I was using ZoomBrowser to burn pictures to a CD and received a message about
virtual memory minimum too low and the computer was going to do something about paging. When I open task manager, I have to admit I don't understand a lot of what is there under the tab-performance. I do know that total Physical Memory does not seem to be what I thought I bought when I got this computer.
I thought the computer came with 512mb ddr sdram memory but the total physical memory comes up as 392688. Thank you.
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 8:55:26 PM, on 7/4/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
hmm.. thats saying you have a little over 3gb of ram.. which if that were the case, you wouldnt need a paging file at all. But a good rule of thumb is that .. up to about 1gb of ram.. you want to set your paging file (Virtual memory) at 1.5 x amount of ram. However, if you have 3gb of ram..or even just 1gb of ram.. I wouldnt set page file over 1500.. to find out what it is set at, go into control panel and click on "System" then under the "advanced" tab, next to Performance click settings. Then again under the "advanced" tab at the bottom you will what your virtual memory is set on.
Post back and tell us what it is set to
Ok well lets double check your ram, then we'll go from there. Click here to visit Belarc.com and download the "Belarc Advisor".. its a great little app… will show everything.. everything.. on your computer. After you do that then post back on how much ram total you have.,
Thank you, sorry it took so long, had a family crisis. Here is what Belarc came up with.
Computer Profile Summary
Computer Name: Den (in WORKGROUP)
Profile Date: Thursday, August 04, 2005 5:52:22 PM
Advisor Version: 6.1f
Windows Logon: HP_Owner
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Operating System System Model
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) HP Pavilion 061 PP164AA-ABA a810n 0nB1211RE101SALMO00
System Serial Number: MXM451077G NA510
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. Salmon 1.04
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.04 10/29/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
160.02 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
141.94 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] – drive 2
Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] – drive 4
Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] – drive 1
Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] – drive 3
Maxtor 6Y160P0 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) – drive 0, s/n Y46M30CE, rev YAR41BW0, SMART Status: Healthy 384 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 153.51 GB 141.18 GB free
d: (on drive 0) 6.51 GB 763 MB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users Printers
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 7/15/2005 2:00:09 PM (admin)
HP_Owner 8/4/2005 11:49:25 AM (admin)
local system accounts
ASPNET never
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never
SUPPORT_fddfa904 never
Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account Envoy 7 Driver on EVY:
HP Deskjet 3840 Series on USB001
hp photosmart 7700 series on USB002
Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver on Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Controllers Display
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller SiS 760 [Display adapter]
hp mx704 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n CNC43516SN, August 2004)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller Realtek AC'97 Audio
Communications Other Devices
Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem
1394 Net Adapter
RAS Async Adapter
SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Network Card MAC Address: 00:11:D8:1E:24:C8 VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
HP PS2 Keyboard (2K - 3)
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
Virus Protection
Norton AntiVirus Version 11.00
Virus Definitions Version 4/6/2005 Rev 8
Last Disk Scan on Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:01:10 PM
Realtime File Scanning On
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Windows XP OOB
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edited: I should have been more specific there.. sorry about that. Edited software licsenes …
Ok.. go to control panel and click on "System". Then under the "advanced" tab click on the "settings" button in the Performance section. Again under the "advanced" tab click on "change" in the virtual memory section. Highlight the drive your pagefile is on (it will be on the the drive you installed Windows to unless you moved it.. it will show it there regaurdless) and click "Custom Size" then set the minimum to 2mb and the max to 800.. then click set.. if you get a popup then just click ok and then apply..then ok.. apply… ok… etc..etc.. Make sure you however that you DO click on apply and ok to close each window and will ask you to reboot..
run that for awhile and post back if problems still occur.
(Sorry I wasnt more specific there on belarc results.. I went ahead and edited the software licsensing part out)
This may be of interest:
If your system has a paging file it will use it, even if you have far more physical ram than you need. Therefore, if the paging file is too small you can encounter problems, despite having oodles (technical term) of physical ram free. This situation sometimes occurs when you install extra memory and an imbalance is caused between the page file and physical ram sizes. There are many theories about how big your page file should be, but it does need to be at least as big as your physical memory size.
Also related:
If you think your system has 256Mb of physical memory but always shows 224Mb then this is probably down to your video card. Some video cards have no memory of their own and "share" system memory. In the example given the video card has "shared" (i.e. stolen) 32Mb of system memory for its own exclusive use.
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