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dragon_drift
May 27th, 2009, 08:09 PM
Laptop Spec
2.2ghz
2gb ram
vista 32-bit
So my problem is I get this message
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/blue-star-acid/LOWRAM.jpg
and this one
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/blue-star-acid/lowmem.jpg
when I still have memory
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/blue-star-acid/MEM.jpg
Anyone know what the problem is? I only used up 1.5gb out of 2, and then it starts warning me about low ram etc.
terrybear
May 27th, 2009, 08:20 PM
Laptop Spec
2.2ghz
2gb ram
vista 32-bit
So my problem is I get this message
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/blue-star-acid/LOWRAM.jpg
and this one
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/blue-star-acid/lowmem.jpg
when I still have memory
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/blue-star-acid/MEM.jpg
Anyone know what the problem is? I only used up 1.5gb out of 2, and then it starts warning me about low ram etc.
I thought I heard somewhere that firefox had a memory leak issue that was well known before ??
dragon_drift
May 27th, 2009, 08:27 PM
I thought I heard somewhere that firefox had a memory leak issue that was well known before ??
Well, when I don't use firefox, the same problem persists though.
Plus, from the picture, I still have 500mb free, I don't know why it would tell me that i'm low on memory. strange...
zegerman
May 27th, 2009, 09:04 PM
Just a guess but it might be complaining your page file is almost full, not your physical RAM. It's close to 90% full. Try increasing it to like 3GB and see if if makes a difference.
dragon_drift
May 27th, 2009, 09:29 PM
Just a guess but it might be complaining your page file is almost full, not your physical RAM. It's close to 90% full. Try increasing it to like 3GB and see if if makes a difference.
Seems to be running fine now, considering I have a bunch of programs opened. I'll update you guys tmr on how it went. :-0
Brewmeanie
May 27th, 2009, 09:36 PM
just a quick question, do you have intergrated video or a seperate video card? you can check how much memory your laptop onboard video is sucking up.
dragon_drift
May 27th, 2009, 09:53 PM
just a quick question, do you have intergrated video or a seperate video card? you can check how much memory your laptop onboard video is sucking up.
I have a dedicated video card (8400gs 128mb). How do I check?
Seiphas
May 28th, 2009, 05:39 AM
Ooh! Ooh! I get this problem too.
My desktop has 8 gigs of RAM, and I'm using an ATi Radeon 4850 (512MB RAM). I don't use a page file, but I get that message when I have around a gig left of RAM.
sickcars
May 28th, 2009, 09:03 AM
Just an idea.
Do you regularly restart/shutdown your computer? If you are the type of person to leave your computer running for days then restarting it ever day or 2nd day could fix this issue for you.
LtFransky
May 28th, 2009, 09:10 AM
I had that before. It's a page file issue. The OS thinks that your HD is nearing full capacity because of the virtual stuff.
dragon_drift
May 28th, 2009, 06:42 PM
Update: So it turns out my pagefile was set to 0. I configured it to the recommended 3067mb, and it's working fine ever since.
many thanks to zegerman and everyone else for their replies.