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Re: Memory

Posted: 07-10-2003, 08:18 PM
Jeff Malka
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Thanks.

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"Ron Martell" <ron@onlinehelp.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> "Jeff Malka" <malkajef@orthohelp.com> wrote:
>
> >I have a new Pentium 4 system with pre-installed XP home and 512 MB ram.
I
> >added an additional 512 MB (my motherboard can handle to 2 GB). When I
> >rebooted, XP would start, reach the desktop, shutdown and repeat
> >continuously. When I removed the extra memory, things went back to
normal.
> >There was nothing wrong with the memory and it was the correct memory. I
> >returned the memory to the store (Micro Center) but have always wondered
> >what the cause might have been.
>
> Probably a mismatch between the two different RAM modules.
>
> RAM from different manufacturers, or even the same manufacturer but
> different production lots, can have differences in the internal layout
> and/or material composition of the RAM chips.
>
> These differences can affect the strength and the timing of the
> signals returned from the RAM and Windows is sensitive to these
> differences.
>
> The "acid test" for proving this problem is to try using the computer
> with just the new module by itself. If both modules work perfectly
> when installed by themselves but there are problems when both are
> installed then this is the problem. There is no cure, except to
> replace one or both modules so that all RAM modules are identical.
>
> Good luck
>
>
> Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Matthew
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Re: memory
Posted: 07-27-2003, 08:27 PM
Try Start, Run. Type "taskmgr" in the box (without the quotes) and hit
enter. Click the Performance tab and look at the CPU Usage History graph.

Matthew

"keith" <therrera@cox.net> wrote in message
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> How can I see my available memory % like I could with
> win98

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Posted: 07-27-2003, 08:29 PM
CNTL-ALT-DEL, bring up the Task Manger.
>-----Original Message-----
>How can I see my available memory % like I could with
>win98
>.
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Jorge A. Bañales
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Posted: 08-04-2003, 05:38 PM

I have a Windows XP Home version system.
When I try to use a large software, like PhotoShop, it
keeps telling me "insufficient memory".
Using the Task Manager, I check in Processes and it
usually list more than a dozen running programs, with
undecipherable names.
How do I know which ones I can close and still operate the
computer?
Is it there any way to configure the system so that it
doesn't start those strang programs?
Thanks

jorge
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Re: Memory
Posted: 08-04-2003, 05:57 PM
DO NOT go around shutting off processes! Especially if you don't know what
they are!
You don't say how much memory you have... Get more, it's still cheap. (Not
like the early/mid'90s, where 4 4Mb SIMMs would run $1600.)

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"Jorge A. Bañales" <jabanales@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have a Windows XP Home version system.
> When I try to use a large software, like PhotoShop, it
> keeps telling me "insufficient memory".
> Using the Task Manager, I check in Processes and it
> usually list more than a dozen running programs, with
> undecipherable names.
> How do I know which ones I can close and still operate the
> computer?
> Is it there any way to configure the system so that it
> doesn't start those strang programs?
> Thanks
>
> jorge

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Dave - Freedonia
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Re: Memory
Posted: 08-04-2003, 06:00 PM
Try this site for learning about those strange processes:
www.blkviper.com

This will also help to tell if there is any process you don't need or if
you have a rogue program running.



"Jorge A. Bañales" wrote:
> I have a Windows XP Home version system.
> When I try to use a large software, like PhotoShop, it
> keeps telling me "insufficient memory".
> Using the Task Manager, I check in Processes and it
> usually list more than a dozen running programs, with
> undecipherable names.
> How do I know which ones I can close and still operate the
> computer?
> Is it there any way to configure the system so that it
> doesn't start those strang programs?
> Thanks
>
> jorge
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debbs
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Posted: 08-13-2003, 06:16 PM
when i get the start up screen on my dell i get a message
that reads
insufficient memory to run 16 bit colour, and we are
allready set on 32bit
memory is 520mb
hd is 20gb

what causes this and what is the remedy

regards

debbs
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I'm Probably Not Here
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Re: memory
Posted: 08-13-2003, 08:09 PM
On 13/8/2003 11:16, debbs wrote:
> when i get the start up screen on my dell i get a message
> that reads
> insufficient memory to run 16 bit colour, and we are
> allready set on 32bit
> memory is 520mb
> hd is 20gb
>
> what causes this and what is the remedy
>
> regards
>
> debbs
Why not ask DELL?

Caveat reader: I am only too well aware that some of DELL's "advice" is,
well, let's say it's, um, er....

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Ron Martell
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Re: memory
Posted: 08-15-2003, 06:35 AM
"debbs" <debbs662003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>when i get the start up screen on my dell i get a message
>that reads
>insufficient memory to run 16 bit colour, and we are
>allready set on 32bit
>memory is 520mb
>hd is 20gb
>
>what causes this and what is the remedy
>
>regards
>
>debbs
That certainly sounds like a video related error message.

How much Video memory does your video card have and what monitor
resolution are you running?

A video card with 4 mb of RAM (and it is hard to find one with that
little these days) would be adequate for 16 bit color at monitor
resolutions up to 1600 x 1200.

Also you said "memory is 520 mb" and that is a very difficult figure
to configure using current standard RAM module sizes. What is the
correct figure for your system RAM? Please report it exactly as you
see it on the screen or in the printed report.

Good luck


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Alex Nichol
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Re: memory
Posted: 08-15-2003, 11:20 AM
Ron Martell wrote:
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>How much Video memory does your video card have and what monitor
>resolution are you running?
>
>A video card with 4 mb of RAM (and it is hard to find one with that
>little these days) would be adequate for 16 bit color at monitor
>resolutions up to 1600 x 1200.
>
>Also you said "memory is 520 mb" and that is a very difficult figure
>to configure using current standard RAM module sizes. What is the
>correct figure for your system RAM? Please report it exactly as you
>see it on the screen or in the printed report.
This sounds possibly like an on-board video chip, using a very small
amount of the main RAM - say 2MB - and he mistyped the remaining 510 as
520? In which case the BIOS setup should provide for allocating more
memory to the chip - say 16MB


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