 7200rpm 256meg 9600 (Sapphire) soundblaster 1024

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jesbax Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NE Age: 29 Posts: 337	it will also help if you clean up your hdd. a hdd that full you won't be able to boost your virtural ram. virtural ram uses the hdd. clean up your hdd. try to recalm at least 8 gb of hdd and that will help with the memory problem. __________________ my spelling sucks bad so bear with me. The Rig--(upgraded) amd athlon 64 x2 4800+ 4gb ram 300 gb hdd x2(raid) 80 gb hdd x2(raid) 52x cd-rw 16x dvd+rw dl ati Radeon 9550 256 mb

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12-29-2005, 03:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
LaptopExtreme VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 880	Yeah, your hard drive's pretty full, Ram is pretty low too but should be fine. Question, have you ever been able to play games (or particular game) on this system? or did it just stop recently? If you never, it could be your hardware.