[chetan]

amien install XP 64 bIT OR VISTA 64 bit , should solve the problem

[jesal]

Intel E6750
Abit IP 35-e
Sapphire HD 4850 512 mb
Seagate 320gb
asus dvd writer lightscribe
Corsair 4gb ram
22 inch viewsonic
windows vista ultimate
logitech g7 wireless mouse
logitech mx90 keyboard and mouse wireless
cooler master 600w
cooler master centurion 532 side glass panel.
blue neons and 5 fans for every direction cooling.

[Amien]

@Netfreakbombay
Not sure i understand what you're on about, could you explain please?

@chetan
So, no way to do it without switching OS? Well, thanks anyway

@jesal
Nice config

[NetfreakBombay]

Originally Posted by Amien

@Netfreakbombay
Not sure i understand what you're on about, could you explain please?

Try this path:

My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings -> Edit

It will open a file in notepad.

Can you post contents of that file here?

Need to add a few switches there to make XP use "almost 3GB", (3GB-240KB).

[johnda]

Mac Mini - 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
Apple Keyboard and Apple Mighty Mouse
Display: Samsung 19" Sync Master

Simple But Rocking!!! Its never hung, and when we have extended projects its worked continuously for close to a 100 hrs (3 people using it on a shift basis)

I love APPLE !

[Amien]

Originally Posted by NetfreakBombay

Try this path:

My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery -> Settings -> Edit

It will open a file in notepad.

Can you post contents of that file here?

Need to add a few switches there to make XP use "almost 3GB", (3GB-240KB).

You mean the boot.ini? Im not sure adding the /3GB switch will help, anyway here it is:-
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

[anupmathur]

Originally Posted by johnda

Mac Mini - 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
Apple Keyboard and Apple Mighty Mouse
Display: Samsung 19" Sync Master

Simple But Rocking!!! Its never hung, and when we have extended projects its worked continuously for close to a 100 hrs (3 people using it on a shift basis)

John, what kind of work is done on that machine?
Heavy graphics software like CS2, CorelDraw, Flash etc.. would work well?
I'm seriously thinking of getting one.

[iraghava]

Originally Posted by NetfreakBombay

Need to add a few switches there to make XP use "almost 3GB", (3GB-240KB).

NFB - I have XP Professional on my laptop with 3GB RAM & in the properties it shows full 3 GB, how come?

[anupmathur]

Originally Posted by iraghava

NFB - I have XP Professional on my laptop with 3GB RAM & in the properties it shows full 3 GB, how come?

Hey, Ishaan, with that much RAM for XP, are you using a pagefile still? If so, what size? It is generally believed that with so much RAM, a pagefile is not required at all.

[pranavt]

The limitation is a little less than 4gb not 3gb. And his problem is due to the ram being shared with the graphics card, even though it's standalone. This is called TurboCache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and like I said, his graphics card is one of those which uses this technology.

Originally Posted by anupmathur

Hey, Ishaan, with that much RAM for XP, are you using a pagefile still? If so, what size? It is generally believed that with so much RAM, a pagefile is not required at all.

I've turned off the pagefile (also running 3gb ram), works nicely

[iraghava]

Originally Posted by anupmathur

Hey, Ishaan, with that much RAM for XP, are you using a pagefile still? If so, what size? It is generally believed that with so much RAM, a pagefile is not required at all.

Ummmm...yes sir, I just checked & it still has the page file option on. Size is 2046-4092 MB.

Originally Posted by pranavt

I've turned off the pagefile (also running 3gb ram), works nicely

Advantages, Disadvantages of doing this???

[pranavt]

Disadvantage none, as long as you're not running 20 applications all using large amounts of ram. Advantage is that Windows will not allocate any virtual memory or page to hard disk, so you'll have better performance as long as some physical memory (ram) is available.

Just go to Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Escape) > Performance > Physical Memory part. If you have enough of it available depending on what you might run, you can turn off the pagefile without having to worry. I'm currently running 71 processes including firefox, thunderbird and a game and still have over 1gb physical memory available...

[ashthedivx]

Originally Posted by iraghava

Advantages, Disadvantages of doing this???

Advantages - Your RAM will be utilized 100%, faster then pagefile thingy.

Disadvantages - Even if you have 3gb of memory, Windows will still want to page, and you will get warnings at some point about not having enough free memory. Then apps will start to crash, and you'll get all sorts of wonderful issues.

[anupmathur]

Originally Posted by ashthedivx

Disadvantages - Even if you have 3gb of memory, Windows will still want to page, and you will get warnings at some point about not having enough free memory. Then apps will start to crash, and you'll get all sorts of wonderful issues.

Ashthedivx, what kind of programs do you use, for this to happen?
I find none of these issues with multiple graphics programs in use.

[Amien]

Originally Posted by pranavt

The limitation is a little less than 4gb not 3gb. And his problem is due to the ram being shared with the graphics card, even though it's standalone. This is called TurboCache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and like I said, his graphics card is one of those which uses this technology.


I've turned off the pagefile (also running 3gb ram), works nicely

Like i said, i had 512x2=1GB of ram before and it still showed 1Gb in system properties. I had the 3D card then as well.
Now i have 3GB of ram and it shows only 2.87
Btw, thanks for the help/suggestions guys