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Turbo5.4
08-06-2007, 01:30 AM
It keeps giving me a "virt memory low" and says its makin room for shit so my comp can still run...

How can i fix it or help yall tell me what is wrong with this POS..

i am running windows XP....
bard
08-06-2007, 05:15 AM
I'm no pro, but you're going to have to provide more system specs than that including what you're trying to run. The obvious short answer is to either add more RAM or quit running so many programs at once.
BigBlue
08-06-2007, 05:27 AM
Right click my computer, properties, advanced tab, then setting, advanced tab if running XP, then change button, Then bump up virtual memory I would bump it up to what's recommened. If you go to much beyond that it will tax the processor more.
AbecX
08-06-2007, 07:18 AM
How much memory does your computer have? If you say anything 512mb or lower, then you need to buy more physical memory.
BottleRocket
08-06-2007, 09:25 AM
probably a virus problem. at least thats the cause most times i see this issue. other unwanted programs are running in the background and using up all of your physical memory, so your system starts to utilize virtual memory and when that runs low you get this message obviously. what sort of virus protection are you running?
line-em-up
08-06-2007, 09:27 AM
It's time to do some house cleaning and delete a bunch of crap that you don't need. You've filled up the hard drive. Oh, and more RAM always helps.
Hunt4m3x
08-06-2007, 09:30 AM
[QUOTE=line-em-up]It's time to do some house cleaning and delete a bunch of crap that you don't need. You've filled up the hard drive. Oh, and more RAM always helps.[/QUOTE]


ccleaner.com
JimD
08-06-2007, 01:13 PM
[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]ccleaner.com[/QUOTE]
Roger that, crap cleaner FTW!
Turbo5.4
08-07-2007, 01:52 AM
i upped the memory avail... its works alittle better... it was at 512 max 7xx
BottleRocket
08-07-2007, 12:30 PM
[QUOTE=line-em-up]It's time to do some house cleaning and delete a bunch of crap that you don't need. You've filled up the hard drive. Oh, and more RAM always helps.[/QUOTE]

wtf does HDD space have to do with Virtual Memory?
deso
08-07-2007, 12:33 PM
[QUOTE=BottleRocket]wtf does HDD space have to do with Virtual Memory?[/QUOTE]

Virtual memory uses page files to move information between your hard drive and RAM

http://blogs.msdn.com/tiptalk/archive/2006/02/08/527949.aspx
SOHC
08-07-2007, 12:39 PM
[QUOTE=BottleRocket]wtf does HDD space have to do with Virtual Memory?[/QUOTE]

virtual memory is created using your hard drive...
Da Prez
08-07-2007, 01:17 PM
my junk says that every now and then, fucking pisses me off too...
BottleRocket
08-07-2007, 07:41 PM
[QUOTE=chsretiredathlete]virtual memory is created using your hard drive...[/QUOTE]

yes, but the message that Virtual Memory is low is from your physical ram being totally used up and Virtual Memory being mostly used. if he had a full HDD, he would get the message prompting him to run drive cleanup. Virtual memory low has nothing to do with being out of HDD space.
Hunt4m3x
08-07-2007, 09:44 PM
[QUOTE=BottleRocket]yes, but the message that Virtual Memory is low is from your physical ram being totally used up and Virtual Memory being mostly used. if he had a full HDD, he would get the message prompting him to run drive cleanup. Virtual memory low has nothing to do with being out of HDD space.[/QUOTE]


but regardless, he needs to remove shit that he doesn't need.
BottleRocket
08-08-2007, 09:10 AM
[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]but regardless, he needs to remove shit that he doesn't need.[/QUOTE]


true, but that wont solve his virtual memory low problem :p
jlyon
08-08-2007, 03:03 PM
i had that come up all the time when i had a 40gb HD, i upgraded to a 250gb and it hasn't happened yet


<<<-----knocks on wood :D
Shoot To Kill
08-08-2007, 05:08 PM
[QUOTE=jlyon]i had that come up all the time when i had a 40gb HD, i upgraded to a 250gb and it hasn't happened yet


<<<-----knocks on wood :D[/QUOTE]
40 ot 250...that's a hell of a step.

buy more RAM. nothing bad will come out of it. the more the better.
jlyon
08-08-2007, 05:16 PM
[QUOTE=Shoot To Kill]40 ot 250...that's a hell of a step.[/QUOTE]


i had 4-5 movies on there and had less then a gb of space left. so i found a WD250 for a dam good price and got it. i also need to find some PC2100 to upgrade my 512mb Ram
Tx Redneck
08-08-2007, 07:04 PM
[QUOTE=jlyon]i had 4-5 movies on there and had less then a gb of space left. so i found a WD250 for a dam good price and got it. i also need to find some PC2100 to upgrade my 512mb Ram[/QUOTE]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147+1052107965+1052407861&name=DDR+266+(PC+2100)
SOHC
08-08-2007, 07:08 PM
[QUOTE=BottleRocket]true, but that wont solve his virtual memory low problem :p[/QUOTE]

now that is true.
Shoot To Kill
08-09-2007, 12:17 AM
[QUOTE=Tx Redneck]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147+1052107965+1052407861&name=DDR+266+(PC+2100)[/QUOTE]
for some reason, everything i've found on newegg and mwave, is more expensive than frys.

so just go to frys and pick some up. or i could probably get you another 512 for like 10 bucks...
line-em-up
08-09-2007, 08:30 AM
[QUOTE=BottleRocket]yes, but the message that Virtual Memory is low is from your physical ram being totally used up and Virtual Memory being mostly used. if he had a full HDD, he would get the message prompting him to run drive cleanup. Virtual memory low has nothing to do with being out of HDD space.[/QUOTE]

You're right. I guess that's true for the newer OS's, but the older ones wouldn't warn you when the HD space was low. Instead, you would get a VM message instead.