Virtual memory
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Plusnet Community
- :
- Forum
- :
- Other forums
- :
- Tech Help - Software/Hardware etc
- :
- Re: Virtual memory
Virtual memory
17-04-2012 5:44 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
I have 512 mb of ram and space available is 81117mb,initial size is 2048 and max size is set to 2048.
Re: Virtual memory
17-04-2012 6:03 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
You could try letting Windows decide the size or raise the upper limit to 3000MB
Of course what you actually should do is stick a load more memory in. I would recommend 2GB
Re: Virtual memory
17-04-2012 6:11 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Quote from: Oldjim You don't say what operating system you are using but I assume it is XP.
Weird. I posted almost exactly the same query a while back and it's just disappeared.
Agree 100% with OldJim re VM settings and RAM upgrade.
Re: Virtual memory
17-04-2012 6:37 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: Virtual memory
18-04-2012 6:19 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
samsung 850evo 250gig , WD black 2 TB . Asus Phoebus sound ,
16 gig Avexir ram 2400 , water cooling Corsair H100i gtx ,
Corsair 750HXI Psu , Phanteks Enthoo pro case .
Re: Virtual memory
18-04-2012 4:02 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
ESCD successfully updated
If so, then your problem is possibly the lithium battery on the motherboard (which should be replaced every few years anyway),
as the voltage has become too low to maintain the non-volatile settings in the BIOS, one of which is how the mouse should be detected and reported.
The battery is usually a cheap "CR2032" and is easily changed.
Remember to remove all power from the computer before you do it, and then afterwards in the BIOS "Load default settings" and then tweek the other values to suit.
I think the mouse issue and virtual memory warnings, are unrelated problems.
I would also advise to upgrade the memory (while you have the case apart for the battery), as even a small increase to 1GB or 1.5GB will make a big change in performance on an XP machine.
Try getting the details of the required memory from your system handbook, or try running the Crucial "System Scanner".
If you get your memory from eBay, you should be able to pick up fast rated 512MB DDR or DDR2 sticks for about £7, or 1GB sticks for £12 - including postage.
Once ANY new memory is installed, check it using Memtest86+ - preferably for 24 hours with the case closed so the PC runs at full temperature.
With ANY change to the physical amount of RAM fitted, remember to adjust the Windows virtual memory settings accordingly.
Re: Virtual memory
08-05-2012 8:15 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
If the pagefile is badly fragmented, you can disable it, reboot, delete the file, defragement, enable it and reboot again. Use google for detailed instructions. I tried this a couple of years ago and it worked well.
Re: Virtual memory
08-05-2012 8:52 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426
Re: Virtual memory
08-05-2012 10:37 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
If you let Windows pick the quantity of virtual memory it would choose a maximum of 768 MB (1.5 times the installed RAM) so your 2048 MB is much larger than this. Therefore KenA provides the only logical explanation of why you might be seeing a virtual memory warning.
Re: Virtual memory
08-05-2012 10:49 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
512MB maybe 10 years ago, now in the "real world" it's a very rare XP system (with a very dedicated technical user) that will run at top efficiency in that space.
Re: Virtual memory
09-05-2012 7:02 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
If you want top efficiency by all means get more memory but get it together with a new motherboard, processor, and peripheral hardware - get a new computer.
Re: Virtual memory
09-05-2012 8:32 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Nonsense, reformat the hard drive and install Linux - problem solved !
Re: Virtual memory
09-05-2012 11:29 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Quote from: purleigh Nonsense, reformat the hard drive and install ....
Well actually, re-installing any operating system from scratch, even (gasp) Windows, would most likely solve this particular problem.
Re: Virtual memory
09-05-2012 11:51 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Firstly look at all the programs that run on startup - you may find a number in there which are updaters (i.e. checking to see if a later version of software is available) or other things that you don't actually need to be running in the background. If you disable those it will free up more memory for the programs you do want to run.
If after looking at that the commit charge is still high compared to the memory size, putting in more memory will make a dramatic difference.
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
Re: Virtual memory
09-05-2012 11:54 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Ram for your age of PC is likely to be very cheap on ebay, adding 1GB should be less than £20. You need to check you get the right type and Don't forget to increase the pagefile to twice the ram, and use a fixed size (after defragging).
A disk defrag is also recommended - the included XP defrag program is useless - I would recommend using periform defragger or MyDefrag
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page