re: Page File & BSOD
Saturday, December 8, 2001 at 5:28 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by ian
(116 messages posted)
I find some programs expect windows managed virtual memory irrespective of the amount
of physical memory you have installed . This certainly applies to some microsoft
office programs . You might try getting rid of the fixed cache size .Ian.
On Saturday, December 8, 2001 at 4:33 pm, Stephen Morrissey wrote:
>I've been getting a BSOD in regards to paging. Although I don't remember the exact
>wording, it paged to an area of the disk not set up to be in the page file. It
had
>the standard recommendations like turning off video caching in the BIOS, but I'd
>like to keep those performance increasing options enabled.
>
>I have 768mb of RAM (3 x 256mb chips), and had virtual memory set to 1gb (min=max).
> This occurs most when playing games (Unreal Tourney). I'm wondering why, with
768mb
>of RAM) do I even have to page in the first place?!?! Because I'm fed up with the
>BSOD's, I've disabled virtual RAM and ordered a 512mb chip to replace one of my
256mb
>chips (1gb total).
>
>-Stephen
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