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by audiew

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I have a question about AMD 64 bit processors.
This is a memory question. I have 2 machines basically the same.
The first one is a 754 built on a K2NEO 3200MHZ 512 of L2 cache with 2 gigs of 400mhz ram. The second one is 939 built on a K8NEO4 3500MHZ 512 of L2 cache with 2 gigs of 400mhz ram. Both running the same programs. The 754 says it runs out of memory. The 939 does not run out of memory. Both machines have Windows XP Pro.
Any ideals?

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by softcorp.us

Hello...

Interesting question.

I need to ask some questions:

Q1: What specific error message are you getting when you say it "runs out of memory"? Is virtual memory filling up and the page file is enlarged by Windows XP?

Q2: What applications are running?

Q3: Which applications are using the most virtual memory and how much? The most physical memory and how much? In Windows Task Manager, on the Processes tab, click on the "Mem Usage" and "VM Size" columns. If those columns do not appear, make them appear using View->Select Columns.

My guess is that virtual memory is filling up due to one of your applications running amok. And, for some reason, it has not been observed on the 939 system.

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by willcomp

Steve may be correct in his answer.

There are two other rather common causes of your problem.

1) a full hard disk (one that hosts paging file)

2) Virus/adware "filling" hard disk. Same symptoms as full disk, different cause.

Ensure that you have sufficient free space on drive containing paging file (virtual memory).

Delouse the PC. AVG anti-virus, Ad-Aware SE, and Microsoft Anti-Spyware are good and also free. May want to install and run Spybot as well.

Dalton

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