"System Administrator" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Thanks for the very quick response. Your suggestion resolved the
> issue. Total memory was being indicated as 3.25GB. I added the
> /userva switch with a value of 2900 and that resolved the problem.
>
> Again, thanks for your assistance.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:35:27 -0400, "Ian D" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
Glad it worked. The problem with the /3GB switch is that the
/userva= qualifier is often overlooked. Now, if your reported
total physical memory was 3.5GB, the /userva wouldn't be
needed, but that would usually require video memory of 256MB,
or less. The ideal solution would be to use a 64 bit OS. Then
the OS and apps are both happy.
In 32 bit Vista the /3GB switch is not used. It's automatically
implied if a /userva value is set in the boot manager file.
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>>"System Administrator" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>>> On one of our several Windows XP Pro SP3 machines with 4GB RAM
>>> installed I added the /3GB switch to boot.ini and changed the paging
>>> file boundaries to 8192MB. This was required for the user to do
>>> renderings in Revit 2010. Prior to the change the renderings would
>>> crash. Now he can do them, although a little slow.
>>>
>>> On another identical machine adding the /3GB switch causes the machine
>>> to reboot during the "user load" operations several seconds after
>>> entering user credentials. Upon booting into normal mode (no /3GB
>>> switch) the machine boots normally and the machine does not reboot
>>> after user login. During "user load" a message stating the system has
>>> recovered from a serious error is presented: Error Code 1000008e.
>>> Any suggestions on why the second machine should perform differently
>>> than the first, identical, machine? They are identical in hardware
>>> and OS (service packs and updates are equal). They do have different
>>> user applications installed, however. Thanks in advance.
>>> --
>>> System Administrator
>>> Sprotte + Watson Architecture and Planning
>>> Vista, CA
>>>
>>
>>With the /3GB switch, did you also use the /userva= switch?
>>If you don't, XP is restricted to 1GB minus the hardware
>>address requirements, and the OS kernel may be starved for
>>memory and become unstable. If Task Manager reports
>>your total physical memory as about 3.2GB, try /userva=2800
>>as a starting point. This example would provide about 400MB
>>for XP, which I have found to be sufficient.
>>
>>
>
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> System Administrator
> Sprotte + Watson Architecture and Planning
> Vista, CA
>
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